The curators save the heritage of Ukraine at any cost
Upon learning that Russian troops were advancing into the Zaporizhia region, Natalya Chergik helped load a ton of paintings, antique firearms and ceramics
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Upon learning that Russian troops were advancing into the Zaporizhia region, Natalya Chergik helped load a ton of paintings, antique firearms and ceramics
When she understood Russian troops were advancing in the region of Zaporizhzhia, Natalya Chergik helped to fill a truck with paintings, antique firearms and 17th-century ceramics. “We drove 1,000km in five days. The trip was awful, planes were flying over us and we did not even know if they were Ukrainian or not,” she said. “The hardest part for us was to convince people at checkpoints not to search the artwork and to let the truck through as quickly as possible,” she said. Chergik is a curator at Khortytsia, a museum-island of about 30km2 on the Dnipro River that was a base for
The curators saving Ukraine's heritage at all costs
Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine) (AFP), Aug 16 - When she understood Russian troops were advancing in the region of Zaporizhzhia, Natalya Chergik helped to fill a - Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today | Capitalfm.co.ke
Historical artefacts sent for safekeeping at museum-island in Dnipro river.