Where are now?
As of 2006, just twenty-one eggs were still in Russia, mostly on display in the Moscow Kremlin Armory Building. In February 2004 the Russian entrepreneur Viktor Vekselberg bought nine eggs previously owned by the American publisher Forbes, thus returning them to Russia. Other smaller collections are in the Virginia Fine Arts Museum, the New Orleans Museum of Art and other museums around the world. Four eggs are in private collections while seven are still missing.
What were the production times?
The preparation of the eggs took up an entire year: once a project was chosen, a team of craftsmen worked to assemble the egg.
The themes and appearance of the eggs varied widely. For example, on the outside, the 1900 egg (dedicated to the construction of the Trans-Siberian) was decorated with a gray metal band engraved with the program of the railroad itinerary and inside it had a miniature gold train.
Written by
Gaetano Nicotera and
Alessia Petrone