Stolen treasures of Ukraine.
https://Texty.org.ua researched into the online collections of Russia’s Hermitage & State Historical Museum unearthed over 100k artifacts that’s been exported from modern Ukraine to Russia.
Theft & cultural appropriation spanned various historical epochs.🧵⬇️
#UkrainianView
https://Texty.org.ua researched into the online collections of Russia’s Hermitage & State Historical Museum unearthed over 100k artifacts that’s been exported from modern Ukraine to Russia.
Theft & cultural appropriation spanned various historical epochs.🧵⬇️
#UkrainianView
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1️⃣ Ancient times to the 1st millennium BC
2️⃣ Scythian-Sarmatian era & classical antiquity (7 BC - 4 AD)
3️⃣ Rus period (10-13 AD)
https://texty.org.ua/d/2023/stolen_heritage/en/
These are unique manuscripts, old prints, works of art, antiquities, religious and Cossack relics and weaponry.
We’re possibly looking at hundreds of thousands of exhibits.
https://texty.org.ua/d/2023/stolen_heritage/en/
However, in numerous cases, this vital data was conspicuously absent.
Valuable finds are left untraceable, forcing reliance solely on inventory numbers and museum collection names.