Charming tale of long history of "cat guards" at The Hermitage


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Submitted by jawbone on Fri, 02/15/2013 - 8:04pm

Started by Peter I in 1784, with the building of the Winter Palace. The cats have worked the rodent patrol every since, with a few breaks.

They did not survive the Siege of Leningrad, but sacrficed their lives to others might live.... Interesting site.