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Безумно случилось, чтобы я случайно наткнулась на этот сериал. Вечно фascinated by history, I was particularly intrigued by the unfolding of events within the majestic palace complex in Pushkin. A tremendous debt of gratitude I owed to those who managed to preserve the crumbs of that opulence that had accumulated within the palace walls throughout the reign of the Romanovs. Without surprise, I learned about the dispersal and fragmentation of priceless artifacts, treasures. With astonishment, I discovered that there were individuals (Polaykov's diary) among the palace staff, who awaited the arrival of the Germans, regarding them as civilized people who would not desecrate what was left behind, precisely due to their supposed civilization and erudition. Each time I visited the park or the palace itself in Tsarskoye Selo, my first instinct was to approach photographs documenting that devastation captured immediately after the liberation of the palace and Pushkin. These declarations by palace staff members about the inviolability of interiors seemed absurdly naive! It remains unclear how some miracle managed to preserve the palace-park complex from the intended explosion, planned by the Germans: did their minds click with a thought that such actions would only hasten their own destruction; was it simply a matter of lacking time... since Pushkin's very center became a front line. Yes, there were among the soldiers connoisseurs of beauty, but in general and overall, the enemy remains the enemy, and Pushkin ultimately resembled a scene of devastation after liberation. Moreover, art objects held immense fascination for the Nazi elite, ensuring that interiors would be plundered. What was most precious was said upon liberation: "We will restore everything!" But at what cost did preservation of even crumbs come?!