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