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Hall 7. Ancient state regalia and ceremonial objects of the XIIIth to the XVIIIth century

Hall 7. The Armoury Chamber
The complex of state regalia displayed in the hall - crowns, sceptres, orbs - has been historically formed on the base of the Kremlin treasury’s most ancient part. Regalia were an essential part of official ceremonies, such as  ceremonial royal passages, settings for reigning, coronations of emperors and receptions of foreign ambassadors. The complex includes the well-known " Cap of  Monomakh ". Up to the early XVIIIth century, all the tsars had been crowned with the Cap.

The collection of thrones of the Russian sovereigns form significant part of the complex. Here are the throne of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, Boris Godunov, thrones of tsars of the Romanov dynasty. The Double throne of Tsar Ivan Alekseevich and his younger brother Peter (Peter the Great) attracts by its monumentalism.

Plan-scheme:

Showcase 47.

Thrones of the first Tsars of the Romanov Dynasty of the XVIIth century

Showcase 48. The Double throne of the late XVIIth century
Showcase 49. Thrones of the XVIIIth century
Showcase 50. Ancient state regalia and ceremonial items
Showcase 51. Thrones of the XVIth century

 
   Hall 1. Russian gold and silverware of the XIIth to early XVIIth century
 
   Hall 2. Russian gold and silverware of the XVIIth to early XXth century
 
   Hall 3. European and Oriental ceremonial weapons of the XVth to XIXth century
 
   Hall 4. Russian arms of the XIIth to early XIXth century
 
   Hall 5. West-European Silver of the XIIIth to XIXth centuries
 
   Hall 6. Precious textiles, pictorial and ornamental embroidery of the XIVth to XVIIIth century. Russian secular dress of the XVIth to early XXth century
 
   Hall 7. Ancient state regalia and ceremonial objects of the XIIIth to the XVIIIth century
 
Showcase 47. Thrones of the first Tsars of the Romanov dynasty of the XVIIth century
 
Showcase 48. The Double throne of the late XVIIth century
 
Showcase 49. Throne chairs of the XVIIIth century
 
Showcase 50. Ancient state regalia and ceremonial items
 
Showcase 51. Thrones of the XVIth century
 
   Hall 8. Ceremonial horse harness of the XVIth to XVIIIth centuries
 
   Hall 9. Royal carriages of the XVIth to XVIIIth century

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