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More Possible Art Thefts Discovered In Russia

Inside the Hermitage, Russia's best-known museum (ITAR-TASS)

Inside the Hermitage, Russia's best-known museum (ITAR-TASS)

August 8, 2006 -- A large number of drawings by the celebrated Russian architect Yakov Chernikov have gone missing from Russia's state archive in Moscow.

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August 08, 2006


Rosokhrankultura, the federal cultural heritage protection agency, says the drawings are worth several million dollars.


The announcement comes just over a week after the State Hermitage museum revealed that 221 items worth $5 million had been stolen.


(AP, Interfax)

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