Letter to the editorial board

Abstract

The author criticizes the theory of Sergey Bogatyrev about the origin of helmet of Ivan the Terrible. He considers, that this theory contains the old and erroneous identification of the word «shishak» and «chechak». «Chechak» was mentioned in the testament of the Grand Prince of Moscow Ivan the Red. «The Gold chechak» was a pendant in form of a flower. Helmet never was a symbol of power of Chingizing khans. The Cap of Monomach was the Crown of the Golden Horde primordially. It had a toothed, agged edge. Probably, it was a gift of khan Uzbek to the Grand Prince Ivan Kalita, his true vassal. Ivan Kalita received it for the suppression of Tver uprising in 1327.