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Now, two full-time employees take care of them. Cosy corners of the Hermitage's cellars are their shelter in the depths of the icy Russian winter .
They are no longer chosen for their ability to catch rats . Poison has taken that job away from them. They have come here from the streets, and the Hermitage is happy for them to move on to good homes , where they can be found.
Officially, there are 50 of them. Museum staff make voluntary contributions to pay for their upkeep .
They are considered so important that they even have their own press secretary . Maria Khaltunen combines that role with her job as assistant to the museum's director .
While we spoke, one of her charges did its best to leap from her arms .
"We like them," she explained. "And all our staff decided to keep up this tradition : to have the cats, and to like them.
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