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How did the fairy tale about Cinderella become a reality of Russian history of the XNUMXth century?

The first wife of Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich was Maria Dolgorukaya. The marriage took place in September 1624, but the very next day after the wedding, the newlywed went to bed and died in January 1625. Few doubted that this mysterious illness and death in the royal palace could not have done without the assistance of ill-wishers. A year later, in January 1626, Mikhail Fedorovich entered into a new marriage. The choice of the second wife of the king was accompanied by unusual circumstances.

According to the custom (by no means fabulous), messengers scattered throughout Russia to call brides worthy of the king to the bride. At the appointed time, 60 noble girls, surrounded by their parents and relatives - boyars and noble nobles - gathered in the palace. But none of them pleased the king. A way out of the difficulty was offered by the king's mother, nun Martha. The bridegroom must be repeated, but in the absence of relatives and at night, in order to consider the girls sleeping, when their "faces are not embarrassed and not clouded with excitement and expectation."

Only contenders for the title of queen were left in the palace and with them one servant each. When the palace fell into a night's sleep, the king, accompanied by his mother, began a fateful detour. They slowly walked past sleeping, or rather pretending to sleep, girls: how could one fall asleep on such a night! After the round, the mother turned to her son with questions about who his choice fell on.

How amazed she was when she heard that the maid of one of the noble girls had become his chosen one. The mother begged the tsar to change his mind and think about how the princes and boyars would be offended by his choice. But Mikhail Fedorovich remained firm and inexorable.

It soon became clear that the girl who liked the tsar was a distant relative and namesake living with the Streshnevs, the daughter of an obscure Mozhaisk nobleman. It is difficult for her in a non-native house, where sometimes her rich relative, who has come to the bride, treats her coolly. But the young girl meekly and meekly endures all life's hardships. This information further strengthened the king's determination to marry this particular girl. The persuasions of the mother were broken by the last argument: we ourselves suffered so much, is it really possible to reject the chosen one of the heart only because of her poverty and misfortunes? In the morning, the decision of the king was solemnly announced in the palace and to the people.

The noble young ladies, having said goodbye to the hope of becoming a queen, successively approached to kiss the hand of the happy chosen one - Evdokia Lukyanovna Streshneva. And the Russian Cinderella could not believe in the miracle that had happened to her. She hugged and kissed each one. Yesterday's mistress of the royal bride with sobs threw herself at her feet, begging for forgiveness. The meek and compassionate Evdokia, without holding any malice, lifted her up and urged her to share her unexpected joy with her. They say that Lukyan Streshnev, the father of the chosen queen, was found by the messengers of Mikhail Fedorovich in the field behind a plow, which he did not want to leave in any way, in a hurry to plow the field.

Mikhail Fedorovich and Evdokia Lukyanovna lived happily, in peace and harmony, over time they had three boys and seven girls.

Author: Kondrashov A.P.

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Many of us use drugs, but few know what it is. These medicines, which are used in medicine to treat disease, prevent disease, and improve health, are called pharmaceuticals. Pharmacology is the science of drugs and their use in medicine. The preparation of medicines is such an ancient art that we do not even know when it was born. The first medicines were prepared by shamans who were believed by the ancients to be able to magically transform plants into healing agents.

Later, the treatment of diseases turned into a special science. It was not difficult to prepare a concoction of herbs and minerals. Therefore, the doctors of ancient Greece and Rome not only treated patients, but also prepared medicines themselves. The art of pharmacology originated with the Arabs. By the 40th century, they had collected all the medical information known by that time. They borrowed from the Persians their knowledge of medicinal plants. The Arabs obtained many medicines from plants. In the XNUMXth century, Arabic recipes for the preparation of medicines spread to Europe. But these recipes were incredibly complex. Many of the Arabic medicines had more than XNUMX ingredients.

By 1500, some drugs needed more than 100 ingredients. Pharmacists began to study plants again in order to create simpler preparations. Pharmacology remained virtually unchanged until the XNUMXth century. Scientists were not only interested in the composition of drugs, but also their effect on humans. They started experimenting on animals. And in the XNUMXth century, the manufacture of medicines moved from private pharmacists to industrial companies.

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