The Ministry of Culture confirmed the dismissal of the head of the Pushkin Museum Marina Loshak

The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation confirmed the dismissal of the head of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts Marina Loshak. This is reported RIA News.

Loshak filed a letter of resignation from the post of director of the Pushkin Museum of her own free will. Appointed new head Elizaveta Likhachevawho previously headed the State Museum of Architecture named after A. V. Shchusev in Moscow.

Marina Loshak has headed the Pushkin Museum for the past 10 years. Her term of office will end on April 2, 2023, after which it will not be extended.