Tsar's Praying Seat

The Tsar’s Praying seat – the Monomakh’s Throne – was created in 1551 for Ivan the Terrible, the first Russian Tsar. It might have been erected by carvers from Novgorod.  Here one can see various motives and ways of carving widely spread   in Ancient Rus.

In the seat’s base there are four round sculptures  - depictions of fantastic beasts of rapine. They hold the quadrangular construction with four carved pillars and , balusters, crowned with a marque decorated with kokoshniks, roses and vases.

The twelve low-reliefs on the walls depict “The Tales about the Princes of Vladimir”, telling the story of transfer to the Russian land of royal regalia – the Monomakh’s Crown, barmas (royal ceremonial collar) and other objects.