The day amber was first held in Kaliningrad region, told TASS in the press service of the regional government on Tuesday. Institution in the region with professional holiday for all those involved in the production, processing, manufacturing of products made of amber, creating works of art, said the symbolic event of laying in the courtyard of the tower "Wrangel" in the Kaliningrad commemorative stone tiles.
"Laid the stone tile with the inscription "the Day of amber". The pandemic coronavirus Day is celebrated symbolically amber, the amber, together with all who are interested, I will continue to consider the program, and will be formed this tradition", – said the press service.
A proposal to establish in the Kaliningrad region the day of the amber industry representatives spoke in February of this year. With the date of the holiday have helped to define the staff of the amber Museum: July 21, 1947 by decree of the Soviet government created a single complex for extraction and processing of amber "Plant No. 9". On this day, in fact, founded the amber industry in the Kaliningrad region.
Industrial production of amber is in the Kaliningrad amber combine is the only in Russia and the largest industrial enterprise for the production of amber, located in the village of Amber, where it is concentrated about 90% of the world reserves of this valuable mineral, whose age is 50 million years. The inventory of the resource base is estimated at 116 thousand tons, which will provide industrial production of amber in over 350 years.
