The Crown of Rus, also known as the Crown of Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, is the crown with which Daniel of Galicia was crowned in 1253 by a papal archbishop in

Drohiczyn Drohiczyn () ( lt, Drohičinas/Drogičinas, be, Дарагічын, ua, Дорогочин, Дорогичин, ''Dorohochyn'', ''Dorohychyn'') is a town in Siemiatycze County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland. The town has a population of 2,11 ...

. The coronation of Daniel took place around the same time as

Mindaugas Mindaugas (german: Myndowen, la, Mindowe, orv, Мендог, be, Міндоўг, pl, Mendog, c. 1203–1263) is the first known Grand Duke of Lithuania and the only crowned King of Lithuania. Little is known of his origins, early life, or ...

. The Crown of Rus is related to territories around the city of Lviv and should not be confused with the modern Russia based in

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History

The crowning of Daniel of Galicia is a debated topic, most historians landing around the year 1253, but the specific date is not known. Historian Mykhailo Hrushevsky wrote that the coronation took place in 1252, Vladimir Pashuto considered the date to be around 1254, and Mykola Kotlyar gives the year 1253. Daniel took crown from the hands of Opizzo Fieschi, a papal legate and nephew of

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. The crown is believed to have been lost. However, there are many speculations on where it might be located, including

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, the

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, the

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, and

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. Polish historian believes that the crown was converted into a miter for

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church , native_name_lang = uk , caption_background = , image = StGeorgeCathedral Lviv.JPG , imagewidth = , type = Particular church (sui iuris) , alt = , caption = St. George's ...

bishops in Peremyshl and searches for it in Polish monasteries.

Replica

After Ukrainian independence in 1991, work began on a replica, based on the drawings and historical data by the jewelers from

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyi ...

and Western Ukraine. The crown was finished in 2000s and now part of a permanent exhibit of the

Zolochiv Castle Zolochiv Castle was a residence of the Sobieski noble family on a hill at the confluence of two small rivers in the south-eastern part of Zolochiv ( pl, Złoczów), Galicia (now part of Ukraine's Lviv Oblast). The rectangular fort was built in ...

in Western Ukraine.Копія корони короля Данила Галицького (A copy of the crown of king Danylo Halytskiy)
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Gallery

File:Mitre episcopalis of Peremyshl.jpg, Mitre of bishops of Przemysl (1898) File:Йосафат Коциловський на святі у Самборі.jpg, Josaphat Koncilowski with the Mitre of bishops of Przemysl at celebration of the coronation of the icon of Theotokos of Sambor

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