Map USSR made of gems (15 photos)

"The coat of arms of the USSR from gemstones
A sample of the Russian lapidary art.
Created in 1937

Technique: Florentine and Russian mosaic, stone carving, faceting, jewelry work, gilding, stucco work.
Materials: semi-precious stones and jewelry, silver, aluminum, brass, PCB.

Diameter - 130cm. Weight - 200kg. »





"The coat of arms of the USSR and 11 emblems of the Union Republics (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan).
Created to be designed in the 1940s, the Palace of Soviets in Moscow. The project was not implemented.
In 1946, the map of the USSR made of gems and the arms were handed over to the State Hermitage. Since 1988 the museum are TsNIGRI "











It was made in 1936, then a little redone. Until 1988 there was in the Hermitage.

Dimensions - about 6 x 4.5 meters. Weight - 3.5 tonnes.







45 thousand plates of colored stones are fixed on textolite base, which in turn is attached to the duralumin frame.

The idea of ​​creating the card belonged to GK Ordzhonikidze (People's Commissar of Heavy Industry of the USSR).

At the World Exhibition in Paris in 1937 received the Grand Prix (as well as V. Mukhina sculpture "Worker and Collective Farm Girl») ...





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