The Toropets Icon of the Mother of God will be returned not to the Russian Museum, but to the Toropets Cathedral
April 25, 2011 Andrey Busygin, Deputy Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation, told the press that the Toropetsk Icon from the collection of the Russian Museum, which is on temporary display, will return not to the museum fund, but to the Toropetsky Cathedral. A. Busygin told reporters that the Ministry of Culture received a letter “ with a request not to extend exposure time [Toropetskaya icons] in Prince's Lake .