Muscovites Assemble Huge Puzzle with Durer’s Portrait

The opening of Germany’s Year in Russia took place in Moscow on June 20 with an unusual event, the assembling of the world’s largest jigsaw puzzle featuring Albrect Durer’s Self-Portrait.

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The opening of Germany’s Year in Russia took place in Moscow on June 20 with an unusual event, the assembling of the world’s largest jigsaw puzzle featuring Albrect Durer’s Self-Portrait.

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It took some 10 days to bring the puzzle pieces to Moscow. The pieces were transported in wooden boxes, each weighing 500 kilograms.

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The events gathered both Muscovites and tourists.

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Durer painted this Self-Portrait in the beginning of the 16th century.

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The puzzle pieces are waterproof and unbreakable.

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The jigsaw puzzle’s size is 300 square meters.

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The puzzle consists of 1,023 pieces, each weighing 800 grams.

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The puzzle will be later showcased in Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Ulyanovsk and St. Petersburg.

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More than 1,000 events will be held during Germany’s Year in Russia.

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Muscovites assembling the puzzle on Manezh Square next to the Kremlin Walls.