N.M. Maslov next to the paintings he saved from the museum collection
The photo shows Maslov Nikolai Mikhailovich (1890 - 1967), a well-known local historian, historian, the first researcher of Kaluga ceramics. Researcher at the Kaluga Regional Museum of Local Lore. Since July 1941 he worked as a director of the Kaluga Art Museum. During the Nazi occupation of the city of Kaluga, Nikolai Mikhailovich saved valuable paintings from the fund of the art museum, already prepared by the Germans to be sent to Germany. Risking his life, he managed to preserve these works for the museum.
N.M. Maslov next to the paintings he saved from the museum collection
The photo shows Maslov Nikolai Mikhailovich (1890 - 1967), a well-known local historian, historian, the first researcher of Kaluga ceramics. Researcher at the Kaluga Regional Museum of Local Lore. Since July 1941 he worked as a director of the Kaluga Art Museum. During the Nazi occupation of the city of Kaluga, Nikolai Mikhailovich saved valuable paintings from the fund of the art museum, already prepared by the Germans to be sent to Germany. Risking his life, he managed to preserve these works for the museum.