Located in the Moscow Kremlin, it is considered the largest bell in the world. Here are some fascinating facts about its history: The Great Assumption Bell was commissioned by Anna Ioannovna in commemoration of her reign. The giant stands 6.14 meters tall, has a diameter of 6.6 meters, and weighs nearly 202 tons! The bell is adorned with portraits of monarchs, including the empress herself, saints, and angels. The bell remained in a pit on Ivanovskaya Square in the Kremlin, where it was cast, for a hundred years. When the work was nearly complete, with only surface cleaning and polishing left, a devastating fire broke out in the Kremlin. The burning roof collapsed into the pit with the bell, and the fire was extinguished with water. Due to the sudden temperature change, the bell cracked, and an 11.5-ton fragment broke off. It wasn’t until a century later, in 1836, that royal architect Auguste Montferrand devised a way to extract it from the pit. During World War II, the massive bell served as a communications hub. It was wrapped in a protective net to avoid attracting attention, and inside, a communications center for the Kremlin regiment was set up.