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Tsar Bell
The Tsar Bell (literally "Tsar of bells") is a huge bell on display in the
grounds of the Moscow Kremlin. The b
ell
was commissioned by Empress Anna, niece of Peter the Great.
The bell is the largest bell in the world, weighing 216 tons, with a height of 6.14 m and diameter of 6.6 m.
It was founded from bronze by masters Ivan Motorin and his son Mikhail in 1733–1735. Ornaments, portraits, and inscriptions were made by V. Kobelev, P. Galkin, P. Kokhtev, P. Serebryakov and P. Lukovnikov. The bell was never rung — during a fire in 1737, a huge slab (11.5 tonnes) cracked off while it was still in the casting pit.
After the fire, the bell remained in its casting for a century. In 1836, the Tsar bell was placed on a stone pedestal next to the Ivan the Great Bell Tower in the Moscow Kremlin. The slab is nearly three times larger than the world's largest bell hung for full circle ringing, the tenor bell at Liverpool Cathedral.
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