Two men on shoulders play chicken fight in pool.

Four men play a chicken-fight game in a sunlit outdoor pool in front of an ornate yellow neoclassical palace, with two shirtless men standing waist-deep in the water while two fully-clothed men sit on their shoulders and grapple with each other. A banner in the background reads 'Summer at Tsarskoye Selo! Life is Glory! And the pool is divine!' and a black, yellow, and white Imperial Russian flag flies overhead. A crowd of onlookers in period Edwardian dress and naval whites laughs and watches from the pool's edge.

Apr 25, 2026

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