Cleaning and research of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra frescoes

Did you know that in 1935–1936 Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra frescoes were cleaned and researched by the well-known artist-restorer Pavlo Ivanovych Yukin?

This master worked in two churches of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra – Dormition Cathedral and Gate Church of the Trinity. In the Church of the Savior at Berestove he unveiled inscriptions, a portrait of Petro Mohyla, the donator, and the remains of frescoes of the 12^th century.

Art critic Mykola Chornohubov, who worked at the All-Ukrainian Museum Town at the time, believed that Pavlo Yukin washed the frescoes with a special and “mysterious” solution, the composition of which was almost unknown to anyone.

Anna Yanenko

Captions to the illustrations:

1. Fragment of the fresco of the Church of the Savior at Berestove. 1935 [National Preserve “Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra”, inv. № KPL-N-1277]

2. Fragment of the donor’s fresco “Prayer” (“Gift of Petro Mohyla”) on the narthex vault of the Church of the Savior at Berestove. 1935 [National Preserve “Kyv-Pechersk Lavra” [inv. № KPL-N-1283]

3. Fresco “Angel” in the Church of the Savior at Berestove. 1935 [National Preserve “Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra” [inv. № KPL-N-1413]