Amber Room

The Amber Room is located in the city of Pushkin at 7 Sadovaya Street. Its reconstruction took 24 years and was completed in 2003 for the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg using Kaliningrad amber, while financial difficulties of the project were solved by a 3.5 million dollar donation from the German company E.ON. The historical amber interior was gifted to Peter I by the Prussian king in 1716, and in 1743, by order of Elizabeth Petrovna, craftsmen Martelli and architect Rastrelli placed it in the Third Winter Palace. Due to the destructive effects of temperature fluctuations and stove heating, the room was repeatedly restored in the 19th and 20th centuries, and in 1941 the beginning of the Great Patriotic War prevented the planned work.