Priest Sergei Halyuta voluntarily resigned as director of “Khersones” – after the protests of scientific and museum community, the conflict with the reserve staff and meetings with the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medina. Acting Director appointed Larissa Sedikova.
Archpriest Serge Halyuta resigned as director of the museum-reserve “Chersonese”. From office, he refused to volunteer, but after meeting with the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medina, which was held on Thursday, 6 of August. During a press briefing, the minister said that was not going to turn Halyuta sanctuary in a monastery, and he was appointed to “Hersonissos” had “extra-Orthodox spiritual significance.”
«But given the difficult situation Father Sergius, far from ambition and excessive claims, decided to step aside “- quoted Medina IA” REGNUM ».
Following the resignation Halyuta, according to the minister, it is possible to appoint Acting Director” neutral third figure. ”
On the appointment of the director of “Chersonese” Sevastopol district dean Archpriest Sergius Halyuta became known last week. Governor Sergey Sevastopol Menyailo dismissed head of the Museum of Archaeology of Andrei Kulagin, a new candidate, he said, he agreed with Moscow. Later, however, denied such an agreement and the Ministry of Culture and the Russian Orthodox Church.
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His decision Menyailo explain the contradiction between the reserve and the church – in the “Chersonese” St. Vladimir’s Cathedral is built in the XIX century on the spot where, according to legend, Prince Vladimir was baptized.
Sam “The ancient city of Chersonesos and its chorus” in 2013 on the list of UNESCO cultural heritage.
staffing decisions caused the governor collective protest Museum-Reserve; the appointment of a priest for the position expressed in the museum community – Hermitage director Mikhail Piotrovsky called the personnel initiative Menyailo “a threat to the archaeological site.” “We are seriously concerned that the museum work in Hersonissos is discontinued. We also fear that the stop and scientific developments, and archaeological excavations that are carried out in the Hermitage experts Hersonissos for many years “, – he said.
Presidential Adviser on Culture Vladimir Tolstoy called the appointment Halyuta “hasty and ill-conceived” and opposed by members of the Council for Science of the Ministry of Education and the Russian Historical Society.
solidarity citizenship scientists and “Khersones”, who managed to defend their opinion, praised Medina. Halyuta, by the way, at a press briefing thanked the scientific community for their cooperation and assistance – “though short-term,” he added.
Against the background of the scandal was published a decree on the transfer of Vladimir Putin “Chersonesos” in the federal jurisdiction.
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Monuments Museum Reserve and its territory will be included in the list of the most valuable objects of cultural heritage, which includes, for example, the Kremlin and the Estate “Yasnaya Polyana.”
Transfer “Chersonese” should be held before September 1, 2015.
Until that date, the governor of Sevastopol has the right to appoint an acting director reserve, which will monitor the process of transition to federal jurisdiction. Later Sevastopol news portal “Outpost” reported that the Acting Director “Chersonese” was appointed Larissa Sedikova, which previously served as the deputy director of the reserve.
A serious problem “of Chersonesos” Medina called the lack of necessary documents. “It was a very serious problem with kadastrirovaniem land: the object was, but the documents were not.
Until September 1, we get all the necessary documents, “- he said he hoped the minister.
Medina during his visit in Hersonissos not only resolve conflicts over as director, but also organized in the Reserve Board for its development – it will Halyuta, museum staff and some “community of Sevastopol”. According to the minister, the council will work with the Acting Director of “Chersonese” and have “great powers.”
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