Аннотация: The inflating of historical balloons plus historical anecdotes. A radio program about Emperor Paul the First (the new part). A historical buff.
The inflating of historical balloons plus historical anecdotes. A radio program about Emperor Paul the First (the new part). A historical buffory.
If someone accidentally turned on the radio tonight, then such a radio listener had the good fortune to listen to another portion of the historical "stream of consciousness."
It turns out that Russia could have had Malta and the Ionian Islands and Constantinople. And today's "people with money" woud not sent their children to Malta to learn English. And, on the contrary, the British would come to Malta 'to them', and the British would learn Russian in 'our' Malta.
Who are these mysterious "they" - people with money? "They" - to whom would the British go (would march) with reverence?
And there were no riches of the Order of Malta in the cellars of the Mikhailovsky Castle, since the Knights of Malta were the beggarly knights.
Another thing is the Romanovs (as well as, especially, modern oligarchs) ... (Do some modern Romanovs receive foreign passports from the modern Order of Malta?).
Unfortunately, Malta, the Ionian Islands and Constantinople (and British India) did not become part of the Russian Empire. And Alaska, whatever one may say, was sold ...
But on the other hand - instead of Corfu - they built fortresses in the Caucasus - and concerns in the Caucasus do not seem to decrease in volume - although decades, centuries pass ...
But you don't have to be upset. Let us recall the "historical anecdote" about the naval officer Litvinov!
A real historian knows how to draw historical parallels. If you read stories on the modern Internet about (stretched over long time) payments to modern Russial citizens, then the story of Litvinov receiving money for capturing a ship during the storming of Corfu may make you laugh.
The case with the payment of money to Litvinov was dragging on both under Paul the First and under Alexander the First, and it was not clear how it ended ...
So if anyone will read in the modern Internet about (stretched over long time) compensation from the modern Russial state to modern Russial citizens, such reader will smile venomously.
But let us return to those modern wealthy people (not beggarly knights) to whom the British could go to bow, but who, due to a night incident with Paul the First in Mikhailovsky Castle, are forced to send their children to Malta to learn English.
Very good restoration work was carried out in the Mikhailovsky Castle!
And if you will wander along its corridors in the evening, you will able to hear a rustle ...
What kind of a rustle is it?
And if at the same time you feel a gust (of wind), then do not be alarmed - the wind does not carry banknotes into the world space (to Malta? To the Ionian Islands? To Constantinople?)
You just need to quietly and politely say: "Nice to see you, Your Majesty! ..."
And move on freely.
[MMCMIII. Medinsky's lecture on Paul the First on the radio. A culturological essay. - April 23, 2022.].
April 30, 2022 20:10
Translation from Russian into English: April 30, 2022 20:57.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский 'Надувание исторических шариков и исторические анекдоты. Радиопередача об императоре Павле Первом (новая порция). Исторический буфф'.
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MMCMXXI. The inflating of historical balloons plus historical anecdotes. A radio program about Emperor Paul the First (the new part). A historical buffory. }