A new director of the St. Isaac's Cathedral Museum has been appointed

Art historian Yuri Mudrov has been appointed the new director of the Museum of St. Isaac's Cathedral, the committee on culture of St. Petersburg reported.

Mudrov began work on June 15.

According to Interfax, Mudrov has been working "in the field of culture of St. Petersburg since 1982" and has held senior positions in a number of museums.

• Since 2008, the Museum of St. Isaac's Cathedral has been directed by Nikolai Burov. On May 31, 2017, he left this post. Burov opposed the transfer of the cathedral to the use of the Russian Orthodox Church, which was planned by the authorities of St. Petersburg.
• Deputy Director for Public Relations Irada Vovnenko was appointed acting director. in the media Already on June 2, there were reports that she was leaving the post (including with reference to herself), but they were eventually refuted.