General Director of the Museum “Tsaritsino” appointed Elena Melville

The general director of the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve in Moscow was Elena Melville. She will replace Elizaveta Fokina, who headed the institution since 2016, the Moscow Department of Culture said.

Elena Melville is an honorary cultural worker of Moscow. From 2013 to 2018, she headed the ZIL Cultural Center, from 2018 to 2026 she served as director of the Vorobyovy Gory educational complex.

Elizaveta Fokina headed the museum-reserve for 10 years. In June, she was appointed director of Gorky Park. “I had time to smoothly transfer cases to Elena Khasimovna and discuss with her everything related to the further work of Tsaritsino,” said Ms. Fokina.

Tsaritsyno is the largest museum-reserve in Moscow. It was opened in 1984. Includes a palace and park ensemble with a complex of buildings of the XVIII century, Tsaritsyn ponds and a landscape park, as well as the Biryulevsky arboretum and recreation area “Borisovsky ponds”.