Russian Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova called the fire in the State Art Gallery of Abkhazia in Sukhum a real tragedy. She wrote about this subject herself telegram channel.
“A real tragedy in Sukhumi. “Together with our Abkhazian colleagues, we are considering how we can help,” he wrote.
Before that, the Ministry of Emergencies of Abkhazia reportedIt was stated that a fire broke out in the Central Exhibition Hall building where the National Art Gallery is located in Sukhum.
Acting Minister of Culture Dinara Smyr said that there are collections of the National Gallery of Art with more than 4 thousand copies on the second floor of the building where the fire occurred. According to the latest data of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic, nearly 150 paintings were saved from the fire.
At the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Abkhazia reportedIt was stated that one of the possible causes of the fire that broke out in the art gallery of the Union of Abkhazian Artists in Sukhum could be arson.
Previously in Makhachkala extinct A fire broke out in two apartments.