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KREMLIN ARMORY MUSEUM

 
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"Diamond" Throne of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich ( from Persia 1659 but brought as a gift to the tsar by Armenian merchants) - Among the hundreds of percious stones and pearls are 870 diamonds. The blue color is from Persian turquoise. The gems are mounted on silver and gold plates. It was used for the coronation of the empresses..

  
     

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