"In February 1942 I was included in a group of five artists who were asked to record ‘the Hermitage’s wounds’. The group included the painters V.V. Kuchumov and V.V. Pachulin, the graphic artist A.V. Kaplun and me. I am afraid
I have forgotten who the fifth person was."

Vera Miliutina

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The Van Dyck Hall during the Siege
of Leningrad
1942
Drawing by
V. Kuchumov
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