In1709,naturallyextravagantPrussianKingFrederickIofPrussiaatthetimewasthemostfamousarchitectsofanoff-LuandGeDeenbeginconstructionofthe"AmberRoom"(AmberRoom).AmberRoomafterthecompletionofanareaofabout55squaremeters,madeentirelyofamber,12Wallpanelingand12footcolumns,decoratedwithsilverfoilonwhichcanbearbitrarilyassembledintoavarietyofshapes.Atthattime,thevalueofambergold13times,so"AmberRoom"intermsofpreciousmaterials,thedegreeorleveloftechnologyitcanbetermedrareExotic,hasbeencalled"theworld'seighthwonder"reputation.InordertocurryfavorwithRussiatostrengthenthemilitaryalliancebetweenthetwocountries,
FrederickIin1716decidedtograntRussia'sPetertheGreat'sAmberRoom.1717,amberhousesweredeliveredtoSt.Petersburg,Russia.Later,thisestimatedvalueof100million510millionpoundsofarttreasuresinSt.PetersburgwasagainbroughttotheoutskirtsofthevillageTsar(laterrenamedPushkin)CatherinePalace.GermaninvasionoftheformerSovietUnion,theCatherinePalace,craftsmenhadintendedtoyarnandfalsewallpapertocoveruptheAmberRoom.However,theGermanscapturedthepalaceoftheseethroughhismask,theAmberRoomapartshippedtoGermany.PeopleknowthattheGermansoncemadeAmberRoomcollectionofKonigsberginEastPrussia,butsincethen,willnolonger
Nooneknowsitswhereabouts.Past60years,peoplehavehadallkindsofspeculation,thesearchcarriedoutbyeverypossiblemeans,buttheAmberRoomhasalwaysdisappeared.ThelegendaryAmberRoombecametheworld'smostimportant,oneofthemissingworksofart.Ithadbeenfilledwithhope,hopethatthepiecesofarttreasuresinaunknownlocationwaitingforthecalloftheworld.Justlastyear,RussianPresidentVladimirPutinandGermanChancellorGerhardSchroederattendedtheCatherinePalaceAmberRoomcopiesoftheopeningceremony,abookletdistributedattheceremony
Sub-declaredAmberRoom"isnotdestroyed.Dulyorganizedsearch,itwilleventuallyregained."However,thenewlyreleasedevidenceisthatpeople'shopeshavebeendashedinto:AmberRoomhasbeeninNaziGermanyafterthecollapseofchaosdestroyed.TheresearchersfoundafterthewarinthehandsofAnatolylibraryZumoFuunpublishedarchives,whichisthesearchforAmberHouseactionsafterthewartheSovietUnionhead.AccordingtorecordsshowedAmberRoomhadbeenconcealedinKonigsberginacastle.In1946,thelibraryZumoFufromthecastle
Astaffmemberinthere,wasinformedthatthehallwheretheAmberRoomhasbeenintheSovietoccupationofthecastleafterthefireburned.Forvariousreasons,librariesZumoFuaddressedtotheGovernment'sreportmadenomentionofthismatter.However,Russianofficialsappeartohaveacceptedthisfact.St.PetersburgHermitageMuseumMihayipiOteroOstrovsky,said:"It'sgone.Itdied,hadbeendestroyed.AmberRoomhasbeenburiedintheKonigsbergcavefire."