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Thursday, October 27, 2011

70 Pre-Revolutionary Icons Returned to Russia

A Russian businessman, Sergey A. Shmakov, has donated 70 icons worth over $1 million to the Russian Orthodox Church. The icons had all been removed from the former Russian Empire after the Bolshevik Revolution and were purchased at various art auctions and stores abroad for return to Russia. More here.

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