In 1921, the Resolution of the Council of People’s Commissars “On Composing the State Fund for Foreign Trade” was published, which made it possible to sell significant art objects. The process of selling masterpieces from the Hermitage Stalinsky government revealed Doctor of Historical Sciences, Chief Researcher at the St. Petersburg Institute of History Rounds Julia Kantor in an interview with Lente.ru.
Hermitage Exhibits Catalogs amounted to a special commission in 1922-1923. Items stored in the museum were divided into three categories. Thus, the Commission allocated exhibits with exceptional artistic value, a museum value and without museum importance. Cantor emphasized that art objects from different categories could mix.
“The Ermitage came to the Employees of the State Office” Antiques “, accompanied by Chekists and took the exhibits you liked for sale, simply pointing to the relevant inventory numbers,” said the interlocutor of the publication.
According to Yulia, Kantor, in the “antiques”, art historians who could determine the value of the exhibit, but the decision was taken by party functionaries. Moreover, the sale of exhibits was carried out according to plan. In turn, the implementation of the Plan influenced the funding of the museum.
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