Awards veteran Peter Denisov was serious: two orders of red Star, medal “For the Victory in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945 “, the order of the red banner, the order of Lenin. In 1996, the mother of the grandson of veteran handed heirloom – awards and documents to them, and also, the order and the work book to the exhibition through a distant relative who worked in the Museum of Belozersk.
However, after the exhibition, awards and documents in the family never returned. The same relative gave them to the Museum. The closest relatives of the soldier one did not ask permission.
the family relics are now stored in the Belozersk regional Museum of local lore. In January of this year Vasily Denisov asked the Department of culture and tourism of the Vologda region that he returned the order. But he was advised to go to court. What Basil did.
As reported by the United press service of the vessels of the Vologda region, the representative of the defendant did not recognize the claim and explained that the documents and awards Peter Denisov entered the Belozersky Museum from his relative, which was drawn up an act of acceptance and transfer. For many years they are in the Museum collection and are non-refundable. But in the Museum ensure their careful storage.
However the court thought otherwise. He decided that the owner has the right to demand his property from another’s illegal possession. State awards Peter Denisov was subject to the possession of his heirs. In the Museum, they could only be transferred by decision of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR or of the Executive Committee of the regional Council of people’s deputies, and in the moment – by the decision of the Commission under the RF President on state awards and only with the appropriate consent of the heirs.
the Only heir apparent was his son, after his death, the wife and grandson of a war veteran. Their written consent to the transfer of awards in the Museum there. The contract of donation or other agreement with the heirs of the deceased has not concluded.
the Argument of the Museum that honors and documents after the transfer of the Museum cannot be returned to the heirs, the court found unreasonable.
Now Belozersky regional Museum should return Vasili Denisov, state awards and documents issued in the name of his grandfather.
