Author Topic: War Damage of Tsarskoe Selo and Peterhof  (Read 185063 times)

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« Reply #120 on: February 27, 2017, 05:14:51 AM »
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Offline Alexandre Mikhaelovitch

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Re: War Damage of Tsarskoe Selo and Peterhof
« Reply #121 on: March 01, 2017, 01:22:16 PM »
3 photos that I did not know before : Peterhof palace in 1944-1945 :

The entrance gate :



The ruined palace with gardens and fountains , with a german officer to the right. The Samson statue is always here , before being stolen by germans :



The church wing of the palace under the snow , during 1944-1945 winter :

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Re: War Damage of Tsarskoe Selo and Peterhof
« Reply #122 on: March 01, 2017, 03:35:21 PM »
I hadn't seen the first photo before.  You can clearly see shrapnel damage to the columns of the gate, and the burned out shell of the palace beyond.  My God.

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Re: War Damage of Tsarskoe Selo and Peterhof
« Reply #123 on: February 11, 2022, 01:48:04 AM »
Nine years since I posted my first message here...   After thirteen years since I got my first Pushkin related color slides, this week I have acquired some new slides from Pushkin - to be precise, Peterhof.

So here is the Samson statue.  Color is apparently silver, reflecting sky and earth (so a bit gold looking).

http://www.history.jp/images/Puschkin-Dia14Acrop.jpg