And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Friday, June 19, 2026
Alexander Ferdinandovich Kelkh’s Mansion, Saint Petersburg, Russia, Interiors by Vasily Ivanovich Schoene and Vladimir Ivanovich Chagin.
Wow, I'm glad it survived WWII. Many houses were destroyed by artillery or dismantled for firewood during the siege of Leningrad. The parquetry of the floor is amazing. Al_in_Ottawa
Wow
ReplyDeleteTypical Moscow interior before the bolsheviks.
ReplyDeleteLet's hope the Ukrainians don't blow it up.
DeleteAren’t they still building mud huts in Africa?
ReplyDeleteWhy would Russians be building mud huts in Africa?
DeleteThis is one example of a person having way too much money.
ReplyDeleteBack then they didn't have yachts or jets. But they did employ a lot of builders and artists.
DeleteWanna bet that this was some sort of royalty and they had slaves building stuff for free.
DeleteNeed several full time dusters.
ReplyDelete"Undt ven you dust - all objects must ve cleaned - do I make myself clear !"
ReplyDeleteWow, I'm glad it survived WWII. Many houses were destroyed by artillery or dismantled for firewood during the siege of Leningrad. The parquetry of the floor is amazing.
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As a woodworker/carpenter wish I had just some of that skill level,perhaps the next life!
ReplyDeleteAmazing.
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