According to news agency EFE, the gallery director, Mikhail Piotrovsky, stressed that "cats have become very important part of the life of the museum and one of the Hermitage significant legends. " Working to prevent mice damage produced paintings and objects of this museum.
"The history of our friendship with cats goes back to early eighteenth century, when Peter I (the czar who founded St. Petersburg) installed in the Winter Palace (the former imperial residence and later seat of the gallery) a cat brought from Holland, "he told Itar-Tass a museum spokesman.
Subsequently, the Russian Empress Elizabeth I issued a decree ordering" located in Kazan (city located about 1,500 kilometers east of St. Petersburg) to the best and biggest cats able to catch mice. "
Later," Catherine the Great, founder of Hermitage cats granted the status of trustees of the gallery, " added.
The "template" guardians of the Hermitage cats traditionally consists of some 50 cats, each of which has with their passport and photo.
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