Saturday, January 31, 2026

Russia steals Ukrainian heritage

Below are a few of the numerous Ukrainian artworks stolen by Russian occupiers from galleries in the Kherson region (source: the War and Sanctions portal of Ukrainian government).

 

Name: A decorative panel. Tomatoes in a vase

Author:Maria Prymachenko 
 
Details of theft: It was taken out of the Kherson Art Museum by representatives of the russian federation 
 

Name:Palm Sunday 
 
Author:Mykola Pymonenko 
 
Details of theft: It was taken out of the Kherson Art Museum by representatives of the russian federation 
 
 
 Name: View of the city of Odesa 
 
Author:Ivan Aivazovsky 
 
Details of theft: It was taken out of the Kherson Art Museum by representatives of the russian federation 
 

Name: Sea 
 
Author: Ivan Aivazovsky 
 
Details of theft: It was taken out of the Kherson Art Museum by representatives of the russian federation 
 
 
Name: Fishermen on Kinburn / Rybalki na Kimburni 
 
Author:Valery Mashnitsky 
  
Details of theft: It was taken out of the Kherson Art Museum by representatives of the russian federation 
 
 
Name: First snow / Persнyi snih 
 
Author:Ksenia Stetsenko 
 
Details of theft: It was taken out of the Kherson Art Museum by representatives of the russian federation 
 
Ancient heritage has also been stolen from occupied Ukrainian territories:
 

 
Name: Anthropomorphic archaic stele 
 
Details of theft: Removed from the National Historical and Archaeological Reserve "Stone Tomb" to the territory of Crimea under the guise of a temporary exhibition

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