The documents, which were shown to The Associated Press, say the Karlsruhe was built in 1905 at the Seebeck yard in Bremerhaven. The divers said they accessed Allied, German and Soviet documents detailing the fate of the steamer and spent more than a year looking for it, believing it was among the "most interesting, yet uncovered, stories from the Baltic Sea bed." Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, May 31, 2003. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Doris Schroeder Koepf and Lyudmila Putin, from left, admire the reconstructed Amber Room in the Catherine Palace in St. A replica of the Amber Room was later constructed in the Catherine Palace. ![]() It disappeared during Allied bombing raids on the city. Reuters reports that the Germans dismantled the room and took it to Koenigsberg during the war. ![]() The Amber Room was constructed in Prussia and then given to Tsar Peter the Great of Russia in 1716 as a present.
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