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This generously illustrated book records the story of Russia's bells--the thousands of awe inspiring instruments that gave voice to the visual splendors of Russian Orthodoxy and to the political aspirations of the tsars.

Originally published in 1986.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
  2. pp. i-vi
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-x
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  1. Illustrations
  2. pp. xi-xiv
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. xv-xvi
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xvii-xviii
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  1. Author's Explanatory Notes
  2. pp. xix-xx
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  1. Part IEarly Instruments of Convocation
  1. 1 Voices of Ancient Trumpets
  2. pp. 3-9
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  1. 2Holy Wood and Holy Iron
  2. pp. 10-19
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  1. 3 Bells in the Medieval World
  2. pp. 20-28
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  1. Part IIBells in Russian History
  1. 4 The Rise of Bells in Russia
  2. pp. 31-43
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  1. 5 Bells in Muscovite Russia
  2. pp. 44-56
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  1. 6 Bells in Imperial Russia
  2. pp. 57-66
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  1. Part IIIRussian Encounters with the West
  1. 7 Tower Clocks
  2. pp. 69-80
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  1. 8 Tuned Bells in Imperial Russia
  2. pp. 81-94
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  1. Part IVThe Russian Bell and BellFounding in Russia
  1. 9 The Russian Bell: Between Europe and Asia
  2. pp. 97-113
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  1. 10 The Russian Bell: From The Foundry to the Bell Tower
  2. pp. 114-132
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  1. Part VThe Great Bells of Moscow
  1. 11 The Muscovite Crescendo in Bell Founding
  2. pp. 135-147
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  1. 12 The Tale of Tsar-Kolokol
  2. pp. 148-165
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  1. 13 The Last of Russia's Great Bells
  2. pp. 166-172
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  1. 14 Bronze Avatars of a Religio-Political Ideology
  2. pp. 173-176
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  1. Appendices
  2. pp. 177-186
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 187-242
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  1. Glossary
  2. pp. 243-246
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 247-258
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  1. Index
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