Презентация на тему Русские сувениры

king”), symbols 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.

in the 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

III, took 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.

Monomakh. The Orient, larte 13th –early 14th century.

the first 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.

you are, Cap of Monomakh”.
Portrait of Tsar
Mikhail

Fyodorovich.

Crown, sceptre and orb of tsar
Mikhail Fyodorovich

half of the 16th century.

workshops. 1680s

workshops, 1680s.

Kremlin workshops,
17th century
Cross of Tsar Peter
the

Great

century is echoed in the long name “Cap of

Monomakh of the Second Order”.

Alexeyevich in 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.

Kremlin workshops
1680s

the coronation 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.

state shield 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

Cathedral Catherine 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.

the Absolute 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

Catherine the 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.

was made 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)

are 48 big (from 2 to 9 carats)
and

20 small diamonds in it.

Crown Of Empress Anna Ioannovna.
St Peterburg, 1730