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As the press service of the St. Petersburg state University, laboratory of archeology, historical sociology and cultural heritage, within 10 days carefully dismantled the glacier in order to restore.

the Glacier is a small wooden storage room. Before the invention of refrigerators in Russia, the glaciers has been used widely, however, such constructions have not survived. Find glacier the first quarter of XVIII for archaeologists a great success, also have wonderful safety.

Actually, for the storage of products used a relatively small area of the glacier, most of the space was occupied by ice. It cut out every spring from the Neva. Giant parallelepipeds were stacked neatly on the floor and covered with boards or straw. Already on these boards put products.

in Summer, the ice gradually melted, water flowed into a special hatch. The fall of the glacier had completely melted, but the need in him was gone: the products are not spoiled and so. In the spring, the glacier settled again.

In the early nineteenth century when the glacier was filled in and the floor level was raised. Actually, due to this design and remained.

However, analysis of glacier asked the experts great sensitivity. The fact that a wooden structure soaked and softened so that began to resemble clay. The glacier began to carefully disassemble dicoccum. This painstaking work was conducted by archaeologists of the University and the restorers of the Hermitage.

Next, the elements were immersed in a special bath filled with water and antiseptic. This is a temporary measure to preserve the Board in its current form, would require the creation of special baths are heated, there are wood will be maintained in the preservative composition.

Experts note that this process will take at least a year. Then the glacier planned to gather again and stand in the room where he was found as a Museum exhibit.

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Restoration corner chambers held since 2013. Only last year here was discovered more than 10 thousand rare artifacts.

Corner of the chamber Menshikov Palace was built in 1721, to 1731, there was the Military College, and then Cadet corps. Since the mid-nineteenth century building, which by this time was modified more than once, was to accommodate the Pavlovsk military school.