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Tatiana Vostroilova "Fontanka.ru» http://www.fontanka.ru/2011/12/13/001/ 13.12.2011 00:43 /Comments (8)

Anatoly Borovkov, a famous Russian collector, antique dealer, an expert on Russian avant-garde, who once gave expert advice for Rosokhrankultura and the Lenin Library, is accused of organizing a group to steal rare books from libraries in St. Petersburg, Moscow and Kirov. Borovkov, united with such collectors as the head of Michael Rospechat Seslavinsky and CEO of Channel One, Konstantin Ernst, according to investigators, was not only the organizer of the theft, but also their customers, and the final buyer of stolen rare books.

As a result, the efforts of the St. Petersburg detectives, a criminal case under Article 164 of the rare parts of the Criminal Code - the theft of items of particular value - part 2, paragraph "a" - an organized group.
Theft of library collections - one of the most lucrative and discreet criminal and antique businesses. As a rule, loss of library staff discover after a long time. And having opened it, sometimes this is not an intentional act of seeing - not out of indifference to their duties, and assuming that there was no theft, but an act of student vandalism. The fact that such crimes tend to remain latent, are some experts who know the price of each sheet of rare editions. It happened in the case of a series of thefts from leading libraries in St. Petersburg and Moscow, which took place in 2006-2011, respectively. Often, that some of the rare books were torn pages, agency staff learned from the police. As a last became aware of the actions of the group, the "antique" State Department of the Interior Ministry in St. Petersburg and the region prefer not to spread otshuchivayas - "trade secret".
Whatever it was, thanks to the hard work of detectives in St. Petersburg was not only to identify the stolen rare books and find the perpetrators, but most importantly, according to investigators - to find the alleged organizer and the customer, which in this case proved to be one and the same person.

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It is believed in the law enforcement agencies in implementing the above period (and they counted four - including detained in 2009 for stealing from the State Library of socio-political Vyacheslav Gutkevich), have been kidnapped:
- Department of Children's Literature Main Library RSPU. AI Herzen's 13 books, including collections of Osip Mandelstam, "The two tram" and "Primus" (1925 edition), "Kitchen" and "Balls" (1926), "Carousel" by Boris Pasternak (1926) and other publications of the same period. The amount stolen is estimated at 300 thousand rubles.
- From the National Library of collage I. Zdanevich "Zohna and Grooms' 1919, was in sensational in the last century futurist book" Sophia Georgievna Melnikova: Fantastic Tavern "in 1919 - the cost of 250 000 rubles;
- From the Scientific Library. Gorky St. Petersburg State University, another futurist legend - "abstruse Gniga" 1916 edition of authorship, AE Twisted, Alyagrova (Jakobson RO), $ 500 000;
- From the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg theft printed in his lifetime work N. Lobachevsky "New Beginnings geometry with full theory of parallel" (as in half a million of rubles)
 - Page of the first publication of his lifetime collection of Lobachevsky, stored in a universal State Regional Scientific Library. AI Herzen city of Kirov.

This is believed to law enforcement agencies, only a small fraction of crimes are able to identify.
In the course of operational search measures employees 'antique' State of the Interior Ministry, according to the law enforcement agencies, and managed to find the intended customer, and organizer all in one - a well-known antiquarian, an expert on Russian avant-garde, the gallery owner in Moscow, Anatoly Borovkov. In order to bring appropriate charges, investigators carried out extensive work. In particular, as they say, it was found that, in his notorious book "Notes on the Russian avant-garde" was posted a collage of the period of 1910 -1930 period. And all would be nothing but a few years before the specified collage gone from a respected library. And, believe the police, was in Borovkov.

Among the St. Petersburg antique interviewed "Fontanka" on the Moscow specialist opinion was ambiguous. On the one hand, colleagues say that dealing in antiques all his life, or rather books and posters of the period of Russian avant-garde, Anatoly Borovkov unique value in their world. On the other hand, the 70-ies glory extremely enterprising collector ahead of him. "As they say in the cards for a lot of money with him it was better not to sit" - euphemistically commented one of the respondents.
Collectors say that with the 90s Borovkov is one of the top aides wealthy Muscovites and foreigners in the collection of rare books library. And equal him in this matter no. But here, evil tongues can not circumvent the rumors that went around selling them through intermediaries publications ostensibly the early twentieth century - the first collection of poems by Gumilev, "The way the conquistador." It seems like these books were quite a modern, only printed on old paper, old same fonts. But most of all, it's just a rumor, because one of these collections become an expert book rarities Alex Vengerov. Another issue that raises doubts about the authenticity, but, nevertheless, broke up like hot cakes - directory-garde Suprematists "five five twenty-five", where the figure was 34 Suprematist Malevich.

Borovkov is credited with saving the rare movie posters from the early twentieth century studio "Lenfilm".
Nevertheless, in spite of antiquarian regalia, December 11, the result was brought against him of organizing a criminal group that engaged in theft of rare second-hand books. With respect to the collector a preventive measure in the form of subscriptions on their own recognizance. As they say, the investigation took into account age and chronic disease expert on the Russian avant-garde.

At the request of AlexSpb place the answer here, for completeness.
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Сообщение от AlexSpb; 1895871"

very nasty article, obviously custom. There are already appearing on the site under her angry "letters to workers."
I believe that this can not pass. The analogy to 37m a year, may not be too relevant, however, one realizes that right now with anyone you can do anything, would be a top team. Home specificity of the present moment is that, unlike in the past, based on background of such cases almost always are - MONEY.
A tough time right now, the money in one way or another depend on it. Any dealer, especially owning a shop or gallery, is "by definition" is the target for different actions - from naive attempts vtyuhat through primitive falshaka old woman for a few hundred dollars to multi-step combinations that involve a lot of people, often, government officials and respectively, tasks are much more serious. I believe that colleagues may not always have to keep on the same principle as that of another must - in a fight, not looking at first, right or wrong.
By the way, to understand the current role of money in all, I advise you on the same site www.fontanka.ru dial in search of Tulchin and several articles about the history of Petersburg investigate the murder of a famous antiquarian.
Many people here probably are well aware of Borovkov and know him personally. But to readers of this tree were easier to work out its attitude to the issue, saying that the helper for many years without even listening to offers to buy paintings, always responding to their principled refusal: "No, I buy only books, pictures do not need me. " The only grounds for such a position has been concern about the purity of the collection, because, obviously, that the percentage of dubious authenticity in painting things immeasurably higher. He refused, apparently losing on this one, even from things hundred percent of very good houses. Just unsympathetic to him were all these games with confirmation-examinations, he shied away from them.
And now I want to convince us that this is very poor and not very cautious person, the owner of a unique and measurable collections related to some kind of criminals to those at his request, was stolen from public libraries to tens of thousands of rubles pathetic some books, and even probably in bad form and with library stamps!
Or, perhaps, awoke in him in his old age, "Shura Balaganov syndrome," which, having a fifty thousand, and mechanically put his hand in someone else's pocket for three rubles?
Examples of our businessmen, tycoons, swings and swings in the past now - for the presidency, few people are being taught. The main principle of the existence of rich people - Keep it safe, they forget, and in a strange experience who rarely learns.
Parallel, this would not really justified, because the desire of any collector to show his collection of people is nothing inherently vicious in itself does not contain. There is often not even boasting and vanity and the desire to share their like. However, the experience of others, which is not a sin, and learn a lot here. Back in the 70s, the owners of the things shown in the first exhibition from private collections, following the example of pre-revolutionary and pre-war exposures, naively stated in the catalog their addresses and phone numbers. Probably waiting to see what they sort something will bring on the cheap. Right on this list and robbed them ...
But, to everyone except the lucky ones for whom life - a process (not in the sense of the court), I want it some trace left! That Borovkov recently wrote many articles about his things, arranged the exhibition, said in a memoir genre ...
Everyone who has visited before last, it seems, a Moscow antiques shop, remembered his exhibition in the framework of the interior (not selling exhibition!). The time now is difficult for business, the market is full. Although a truly cool things still offers a bit, not without reason is that now you can buy everything, would be money.
So, a Suprematist tableware and furniture, which are shown at the exhibition Borovkov, can not buy! And if you can not buy, you need to take it away. Or put people in such conditions that it considers it best - sell cheaply. But already in the media, these people are not used to be shy.
In Georgia, many would porasskazat methods by which "collected" his collection of well-known colleague on hobby book Borovkova guard, who retired in the rank of general in the office almost Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs. Well, this is true, by the way, since then - in Georgia, not with us ...

I see that some muddled wrote, but I think, for a start is enough. I am sure that at least some benefit in the establishment of truth discussion on this forum can bring. After all, any opinion of competent people, this is evidence!
P.S. If anything, my name - not Borovkov!