The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has added the ancient Chersonese in Russian-occupied Crimea to its list of endangered sites. The Russians are destroying the remains of the Greek city not only through extensive illegal excavations but also through the illegal construction of a new museum and temple complex. Chersonese, associated with the Christianization of medieval Kievan Rus, is an important part of the imperial mythology that Moscow uses …
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The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has added the ancient Chersonese in Russian-occupied Crimea to its list of endangered sites. The Russians are destroying the remains of the Greek city not only through extensive illegal excavations but also through the illegal construction of a new museum and temple complex. Chersonese, associated with the Christianization of medieval Kievan Rus, is an important part of the imperial mythology that Moscow uses …