 In the 1930s, it was taken down by the Soviets and melted.In 1652, tsar Alexei Mikhailovich ordered Yemelyan Danilov to cast a new 8,000-pood (130 tonne) bell instead of the broken Big Assumption Bell made by Andrey Chokhov.Danilov cast the bell in 1654, but it would be cracked in less than a year during festivities when it was still being refined.