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SUMMARY CATALOGUE OF THE CULTURAL VALUABLES STOLEN AND LOST DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. VOLUME 1. THE TSARSKOYE SELO STATE MUSEUM ZONE. THE CATHERINE PALACE. BOOK 1
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Volume 1 of the Catalogue. The Tsarskoye Selo State Museum Zone. The Catherine Palace: selection, illustrations,
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On the cover: The Amber Room. Printed from the slide of the 1930s