Largest Ice Easter Egg

 Russia found a nice way to celebrate Easter.The artists at the Gallery of Russian Ice Sculpture at Filevskiy Park made a two meters high Easter egg out of crystal-pure ice which weighs 800 kg and measures 90 cm in diameter sets the world rewcord for the Largest Easter Egg.  The world's Largest Ice Easter Egg is in keeping with the tradition of Carl Fabergé, who made the famous ornate Easter eggs for Russian Tsar Alexander III.Just get a few insights of the story we have listed out to know how it all began.
The first Fabergé egg was crafted for Tsar Alexander III, who decided to give his wife, the Empress Maria Fedorovna, an Easter Egg in 1885, possibly to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their betrothal. It is believed that the Tsar’s inspiration for the piece was an egg owned by the Empress’s aunt, Princess Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark, which had captivated Maria’s imagination in her childhood. Known as the Hen Egg, it is crafted from gold. Its opaque white enameled ‘shell’ opens to reveal its first surprise, a matte yellow gold yolk. This in turn opens to reveal a multi-coloured gold hen that also opens. It contained a minute diamond replica of the Imperial Crown from which a small ruby pendant was suspended. Unfortunately, these last two surprises have been lost.
Empress Maria was so delighted by this gift that Alexander appointed Fabergé a ‘goldsmith by special appointment to the Imperial Crown’. He commissioned another egg the following year. After that, Peter Carl Fabergé, who headed the House, was apparently given complete freedom for future Imperial Easter Eggs, as from this date their designs become more elaborate. According to the Fabergé family tradition, not even the Tsar knew what form they would take: the only requirement was that each one should contain a surprise. Following the death of Alexander III on November 1, 1894, his son presented a Fabergé egg to both his wife, the Empress Alexandra Fedorovna, and to his mother, the Dowager Empress Maria Fedorovna.
As for the largest  ice easter egg only the weather had to take care to ensure that the ice does not melt.So you can imagine it had to be very cold to prevent the melting of the ice.The artists were working in the street when the temperature was well above zero. They had to hurry before the ice showed up traces of water. It took them a little more than an hour to turn the block of ice into a beautiful Easter egg.The tradition of gifting paschal eggs is widespread around the world. In Russia people also paint eggs, and on Sunday – as a light-hearted way of celebrating – fight them like conkers. Whoever owns the egg that doesn’t break when tapped by their opponent’s is the winner.
Russia has an  enormous size and  the country with its remoteness to  many areas from the sea result in the dominance of the continental climate, which is prevalent in European and Asian Russia except for the tundra and the extreme southeast. Mountains in the south obstructing the flow of warm air masses from the Indian Ocean and the plain of the west and north makes the country open to Arctic and Atlantic influences.
The Largest Easter Ice Egg  was set by the Russian Sculptors  at Filevskiy Park,Moscow,Russia on April 5,2010.