The 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (26th Congress of the CPSU, ) is a 342.57 carat fancy lemon yellow raw diamond, the largest gem diamond ever found in Russia or the territory of the former Soviet Union, and one of the largest in the world .

It was mined at the Mir kimberlitic pipe (Yakutia, Far Eastern Federal District) on December 23, 1980, and named after the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, opening February 23, 1981.

26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (diamond)

It is kept in the Russian Diamond Fund (Moscow Kremlin).

26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (diamond)

See also

List of diamonds

List of largest rough diamonds

References

Diamonds originating in Russia

Diamonds originating in the Soviet Union

Individual diamonds

Yellow diamonds

Diamond Fund

26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (diamond)