War Damage of Tsarskoe Selo and Peterhof

[Dwightzery]

Hello,
 
I'm the newbie. I justed wanted to say hi to the gang in hopes of making new buddies.
I hope everybody is doing great and I'm looking forward to great debates within the site.
Have a happy day!

[Alexandre Mikhaelovitch]

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 :

[Sanochka]

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.

[Akira Takiguchi]

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

[Akira Takiguchi]

I hope this message will be read by someone in the future.

Anyone create to identify the church in the X message?

https://x.com/atakiguchi/status/1913714222938157382/photo/1

[ArchitectCS]

Hi Akira,

It is the church of St. Alexis in Taytsy, which is about 25 kilometers southeast of Peterhof. The church is still standing but the area looks very different, with many more trees than in your photograph. If you'd like to message me, I could give you a little bit more information.

Thank you for posting all your slides; they are fascinating.

-Chad