Unknown artist

The icon was stolen on 23 May 1994 from the Local History Museum in the town of Ustyug (Vologda region). It was discovered in the private Temple gallery in London, returned to Russia in 2005 and presented by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexei II in 2006

Magazine issue :

#3 2007 (16)

Автор статьи:

Anatoly Vilkov

Статья:

Retrieving Russia’s Cultural Heritage

Unknown artist

Русский

SS Boris and Gleb

Unknown artist

15th cent.

This icon was stolen in 1991 from the Local History Museum in the town of Ustyug (Vologda region) and returned from Germany in 2000

Magazine issue :

#3 2007 (16)

Автор статьи:

Anatoly Vilkov

Статья:

Retrieving Russia’s Cultural Heritage

Unknown artist

Русский

The Resurrection of Christ (Descent into Limbo)

Unknown artist

16th cent.

This icon was stolen in 1991 from the Local History Museum in Ustyug (Vologda region) and discovered in a private collection in Germany. It was returned to Russia in 2006 and handed over to the Russian Orthodox Church in 2007 by the Russian Government

Magazine issue :

#3 2007 (16)

Автор статьи:

Anatoly Vilkov

Статья:

Retrieving Russia’s Cultural Heritage

Unknown artist

Русский

Imperial Academy of Fine Arts. St. Petersburg

Unknown artist

Magazine issue :

#3 2007 (16)

Автор статьи:

Maria Vyazhevich

Статья:

THE ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS AT THE MANEZH EXHIBITION HALL

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Русский

Children Freeing a Bird

Unknown artist (circle of Alexei Venetsianov)

Mid-19th cent.

The painting belonged to the Russian Museum and disappeared during World War II from the Alupka Palace Museum where it was temporarily on display. It was discovered in October 2005 at an antique fair in the Metropole Antiquarian shop in Moscow and returned on 18 November 2005

Magazine issue :

#3 2007 (16)

Автор статьи:

Anatoly Vilkov

Статья:

Retrieving Russia’s Cultural Heritage