the personnel of the museum ofart of Kharkiv hopes to protect works ofart invaluable, many of which of which belong to Russian artists, while Russia hit the city with artillery and air strikes.
The ornate, imposing building is still standing, unlike others in Kharkiv, but the windows were blown out by the explosions, plaster and dust cover the floors and the surrounding streets are covered in debris.
“There are over 25,000 items in our collection,” said Maryna Filatova, head of abroad art museum department, adding that he was one of most grand and the most valuable in the country.
“It’s just irony of fate that we should rescue the paintings of Russian artists from their own nation. It’s just barbarism,” she told Reuters. on Wednesday.
across Ukraine, millions of people fled the fighting, while many more remain to repel the advancing Russian forces. Some are trying to save Ukrainian culture and history.
In Odessa on the south coast, a monument to the Duke of Richelieu, governor of the city in the beginning of the 19th centurywas protected by sandbags piled around the base and the statue up at his shoulders.
Moscow has launched what it calls a “special military transaction” in Ukraine on February 24 to destroy that of son next to military abilities and delete what he says are dangerous nationalists in Kyiv. He denies having targeted civilians.
Ukraine and its allies call Russia’s actions are brutal invasion who killed hundreds of civilians and forced millions flee abroad.
A of the most prized work in the Kharkiv museum is a version of the imposing work by the famous Russian painter Ilya Repin entitled “Answer of the Zaporozhian Cossacks”, which was taken down from wall ready to be put away.
“Basically, it’s should not be moved,” Filatova said of the painting. “Any movement should be avoided. We treat this with great care.”
She spoke among the empty and cold galleries with some photos were still hanging, while others were wedged against walls, waiting to be put away.
Filatova and her colleagues were relieved that the collection, which includes works by German painter and printmaker Albrecht Duerer and Dutch masters, remained intact.
Corn with the windows broken, it was impossible to control the temperature and humidity inside the gallery. the real damage will be assessed when the war is over over.
“Workers, women who are still in city we go work and do our best to save everything. We take the paintings down and hide them,” Filatova said, without specifying where. “We do our best to preserve them.”
the personnel of the museum ofart of Kharkiv hopes to protect works ofart invaluable, many of which of which belong to Russian artists, while Russia hit the city with artillery and air strikes.
The ornate, imposing building is still standing, unlike others in Kharkiv, but the windows were blown out by the explosions, plaster and dust cover the floors and the surrounding streets are covered in debris.
“There are over 25,000 items in our collection,” said Maryna Filatova, head of abroad art museum department, adding that he was one of most grand and the most valuable in the country.
“It’s just irony of fate that we should rescue the paintings of Russian artists from their own nation. It’s just barbarism,” she told Reuters. on Wednesday.
across Ukraine, millions of people fled the fighting, while many more remain to repel the advancing Russian forces. Some are trying to save Ukrainian culture and history.
In Odessa on the south coast, a monument to the Duke of Richelieu, governor of the city in the beginning of the 19th centurywas protected by sandbags piled around the base and the statue up at his shoulders.
Moscow has launched what it calls a “special military transaction” in Ukraine on February 24 to destroy that of son next to military abilities and delete what he says are dangerous nationalists in Kyiv. He denies having targeted civilians.
Ukraine and its allies call Russia’s actions are brutal invasion who killed hundreds of civilians and forced millions flee abroad.
A of the most prized work in the Kharkiv museum is a version of the imposing work by the famous Russian painter Ilya Repin entitled “Answer of the Zaporozhian Cossacks”, which was taken down from wall ready to be put away.
“Basically, it’s should not be moved,” Filatova said of the painting. “Any movement should be avoided. We treat this with great care.”
She spoke among the empty and cold galleries with some photos were still hanging, while others were wedged against walls, waiting to be put away.
Filatova and her colleagues were relieved that the collection, which includes works by German painter and printmaker Albrecht Duerer and Dutch masters, remained intact.
Corn with the windows broken, it was impossible to control the temperature and humidity inside the gallery. the real damage will be assessed when the war is over over.
“Workers, women who are still in city we go work and do our best to save everything. We take the paintings down and hide them,” Filatova said, without specifying where. “We do our best to preserve them.”