peintures d'art

 

Most of the witnesses claimed that Ivan IV - noble and generous person with good looks and charming voice. It is proved that the Terrible was one of the most erudite men of his time, had a phenomenal memory and brilliantly mastered the art of oratory. The man doubled the territory of Russia, the wise ruler.

Two years after the death of his second wife Mary Cherkasy

41-year-old Russian Tsar Ivan IV in the Trinity Cathedral of the Alexander settlement married to Marfa Sobakina,

19-year-old daughter of a nobleman of the Kolomna seedy,

distant relative Malyuta Skuratova.

1S.A.Nikitin. Sculptural reconstruction of the skull of Martha Sobakina

 

 

 

Tormosov Victor. Ivan the Terrible.

 

Nikolai Nevrev

The era of Ivan the Terrible

 

Alexander Litovchenko (1835-1890) Ivan the Terrible and Horsey 1875

 

M.P.Klodt "Terem princesses"

Searches were conducted of the bride in the same manner as that for the first time. Of all the cities in the suburb had been brought brides and nobles and commoners, the number more than two thousand, each represent him especially. First, he chose 24, then 12, which ought to examine the doctor and grandmother. Terrible long compared them finally chose all Marfa Sobakina daughter Novgorod merchant, whom he immediately granted to the boyars.

 

T.Gorohovskaya. Ivan the Terrible chooses a bride.

 

Martha Sobakina

 

June 26, 1571 Tsar Ivan IV announced his engagement to Martha Sobakina. Somehow it happened that it was well received by the brother of the late queen Mary, Prince Michael Temgryuk. Prince Michael was often at Saburovs. Martha used to him. One evening Temgryuk offered boyaryshne few candied fruit.

- This is the king of the table, from today's lunch - he said.

Martha received podarok.M From that day on she never are sketchy, visibly start to lose weight. In addition, it started doing seizures. This was reported to the king, but he said that he was married to Sobakina, no matter what.

 

The wedding took place. Two weeks later, Martha died, and remained a virgin. This is her in 1898 devoted Rimsky-Korsakov opera "The Tsar's Bride." Began the massacre. Michael impaled. Except it has executed some of the boyars, suspected of complicity. Death of Martha Sobakina sincerely saddened John. Maybe because the third wife had not yet bored him. For two weeks he spent in seclusion, not allowing myself to anyone except Skuratova that several times a day reported to him about the results of interrogation and torture.

Ivan the Terrible and Malyuta Skuratov

Biographers of Ivan the Terrible Robert Payne and Nikita Romanov wrote: "Terrible was confident that the sudden death of Queen Martha - a consequence of witchcraft, which is directed against himself and against his children.

Yes, the grace of God he is alive, but for how long? ".

Early death of the queen gave birth to suspicions of poisoning and angered Ivan. Officially, it was announced that Martha hassled poison: "The Devil vozdvizhe near many people vrazhdovati on our queen, still unmarried suschu ... tacos and her poison uchinisha evil." According to some reports, the investigation were executed 20 people.

 

 

One of the legends, roving through the pages of history books, was born, perhaps surprisingly, in the middle of the XX century. She says that in August 1929 for the first time raised the lid of the sarcophagus of white stone Martha Sobakina people saw untouched by the corruptible body and her lovely face. It is hard to say why these rumors rooted among historians. Kept a diary in which members of the commission on opening tombs Ascension Cathedral in 1929 to record everything that was revealed in the course of studying ancient tombs. Perhaps this unusual condition of the remains of Martha Sobakina shocked them and reflected in the document. But the fact of the matter is that no biological phenomena if not found - stories about them appeared later and are, alas, only a fantasy ...

 

In her sarcophagus, except the remains were still found a well-preserved headdress - Volosnikov embroidered and unique glass cup Italian work on a silver tray, which is unparalleled in museum collections in our country.