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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, June 1, 1988

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday june 1, 1988 the stars and stripes first lady Nancy a Esdras i Iuliu i a a Jaunt Marble turn i blur Iii her visit tit hit hit Kailari Iii Stivin in 1 with Udla  Center  of north1 warmly welcomes first lady leningkm3. I .s.s.r. Al l Nancy Rejaian. Welcomed in hi1 Venice of the North by tens Mph in fur  Afir viewing the  hi-,.t  d by the Imperial family Hel im1 thu re\olt.t3u?i. The re plied quickly  a he Bop an  Lour of the Niu cum him Iii As asked ii oui the face non tile pc if \ i Wisn Grid hat Piven her. Was i hit him Irful she said. " was a joint. Hoping Thev Votkl kno thu h ear Vas in " the  of  k lion appeared to he Sonia Noui. Officials Lead no released the first a i i s Nio tur code route which travelled the length of several l Haj   Ih. n was an action thas she had initiated. Lidia Ciron Kyo. The wife of soviet i rest Lam Nierfi a Romijko. Accompanied  in tit trip. The first Kidy said she found gre.m\r, a r nov. Ery in end. Very  hut asked in the had lit Vynie reaction to her hours Willii Forb Alliev. Kea an inn Lej and sat silent f in a Ful \2 set units pain Derins her answer. Well she s Over bids  she finally said evoking i Juhler Irmini the Len riders she joined in. Vayan and Gorbachev will to a a tether on wednesday to View iritis in tic  Treav Hov f gallery in Moscow. The fint by snarled her.iiipaiin n Visil  Rel Ami Paris ulary the Pete less  fan in the 4110 rooms of the Hernage museum Psi december when she uni Niu ined her i nietes 10  Lajer  s.  a a Hili Tonus a slate Dentt  was Toni Surucu a on tie Nordlu in Marsh land a. The be  River by i Eter the fire. in the eat i7ulli and has become a jewel of russian hts Rifal and l Pliura treasures him Gheciu is Abu a if Nunier to the strength of the so Iel spirit. The its a is tint named is. 1 Eler Surg  then Clr Osrail arid  was the capital of the russian Empire from 170.ua i m.  was in the forefront of lit Ink la Vik revolution in 1917, and its Cili ens heroically withstood a sic if by nazi forces for duo Days during world War ii. Forc thai 650,000 people died of starvation during the to Ikada int More than  were killed in air raids and artillery shelling. Traditionally  place Flowers  the 150 foot High Monument to the heroic defenders com posed of an obelisk and sculptures Svith figures such As a Mother mourning a dead child. The Hermitage s main building Calherine s Winter i alack. Is itself a work of an. 1 lie Hanoi be architecture was done by Harlo Lomeo Franceseo re Streili an ital Ian who designed several other Leningrad landmarks in All the Complex has 1.050 rooms. 117 staircases i.s6 doors and Sui windows and Many a visitor has become exhausted trying to sei1 the 65,0 10 works occupying 400 rooms in the museum. Kvin though guides advise spreading a tour Over   Days Keagan had less irian an hour to spend  ilu1 Palace. In proved in be a focal poem of the revolution when the troops of oar Niholas ii 1 ired on peaceful demonstrators. Killing As mans As 30 people in what came to he known As bloody  the Winter palaces Asa residence of the Imperial family until the provisional government occupied  m Lei. The final item on Reagan s Leningrad Agenda was a trip is hydrofoil to Peter the lire  s summer Palace built by the car As a Monument to Russia s Vic Iones Over the c swedes in his struggle to find an outlet so the Baltic sea. The interiors of the Palace Are a cold Cllon of sumptuous and ornately furnished reception areas but the highlight is the collection of cascading fountains Ca nals and gardens  
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