Cultural treasures from Mezhyhirya and Sukholuchya to museums robbed by Russians

This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy.

The Supreme Anti-Corruption Court has ruled to transfer historical, cultural and material values from the Mezhyhirya residence and the Sukholyuchya hunting house to the state ownership. And now the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy is responsible for the seized cultural values.

The confiscated cultural valuables should belong to all Ukrainians. Preserving these items for society, their study and public presentation is an absolute priority of our national museum policy. We plan to transfer the objects to specialized museums, in particular those that were destroyed as a result of Russian aggression and robbed by the Russians", said Alexander Tkachenko, Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine.

Among the seized valuables that will become available to the general public after the war are paintings by famous artists, in particular, "View of Feodosia on a Moonlit Night" by I. K. Aivazovsky, "View of the Anio Valley near Tivoli" by K. Morgenstern and others.

As well as the book "The Apostle" (Acts and Epistles of the Apostles), published by a pioneer printer I. Fedorov in 1574 in Lviv, and many icons of XVIII-XX centuries.

Other cultural valuables include vases, wooden sculptures, a Louis XV style clock made in France in 1765, the memorial medal "The Image of Our Lady of Kazan", a set of commemorative medals "In Memory of the 200th Anniversary of Victory in the War of 1812" and many others.