 Complete the following phrase:  The beaker is among many that were distributed along with food presents and commemorative scarves to celebrate the coronation of Nicholas II, as had been the long-standing tradition. On the morning of 18 May 1896, over half a million revelers gathered on the ragged Khodynka Field in Moscow in anticipation of the presents and especially the commemorative cups enameled tableware was still a great novelty at the time. That was far more than the field could safely accommodate, especially considering the many trenches and pits that dotted the plain in front of the Tsars podium, because the entire area was normally used as a military training ground. A rumor swept through the crowd that the cups contained a gold coin. In the confusion and crowd crush that ensued, over a thousand people were killed in what has become known as the 