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Moscow to control Crimean historical site
(MENAFN- Arab News) MOSCOW: Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Saturday placed a major archaeological site in Crimea which he has hailed as the country's top historical symbol under federal control following turmoil over the appointment of its director.
The Kremlin said that Putin ordered the area of the ancient Greek city of Chersonesus to be placed under federal oversight. The site is located just outside Sevastopol the main port city in Crimea the Black Sea Peninsula annexed by Russia from Ukraine last year.
Putin's order followed the Sevastopol governor's decision last month to appoint a Russian Orthodox priest as director of the Chersonesus museum a move that has angered its keepers and fueled strong public criticism that the appointee lacked education and experience.
While presenting the new director to museum workers the governor Sergei Menyailo reportedly sought to counter protests.
Putin's adviser for cultural issues Vladimir Tolstoy a descendant of novelist Leo Tolstoy was among those who criticized the governor's decision saying the museum chief should be a professional.
Tolstoy was quoted by the Interfax news agency Saturday as saying that the Culture Ministry will now be in charge of Chersonesus and choose its new director.
Excavations in Chersonesus which is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site began in 1827.
The Kremlin said that Putin ordered the area of the ancient Greek city of Chersonesus to be placed under federal oversight. The site is located just outside Sevastopol the main port city in Crimea the Black Sea Peninsula annexed by Russia from Ukraine last year.
Putin's order followed the Sevastopol governor's decision last month to appoint a Russian Orthodox priest as director of the Chersonesus museum a move that has angered its keepers and fueled strong public criticism that the appointee lacked education and experience.
While presenting the new director to museum workers the governor Sergei Menyailo reportedly sought to counter protests.
Putin's adviser for cultural issues Vladimir Tolstoy a descendant of novelist Leo Tolstoy was among those who criticized the governor's decision saying the museum chief should be a professional.
Tolstoy was quoted by the Interfax news agency Saturday as saying that the Culture Ministry will now be in charge of Chersonesus and choose its new director.
Excavations in Chersonesus which is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site began in 1827.
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