That night, Museum of History of Kiev were looted

[Кирилл Сызранский]

ART Ukraine on February 19, 2014

On the night of 18 February 19 unknown looted funds of the Museum of History of Kiev , who are on 4 - 5 floors Ukrainian home. This ART UKRAINE informed museum staff .

" About five pm the museum staff were evacuated , the management remained the same up to about six hours. Leaving the building , the commander of the Ukrainian House Yuri Levchenko rose with the management of the Museum of History of Kiev on the 4th and 5th floors , showing that all the museum premises are closed and for signaling. Before leaving, the Directorate waited guide security forces, to warn them that are in the building museum collections , »- says Olga Friend, head of the department " Kyiv second half of the 17th - early 20th century . "

According to the chief curator Ludmila Surgai , at 00:00 in the room the alarm went off and she , according to the instructions reported this to the police. The challenge was accepted , but on the scene no one came. Lyudmila Surgai also argues that to 19:00 ( the time when the representatives of Ukrainian Maidan left home) , foundations and museum premises were safe and sound . Staff at the museum no clue with regards to what happened in the museum that night and who could go into closed rooms.

Once in the Ukrainian house in the morning , the museum staff found the wrecked storage facility . While they can not say exactly how many items were stolen or destroyed - for inventory will tomorrow.

« The first thing we saw once in one of the storage facilities , - standing on the floor of the 18th century icon " Holy Apostles " crocked in a brocade dress gorozhanki the same era . Apparently, it just did not make . Nearby lay the fragments of sculpture boy , which was created at the factory and Miklashevsky dates from the first half of the 19th century », - says Olga friend .

Among the allegedly missing items - a sculpture of the 18th century , created at the factory and Gardner depicting Catherine II. On the floor lay the wreckage depository astronomical instrument Ertel (1825 ), and porcelain of the 18th century, not stolen, not broken. Also been opened archaeological museum funds and stolen computers, standing in accounting.

Ukrainian representatives were in the house security forces refused to give any comments .

Recall that yesterday, at about 19:00 , evromaydanovtsy left the Ukrainian house room which they occupied since January 26 . Alarm worked in the museum at midnight , who at that time was in the building so far unknown .

Museum of the History of Kiev was in Klovskyi Palace ( St. P. Orlik , 8), but in 2004 it gave the Supreme Court premises , moving museum on 4th and 5th floors of the Ukrainian House . In 2012, the museum gave the building at ul. B. Khmelnitsky , 7, where he soon was equipped exhibition center of Kiev History Museum . But in the new building , the museum can not be carried due to the fact that it is unable to accommodate them .