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This is from the website of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia:

"On 22 June 1941 German troops attacked the Soviet Union and the country was drawn into the Second World War, known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War. Hermitage staff and hundreds of volunteers began packing up the exhibits for evacuation to an as yet unknown location. Over a million works of art were sent in two special trains to Sverdlovsk (Ekaterinburg) in the Urals, "

I don't know if that particular connection has been discussed...if not, enjoy a little Hip history.

[FighterAndLover]

if not, enjoy a little Hip history.

Hipstory ROFLSK8S

That's kind of crazy, though; you know he must have heard that same fact once in a blue moon.