was created by master L. Zeftigen for Empress Maria Alexandrovna in St Petersburg in 1856. The design was made on the basis of jeweller's L. D. Diuval (1797) sketches. The crown is kept in the Diamond Fund of Russia. Ancient regalia in Russian Great State Coat of Arms Until 1917 several ancient regalia served as heraldic crowns of various lands of the Russian Empire. Disposition of crowns on Great State Coat of Arms: Great Imperial Crown - at the top, on imperial mantle. The crown of "Grand set" - on shield of the coat of arms of Astrahan Tsardom. Altabas crown - on shield on the coat of arms of Siberia. Lost "Georgian Crown" - on shield on the coat of arms of Georgia. This crown was demolished or sold by the Soviets in the 1930s. Only heraldic crown - on shield on the coat of arms of Finland. Only heraldic crown - on shield on the family coat of arms of House Holstein-Hottorp-Romanov. "Cap of Monomakh" - on shield of the coat of arms of "Tsardom of Great, Little and White Russia". "Cap of Monomakh of the second set" - on shield of the coat of arms of Crimea. Crown of Empress Anna Ivanovna - on shield of the coat of arms of Poland. Kazan crown - on shield of the coat of arms of Kazan Tsardom. "State helmet" of Michael Fyodorovich - in center, on shield of the small coat of arms of Russian Empire. Also, Maltese crown served as heraldic until 1803. It can be still found in coat of arms of the Russian town of Gatchina. See also Coronation of the Russian monarch House of Romanov Imperial Crown of Russia Kremlin Armoury Monomakh's Cap Muscovy Crown Orlov (diamond) References Sources External links Russian Crown Jewels Imperial Sceptre Formal insignia Russia National symbols of Russia Russian clothing Tsardom of Russia Russian Empire Russian monarchy Moscow Kremlin Tourist attractions in Moscow Russian tsars