As Russians 'pillage' Ukraine's museums in annexed territories, artifact are turning up in Moscow and on the black market:
As Russians ‘Pillage’ Ukraine’s Museums in Annexed Territories, Artifacts Are Turning Up in Moscow and on the Black MarketThe Statue of Virgin Mary protected with a steel structure is pictured in Lviv. Photo by Aziz Karimov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images.
of valuable artworks and historic gold collections in cities including Mariupol and Melitopol. In a number of cases, it was unclear whether missing objects and collections had been successfully hidden away for safekeeping or were destroyed or stolen.has verified damage to 196 sites since February 24 —including 82 religious sites, 13 museums, 37 historic buildings, 36 buildings dedicated to cultural activities, 18 monuments, and 10 libraries.
“Things have changed so rapidly,” said Peter Doroshenko, the newly appointed director of New York’s Ukrainian Museum, which has launched an assistance program called SAFE. Damage at the Hryhoriy Skovoroda Memorial House in the the Ukrainian village of Skovorodynivka. Image via culturalcrimes.“What is needed is not the opposition of museum directors, as we have often seen in those regions where hostilities have already taken place, but cooperation with local authorities,” he said. “We don’t have the budget to evacuate anyone.”
Luhansk has one of the largest collections, of more than 60 sacred Polovtsian statues known as stone babas, according to the. Some date as far back as the 9th century, and they have drawn comparisons to Easter Island’s Moai statues.This past summer,
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