Where have thousands of paintings gone? Secrets of the National Art Museum of Belarus Irina Matiats How was the museum's pre-war collection lost during the war? Why was it so difficult to reconstruct the list of missing works? How did paintings by Aivazovsky, Koindzhi and Repin get to Belarus thanks to the efforts of the legendary museum director Elena Aladova? And what role did the famous singer Lydia Ruslanova play in it? In the new issue, the director of the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus, Irina Matiats, tells about the mysteries of the museum's collection, the search for missing works of art and amazing stories about the return of cultural property. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THIS EPISODE ON VK CLICK HERE TO WATCH THIS EPISODE ON RUTUBE CLICK HERE TO WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE.