What makes the czar bell unusual

To cast the bell, a huge pit meters deep was dug close to the Kremlin. After one and a half years of preparatory work, the bell was finally cast in During this process, Ivan Motorin died, and the project continued under the supervision of his son. Like the two bells before it, the Tsar Bell fell prey to fire. However, unlike its processors, this happened before the bell had even been finished or installed. This happened in when, as a result of a fire, the bell fell from the supports it was sitting on, and a piece of it broke off.

After this, the bell remained in the pit for years, because engineers could not figure out how to pull it out. In the early 19th century, Tsar Alexander I ordered that a ladder be built down to the bell so that those who were curious could have a good look.

The bell was skillfully decorated, with figures of Empress Anna and Tsar Alexei engraved on it. Finally, this was done, and the bell was placed on a pedestal in the Kremlin.

It was suggested that the piece of the bell that had broken off could be reattached, and it would be possible to try using the bell for its original purpose. These ideas, however, were rejected when it was decided that the bell would not be able to ring normally, due to the damage. May 20, , during the fire in Moscow a wooden structure above the pit, where was the bell, caught fire.

The flaming logs were falling down into the pit. People started pouring the scorching metal with cold water not to let the bell fuse. Because of the rapid and uneven cooling, the bell had 11 cracks, and a significant chunk weighing about poods Therefore, the bell was left in the casting pit, where it had been located for about years. August 17, , the Tsar Bell was raised out of the casting pit and set up in the Kremlin on a pedestal, designed by Auguste Montferrand.

The Tsar Bell in Moscow does not have any analogs in the world. It remains the largest and most admired bell for its giant size and weight of visitors of the Moscow Kremlin. We use cookies to improve your experience on our Website, tailor content, and measure advertising. Today, the bell stands on a large pedestal beside the Ivan the Great Bell Tower in the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

Photo Credit. The first bell was cast during the reign of Boris Godunov — by Andrey Chokhov, a prominent Russian master bell caster who worked in Moscow more than 40 years. After it was destroyed by a fire in the middle of the 17th century, caster Emelian Danilov used its metal, along with new materials, to create the second Tsar Kolokol, during the reign of Tsar Alexey Mikhailovich.

It weighed , pounds but was again destroyed by fire in After Anna Ioannovna became empress, she ordered all the pieces to be cast into a new bell with its weight increased by another hundred tons. The job was assigned to local foundry masters, Ivan and Mikhail Motorin. Cast in bronze by the casting-masters Ivan Motorin and his son Mikhail. Summer beat all temperature records Summer will be remembered by Muscovites and Moscow guests with abnormal high temperatures.

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