Regalia of Russian Tsars
Alexis Mikhailovich
Sceptre and orb
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We should mention the fact that the place of creation was Istanbul, the capital of the Islamic state. It must have been caused by the fact the majority of first-class Istanbul jewelers were Greek, whose art was well-known and appreciated in Russia.
The political point may have been the most important. Istanbul of the XVIIth century – was the former Constantinople, the former heart of the Orthodox World, named the second Rome by Russian writers in the late XVth century. That time, they called Moscow the heir to Byzantium, the third and the last Rome.
I the reign of Alexis Mikhailovich, the political doctrine of Ivan III’s epoch became popular, and the royal order hinted it. According to the date on the scepter, it was executed in 1658. There is a legend, it was presented to the Tsar by a Greek Ivan Anastasov. In archives there are records the orb with already mentioned barmas were brought to Tsar Alexis Mikhailovich by a Greek, Istanbul citizen, Ivan Yuriev in 1662.
