This version put forward headquarters of the Interior Ministry in St.

Icon, found on June four in St. Petersburg cafe, could belong to the poorhouse Makarov school.This version put forward headquarters of the Interior Ministry in St. Petersburg and Leningrad region , which was engaged in checking on the discovery of the icon.The mosaic icon of the Virgin was found by a member of the cafe, which is located on Nevsky Prospect, one hundred and twenty-two.Law enforcement authorities believe that the icon for a long time spent in this room : it was not possible to detect , because it was rotated image to the wall.It is known that the earlier building , where he opened a cafe, owned by the St. Petersburg antique dealer Lev Uspensky .The police suggested that she brought into this building one of the clients of the Assumption .Although the police suggests that the icon belonged almshouse Makarov school (in one thousand, nine hundred and three it occupied a building on Vasilevsky Island ), definitive data about its origins there .In order to establish its origin will be involved experts from the Museum of the History of St. Petersburg.The icon is made in the technique of smalt mosaic and weighs half a ton .The Interior Ministry suggested that the slab was part of the facade and in the mid-one thousand, nine hundred and ninetys or the two thousands, it could be cut , ITAR -TASS reported.Meanwhile , the fact that the authenticity of the icons are still inconclusive.