Who is not looking for the Amber Room, stolen by the Fuhrer's soldiers from the Catherine Palace and delivered to the Konigsberg Castle in 1941. The story of her disappearance dates back to 1945, during the storming of Konigsberg. It is known that the castle, in the Order Hall of which the panels and other components of the Amber Room were stored, burned on April 11. But the version of "what to guess — the room simply burned down" was refuted due to the absence of molten glass and packaging material among the burned objects. The second version is that the room was very well hidden in the vicinity of Konigsberg. It is said that there are many witnesses to how the boxes with amber panels were transported from the castle.

There are also versions related to the death of the object of art during the retreat of German soldiers from February 19 to April 5, 1945 - during transportation by land, rail or water transport, as well as the burial of the room along the way. And someone is looking for it on another continent altogether — in America, where it got-and there are also several versions-by mistake, lend-lease or in the course of a deal with an unknown billionaire. We believe that everyone who knows this story must necessarily choose a favorite version of it. Well, or start your own investigation, if all the routes of the Kaliningrad region have already been investigated.

Since we are talking about the Konigsberg castle... The main issue related to it, which, however, is usually considered rhetorical, for many is the decision to destroy it and then replace it with another object. Founded in 1255 by the Czech king Ottokar II Przemysl, the castle was transformed, survived bombardments and fires, but managed to preserve the main towers and walls. Alien to the grieving heart of the Soviet rulers, the architecture was an eyesore and was blown up in 1967 (why this is our common pain can be understood by looking at the photos of the historical heritage).

Instead of the castle, the House of Soviets grew up — a monumental building, which was planned to house the administration of the Kaliningrad Regional Committee of the CPSU and the regional Executive Committee. But the building remained the main long-term construction of the city, and also divided the residents and guests of Kaliningrad into two irreconcilable camps: someone can not ask him to destroy the castle and considers it a freak, which, by all means, must be demolished. Someone, on the contrary, is convinced that the House of Soviets is the most important symbol of the mood of that era and a unique architectural monument that needs to be preserved. To destroy or leave is a mystery and a serious challenge for everyone who has been in power for the last eight decades. And now, the year 2020 has added new adjustments to the history of the building: The House of Soviets is usually dismantled to the ground. In the meantime, you can still take a picture of it in its usual form, at the same time visiting the ruins of its predecessor, the Koenigsberg Castle.

The House of Soviets is one of the main symbols of the city, just a stone's throw from it to another: the Cathedral, near the walls of which the remains of the great philosopher Immanuel Kant rest. Or are they not resting? This is a question that torments the minds of Kaliningrad residents no less than the "Criticism of pure reason". All because of the fact that at first the thinker was buried in the common crypt of university professors, then, eighty years later, they decided to extract his ashes, but at the supposed place they found the remains of a completely different person. In the end, according to the commission, Kant was found and buried separately. But there are also those who do not believe this — there was too much fuss around the process of the philosopher's repose. What are you betting on?