theme 10.04.1995 (1995)

Epigraph of the program: fragment of the film "Heritage of the Republic".

Theme of the program: Cultural heritage.

Guests in the studio: Ilya Glazunov - rector of the All-Russian Academy of Arts, Sculpture and Architecture and Evgeny Sidorov - Minister of Culture of Russia.

Evgeny Sidorov answers the question, now in Russia there is a redistribution of property, and cultural values have not remained on the sidelines of this process.

Do you agree?

Evgeny Sidorov says that the privatization of culture cannot be allowed.

Ilya Glazunov answers the question, what is restitution.

Ilya Glazunov talks about the return from the West of artistic values of Russia, taken out during the war.

Evgeny Sidorov talks about the agreement with Germany on the illegal movement of valuables.

The story is about Germany's removal of cultural values from the occupied territories.

Chronicle B/W: Burning building, ruins, fragment of painting, people clearing rubble, medics carrying a wounded man on a stretcher, destroyed sculptures in a museum hall, destroyed museum building, destroyed church, old buildings in Germany, sign "

Museum checked, no mines, checked by Khanutin", paintings from the Dresden Gallery, stairs and halls of the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, restorer with a brush working on a painting, hand wiping dust from the painting, restorers carrying the painting to the studio, paintings in the museum.

Evgeny Sidorov speaks about exhibitions of paintings returned from Germany.

Ilya Glazunov speaks about Schliemann Heinrich.

Seslavinsky Mikhail answers the question of who now decides in Russia whether valuables were obtained legally or not.

Seslavinsky Mikhail answers the question of which, from the point of view of the law and the state, displaced valuables should be returned to Germany and which should remain with us.

Plot poll of people on the street: what would you do with the cultural valuables that we took out of Germany during the war?

Evgeny Sidorov talks about the displaced values that need to be shown to people and the organization of exhibitions.

Ilya Glazunov talks about the values looted in Russia.

The story is about the destruction of churches by the Bolsheviks and the transfer of cultural values to the church now.

Chronicle B/W and color: Destruction of the temple, burning books and icons, anti-religious demonstration, destruction of the church, a man throws a cross from the dome of the church, people carry a bell, the Church of St.

Nicholas the Wonderworker in Klenniki, people in the church building, the decoration of the church, the iconostasis of the church, bells on the bell tower of the church, clergy in the church, icons, view of the Orthodox church, the dome of the church with a cross, restoration in the church, people enter the church and cross themselves, an icon.

Evgeny Sidorov answers the question of what problems are currently in the issue of transferring cultural values to the church.

Evgeny Sidorov denies that the Moscow City Hall provides the Ministry of Culture with premises for museums.

A priest in the studio, talking about the Church of the Holy Martyr Antipas, which belongs to the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.

Evgeny Sidorov comments on the situation with the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.

The priest talks about the church's powerless position, the relationship between the diocese and the Ministry of Culture, and the return of icons from museums to churches.

One of the employees of the Moscow History Museum, located in the church building, talks about the lack of space for moving the museum to a secular building.

Ilya Glazunov talks about the persecution of the church.

Story about storage facilities for valuable archives Video: The premises and building of the Russian State Historical Archive in St.

Petersburg, the sign "

State Archive of the Russian Federation", the sign "

Military Historical Archive", bookcases with books, an old book on the table, the autograph of Tsarina Catherine II, the autograph of Tsarina Elizabeth, a document written by Peter I, the diary of Denis Davydov, the signature of Nicholas II, old books on the shelves in the storage facility, the sign "

Architectural Monument", a view of the storage facility building, pipes and heating batteries in the corridor, storage facility premises, fire hoses on the wall, shelves with books in the storage facility.

Vladimir Kozloy, Doctor of Historical Sciences, speaks about ideology and knowledge of the past.

A man in the archive looks at a microfilm with archival documents.

A box of microfilms.

Shelves with books.

Books to be restored.

Shelves with books in the storage facility.

An archive employee in the storage facility.

Archive directory in English.

A page of the document "Special Folder" of I.V. Stalin.

Pikhoya Rudolf talks about the Russian archival fund.

Evgeny Sidorov answers the question whether today the tradition of giving high-ranking men gifts of Russian cultural treasures at official receptions has been preserved.

Evgeny Sidorov answers the question whether there is any legal restriction for cases of gifts of Russian cultural treasures at official receptions.

Evgeny Sidorov talks about the gift of two books as a gesture of kindness before President Yeltsin's trip to Germany.

Ilya Glazunov answers the question whether it is true that you painted several pictures specifically for gifts to foreign countries.

Ilya Glazunov talks about gifts given to foreigners by the USSR Minister of Culture Ekaterina Furtseva.

Ilya Glazunov talks about uniting against theft and plundering of cultural treasures.

The host says goodbye to the audience.