The tsar-bath was carved for 7 years from a 160-ton granite boulder. Weight - 48 tons, diameter - 5.3 m, height - 1.9 m. Just to give a granite block the shape of a bowl tens of billions of blows with a mallet on a steel rod with the extension in the form of a sharply shaped spatula were required. There were no carbide stone-cutting tools in the early 1800s, and steel rods had to be sharpened after every 3-4 strokes.
Besides, the 160-ton billet had to be dragged over the rugged terrain. In WWII, the Germans honestly admitted that despite their technical capabilities, they had no suitable equipment and vehicles to transport the ready-made tub. But at the beginning of the 19th century, they did, didn't they?
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