Bakhadova Ksenia A. — restorer, category III; The Central Andrey Rublev Museum of Ancient Russian Culture and Art, restorer of the Scientific Restoration Department
E-mail: artprozekt@gmail.com

The article is devoted to the fate of ecclesiastical art objects in the occupied territory of Pskov during the period from 1941 to 1944, and also examines the post-war period of the return of displaced cultural property to USSR. The article examines the activities of the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR), as well as other German units whose interests included the transfer of valuables from the occupied territories. The main attention is paid to the activities of the staff of the Pskov Museum “Pogankin Chambers” — N. S. Blagoveschenskaya and V. S. Ponomarev — and the icon-painting workshop attached to the Administration of the Pskov Orthodox Mission. Based on the archival materials, the authors establish the scope of the icon-painting workshop’s activities: the materials used by the workshop staff are indicated; the products produced by the workshop are listed; and the specific items that were in demand in the shop at the Administration of the Pskov Orthodox Mission are identified. Attention is paid to the interaction between members of the Pskov Orthodox Mission and the occupation authorities in matters of ecclesiastical art. Special attention is given to the procedure for the evacuation of church valuables from Pskov to the canonical territory of the Baltic Exarchate, as well as the procedure for the removal of valuables by the staff of the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg. Based on archival data, it is possible to establish a list of removed icons, as well as to determine from which Pskov churches the objects of ecclesiastical art were taken. The authors also clarify the deciphering of the German marking of icons, which was previously performed by the staff of the Pskov Museum-Reserve.

“Pogankin Chambers” museum, church valuables, displaced art, Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg, German marking of icons, Great Patriotic War, icon-painting workshop at the Administration of the Pskov Orthodox Mission, occupation of Pskov (1941–1944), Pskov icons, Pskov Orthodox Mission.