As part of his visit to St. Petersburg, Vladimir Putin also visited the Hermitage to personally donate to the museum a church utensils given to the daughter of Emperor Alexander II.
Church utensils, part of a set to perform the mystery of the Eucharist, was made in 1877 in St Petersburg at the request of the imperial court to be used in the family chapel at Clarence House in London by Great Duchess Maria Alexandrovna, later Duchess of Edinburgh.
After her death a set of church utensils ended up in the hands of collectors.
And now the silver set was redeemed and, finally, returned to the homeland.
Visitors will soon be able to see it, but so far only in the Hermitage.
The President also discussed the State Hermitage development plans with its Director Mikhail Piotrovsky.
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