Putin approved a large restoration program for the Hermitage

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Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a large restoration program of the State Hermitage.

The general director of the museum, Mikhail Piotrovsky, gave a lecture at the International Youth Festival in Yekaterinburg, which runs from September 11 to 17.

EKATERINBURG, September 13 - RIA Novosti. Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a large restoration program for the State Hermitage, said museum director general Mikhail Piotrovsky, noting that he recently spoke with the head of state on this topic.

Piotrovsky gave a lecture "Physics and Lyricists. DNA and the Code of Culture" as part of the federal educational marathon Knowledge. The first at the International Youth Festival in Yekaterinburg.

“We are now starting a large restoration program for the Hermitage. I recently spoke with the president, he approved it. A major restoration of the Hermitage takes place every 30 years,” Piotrovsky said at the lecture.