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Fragmented mosaics floor from Chersonesus

ID: 1636
Updated: 29.09.2024
Fragmented mosaics floor from Chersonesus
Name:
Fragmented mosaics floor from Chersonesus
Author:
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The country of the work of art:
Date:
V-VI century AD
Type:
Painting
Estimated value:
Owner:
Ukraine
Description:
Аppropriated under the guise of exhibiting on the territory of the russian federation from the funds of the reserve "Khersones Tavriyskyi". Taken to the Museum of Fine Arts in Novgorod for the "Gold of Byzantium" exhibition
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Circumstances of theft


Year of the incident:
2023
Place of the incident:
National Reserve "Chersonese Tauride"
Coordinates (Lat, Lon):
44.61116682715866, 33.49212532954141
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Place of last known stay:
Museum of Fine Arts in Novgorod

Links

http://russianold.ru/2023/05/29/khersonesos-novgorod/
https://www.unian.ua/society/rosiyani-vivezli-zoloto-vizantiji-z-muzeyu-hersones-tavriyskiy-v-krimu-12267756.html

Archive links

https://web.archive.org/web/20240924090437/https://www.unian.ua/society/rosiyani-vivezli-zoloto-vizantiji-z-muzeyu-hersones-tavriyskiy-v-krimu-12267756.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20240614033838/https://russianold.ru/2023/05/29/khersonesos-novgorod/
National Reserve "Chersonese Tauride"
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Involved in theft
ADAKSINA Svetlana Borisovna
ADAKSINA Svetlana Borisovna
Deputy Director, Chief Curator of the State Hermitage Federal State Budgetary Institution of Culture
The person conducted illegal archaeological excavations on the territory of the archaeological heritage site "Genoese fortress of Cembalo" in Balaklava in 2014-2019 and on the territory of the cultural heritage site "Ancient city of Chersonesos Tavriya and its choir" in Sevastopol in 2019. She received permits from the Ministry of Culture of the russian federation to conduct archaeological works (open letters) of the temporarily occupied Crimean peninsula in 2021 and 2022.
ALEKSEENKO Nikolay Alexandrovich
ALEKSEENKO Nikolay Alexandrovich
The so-called "Deputy Director for Scientific Work of the State Historical and Archaeological Museum-Reserve "Chersonesos Tavrichesky"
It is known that from 2015 to 2016, this person received 4 permits from the Ministry of Culture of the russian federation for illegal archaeological work on the territory of the temporarily occupied Crimean peninsula. The person participated in the excavations: "Ancient city of Chersonesos Tavriya and its Chora", "Genoese fortress of Cembalo"
ARZHANOV Alexey Yurievich
ARZHANOV Alexey Yurievich
The so-called "Head of the Department of Interdisciplinary Research", a member of the "Heraclean Expedition of the State Historical and Archaeological Reserve "Chersonesos Tavrichesky" since 2022
It is known that from 2017 to 2018, this person received 7 permits from the Ministry of Culture of the russian federation for illegal archaeological work on the territory of the temporarily occupied Crimean peninsula. The person participated in the excavations: "The ancient city of Chersonesos Tavriya and its Chora", "Graveyard 18" in Sevastopol, "Settlement on Gagarin Avenue" in Sevastopol.
BUKATOV Andrey Alekseevich
BUKATOV Andrey Alekseevich
The so-called "Head of the Department of Underwater Archaeology of the State Historical and Archaeological Museum-Reserve "Chersonesos Tavrichesky"
It is known, that from 2015 to 2019 this person received 5 permits, and from 2021 to 2023 - 3 permits from the Ministry of Culture of the russian federation for illegal archaeological work on the territory of the temporarily occupied Crimean peninsula. The person participated in the excavations of the site "Ancient City of Chersonesos Tavriya and its Chora"
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