ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — A Holocaust survivor, a prestigious U.S. art gallery and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation have worked together to return to Ukraine a painting of Ivan the Terrible, one of the most ruthless of Russia’s czars, looted from a museum in Dnipro by Nazi invaders during World War II.

The 64-square-foot painting, the “Secret Departure of Ivan the Terrible before the Oprichnina,” was created in 1911 by artist Mikhail Panin. It depicts Ivan the Terrible fleeing the Kremlin on horseback. The “oprichnina” was a state policy of repression, public execution and confiscation of lands implemented by Ivan the Terrible from 1565 and 1572. The policy was carried out by Russia’s first political police, known as the Oprichniki.