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Show CZAR'S GEMS ARE STORED IN PLAIN CELLAR MOSCOW (UP) NowhPTe in tho world, perhaps, c;m mio find such n spectacle of mingled wenlth mid brilliance us is offered by the llnssinn iinperinl crown jewels, now the most carefully guarded state treasure of tho Soviets. The valuo of the jewels may be filiated from the fact that seven pieces which make up the imperial regalia are valued at $17n.(XH,000. And the Tsarist hoard includes numerous num-erous smaller stones and ornaments, flushing with all the varied colors of the rainbow. All these treasurer are stored away in fireproof trunks in the stone cellars of a Moscow money-smelting establishment. No one wears them any longer and they are exhibited ex-hibited in a plain bare room, without with-out any atmosphere of imperial splendor." But their extraordinary lustre is still undimmed. |