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10 Facts About the Lost Amber Room

10 Facts About the Lost Amber Room

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1. The Amber Room originated in Prussia.

  • Amber, a fossilized resin, is pricey and sought-after. In the 13th century, Prussia passed rules protecting the precious mineral.
  • The King of Prussia's Charlottenburg Palace's "Amber Room" panels were started in 1701.
  • The best craftsmen, including Danzig amber specialists, designed and built it. The panels were temporarily erected in Berlin City Palace instead of Charlottenburg.
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2. The Amber Room was given as a gift to Peter the Great.

  • In 1716, Frederick, King of Prussia, delivered the Amber Room to Peter the Great, cementing a Russo-Prussian alliance that would help them fight Sweden
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3. Empress Elizabeth Installed It At Catherine Palace.

  • Empress Elizabeth installed the Amber Room at Catherine Palace, where the Russian Imperial family spent summers, after years of redesigning. Italian architects redesigned and expanded the room. The Amber Room had over 6 tonnes of amber when installed.
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4. ‘Eighth wonder of the world.'

  • The amber was stunning, but the mosaics, gold, and candelabras, whose flickering light illuminated it, contributed to the ambience. The room was called the "eighth wonder of the world" by royal visitors because of its splendor.catherin
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5. It was removed in October 1941.

  • Curators attempted to dismantle the Amber Room as German forces advanced farther into Russia in an effort to hide it.
  • But, they had little time, and the amber had turned brittle, making it impossible to remove without expert help. The curators covered the amber with wallpaper to hide its value.
  • When they reached the Catherine Palace, the Nazis disassembled the entire room in 36 hours under expert supervision before transferring it to Königsberg in East Prussia.
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6. Its last known sighting was at Königsberg Castle

  • Königsberg Castle opened the Amber Room in November 1941. In August 1944, the RAF fire-bombed Königsberg, which was severely damaged by the Red Army in April 1945.
  • The chain of command broke down before Hitler could relocate Königsberg Castle's seized riches as the Red Army approached in January 1945.
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7. The Russians tried to locate the Room in 1945

  • In 1941, young curator Anatoly Kuchumov was tasked with evacuating Leningrad artifacts. He failed to remove the Amber Room, his job. The Russian Council of People's Commissars ordered him to Königsberg in March 1946 to investigate the Amber Room's fate.
  • He found Königsberg Castle, including the Amber Chamber, burned down. Three stone mosaics from the Amber Room were found in the castle remains, buried in ash, proving that it existed and that Königsberg had been bombed.
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8. The search for the Amber Room only went public in 1958

  • After almost a decade of secretive searches and expeditions across East Prussia, the Russian publication Pravda went public, inviting people to write in with any tips or information on the room's whereabouts.
  • The article received hundreds of answers, from Königsberg veterans to rural Prussians who saw strange things at night. Kuchumov and his crew investigated Russian leads while the Stasi investigated East German leads.
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9. Historians and journalists think it was probably destroyed

  • Many historians and journalists believe the Amber Room was destroyed between 9 and 11 April 1945, albeit a definitive answer is improbable.
  • Other hypotheses say that unruly Soviet soldiers unintentionally destroyed the Amber Room, Russia's greatest treasure, which was locked up in Königsberg Castle's Knights' Hall awaiting shipment.
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10. The Amber Room was recreated at Tsarskoe Selo

  • The Soviet administration miscalculated the scale and complexity of recreating the Amber Room at Tsarskoe Selo in 1979. During St. Petersburg's 300th anniversary, the rebuilt Amber Room debuted in 2003 despite budgetary and craftsman shortages.
  • The replica uses 350 colors of amber from the original panels and is ornately crafted by craftspeople.
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