The First Lady opened the exhibition "Treasures of Crimea. Return", which presents Scythian gold
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First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska opened the exhibition "Treasures of Crimea. The Return" exhibition in Kyiv, featuring a collection of Scythian gold that Ukraine fought with russia for almost a decade to get back from the Netherlands.
In Kyiv, First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska opened the exhibition "Treasures of Crimea. The Return". The exhibition includes exhibits of Scythian gold, for which Ukraine has been fighting with russia for almost a decade. This was reported on the website of the President of Ukraine, UNN writes.
Our struggle for the return of Crimea and the return of its scrubs began simultaneously - 10 years ago. It took 10 long years of courts and brilliant work of Ukrainian and foreign lawyers, museum workers and diplomats for culture, historical justice and cooperation of free people to win
These objects were created by various peoples who inhabited the Crimean peninsula, such as Greeks, Scythians, Sarmatians, Goths, and Huns.
The word "multiculturalism" did not yet exist, but Crimea and its heritage already were! Today I am glad that the entire collection will be available to Ukrainians and friends of our country. Because national treasures are not something that is hidden or appropriated somewhere. It is something that is available to people
The exhibition "Treasures of Crimea. Return" will be presented at the National Museum of History of Ukraine until the final de-occupation of Crimea. Then the collection will be moved to the territory of the peninsula.
I believe that just as these treasures have returned home, so will Crimea return home to be a part of not only Ukraine, but also the free world and world culture
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The collection of more than 550 exhibits that was in Amsterdam in 2014 has returned to Ukraine after almost a decade of efforts. A year ago, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands decided to transfer the exhibits to Ukraine. The return was made possible through the joint work of a foreign law firm, Ukrainian lawyers, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy, the National Museum of History of Ukraine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and the Embassy of the Netherlands in Ukraine.
Recall
The SBU showed photos of a collection of "Scythian gold" worth $1.5 million, which was returned to Ukraine after almost a decade of legal dispute. Measures are underway to return other antiquities seized in cooperation with law enforcement agencies of foreign countries.