The icon was found during customs control of the shipment, which was sent from Ukraine to the United States
Customs officials have exposed an attempt to illegally send an old icon of the late 19th – early 20th century in international mail Our Lady of Tikhvin the famous Borisov icon painting craft. On Monday, February 27, according to the custom of Kiev.
It was noted that the icon was found during customs control of the cargo, which was sent from Ukraine to the United States. The sender from the Ukrainian city of Pokrov declared the shrine as a piece of furniture worth 1,400 UAH.
According to experts from the National Art Museum of Ukraine, the discovered icon has cultural and historical value.
It was made by the masters of the great Borisov icon-painting industry of Slobozhanshchina, which is now considered a historical and cultural phenomenon. A similar image of the Virgin is a kind of visiting card of the Ukrainian Borisovka (now the Bryansk region of Russia).
Kyiv customs created a protocol on violation of customs rules. The icon has been removed.
The discovered icon has cultural and historical value. Photo: Kyiv customs
Remember that they tried to take a rare icon from Ukraine under the guise of a kitchen board.
It was previously reported that the Lady of Zaporozhye was detained for smuggling icons into the Russian Federation.
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Source: korrespondent
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