Eike Schmid, director of the Florentine Uffizi Gallery, called the removal of Russian culture erroneous. TASS.
Schmid stated that he believes that cultural heritage should be evaluated from a diplomatic perspective. He likened the rejection of Russian culture to amputation.
“Culture and cultural diplomacy are very important because it allows you to get to know the other person and through this knowledge you learn more about yourself. You can cut off your hand or try to cut off a piece of universal world culture. But this is impossible without major damage, let alone excruciating pain and massive blood loss. It’s a metaphor. Without Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Shostakovich, and before modern creators, world culture would have been incredibly impoverished. Humanity would throw it back. “It is an incredible mistake to abandon Russian culture,” said Schmid.