Русские сувениры

of monarchical power, hold a special place among state treasures.
The

oldest of them became part of the treasury long ago, and now to be found in the Armoury.

Two-headed eagle. Moscow, Kremlin workshops, 1680.

history of Russia took place five hundred years ago, at

the end of 15th century, during the reign of
Ivan III, when the unification of Russian lands under the rule of Moscow was largely completed.
Consecration-посвящение

place on 4 February, 1498, in the Dormition Cathedral in

the Moscow Kremlin.
The culmination of this ceremony came when Dmitry was attired in barma and crown- the famous Cap of Monomakh- the very first attributes of supreme power in the state of Moscow.

Orient, larte 13th –early 14th century.

Russian Tsar, Ivan Vasilyevtich ( the Terrible)- up to the

end of the 17th century, the Cap of Monomakh was used at the consecration of every Russian sovereign. It became the most honored attribute of royal power, symbolizing the responsibility of the tsar to his subjects.

Cap of Monomakh”.
Portrait of Tsar
Mikhail Fyodorovich.
Crown, sceptre and

orb of tsar
Mikhail Fyodorovich

the 16th century.

17th century
Cross of Tsar Peter
the Great

echoed in the long name “Cap of Monomakh of the

Second Order”.

April, 1682, the throne was to pass to his brother,

the fifteen-year old Ivan Alexeyevich.
The Boyar Duma (concil) proclaimed the younger brother of Fyodor and Ivan, the ten-year old Tsarevich Pyotr, tsar.
Later both brothers were proclaimed tsars.
During the consecration of them, the ancient Cap pf Monomakh was placed on the head of Ivan and the Cap of Monomakh of the Second Order, specially made on that occasion , was placed on the head of Peter.

of
Empress Elizabeth, the state sword
made its first appearance.

It served to remind the monarch
of the royal duty
to defend good and punish evil.
The Russian state sword was
made over a period of time.
Its blade dates back to the
17th century while the handle
and the sheath date to the
18th century. The design of the
handle is heavily ornamental,
consisting of eagle heads
and crown cast in silver.

was first used in a coronation ceremony, but it is

possible that this also dates back to the 18th century.
The shield has traditional circular shape, and it is covered with red and velvet decorated with agraffes made of jade, rock crystal and colored stones, mainly 17th century Turkish work.

Jade-жадеит

the Great appeared a true empress. She was wearing a

crown and was carrying a sceptre in her right hand and orb in her left one.

power) carried at the coronation ceremony by Catherine the Great

did not live to our times. The one made at the beginning of 1770s is exhibited at the Diamond Fund.

Mace-жезл

Great.
The Indian diamond of the first water weighing approximately 50

carats was mounted at the cross of ribbons, and a huge Ceylon sapphire of 200 carats crowned the orb.

by J.Pauzie. It weighs 1097 grams, contains 4936 diamonds (2858

carats) and is toped by a dark red spinel beneath a diamond cross. Two delicate silver hemispheres constituting the royal crown are adored with a chain of big gleaming pearls.

spinel –шпинель (минерал)

big (from 2 to 9 carats)
and
20 small diamonds

in it.

Crown Of Empress Anna Ioannovna.
St Peterburg, 1730