FAMOUS RUSSIAN BELLS.
ONE OF THE.A! WEIGHS 300 TON'S. The first care of the Russians on the .• retreat before the invading Austrians last year was to remove to places of safety the lulls from the monasteries and churches of the principal invaded towns. As a result of the present ]ill sian advance many of these bells have now heen ivplaeed. amongst others the thirteen-ton ix'll of the PotchnHT monastery. situated on the (lalici-an frontier. Though the lull of l'ot' hnieff ranks amongst the most famous in Russia--the land of great church liclls—on account of its historical associations, yet in point of siao it cannot compare with the great hell at .Moscow, the '"Czar Kolokol," -which weigs no less than 300 tons, and was cast in 1603. Nearly -f hundred years later a great fire caused it to fall.
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 211, 22 September 1916, Page 1 (Supplement)
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138FAMOUS RUSSIAN BELLS. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 211, 22 September 1916, Page 1 (Supplement)
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