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The Ministry of Culture reprimanded the general director of the Tretyakov Gallery due to the theft of a Kuindzhi painting
Zelfira Tregulova, general director of the Tretyakov Gallery, has been reprimanded for stealing a painting by artist Arkhip Kuindzhi.
According to experts, RBC quotes a message from the Ministry of Culture, the theft occurred "as a result of the uncoordinated actions of the museum's structural divisions."
The Ministry of Culture recommends that disciplinary sanctions be applied to some museum employees, for example, to dismiss the head of the security service.
The reprimand was announced “for violations of the current “Instructions for Accounting and Storage of Museum Treasures” and the order of the Ministry of Culture “On approval of standard requirements for engineering and technical reinforcement and equipment with technical means of protection of cultural institutions located in buildings - monuments of history and culture.”
- Painting by Arkhip Kuindzhi “Ai-Petri. Crimea” was stolen from an exhibition at the Tretyakov Gallery on January 27. The offender removed the canvas from the wall in front of the visitors and freely carried it out of the building.
- A few hours later, 32-year-old Denis Chuprikov was detained on suspicion of theft. The painting was discovered and returned to the museum.