Russia to raise schooner with Empress’ treasures

Updated Thursday, November 20, 2008 11:29 am TWN, AFP

Russia to raise schooner with Empress’ treasures

MOSCOW -- Russia plans to raise from the sea a schooner that sank off the coast of Finland in 1771 with gold, precious porcelain and Dutch paintings for Empress Catherine the Great. “We would like to say that within two years all necessary measures will be taken and in 2010 we will be able to finally see what secrets this ship holds,” Artem Tarasov, head of the Rescue of National Cultural and Historic Valuables fund, said.

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