Odkrycie malowideł ściennych w cerkwi "Spasa na Bieriestowie" w Kijowie

Th e au th o rs giving a sh o rt h is to ric a l su rv ey of th e o rth o d o x ch u rc h of th e S a v io u r in Kiev supply a d e sc rip tio n of an a c c id e n ta l discovery of m ed iev a l m u ra ls d u rin g th e re p a irs m ad e in th e beg in n in g s of th e p re s e n t c en tu ry . The th e n discovered m u ra l p a in tin g s w e re su b je c ted to co n se rv a tio n a lre ad y d u rin g th e p e riod b e tw e en th e tw o w o rld w a rs, h owever, it was only in 1970 th a t a sy s tem a tic course of re s to ra tio n a n d co n se rv a tin g tr e a tm e n ts h av e b e en s ta rte d . The sou n d in g in v e s tig a tio n s allowed to sta te th a t th e tw e lf th -c e n tu ry frescoes a re covered by a p a in te d laye r coming from th e 17 th -cen tu ry th e a re a of w h ich ran g e s to some 100 m2. Towa rd th e end of 1971 a b o u t o n e -fifth p a r t of th e s e v e n te e n th -c e n tu ry frescoes w a s removed an d re lin e d onto new support. The th u s d iscovered p ic to ria l composition of sa c red c h a ra c te r p re s e n ts th e scene of „A b u n d an t Fish H a rv e s t”. T h ough th e a u th o rs give an ex h a u s tiv e de sc rip tio n of those m ed iev a l p a in tings th e y do not supply any in fo rm a tio n w ith re g a rd to me th o d s ap p lied in co n se rv a tio n of th e old R u th e n ia n p a in tin g s . The w o rk s a re still in th e course. Th e se v e n te e n th -c e n tu ry frescoes th a t a re cu t off from th e p la s te r lay e r an d tr a n s fe r re d onto th e n ew su p p o rt a re tem p o ra rily e x h ib ite d in po rch of th e S a v io u r’s o rth o d o x ch u rch , Kiev.