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MOSKVA - CCS : RUSSIA

*Location:

   Cathedral of Christ the Savior
   Moskva (Moscow), Russia
Site locator map not applicable for defunct sites.

*Remarks:

   Building begun 1839, completed 1883;
   bells of zvon distributed in four
   belfries surrounding the main cupola;
   total weight 65 tons.
   Demolished in 1931 by Stalin's order.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection, no longer in existence (defunct), of 14 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 18__
     with bells made by an unknown maker 
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1998
*Links:

This site and its history are also described here.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the unidentified bellfoundries.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 24-Feb-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/10/01
   and on technical data last updated on 2008/10/01
*Photos:

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