The exhibition “Treasures of Crimea” was opened in the treasury of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine. Return”. This refers to the so-called “Scythian gold” artifacts, for which Ukraine has been arguing in international courts for 9 years.
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Artifacts from the collection, known as “Scythian gold”, ended up abroad in 2013 – first at an exhibition in Bonn, then at the Allard Pearson Museum in Amsterdam. They were shown at the exhibition entitled “Crimea: Gold and Secrets of the Black Sea”.
The collection consisted of items from five institutions: the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in Kyiv and four Crimean museums (Tavrida Central Museum, Kerch Historical and Cultural Reserve, Chersonese Tavri National Reserve and Pakysarai Historical and Cultural Reserve).
After the exhibition ended, only 19 artefacts from the collection of the Kyiv Museum were returned to their homeland; The Crimean collection – 565 items with an insured value of 1.5 million euros – was claimed by Russia, which at the time had already annexed the peninsula.
After court proceedings, Ukraine continued to win in all cases, and at the end of November the artifacts were returned to Ukraine and handed over to the National Museum of History of Ukraine for temporary safekeeping. His experts examined the objects: they were ancient Greek, ancient Roman, late Scythian, Sarmatian, Hunnic and Gothic artifacts dating back to the 5th century. BC Found in 19th-21st centuries AD till VI century. During archaeological research in the Crimea.
All 565 objects in the Crimean collection are displayed in the treasury. The opening of the exhibition was attended by the First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska, the Minister of Culture of Ukraine Rostislav Karandev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba and other state and cultural figures and foreign ambassadors.
The exposure in the treasury will become permanent and will continue until the occupation of Crimea. After the occupation, the collection is planned to return to the museums of the peninsula. The exhibition is open every day from 10:00 to 18:00. Opening for visitors – From 5th July.
