The Motorins, also spelled Matorins (Моторины, Маторины in Russian) were a famous Russian family of bell casters. Bellmaking is the process and occupation of making bells. ...

Feodor Dmitriyevich Motorin

Feodor Dmitriyevich Motorin (Фёдор Дмитриевич Моторин) (1630s - 1688) began his career at the Cannon yard in Moscow in 1651 along with another famous bellmaker Alexander Grigoriev. In 1670s, Motorin became a leading caster at the Cannon yard. In 1678, he casted a bell for the Church of Simeon Stolpnik in the Povarskaya Sloboda, in 1681 - for the Church of Virgin Mary in Grebnevo, in 1682 - for Danilov Monastery, in 1684 - for the Church of Archangel Gabriel at Chistiy Prud. All these bells, however, were destroyed by the Soviets in 1930s. Feodor Motorin was also a talented businessman. After having accumulated some financial capital, he began purchasing land and buildings for his collegues-bellmakers in the Pushkarskaya Sloboda in the 1660s. This is how the first bellmaking factory came into being in the area of Sretenskiye Gates in Moscow, of which Motorin had been the owner since 1686. The factory used to cast bells, commissioned by churches and monasteries. Small bells were also made for sale in Moscow. Jump to: navigation, search Events and Trends Thirty Years War in full swing in Europe September 8, 1636 - A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes Harvard College as the first college founded in the Americas. ... // Events A high-powered conspiracy of notables, the Immortal Seven, invite William and Mary to depose James II of England. ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA:   listen?) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva. ... // Events January 1 - Charles II crowned King of Scotland in Scone. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events and Trends Newton and Leibniz independently discover calculus. ... Events August 10 - Treaty of Nijmegen ends the Dutch War. ... Jump to: navigation, search The bells of St Savas A bell is a simple sound-making device. ... Events March 4 - Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania. ... Saint Mary redirects here. ... Events March 11 – Chelsea hospital for soldiers is founded in England May 6 - Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles. ... Danilov Monastery, in full Svyato-Danilov Monastery or Holy Danilov Monastery (Данилов монастырь, Свято-Данилов монастырь in Russian), is a male monastery on the right bank of the Moskva River in Moscow, Russia. ... Events France under Louis XIV makes Truce of Ratisbon separately with the Empire and Spain. ... 12th-century icon of Archangel Gabriel from Novgorod. ... Soviet redirects here. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1930s were described as an an abrupt shift to more radical lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the global depression. ... A businessman (sometimes businesswoman, female; or businessperson, gender neutral) is a generic term for a wide range of people engaged in profit-oriented enterprises, generally the management of a company. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events and Trends Samuel Pepys begins his famous diary in 1660 and ends it, due to failing eyesight in 1669. ... Events The League of Augsburg is founded. ...

A few works autographed by Feodor Motorin have survived to this day. They include two bells casted in 1678 and 1679 - the Danilov Bell (Даниловский колокол) and the New Bell (Новый колокол) weighing 3,2 tons (both can still be seen in the middle tier of the Ivan the Great Bell Tower); an 8-ton bell, casted for the Novodevichy Convent (1684); an 1,6-ton bell for the Volynsky Monastery in Chernigov (1683), which was relocated to Moscow in 1991 and hung on the Saint Basil's Cathedral. All of the surviving bells made by Motorin are known for their casting purity and rich relief decorations (stylized arabesque ornament and images of cherubs and seraphs, which harmonize with cast inscriptions). Events August 10 - Treaty of Nijmegen ends the Dutch War. ... Events January 24 - King Charles II of England disbands Parliament August 7 - The brigantine Le Griffon, which was commissioned by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the southern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes. ... The word ton or tonne is derived from the Old English tunne, and ultimately from the Old French tonne, and referred originally to a large cask with a capacity of 2526 wine gallons, which holds approximately 21000 pounds of water. ... Jump to: navigation, search A Tier is a term used commonly within fighting game circles and tournaments to describe a characters general success in tournaments and common battles of the fighting game they hail from. ... Ivan the Great Bell Tower, with Assumption Belfry on the left The Ivan the Great Bell Tower is the tallest bell tower of the Kremlin in Moscow, with a total height of 81 meters (266 feet). ... Novodevichy convent in summer Novodevichy Convent, also known as Bogoroditse-Smolensky Monastery (Новодевичий монастырь, Богородице-Смоленский монастырь in Russian) is probably the best-known cloister of Moscow. ... Chernihiv (Чернігів in Ukrainian) is an ancient city in northern Ukraine, the central city of Chernihivska oblast. Some common historical spellings of the name are Polish: Czernichów, and Russian: Чернигов, Chernigov. ... Events June 6 - The Ashmolean Museum opens as the worlds first university museum. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... St. ... This article is about Islamic art. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Recruit book cover CHERUB is a series of childrens books by Robert Muchamore about a group of kids who attend the CHERUB campus to be trained as spies. ... Jump to: navigation, search A seraph (Hebrew שרף, SRF; in the plural seraphim, שרפים, SRFYM) is one of a class of celestial beings mentioned once in the Old Testament (Tanakh), in Isaiah. ...

Dmitry Feodorovich Motorin

Dmitry Feodorovich Motorin (Дмитрий Фёдорович Моторин) (? - ?) was the son of Feodor Motorin. In 1682-1696, he worked at the Cannon yard as a bellmaker. Dmitry Motorin is known for his unusual 64-kg bell, casted by him in 1687 at the request of a boyar Vasili Golitsyn for the Church of Pokrova Bogoroditsy in his votchina of the village Medvedkovo (it can be seen in Kolomenskoye today). The top part of the bell is made in the form of a bellringer's head, crowned by lion heads and ornaments. The year 1696 had the earliest equinoxes and solstices for 400 years in the Gregorian calendar, because this year is a leap year and the Gregorian calendar would have behaved like the Julian calendar since March 1500 had it have been in use that long. ... KG, Kg or kg may indicate: A Kampfgeschwader, a bomber squadron of the former German Luftwaffe Basketball Player Kevin Garnett An abbreviation for kilogram (always kg) Knight of the Garter, a British decoration Kommanditgesellschaft, German version of a limited partnership Kongo language (ISO 639 alpha-2) An abbreviation for konig... Events March 19 - The men under explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle murder him while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River. ... Jump to: navigation, search A boyar (also spelt bojar; Romanian: boier) was a member of the highest rank of the feudal Russian and Romanian aristocracy, second only to the ruling princes, from the 10th through the 17th century. ... Peter I permitted the Galitzines to take an emblem of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania as their coat of arms Galitzine, more correctly Golitsyn (Russian: Голицын), is one of the largest and noblest princely houses of Russia. ... Votchina (Russian: ) or otchina (о́тчина) was a land estate that could be inherited. ... Kolomenskoye (Russian/Cyrillic: Коломенское) is a former royal estate situated several miles to the south-east of Moscow downtown, on the ancient road leading to the town of Kolomna (hence the name). ...

Ivan Feodorovich Motorin

Ivan Feodorovich Motorin (Иван Фёдорович Моторин) (1660s – August 19, 1735) was the son of Feodor Motorin. His factory used to produce bells for many Muscovite monasteries and churches. In 1692, he casted a 1-ton bell for the Church of John the Apostle in Bronniki (moved to the Saint Basil's Cathedral). In 1695, Ivan Motorin made a 3-ton bell for the Church of Saint Nicholas in Moscow (destroyed in the 1930s). Jump to: navigation, search Events and Trends Samuel Pepys begins his famous diary in 1660 and ends it, due to failing eyesight in 1669. ... Jump to: navigation, search August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events April 16 - The London premiere of Alcina by George Frideric Handel, his first the first Italian opera for the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA:   listen?) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva. ... Events February 13 - Massacre of Glencoe March 1 - The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony with the charging of three women with witchcraft. ... Jump to: navigation, search John the Apostle (יוחנן The LORD is merciful, Standard Hebrew Yoḥanan, Tiberian Hebrew Yôḥānān) was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus. ... Events January 27 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed II to Mustafa II (1695-1703) July 17 - The Bank of Scotland is founded by an Act of Parliament of the old Scottish Parliament. ... Saint Nicholas, also known as Nikolaus in Germany and Sinterklaas (a contracted form of Sint Nicolaas) in the Netherlands and Flanders, is the common name for the historical Saint Nicholas of Myra, who lived in 4th century Byzantine Lycia, (modern Turkey). ...

In February of 1701, after heavy artillery losses in the Battle of Narva, Peter the Great ordered to use Motorin's bellmaking factory for cannon production. A famous cannon maker Martyan Osipov (Мартьян Осипов) assisted Ivan Motorin in mastering the science of cannon-making. Motorin’s factory carried out the order in a short period of time and produced 113 copper cannons by February of 1702. On November 26, 1702, Ivan Motorin was ordered to cast a 54-ton bell for the Ivan the Great Bell Tower, which would be called Воскресенский (Resurrection Bell). In 1704, he made a 13,3-ton bell nicknamed Великопостный (Lent Bell). In 1712, Motorin’s factory burnt down and was rebuilt only two years later. In 1714, Ivan Motorin casted the 2-ton Alarm Bell (Набатный колокол), which was later placed on top of the Tsarskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin. It remained there until 1771 and was then moved to the Armoury in 1821. In 1710-1720s, Motorin made a few bells for the Muscovite churches and monasteries, including Chudov Monastery. Most of these bells did not survive to this day. In 1730, he casted a 7-ton Novgorod Bell (Новгородский колокол), which can still be seen in the lower tier of the Ivan the Great Bell Tower. In 1731, Motorin was ordered to turn the damaged bells (due to a fire of 1723) of the Church of Archangel Gabriel into clock bells for the Troitskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin. Their fate, however, is still unknown. February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events January 18 - Frederick I becomes King of Prussia. ... Jump to: navigation, search Historically, artillery refers to any engine used for the discharge of projectiles during war. ... The Battle of Narva was an early battle in the Great Northern War in which a Swedish army under King Charles XII of Sweden defeated the Russian army of Tsar Peter the Great at Narva. ... Peter I Emperor and Autocrat of All Russia Peter I (Pyotr Alekseyvich) (9 June 1672–8 February 1725 [30 May 1672–28 January 1725 O.S.1]) ruled Russia from 7 May (27 April O.S.) 1682 until his death. ... A small cast-iron cannon on a carriage A cannon is any large tubular firearm designed to fire a heavy projectile over a considerable distance. ... General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 4, d Appearance metallic brown Atomic mass 63. ... Events March 8 - William III died; Princess Anne Stuart becomes Queen Anne of England, Scotland and Ireland. ... Jump to: navigation, search November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events Building of the Students Monument in Aiud, Romania. ... Look up Lent on Wiktionary, the free dictionary In Western Christianity, Lent is the period before the Christian holy day of Easter. ... // Events Treaty of Aargau signed between Catholic and Protestants. ... // Events August 1 - George, elector of Hanover becomes King George I of Great Britain. ... The following is a list of towers of Moscow Kremlin Borovitskaya The Borovitskya Tower (Russian: Боровицкая башня) is a corner tower with a through-passage on the west side of the Kremlin. ... The Moscow Kremlin The Moscow Kremlin (Russian: Московский Кремль) is the best known kremlin (Russian citadel). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1771 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Armory (Оружейная палата in Russian), one of the oldest museums of Moscow, located in the Kremlin. ... 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... // Events April 10 - The worlds first copyright legislation became effective, Britains Statute of Anne Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713) Births January 4 - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (d. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events and Trends Manufacture of the earliest surviving pianos. ... The Ascension Convent in 1882 The Chudov Monastery (also known as Alexius’ Archangel Michael Monastery) was founded in the Kremlin in 1358 by metropolitan Alexius. ... Events Pope Clement XII elected September 17 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed III (1703-1730) to Mahmud I (1730-1754) Anna Ivanova (Anna I of Russia) became czarina Births May 13 - Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. ... Events 10 Downing Street becomes the official residence of the United Kingdoms Prime Minister when Robert Walpole moves in. ... Events February 16 - Louis XV of France attains his majority Births February 24 - John Burgoyne, British general (d. ... The following is a list of towers of Moscow Kremlin Borovitskaya The Borovitskya Tower (Russian: Боровицкая башня) is a corner tower with a through-passage on the west side of the Kremlin. ...

Famous Tsar Bell (Царь-колокол) was Motorin’s masterpiece, for which he is best remembered. In 1735, he was ordered to recast the bell made by Alexander Grigoriev (1655), shattered during the 1701 fire. Unfortunately, Ivan Motorin died when the work was in full swing. The whole responsibility for the making of the Tsar Bell was placed upon his son Mikhail Motorin. Tsar Kolokol (Tsar Bell) (Царь-колокол in Russian) - a huge bell still on display in the Kremlin. ... Events New Sweden (Delaware) attacked and captured by Dutch forces. ...

Mikhail Ivanovich Motorin

There isn’t much information available on Mikhail Ivanovich Motorin (Михаил Иванович Моторин) (? - 1750) after he finished casting the Tsar Bell. Historians know that in 1736 he made a bell for the Epiphany Monastery. In 1737, he also casted a 1,8-ton bell for the Church of Archangel Gabriel. Both of these bells, however, were destroyed by the Soviets in the 1930s. Events March 2 - Small earthquake in London, England April 4 - Small earthquake in Warrington, England August 23 - Small earthquake in Spalding, England September 30 - Small earthquake in Northampton, England November 16 – Westminster Bridge officially opened Jonas Hanway is the first Englishman to use an umbrella James Gray reveals her sex... Events January 26 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. ... Events 12 February — The San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated. ...