Shishkin was stolen from the museum, Korovin, Zhukovsky

[Dogel]

From the museum in the Vladimir region stole the painting "Forest" by Ivan Shishkin, "Fisherman" Konstantin Korovin and "First Snow" by Stanislav Zhukovsky. The robbers carried canvases night before Vyazniky of Art and History Museum. Masked men at first hid in the museum, then tied up the guard and stole the picture.

Valuable artifacts guarded female caretaker of 62 years, told Business FM spokesman of the interior ministry of Russia Alexei Bahromeev: "Three masked men, previously hidden in the room Vyazniky Art and History Museum, threatening physical violence guard, tied her up and openly stole Shishkin, Korovin and Zhukovsky. Total damage is established. Now the police carried out to the identification and arrest criminals. "

Damage to the Vyazniky colossal museum, told Business FM vice president of the International Confederation of antique and art dealers Michael Perchenko: "The Ministry of Culture has no means of tighter protection of small museums, so museums are protected by an extremely bad. Damage - a huge, especially for such a museum as Vyaznikovsky. "Fisherman" Korovin costs 300 thousand dollars and above, Shishkin "Pine Forest" - more than a million, Zhukovsky - under half a million. "

Find traces of the missing paintings are usually not easy. They soon lost in private collections - the experts say