The Russians stole more than 15 thousand museum valuables in the Kherson region – National Resistance Center

Russian military removed valuable exhibits from Kherson to the occupied Crimea

In addition to the unique paintings that are on display in the museums of Kherson and Nova Kakhovka, the Russian invaders also removed household appliances and toilet bowls from the city.

The Russian invaders stole more than 15 thousand exhibits from the museums and museum funds of Kherson and the region and took them to the occupied Crimea. Such figures were announced at the Center for National Resistance.

According to experts of the Center, the other day four trucks with museum valuables arrived in Simferopol, which the invaders stole in Kherson itself and the Kherson region. According to preliminary data, we are talking about 15,000 art paintings, among which there are especially valuable exhibits.

The National Resistance Center was also informed that the Russian military plundered the Kherson Art Museum named after Alexei Shovkunenko. The permanent exposition of the museum included icon painting of the 17th-beginning of the 20th century, Ukrainian art of the 2nd half of the 19th-beginning of the 20th century. Works by contemporary artists were also presented.

In addition, the invaders traditionally took household appliances and plumbing out of the city. Particularly the toilets. 

Kherson Art Museum named after Alexei Shovkunenko: what is it famous for

This is an art museum in the city of Kherson, named after the Ukrainian artist Alexei Alekseevich Shovkunenko. It was opened on May 27, 1978. It is located in the former building of the city hall, architectural landmarks of the early XX century.

In the 20-30s of the 20th century, the museum’s collection was replenished with works by Russian and Western European masters. On the eve of the war, the museum’s funds numbered about 700 exhibits. During the years of fascist occupation, the Nazis took away from Kherson to Germany and Romania most of the museum valuables, including the collection of works of art.

The art collection of the museum has more than 10 thousand exhibits and is one of the most interesting museum collections in Ukraine. Here are the works of Ukrainian and foreign painting, graphics, sculpture, arts and crafts, starting with samples of Russian icon painting of the 17th century and up to the works of contemporary Kherson artists.

Earlier it was reported that the Russian invaders plundered the art museum in Mariupol. Among the exhibits were seven original masterpieces – paintings by Kuindzhi, Aivazovsky and Dubovsky.

The Russian military, under the slogan of “preserving cultural values,” took valuable works of art of the 17th-20th centuries from the Kherson Art Museum named after Shovkunenko. The invaders did not even take care of the proper transportation of the exhibits. The paintings were wrapped in rags and loaded onto trucks.

The Russian occupiers looted the cultural fund of the Kherson region. The Russians took 15,000 paintings to occupied Simferopol.

This was reported by the Center of National Resistance.

The occupiers took away the paintings from the Kherson region

According to the provided data, the exhibits were taken away with the help of four trucks. At the same time, exhibits from the Art Museum named after Oleksiy Shevkunenko, which has a branch in Nova Kakhovka, were mostly exported.

“Among the collections of the museum fund, in the permanent exposition of the museum, icon painting of the 17th – early 20th century, Ukrainian art of the 2nd half of the 19th – early 20th century. The works of modern artists are also presented. In total, almost 15 thousand exhibits were taken from the museum fund, as well as from other cultural institutions of the Kherson region.” – says the message.

We will remind that Russian propagandists talked about the activation of hostilities in the Kherson direction. The intelligence says that there is quite a large number of Russian troops in this direction.

On Friday, November 11, the Armed Forces of Ukraine entered Kherson. On this occasion, a touching trend was launched in the network. The Verkhovna Rada, Diya, The State Emergency Service, The Television News Service, Ukrzaliznytsia and others have changed their logos in support of Kherson.

During the surrender of Kherson, the Russian military blew up a 200-meter television tower. The structure of the tower is completely destroyed.

The invaders of the Russian Federation took away from Kherson very valuable funds of the regional library named after Potter

This was stated by the director of the regional library named after Honchara Nadia Korotun.

She said: “There is also sad news. The occupiers took away the pre-revolutionary publications that were published in the Kherson province.

They are priceless! This is the largest collection of local history funds. For scientists and teachers, students and local historians – sources of information for research. An information resource for everyone interested in the history of the southern part of Ukraine has been destroyed.”

The director of the library expressed her hope that this collection will return to her native Honcharivka.

The Russian occupiers looted Kherson before withdrawing their troops. The Russian occupiers took away everything they could from Kherson. They even caught a children’s locomotive and raccoons from the zoo.

A video of high-ranking members of the Russian Armed Forces in Kherson cuddling raccoons from the zoo was posted online.

The footage shows a Russian soldier catching raccoons one by one in an enclosure. He grabs the animals by the tail and rushes to the box.

“It should be clarified that the raccoon from the Kherson zoo was stolen not just by some stupid soldier, but by the Russian command. They took most of the zoo’s collection to Crimea: from llamas and wolves to donkeys and squirrels,” commented Oleksandr Todorchuk, founder of the UAnimals movement.