The display of the multi-veneer drama "Tobol" was rooted in interest in the reform era of the beginning of the XVIII century. Peter I turned out to be not only an outstanding statesman, but also a contradictory figure, which historians still argue about. Curious facts from the biography of the last king of all Russia and the first emperor of the All-Russian - in the material 24cm.
1. 14th child
Peter I was the 14th child in the Tsar Alexey Mikhailovich family. As a child, the future emperor was distinct and adjacent, but everything that concerned the game was carried away by the young heir, and he could do his affairs without a break. Later, the favorite game of Peter Alekseevich became the "war".The guardian of the heir after the death of the Father became Tsar Fedor Alekseevich, who attached Nikita Zotov to teach the alphabet. From where the future emperor has studied the Aza arithmetic, is unknown. And when the boy turned 10 years old, he was proclaimed by the king.
2. About appearance
The appearance of the emperor, whom the Great was called, by the standards of contemporaries, was impressive. Yes, and basketball players would envy the parameters of Peter. With more than 2 meters height, he wore the 38th shoe size and was illicious. This is evidenced by the size of the clothing - 48. By the way, during the reign of the emperor heard with a strongman and could "roll in a silver plate in the tube."
3. About nature
In Peter I, opposite character traits got along. He could be hot-tempered and cold, calculating and reckless. And the approximents were afraid of the attacks of the sovereign, which arose from unpleasant news or just like that. It was rumored that the monarch could venture, but apparently believed that this was not a royal case.At times, the sovereign showed senseless cruelty in his personal life. His wife His wife Willima Mons executed, and his head slept and put in the bedroom of the wrong wife. A few days later, Catherine poured for forgiveness from her husband, standing on his knees for 3 hours and twisted. 50 years after the execution of the head of Mons, she found peace and was buried on orders of Catherine II.
4. "There is no craft wisena lapot ..."
Peter I before he became the emperor, mastered 14 professions. He drew, played on musical instruments, could make paper or make an engraving. He was familiar shipbuilding and navigation. With the easy hand of the sovereign in Russia there were bulbs of tulips, potatoes and rice.
It seemed that he was subject to any business. However, the lapels of the sovereign never mastered. By the way, he tried to learn to the wisdom of the craft, but later in the hearts exclaimed: "There is no craft wisin of a lapoth ..."
5. "Remedy to add carefully"
The reformer is known as the author of the decrees, which now cause a smile. So, the emperor obliges drunk to belong to the side so that they do not interfere with the other, but at the same time put them, observing the floor, "otherwise, when the confusion is awakening."And the subordinates under the head should have "kind of dashing and fell, in order not to be embarrassed by their chief." Also, by the decree of Peter, the wives were forbidden to carry her husbands from the Kabak without their consent.
From under the feather, the sovereign came out and a decree to give a medal for drunkenness. The punished was tied on the chain of the cast-iron, weighing 8 kg, a reward. The shameful ritual lasted a week, and the guilty even slept with the burden.
6. He treated the teeth of the court
Peter I developed dentistry in Russia. Yes, and the sovereign himself loved to pull sick teeth. His patients became sailors and courtiers. Sometimes the emperor was fond of, and healthy crowns fell into vice. And the remaining part of the pulp according to the tradition of those years caughtized. An 73 copies are stored in the St. Petersburg Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, the register of teeth, Durganized by the emperor.
7. Seno-Straw
Peter I taught the soldier to distinguish where the right, and where left. In theory of the emperor, hay was taken to the left leg, and on the right-straw. During the construction preparation, Feldebell commanded the "hay-straw", and the company understood how to take a step from what legs. By the way, in European states, only educated people owned such concepts.