The Tsar Bell (Russian: Царь–колокол; Tsar'-kolokol), also known as the Tsarsky Kolokol, Tsar Kolokol III, or Royal Bell, is a 6.14-metre-tall (20.1 ft)...
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destroyed): Tsar Bell (Moscow, Russia) Mingun Bell (Mingun, Myanmar) Bell Tower, Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius (Moscow, Russia) Chion-in Temple Bell (Kyoto...
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The Tsar Bomba (Russian: Царь-бомба, romanized: Tsar'-bomba, IPA: [t͡sarʲ ˈbombə], lit. 'Tsar bomb'; code name: Ivan or Vanya), also known by the alphanumerical...
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The Tsar Cannon (Russian: Царь-пушка, Tsar'-pushka) is a large early modern period artillery piece (known as a bombarda in Russian) on display on the grounds...
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Kremlin (section Residence of the tsars)
during the Napoleonic Invasion in 1812 and has been rebuilt. The Tsar bell, the largest bell in the world, stands on a pedestal next to the tower. The oldest...
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have weighed about 300 tonnes (330 tons). The Tsar Bell by the Motorin Bellfounders is the largest bell still in existence. It weighs 160 tonnes (180...
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Bell, a replica of the Liberty Bell funded by American donors to commemorate Rhodesian independence The Tsar Bell, an early 18th-century Russian bell...
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A standing bell or resting bell is an inverted bell, supported from below with the rim uppermost. Such bells are normally bowl-shaped, and exist in a...
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Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible (redirect from Tsar Book)
year 1567. It is also informally known as the Tsar Book (Царь-книга), in an analogy with Tsar Bell and Tsar Cannon. The set of manuscripts was commissioned...
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Dei bell in Cathedral in Toruń, Poland, cast in 1500 Sigismund Bell in Kraków, Poland, cast in 1520 by Hans Beham Pummerin in Stephansdom, Vienna Tsar Bell...
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bells. The largest bell in the world, the Tsar Bell (218 tons) was cast in 1733 for the Ivan the Great Bell Tower in Moscow. Unfortunately, the Tsar Bell...
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Bellfounding (redirect from Bell founding)
be the nemesis of Russia's third attempt at casting the Tsar Bell from 1733 to 1735. The bell was never rung, and a huge slab cracked off (11.5 tons)...
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The Ivan the Great Bell Tower (Russian: Колокольня Иван Великий, romanized: Kolokol'nya Ivan Velikiy) is a church tower inside the Moscow Kremlin complex...
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of a fire with water) is believed to cause the breakage of the third Tsar Bell. Thermal shock is a primary contributor to head gasket failure in internal...
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Campanology (redirect from Bell ringing)
even a punch on a rope makes a clapper move. The Russian Tsar Bell is the largest extant bell in the world.[citation needed] A carillon is a pitched percussion...
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inventor of peasant origin, who designed a device for lifting the Tsar Bell onto a bell-tower, constructed in 1752 the first self-propelling or self-running...
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The Japanese Peace Bell is a bell donated to the United Nations Headquarters in New York City via the United Nations Association of Japan in June 1954...
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1735 Tsar Bell The Tsar Bell, also known as the Tsarsky Kolokol or Royal Bell, is a huge bell on display on the grounds of the Moscow Kremlin. The bell was...
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church bells in the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, all of which are mounted in the two main bell towers. Notre-Dame used to have other smaller bells in...
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Motorin family (category Russian bell makers)
finished casting the Tsar Bell. Historians know that in 1736 he made a bell for the Epiphany Monastery. In 1737, he also cast a 1.8-tonne bell for the Church...
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1732 by Ivan Motorin, who was also responsible for the Moscow Kremlin Tsar Bell. There is also a viewing platform atop the third tier, which provides...
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Liverpool Cathedral (section Bells)
the Bell of Good Luck is the largest hanging bell in the world, but it does not move; it is sounded by an external clapper. At 216 tons, the Tsar Bell is...
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A striking clock is a clock that sounds the hours audibly on a bell, gong, or other audible device. In 12-hour striking, used most commonly in striking...
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with a talk about the wonders of radio. In 1930, monastery bells, including the Tsar-Bell of 65 tons, were destroyed. Pavel Florensky and his followers...
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Murder of the Romanov family (redirect from Murder of Tsar Nicholas II)
last tsar rehabilitated. Retrieved on 1 October 2008. Blomfield, Adrian (1 October 2008). Russia exonerates Tsar Nicholas II The Telegraph. Last Tsar rehabilitated...
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Andrey Chokhov (category Russian bell makers)
famous Tsar Cannon (Царь-пушка), a masterpiece of the casting art of the second half of the 16th century. Andrey Chokhov is also known as a bell founder...
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A Life for the Tsar (Russian: Жизнь за царя, romanized: Zhizn za tsarya listen) is a "patriotic-heroic tragic opera" in four acts with an epilogue by Mikhail...
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The World Peace Bell Association (WPBA) is a Japanese organisation which attempts to raise awareness of the World peace movement by casting and installing...
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Peter the Great (redirect from Tsar Peter I)
Alekseyevich,; 9 June [O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [O.S. 28 January] 1725), was Tsar of all Russia from 1682, and the first Emperor of all Russia, known as Peter...
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world, when the larger bell in Moscow Kremlin, called the Tsar bell, broke, until the larger Bell of Good Luck was cast and first rung for the new year in...
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