Fire in Muranov Destroys Pictures of Aivazovski

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15:57 29/07/06

FIRE IN MURANOV DESTROYS PICTURES OF AIVAZOVSKI

Fire destroyed 10 pictures in the museum-house of Russian poet Feodor
Tiutchev in Muranov, among them Ivan Aivazovski’s pictures. The rest
of 27 thousand items were saved, RIA Oreanda sources say.

Russian Culture Protection Institution rules out the possibility that
the pieces of art were deliberately set on fire. They say lightning
caused it. /Panorama.am/

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