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FrederickWilliamⅠ,theKingofPrussia,couldneverhaveimaginedthathisgreatestgifttotheRussian peoplewouldhavesuchanamazinghistory.ThisgiftwastheAmberRoom,whichwasgiventhisnamebecause severaltonsofamberwereusedtomakeit.Theamberwhichwasselectedhadabeautifulyellow-brown colourlikehoney.Thedesignoftheroomwasinthefancystylepopularinthosedays.Itwasalso atreasuredecoratedwithgoldandjewels,whichtookthecountry'sbestartistsabouttenyearstomake. Infact,theroomwasnotmadetobeagift.ItwasdesignedforthepalaceofFrederickⅠ.However,thenext KingofPrussia,FrederickWilliamⅠ,towhomtheamberroombelonged,decidednottokeepit.In1716hegaveit toPetertheGreat.Inreturn,theCzarsenthimatroopofhisbestsoldiers.SotheAmberRoombecausepartofthe Czar'swinterpalaceinStPetersburg.Aboutfourmetreslong,theroomservedasasmallreceptionhallforimportant visitors. Later,CatherineⅡhadtheAmberRoommovedtoapalaceoutsideStPetersburgwhereshespenthersummers.Shetold herartiststoaddmoredetailstoit.In1770theroomwascompletedthewayshewanted.Almostsixhundredcandles littheroom,anditsmirrorsandpicturesshonelikegold.Sadly,althoughtheAmberRoomwasconsideredoneofthe wondersoftheworld,itisnowmissing. InSeptember1941,theNaziarmywasnearStPetersburg.Thiswasatimewhenthetwocountrieswereatwar.Before theNaziscouldgettothesummerpalace,theRussianswereabletoremovesomefurnitureandsmallartobjectsfrom theAmberRoom.However,someoftheNazissecretlystoletheroomitself.Inlessthantwodays100,000pieces wereputinsidetwenty-sevenwooodenboxs.ThereisnodoubtthattheboxswerethenputonatrainforKonigsberg, whichwasatthattimeaGermancityontheBalticSea.Afterthat,whathappenedtotheAmberRoomremainsamystery. Recently,theRussiansandGermanshavebuiltanewAmberRoomatthesummerpalace.Bystudyingoldphotosof theformerAmberRoom,theyhavemadethenewonelookliketheoldone.In2019itwasreadyforthepeopleofSt Petersburgwhentheycelebratedthe300thbirthdayoftheircity. AFACTORANOPINION? Whatisafact?Isitsomethingthatpeoplebelieve?No.Afactisanythingthatcanbeproved.Forexample,itcan beprovedthatChinahasmorepeop