The Russians are preparing to remove historical monuments from Mariupol

The Russians plan to take museum exhibits and artifacts out of Mariupol.

Russians in Mariupol in Donetsk region resorted to a scheme to remove museum exhibits and artifacts from the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine. Currently, the stone statues allegedly found by the Russian military are in danger of being lost. This was reported by the Center of National Resistance.

One such example occurred in Donetsk region. Here, the military Rosguard handed over to the Mariupol Museum of Local Lore the stone figures belonging to the culture of the Polovtsy of the 11th-12th centuries, allegedly found during the “works”. The “specialists” of the museum have already assessed the found gravestone statues and promise to decide their fate in the near future.

Since the time when the Mariupol Museum of Local Lore was in the hands of Russian collaborators, it has become an institution through which stolen cultural values ​​belonging to Ukraine are entered into the Russian register. Over time, such exhibits end up in warehouses and museum halls of the Russian Federation.

One of the first victims of Russian shelling was the Mariupol Museum of Local History. The museum building was completely destroyed after being hit by a shell, as a result of which a large-scale fire broke out. However, the main reason for the loss of a significant part of historical values ​​was not so much the consequences of the fire, but the systematic destruction of exhibits by looters and the Russian military.

From the first days of the occupation, the Russians began to take the most valuable artifacts from the museum to occupied Donetsk. Among the stolen exhibits were unique items of historical and cultural significance that symbolized the heritage of Mariupol and the entire region. Part of the collection, including paintings by the outstanding artist Arkhip Kuindzhi, was handed over to the occupiers by the then director of the museum, Natalia Kapusnikova. After that, she fled from Mariupol to the territory of Russia, effectively betraying her city and the cultural heritage of Ukraine.