If «Helmet of Ivan the Terible» was belonged to Ivan the Terrible? Cover Image

Принадлежал ли Ивану Грозному «шлем Ивана Грозного»?
If «Helmet of Ivan the Terible» was belonged to Ivan the Terrible?

Author(s): Aleksandr Vladimirovich Lavrentyev
Subject(s): History
Published by: Издательство Исторического факультета СПбГУ
Keywords: helmet; regalia; Ivan III; Vasilii III; Ivan the Terrible

Summary/Abstract: The article put arguments in favor to new attribution and dating of well-known «Ivan the Terrible’s helmet» (Royal Armory, Stokholm). Helmet have belonged to «the grand duke of Moscow» Vasilii Ivanovich. Elder son of grand duke Ivan III during lifetime of his father, between 1502–1505, had became a real co-ruler of the Muscovy State. So, the unique political situation of the beginning of 16th century had no precedents therefore. It is impossible to consider «Ivan the Terrible’s helmet» in connection with certain steady insigniyas of grand duke’s successors, the more so, that fact of it’s existence can’t be taken for granted.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 92-111
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Russian