Dmitry Vlasyevich Aynalov (Russian: Дми́трий Вла́сьевич Айна́лов, IPA: [ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ˈvlasʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ɐjˈnaləf]; 20 February [O.S.

[2] Dmitry Aynalov graduated from Mariupol Gymnasium in 1884 and then entered the History and Philology Department of the Novorossiya University in Odessa.

[1] He completed his student thesis in collaboration with Yegor Redin on the topic of the painting of the Saint Sophia Cathedral.

He visited Italy in order to collect material for his dissertation, entitled The Hellenistic Foundations of the Byzantine Art.

[2] He explored the works of art and monuments of Rome, Venice, Naples, Palermo, Parma, Florence and visited other Italian towns.