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PAINTINGS BY ALES PUSHKIN FROM VITSEBSK
Mahilyow Cathedral

1. History of the Cathedral
2. Restoration chronology
3. State before the restoration
4. Restoration. First photos
5. Restoration. Color photos
6. Frescos by Aliaksandr Pushkin

4. The beginning of restoration. First black-and-white photos


The pre-restored state of the fresco “St. Sebastian”.
Scaffolding under the main nave’s ceiling. Installed by A. Pushkin in February 1992. The starting point of restoration.


Side frescos of the choirs. Carmelites’ heraldry. Condition of 1992.
Scaffolding in the main nave and presbytery in February 1992.

Historical fresco “Granting the lands to Carmelites in Mahilyow in XVII ct.”. Condition of 1992.
A fragment of angel’s head cleaned of oil painting of 1900-1902. March 1992.

A fragment of the eastern (right) part of presbytery.
During the cleaning of oil painting of 1900.

F. Yanushkievich during the removal and cleaning of painting “Lazar’s Resurrection”. Summer 1993
Western (left) side of presbytery. Unknown scene. After the restoration. September 1993. Restorer – A. Pushkin.

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