Key facts
- Location
- Moscow, Russia
- Designer
- Ivan Motorin
- Type
- Tower Bell
- Material
- Bell bronze
- Width
- 6.6 metres (22 ft)
- Height
- 6.14 metres (20.1 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Moskau-Grosse-Glocke Mai 08.jpg
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The Tsar Bell with humans for perspective – broken piece is around the left, out of view The Tsar Bell (Russian: Царь–колокол; Tsar'-kolokol), also known as the Tsarsky Kolokol, Tsar Kolokol III, or Royal Bell, is a 6.14-metre-tall (20.1 ft), 6.6-metre-diameter (22 ft) bell on display on the grounds of the Moscow Kremlin. The bell was commissioned by Empress Anna Ivanovna, niece of Peter the Great.
It has never been in working order, suspended, nor rung.