WHOSE HAT IS IT ANYWAY?

Could the crown of the Russian tsar in Moscow have been crafted by the Horde?

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WHOSE HAT IS IT ANYWAY?

Monomakh's cap is presented at the exhibition «Coronation in the Kremlin» © Vladimir Astapkovich/RIA Novosti

Here’s a spoiler—it probably was, but it’s not a confirmed fact. Historians aren't sure if Monomakh's Cap was even any type of headgear, and some speculate that its elements originally adorned a bowl or a stand.