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100:00:00,233 --> 00:00:04,329NTV company presents:

200:00:05,905 --> 00:00:10,308To the 300th anniversaryof the Russian Empire

300:00:10,543 --> 00:00:14,775and to the 300th anniversaryof St. Petersburg

400:00:26,860 --> 00:00:29,886Out of all the actually rulingRussian emperors Pavel I sat

500:00:30,063 --> 00:00:37,094on the throne less than anyone- 4 years and 4 months.

600:00:37,303 --> 00:00:39,362He appears to be the lesspopular one too.

700:00:39,572 --> 00:00:42,234What do descendants know him by?

800:00:42,409 --> 00:00:47,039Short, ill-tempered, a snub nose.

900:01:31,157 --> 00:01:36,754'Her Majesty, your mothertheEmpress just passed away.

1000:01:36,930 --> 00:01:40,366'Yourturn to take over, YourMajesty.

1100:01:41,868 --> 00:01:46,771Hardly had empress Catherine

the Great breathed her last,

1200:01:46,973 --> 00:01:51,137when the elder heirs, Pavel'ssons Alexander and Konstantin

1300:01:51,311 --> 00:01:55,213put on their old Prussian

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uniforms.

1400:01:55,415 --> 00:01:57,383The young Grand Dukes knewbetterthan anyone: from now on

1500:01:57,584 --> 00:02:01,577things will stand as theirfatherestablished them in Gatchina.

1600:02:01,788 --> 00:02:07,488And they won't be limited withjust the braided wigs and

1700:02:07,694 --> 00:02:13,394military discipline.

1800:02:15,435 --> 00:02:20,236Emperor Peter IIl, overthrown by

his wife and killed secretly,

1900:02:20,440 --> 00:02:24,103was buried 34 years ago in theAlexandro-Nevskaya Church.

2000:02:24,310 --> 00:02:25,937Then it was the city outskirts.

2100:02:26,146 --> 00:02:27,875

Pavel gives orders to exhumethe coffin, and rebury

2200:02:28,081 --> 00:02:31,244his father in the proper way- In the royal burial-vault.

2300:02:31,451 --> 00:02:36,184The coffin was unsealed. All thatwas left were bones, jack-boots

2400:02:36,389 --> 00:02:38,914and gloves. The remains aretransported to the Winter Palace

2500:02:39,125 --> 00:02:43,687and put right next to the coffinof Catherine II.

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2600:02:43,897 --> 00:02:45,387The empress could hardly everimagine that

2700:02:45,532 --> 00:02:49,798she would reunite with herunloved husband.

2800:02:55,708 --> 00:03:01,442Peter III hadn't been crowned,Pavel arranges a posthumous

2900:03:01,648 --> 00:03:04,116coronation. The crown is perchedon top of the coffin,

3000:03:04,317 --> 00:03:06,615and later, when the processionstarts forthe Petropavlovskaya

3100:03:06,819 --> 00:03:10,414fortress, the crown is entrustedto Alexei Orlov, brother of

3200:03:10,623 --> 00:03:15,856Catherine's lover, and thealleged murderer of Peter III.

3300:03:16,062 --> 00:03:19,520

Pavel avenges the 30 years ofhis humiliation.

3400:03:19,732 --> 00:03:23,998He, the legal heir and only sonof the emperor, didn't inherit

3500:03:24,170 --> 00:03:30,439the throne, but had to await theend of his mother's reign.

3600:03:31,044 --> 00:03:34,207From the notes of Grand DukePavel:

3700:03:34,981 --> 00:03:39,077'I am 30 already, but I am notengaged in any activity.

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3800:03:41,921 --> 00:03:47,985The oldest Russian CzarevichPavel becomes emperor at 42.

3900:03:57,437 --> 00:03:59,462Gatchina, in the outskirtsof St. Petersburg, was presented

4000:03:59,672 --> 00:04:03,836by Catherine to her unwed husbandGrigory Orlov soon after

4100:04:04,043 --> 00:04:08,173he helped her overthrowher lawful royal husband.

4200:04:08,414 --> 00:04:11,281After Orlov's death the manorwas bought out by the treasury,

4300:04:11,517 --> 00:04:15,009and the land with theEnglish-style castle,

4400:04:15,221 --> 00:04:18,452is presented by Catherine to herson, the heirto the throne.

4500:04:19,859 --> 00:04:24,159

The gloomy Gatchina manor willbe dubbed Russian Elsinore.

4600:04:24,364 --> 00:04:27,197Too many obvious parallels withShakespeare's tragedy:

4700:04:27,400 --> 00:04:29,129Here lived the RussianCladius - Orlov,

4800:04:29,335 --> 00:04:31,826the Russian Gertrude Catherinecame to visit him,

4900:04:32,038 --> 00:04:36,065and finally, here settled theRussian Hamlet, Pavel I.

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6200:05:19,018 --> 00:05:21,543'Monsieur and Madamesecond-rate'.

6300:05:26,793 --> 00:05:30,957All his life Pavel was hauntedby a maniacal fear of conspiracy,

6400:05:31,164 --> 00:05:32,597and for a good reason too.

6500:05:32,799 --> 00:05:36,895Only his security measureswere no-good.

6600:05:40,039 --> 00:05:42,872As any classic Knight's castle

67

00:05:43,076 --> 00:05:45,909the Gatchina manor had anunderground tunnel.

6800:05:46,112 --> 00:05:49,548The exit was in the park, 150 maway from the gate.

6900:05:49,816 --> 00:05:52,785They dug the tunnel out ofromantic ideas,

7000:05:52,985 --> 00:05:56,148no-one used it as an escape route.

7100:05:56,389 --> 00:06:00,655If you stand here and shoutloudly: 'Who ruled here? ',

7200:06:00,860 --> 00:06:05,957the echo at the end of the

tunnel will answer: 'Pavel'.

7300:06:12,839 --> 00:06:15,103Of all the signs of Pavel'sreign

7400:06:15,308 --> 00:06:18,744the most notorious will be

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'Pavel's drill'. Even though it

7500:06:25,184 --> 00:06:29,518was the passion for Prussian waysthat cost his father his life.

7600:06:29,722 --> 00:06:32,953Pavel takes the army of kingFriedrich as the model.

7700:06:33,159 --> 00:06:36,026Gatchina soldiers are dressed inPrussian jackets and hats.

7800:06:36,195 --> 00:06:40,063Powdered curls, wigs and braids- When in other regiments they'd

7900:06:40,266 --> 00:06:44,032

just introduced thePotemkin-Suvorov uniforms,

8000:06:44,237 --> 00:06:47,229simple and comfortable.

8100:06:47,740 --> 00:06:52,177'Why in the old uniform? Whereare the braids and the curls?

82

00:06:52,412 --> 00:06:54,937'Don't you know the serviceregulations?

8300:06:55,448 --> 00:06:59,043Count Rostopchin-in a letterto count Vorontsov:

8400:06:59,819 --> 00:07:03,152'One can't watch without disgustwhat the Grand Duke is doing.

8500:07:03,389 --> 00:07:07,223He imagines he is the king ofPrussia.

8600:07:16,169 --> 00:07:20,037With Pavel's ascent to the thronethe army undergoes transformation.

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8700:07:20,239 --> 00:07:23,697The new emperor declares wartoCatherine's laxity.

8800:07:23,910 --> 00:07:25,537He has a special dislike fortheGuard -

8900:07:25,778 --> 00:07:29,373the 'depraved provider ofalcove favorites'.

9000:07:33,319 --> 00:07:35,810Aftertireless parade drillsin the Gatchina drill-ground

9100:07:35,988 --> 00:07:38,650Pavel's ceremonial step

will outlive centuries.

9200:07:38,858 --> 00:07:43,192There was a certain manner ofmarching-straight leg, toes

9300:07:43,396 --> 00:07:46,991stretched out. You beat the toeagainst the ground hard, then

94

00:07:47,233 --> 00:07:49,463land the whole foot. Thismanner was called 'Prussian'.

9500:07:49,669 --> 00:07:53,264Then they forgot about theorigin and called it

9600:07:53,473 --> 00:07:56,670'measured out'.

9700:07:57,710 --> 00:08:01,305In this manner soldiers wouldmarch in the Russian, then in

9800:08:01,481 --> 00:08:04,245the Soviet army. The Soviet guardof honor was thought the best in

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9900:08:04,450 --> 00:08:07,783the world, the guard of honorof the GDR being second best.

10000:08:07,987 --> 00:08:11,081The East-German army was thedirect heirto the Prussian.

10100:08:27,540 --> 00:08:31,374On the day of his coronationPavel takes a most important

10200:08:31,577 --> 00:08:34,705decision that could have ledto the decline of serfdom.

10300:08:34,914 --> 00:08:36,905Before it had the tendency ofexpanding.

10400:08:37,149 --> 00:08:41,085Pavel's decree limits the serfs'working hours with 3 days a week.

10500:08:41,254 --> 00:08:43,722Before in some provincesit was as much as 6 days.

10600:08:43,923 --> 00:08:47,916

According to Christian customsMonday is declared a day off.

10700:08:49,095 --> 00:08:52,326From the Decree of emperorPavel l:

10800:08:52,865 --> 00:08:55,766'Everyone must see to it that noone, and under no circumstances

10900:08:55,935 --> 00:08:59,837'should force the peasants towork on Sundays.

11000:09:06,312 --> 00:09:09,839Howeverthis decisionhad been instantly sabotaged.

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11100:09:10,049 --> 00:09:15,419The Senate's interpretation ofthe Decree doesn't mention the

11200:09:15,621 --> 00:09:17,3843-day limit. Pavel gives outnumerous categorical orders

11300:09:17,590 --> 00:09:20,320with feverish haste,

11400:09:20,526 --> 00:09:23,086but is not able to ensure

11500:09:23,296 --> 00:09:25,127their implementation. He istortured with the thought:

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00:09:25,331 --> 00:09:30,325'Too late, I won't have the timeto establish order.

11700:09:30,570 --> 00:09:32,470Any attempt to impose disciplinefrom the top

11800:09:32,705 --> 00:09:36,106usually ends in an absurd pettycampaign

11900:09:36,342 --> 00:09:38,674with a ridiculous royal-scaleidea. The sovereign

12000:09:38,911 --> 00:09:42,608personally attended to privatematters of his people.

12100:09:42,848 --> 00:09:47,376

In the Winter Palace theyput up the famous 'yellow box'.

12200:09:47,920 --> 00:09:52,186Passers by could put theirpetitions in the bow through the

12300:09:52,391 --> 00:09:56,828

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window, addressed to His Majesty.An analogue of today's

12400:09:57,029 --> 00:10:00,362complaints book. At 6 in themorning Pavel would personally

12500:10:00,600 --> 00:10:03,933read the letters. The answerswere published in newspapers.

12600:10:04,136 --> 00:10:07,367Most scared were the innkeepers- They were much criticized.

12700:10:07,573 --> 00:10:11,976In St. Petersburg taverns theyno longer diluted wine with water.

128

00:10:15,514 --> 00:10:21,578The emperor's direct control overprivate affairs didn't last long.

12900:10:21,787 --> 00:10:25,154They took the box off, becausepeople were throwing in

13000:10:25,391 --> 00:10:28,952caricatures and libels onemperor Pavel.

13100:10:44,076 --> 00:10:48,172The great French revolutiondisrupts the world order.

13200:10:48,381 --> 00:10:51,179The king and queen are executed,a Republic proclaimed.

13300:10:51,384 --> 00:10:56,219

Ghosts of liberty, equality andfraternity roam about Europe.

13400:10:56,422 --> 00:11:01,155Pavel confronts the eventwith the Medieval ideal of a

13500:11:01,360 --> 00:11:04,557

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knight on the throne. He is awarrior, a priest and a sovereign

13600:11:04,764 --> 00:11:07,665in one person. When a child Pavelimagined himself a member of

13700:11:07,867 --> 00:11:08,993the Malta Order. When heascended the throne he

13800:11:09,235 --> 00:11:12,432takes the Malta Order under hispatronage.

13900:11:12,638 --> 00:11:16,734Afterthe emperor knighthood isconferred upon the heir

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00:11:16,942 --> 00:11:19,911Alexander, army commandersArakcheev and Suvorov.

14100:11:21,380 --> 00:11:24,907Convention on establishing theMalta Order in Russia:

14200:11:25,985 --> 00:11:29,682'The Emperor of all Russiathinks it a benefit for all

14300:11:29,889 --> 00:11:32,790'times to set up the Order inhis estate.

14400:11:40,533 --> 00:11:43,764General of revolutionaryFrance Napoleon Bonaparte,

14500:11:43,969 --> 00:11:47,871

on his way to Egypt, conquersMalta.

14600:11:48,074 --> 00:11:50,565The Order residence is movedto St. Petersburg.

14700:11:50,776 --> 00:11:55,236

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Pavel is elected the head of theOrder, the Grand Magistre.

14800:12:07,460 --> 00:12:09,826Thus passes the glory of Rome.

14900:12:10,029 --> 00:12:11,894Via Condotti-in the centreof Italy's capital -the main

15000:12:12,098 --> 00:12:16,762street with expensive boutiques,most of the owners are Japanese.

15100:12:16,969 --> 00:12:19,995Wealthy buyers wipe outeverything.

15200:12:20,206 --> 00:12:23,004

Among the windows of 'Versache','Gucci' and other expensive

15300:12:23,242 --> 00:12:29,112brands-stands house No68 witha modest plaque 'The Malta Palace'.

15400:12:29,348 --> 00:12:32,442It is one of the two buildingsthat constitute the

15500:12:32,651 --> 00:12:36,246sovereign state, calledthe Malta Order.

15600:12:36,489 --> 00:12:38,218In reality the Order's businessisn't doing that bad.

15700:12:38,424 --> 00:12:41,518But some think that back then,

if not forthe Russian

15800:12:41,761 --> 00:12:47,165emperor's help, the Order mostprobably wouldn't have survived.

15900:12:51,504 --> 00:12:54,564Today the Malta Order prefers

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to stay isolated,

16000:12:54,774 --> 00:12:57,299it doesn't like to admitstrangers, it lets itself

16100:12:57,510 --> 00:13:01,776known to the outside world onlyby its coin and stamps.

16200:13:03,682 --> 00:13:07,379Now the Order is ruled bythe 78th Grand Magister -

16300:13:07,620 --> 00:13:10,384in the almost 1000-yearhistory of the Order.

16400:13:10,589 --> 00:13:14,650

Here they view the 72ndMagister - Pavel Romanov -

16500:13:14,860 --> 00:13:20,821not as a juridical, but asa factual head of the Order.

16600:13:27,206 --> 00:13:30,437It is a Catholic Order,patronized by the Pope.

16700:13:30,609 --> 00:13:32,907Catholic priests take celibacy,

16800:13:33,112 --> 00:13:35,444but Pavel is of Orthodox beliefand married.

16900:13:35,648 --> 00:13:38,549They pronounce Malta a Russianprovince,

17000:13:38,751 --> 00:13:41,777send a contingent of 3000soldiers to the island,

17100:13:41,987 --> 00:13:43,955on the state Emblem theyput a white

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17200:13:44,123 --> 00:13:48,219Malta Cross beneaththe St. George.

17300:13:52,832 --> 00:13:56,996Since the times of his youth whenas the Grand Duke he visited Rome,

17400:13:57,203 --> 00:14:02,664Pavel is captured with the ideaof uniting all Christians.

17500:14:17,022 --> 00:14:24,087January 26, 1782. The heirtothe Russian throne joins the mass.

17600:14:24,296 --> 00:14:26,856Afterthe end Pavel approaches

the Pope

17700:14:27,066 --> 00:14:29,830and pays his deepest respects.

17800:14:30,069 --> 00:14:33,368Pavel is the first Romanov whomet the Pope.

17900:14:33,572 --> 00:14:37,838

The history of top-levelcontacts is extremely poor:

18000:14:38,077 --> 00:14:42,912no one before Pavel, then Pavel,then his son Nicholas l,

18100:14:44,884 --> 00:14:45,316and then only Gorbachev and Eltsyn.

182

00:14:45,517 --> 00:14:48,953Pavel is to become 'theRussian Pope'.

18300:14:49,154 --> 00:14:50,985He is the only one inRussia's history,

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00:14:51,190 --> 00:14:57,254who will proclaim himself thehead of state and church.

18500:15:08,607 --> 00:15:12,304Pavel meets with the Pope3 times in 2 weeks.

18600:15:12,511 --> 00:15:17,346In 15 years Pavel's liberalreligious views

18700:15:17,549 --> 00:15:20,416will give birth to rumorsof a conversion of faith.

18800:15:27,259 --> 00:15:31,286In Pavel's reign forthe firsttime Russia maintains stable

18900:15:31,497 --> 00:15:34,057relations with the Vatican. PopePius Vll plans a visit to Russia,

19000:15:34,266 --> 00:15:36,325but the Pope never evervisited Russia.

19100:15:36,535 --> 00:15:41,404Pavel dreams of a Pope Tiara

for himself.

19200:15:41,640 --> 00:15:44,131It was the most significantattempt to overcome the church

19300:15:44,343 --> 00:15:47,335dissent in history.

19400:15:51,550 --> 00:15:54,212

When Napoleon's troops reachedRome,

19500:15:54,420 --> 00:15:59,756Pavel suggested that the Pope'sresidence be moved to Russia.

19600:16:04,063 --> 00:16:06,861

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From the letter of Pastor Grouber:

19700:16:07,466 --> 00:16:09,366'Emperor Pavel wishes that

19800:16:09,601 --> 00:16:13,765'his church be unitedwith the Holy Roman church.

19900:16:13,973 --> 00:16:17,534'But this matter should beconsidered with great caution.

20000:16:24,149 --> 00:16:31,055Pavel's idea wasn't that ofconverting to Catholicism.

20100:16:31,256 --> 00:16:34,123He wanted to become the head of

the ecumenical church.

20200:16:34,326 --> 00:16:37,022His father abolished patriarch'spowers and took control overthe

20300:16:37,229 --> 00:16:41,598church. Pavel goes beyond that.Like Jesus Christ he is the holy

204

00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:45,793ruler who holds earthly powerand god's power.

20500:16:46,005 --> 00:16:50,135His new Mikhailovsky Palaceis named after archangel Mikhail.

20600:16:50,342 --> 00:16:56,645Pavel will lead the battleagainst all evil and oust the

20700:16:58,817 --> 00:17:01,809demons. The church at theMikhailovsky Palace vaguely

20800:17:01,987 --> 00:17:05,980reminds of an Orthodox church,it looks more like a Catholic

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20900:17:06,191 --> 00:17:09,922cathedral. When serving the massPavel stands on this balcony.

21000:17:10,129 --> 00:17:13,792Not a priest, and married thesecond time,

21100:17:13,999 --> 00:17:17,958the emperorthought himself inhis right to serve the liturgy

21200:17:18,170 --> 00:17:20,195and to hear out confessions.

21300:17:25,444 --> 00:17:29,175Christian unity andintegral Europe -

21400:17:29,381 --> 00:17:32,680against the invasion ofrevolutionary antichrist.

21500:17:32,918 --> 00:17:38,117The future belongs to missionaryRussia. Pavel is the soul of the

21600:17:53,939 --> 00:17:57,033

anti-French coalition. Maritimeallies - England and Turkey -

21700:17:57,242 --> 00:18:01,474want admiral Ushakov tocommand the allied navy.

21800:18:01,713 --> 00:18:03,237Austria calls on Pavel to send

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00:18:03,449 --> 00:18:07,112Suvorov to Northern Italy,captured by the French.

22000:18:07,286 --> 00:18:08,844But the army commander is retired

22100:18:09,054 --> 00:18:13,252

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and exiled to his manorin the Novgorod province.

22200:18:20,032 --> 00:18:25,698In the winter of 1798-99 thefield-marshal, who is almost 70,

22300:18:25,904 --> 00:18:27,929decides to cloister himself ina monastery.

22400:18:28,140 --> 00:18:30,870Emperor Pavel ignores hispetition, but in two

22500:18:31,076 --> 00:18:35,206months he sends a courierwith a proposition to

226

00:18:35,414 --> 00:18:37,507resume army service and takecommand overthe Alps campaign.

22700:18:37,716 --> 00:18:42,983After an 'on-the-road' prayer,Suvorov borrows 250 Rubles from

22800:18:43,155 --> 00:18:45,555his seniorman, and headsfor St. Petersburg.

22900:18:55,601 --> 00:18:58,695The legendary parting wishes ofthe emperorto Suvorov:

23000:18:58,937 --> 00:19:01,462'Go save the Czars! '

23100:19:07,312 --> 00:19:10,440Russia-is the center of

European counterrevolution.

23200:19:10,649 --> 00:19:13,243The last hope of the restorationof the monarchy,

23300:19:13,452 --> 00:19:17,252threatened by the French republic.

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23400:19:19,091 --> 00:19:23,687Ushakov's squadron wins backthe lonian Islands.

23500:19:23,896 --> 00:19:26,228They will become Russia'snaval base.

23600:19:26,431 --> 00:19:31,164Ushakov's troops land in Italyand take the Apennine peninsula.

23700:19:31,370 --> 00:19:39,573In June of 1799 - Naples,in September - Rome.

23800:19:39,945 --> 00:19:42,812Suvorov dislodges the French

from Northern Italy,

23900:19:43,015 --> 00:19:47,111seizing Verona, Milan, Turin. The plan is

24000:19:47,286 --> 00:19:49,186to move on and seize Paris.

24100:19:49,354 --> 00:19:53,450

But he receives orders to headto French-occupied Switzerland.

24200:19:53,659 --> 00:19:58,892The famous crossing ofthe Alps by Suvorov.

24300:20:05,771 --> 00:20:10,003A strange turn: the Austrians,jealous of Suvorov's

24400:20:10,209 --> 00:20:13,474success, insisted on thismanoeuvre.

24500:20:13,679 --> 00:20:17,274They delay the Russians,are late with supplying

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24600:20:17,482 --> 00:20:19,814provision, and provide theRussians with inaccurate maps.

24700:20:20,018 --> 00:20:24,045Suvorov heads for Zurich to jointhe corps of Rimsky-Korsakov.

24800:20:24,256 --> 00:20:28,818He goes straight across theSaint-Gothard ridge.

24900:20:46,078 --> 00:20:48,740The terrain is rugged,

25000:20:48,947 --> 00:20:51,415even driving on a good roadis difficult.

25100:20:51,617 --> 00:20:54,177Up there is a modern highway,

25200:20:54,386 --> 00:20:57,321that basically repeats the routeof Suvorov's army.

25300:20:57,556 --> 00:21:00,821Steep slopes, a curvedserpentine-road,

25400:21:01,026 --> 00:21:03,256you climb up, then go down again.

25500:21:03,462 --> 00:21:05,794Finally here in Saint-Gothard

25600:21:05,998 --> 00:21:09,263they punched a tunnel rightthrough the mountain,

25700:21:09,468 --> 00:21:13,461the longest mountain tunnel inSwitzerland: 17 km.

25800:21:20,445 --> 00:21:23,073The road across theridge is 65 km long.

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25900:21:23,282 --> 00:21:28,982Year 1799. September. Justlike now, 200 year later.

26000:21:29,187 --> 00:21:34,147It was snowing heavily- An early snow season.

26100:21:34,960 --> 00:21:39,454The soldiers clear snow-drifts,underneath is ice.

26200:21:39,665 --> 00:21:41,428Alongside of Suvorov are hisson Arkady,

26300:21:41,600 --> 00:21:46,299and emperor Pavel's second son,

20-year-old Konstantin.

26400:21:53,378 --> 00:21:58,873One can imagine how difficult itwas to clime the almost vertical

26500:21:59,084 --> 00:22:02,417slopes, carrying heavyammunition and dragging cannons.

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00:22:02,654 --> 00:22:06,021When even a drum and bannerseem too heavy.

26700:22:06,191 --> 00:22:09,160Russian soldiers wereplainsmen, not used to

26800:22:09,361 --> 00:22:13,957mountain-climbing.

26900:22:14,132 --> 00:22:18,899Here stands a monumentto soldiers who perished here.

27000:22:19,104 --> 00:22:23,131In late XIX century a part ofSwiss land became Russian.

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27100:22:23,308 --> 00:22:27,210The monument is unveiledto mark 100 years since

27200:22:27,412 --> 00:22:30,176the crossing of the Alps. Thecross is put on Golitsyn's money.

27300:22:30,382 --> 00:22:33,374Suvorov writes a manual:

27400:22:33,618 --> 00:22:37,213'Rules of warfare in amountainous country'.

27500:22:37,422 --> 00:22:42,951Aflagstaff with a Russian flag,a safety rope -

27600:22:43,161 --> 00:22:47,461and we can proudly say that amodern mountain-climber

27700:22:47,666 --> 00:22:51,432can repeat Suvorov's routeonly with safety devices.

27800:23:13,258 --> 00:23:16,591From the emperors instructions

to Suvorov:

27900:23:17,095 --> 00:23:20,895'Carry on with the campaign, andbeware of the

28000:23:21,099 --> 00:23:24,535'ill intentions and jealousyof Austrian generals.

281

00:23:34,579 --> 00:23:36,911The Saint-Gothard pass isstormed on September 24

28200:23:38,383 --> 00:23:42,683after a 12-hour battle,at the expense of 1000 lives.

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00:23:49,828 --> 00:23:52,991The troops made frequentstopovers on the way.

28400:23:53,198 --> 00:23:56,395Nearly in every Swiss village

28500:23:56,635 --> 00:23:59,900you will find a 'Suvorov-house'.

28600:24:07,879 --> 00:24:11,906'Suvorov-house' is the wealthiesthouse in Undermatt.

28700:24:12,117 --> 00:24:15,985They say the Russians helda staff meeting in this room.

28800:24:16,855 --> 00:24:21,315

In the next room -the historicbed, on which Suvorov slept.

28900:24:21,827 --> 00:24:26,992Here on the morning of September25, 1799 roaa

29000:24:27,199 --> 00:24:31,363Suvorov uttered the famous words:

291

00:24:31,570 --> 00:24:36,974'We can't fail tocross overthe Devil's bridge. '

29200:24:40,979 --> 00:24:44,881The last halt before thecrucial charge.

29300:24:45,083 --> 00:24:47,745The Devil's bridge is 1 kmaway from Undermatt.

29400:24:47,953 --> 00:24:50,387It is thrown over a gorge,on the bottom is a river.

29500:24:50,589 --> 00:24:55,788Indeed they had to foolthe Devil to build that bridge.

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29600:24:55,961 --> 00:24:58,088A small group of Suvorov'smen goes round,

29700:24:58,296 --> 00:25:01,390the main forces plungeinto a frontal attack.

29800:25:08,573 --> 00:25:12,031The Russians attack theFrench on the other side.

29900:25:12,277 --> 00:25:16,338The Devil's bridge. Onlythen it hung a little lower.

30000:25:16,548 --> 00:25:18,675The French deliver mass barrage,

30100:25:18,884 --> 00:25:23,844they tear down one span ofthe bridge.

30200:25:25,156 --> 00:25:30,423But there is a wooden shacknearby,

30300:25:30,595 --> 00:25:33,428

Suvorov orders to take itapart,

30400:25:33,598 --> 00:25:36,499and tie wooden logs togetherwith officers' scarves.

30500:25:36,701 --> 00:25:40,569At the time the word 'scarf' wasapplied to belts,

30600:25:40,772 --> 00:25:42,740and they were a symbol of theofficers' dignity.

30700:25:42,941 --> 00:25:45,569To take them off was a violationof rules and ethic,

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30800:25:45,744 --> 00:25:48,406but in that situationethic could be ignored.

30900:25:48,613 --> 00:25:52,709Those scarves were 3 timeslongerthan our modern belts.

31000:25:52,918 --> 00:25:54,943They were wrapped around thewaist in two layers,

31100:25:55,153 --> 00:25:58,554then tied behind the back.

31200:25:58,757 --> 00:26:02,818They were white, made of silkand very strong.

31300:26:03,028 --> 00:26:06,361The silk fabric was reinforcedwith a silverthread.

31400:26:06,565 --> 00:26:10,160Wooden logs are used forfixingthe broken bridge.

31500:26:10,368 --> 00:26:13,166This was the scene of a bloody

bayonet battle.

31600:26:13,371 --> 00:26:15,430The Russians charged, andcrossed overto the other side.

31700:26:16,808 --> 00:26:18,298An exceptional case:

31800:26:18,443 --> 00:26:22,641

Suvorov didn't set an examplefor his men.

31900:26:22,814 --> 00:26:25,009He didn't take off his own scarf,

32000:26:25,216 --> 00:26:30,279later he will give it as a

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token to his Swiss guide.

32100:26:45,270 --> 00:26:49,172The monument to Suvorov and hisguide on the Saint-Gothard pass

32200:26:49,341 --> 00:26:53,539is the only monument to an armycommander in neutral Switzerland.

32300:26:53,745 --> 00:26:57,875Suvorov laid the foundation ofthe country's independence.

32400:27:06,024 --> 00:27:08,151On the day of Suvorov'sbreakthrough

32500:27:08,326 --> 00:27:11,591

the French defeated the corpsof Rimsky-Korsakov.

32600:27:11,830 --> 00:27:14,458The two armies didn't joinforces.

32700:27:14,633 --> 00:27:17,966Sluggishness of the Austrianslooks more like betrayal.

32800:27:19,738 --> 00:27:23,469Suvorov -to Austrian archdukeKarl:

32900:27:23,742 --> 00:27:28,236'You can only make alaughing-stock of the old soldier

33000:27:28,413 --> 00:27:32,144'once. It's unwise to try to

doublecross me twice.

33100:27:39,391 --> 00:27:44,69315 thousand battered grenadiersdescend into the valley.

33200:27:44,863 --> 00:27:47,696Pavel promotes Suvorov to

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Generalissimo,

33300:27:47,932 --> 00:27:50,992orders the construction ofa monument

33400:27:51,169 --> 00:27:53,330and recalls the troopsback home.

33500:27:53,538 --> 00:27:58,271The useless heroic campaignresults in breaking relations

33600:27:58,476 --> 00:28:02,640with Austria and concludinga union with France.

33700:28:02,881 --> 00:28:05,941

After all he had to go throughSuvorov dies in 1800.

33800:28:06,151 --> 00:28:10,144His monument in St. Petersburgwill be unveiled a year later.

33900:28:15,193 --> 00:28:20,756To honorthe commander Derzhavinwrites his poem

34000:28:20,932 --> 00:28:23,457'the Bullfinch'. In 170 yearsBrodsky will echo it with his

34100:28:23,668 --> 00:28:28,367poetic tribute to marshal Zhukov.

34200:28:28,606 --> 00:28:30,574Derzhavin-about Suvorov'sfuneral: 'My little bullfinch,

34300:28:30,809 --> 00:28:35,678'in whose honor like a flute yousing the song of war? '

34400:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,041Brodsky-about Zhukov'sfuneral:

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34500:28:38,249 --> 00:28:43,516'The warflute whistles loudly,like a little bullfinch'.

34600:29:15,920 --> 00:29:18,445Afraid of possibleassassination attempts,

34700:29:18,623 --> 00:29:21,786Pavel builds his Mikhailovskypalace in St. Petersburg

34800:29:21,993 --> 00:29:24,962and reinforces it as a fortress.

34900:29:25,196 --> 00:29:30,133Ravines with water, drawbridges, heavyguard and even cannons.

35000:29:30,301 --> 00:29:33,828The construction was unfinishedwhen the emperor moved in.

35100:29:34,038 --> 00:29:38,338But the Knights' castleturned into a trap.

35200:29:38,910 --> 00:29:41,674

The emperor is asleep.

35300:29:42,147 --> 00:29:45,344The unpredictable Pavelmade many enemies,

35400:29:45,550 --> 00:29:48,417especially among the nobility.

35500:29:48,586 --> 00:29:53,580

The putch was masterminded by thegovernor-general of

35600:29:53,758 --> 00:29:56,056St. Petersburg, count Petr Palen.The conspirators want to bring

35700:29:56,227 --> 00:29:59,196

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to the throne the heirCezarevich Alexander.

35800:29:59,397 --> 00:30:02,127Most probably he knew aboutthe conspiracy,

35900:30:02,333 --> 00:30:05,496but was guaranteed thathis father's life will be spared.

36000:30:05,703 --> 00:30:08,069Or else wanted to believe that.

36100:30:09,374 --> 00:30:12,366Count Palen's favorite aphorism:

36200:30:13,144 --> 00:30:17,342'To cook scrambled eggs you have

to break the eggs first. '

36300:30:27,058 --> 00:30:30,824On his last night Pavel dineswith his family.

36400:30:31,029 --> 00:30:36,365A guest at the table is generalKutuzov. Pavel asks his son:

365

00:30:38,203 --> 00:30:40,671- What's with you today,Milord?

36600:30:40,905 --> 00:30:44,102- I'm not feeling very well,Your Majesty.

36700:30:48,146 --> 00:30:52,207When Pavel retires to his bedroomhe looks into the mirror:

36800:30:52,417 --> 00:30:55,250'I see my neck broken'.

36900:31:00,425 --> 00:31:05,385After midnight two groups ofpeople approach the castle.

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37000:31:05,597 --> 00:31:08,464One-led by Palen- From the front gate,

37100:31:08,700 --> 00:31:10,964the other-led by generalBenegsin

37200:31:11,169 --> 00:31:13,637and the Zubov brothers -moves in from the side.

37300:31:13,805 --> 00:31:16,103Behind the door is a hiddenwinding staircase

37400:31:16,307 --> 00:31:19,333that leads to Pavel's bedroom.

37500:31:23,781 --> 00:31:28,91274 steps to the emperor'sbedroom.

37600:31:29,120 --> 00:31:32,317Not all of them will have thecourage to go through with it.

37700:31:32,557 --> 00:31:35,219In the end only 10 will

be left.

37800:31:35,426 --> 00:31:38,725Even though the initial plan wasnot to murder Pavel,

37900:31:38,930 --> 00:31:44,926but to make him abdicatein favor of Alexander.

380

00:31:45,136 --> 00:31:46,899Of course that was a lie.

38100:31:47,138 --> 00:31:49,902How could they make himabdicate? He was the emperor.

38200:31:50,108 --> 00:31:55,910

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No, these people are about tocommit a grave sin-regicide.

38300:32:03,221 --> 00:32:06,213According to a popular version,when they rushed into Pavel's

38400:32:06,424 --> 00:32:08,756bedroom there was no traceof him.

38500:32:08,960 --> 00:32:13,260Then they found him hidingbehind the fireplace.

38600:32:15,033 --> 00:32:20,130Later all witnesses gavecontradicting testimonies.

387

00:32:20,305 --> 00:32:23,035Benigsen claimed they offeredPavel to abdicate,

38800:32:23,241 --> 00:32:26,176but he refused, andthey got into a fight.

38900:32:28,046 --> 00:32:31,573Supposedly general Benigsensaid:

39000:32:31,816 --> 00:32:36,048'Keep calm, Your Majesty, yourlife is at stake! '

39100:32:40,325 --> 00:32:44,193'I won't sign anything!I won't sign anything!

39200:32:44,395 --> 00:32:47,455

They say it was count Zubov whodelivered the lethal blow.

39300:32:47,665 --> 00:32:50,691A man of huge size andenormous strength.

39400:32:50,935 --> 00:32:53,335

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Clutching a gold snuff-boxin his right hand,

39500:32:53,571 --> 00:32:56,631he hits the emperor inthe left temple.

39600:33:01,212 --> 00:33:05,774The legendary snuff-box iskept at the Hermitage.

39700:33:06,017 --> 00:33:09,475Most probably Zubov used itas a knuckle-duster,

39800:33:09,687 --> 00:33:13,453clutching it in his fist.

39900:33:13,691 --> 00:33:17,559

It was too small to be usedas a weapon.

40000:33:17,762 --> 00:33:19,730But some say this dent was

40100:33:19,931 --> 00:33:24,163left precisely by Pavel's head.

40200:33:25,603 --> 00:33:28,731

Inside are two notes.

40300:33:28,973 --> 00:33:32,602One was made on a moroccofabric:

40400:33:32,810 --> 00:33:37,042'This piece belonged tocount Nikolai Zubov'.

405

00:33:37,281 --> 00:33:41,240The other one was a note inGerman,

40600:33:41,452 --> 00:33:46,515that said Platon Zubovhad the snuff-box with him

407

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00:33:46,724 --> 00:33:52,253on March 11, 1801. - the dayemperor Pavel was murdered.

40800:33:54,799 --> 00:33:57,597To make sure they smotheredPavel with a scarf. But even

40900:33:57,802 --> 00:34:01,499that was not enough, and theybattered the already dead body.

41000:34:01,706 --> 00:34:03,401At the funeral Pavel'smutilated face

41100:34:03,641 --> 00:34:07,600was covered with anofficer's hat.

41200:34:08,079 --> 00:34:13,847In the rule of Alexander Il,50 odd years later,

41300:34:14,052 --> 00:34:18,250a family church will be set upin the unfortunate bedroom.

41400:34:18,456 --> 00:34:22,483Every year on March 11,

on the day of the murder of

41500:34:22,693 --> 00:34:25,093his royal grandfather,

41600:34:25,263 --> 00:34:29,222the royal grandson will comeand pray here.

41700:34:29,500 --> 00:34:34,130

Exactly in 80 yearsAlexander II will be

41800:34:34,338 --> 00:34:37,830assassinated on theembankment of Catherine's Canal.

41900:34:38,042 --> 00:34:42,775

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Where now stands the churchof the Savior on the Blood.

42000:34:42,980 --> 00:34:45,107If you open this door,

42100:34:48,986 --> 00:34:52,353from one church that standsin memory of a regicide

42200:34:53,891 --> 00:34:59,830you can see another churchin the memory of a regicide.

42300:35:05,136 --> 00:35:09,596On the night Pavel was murdered

42400:35:09,841 --> 00:35:12,469his loyal troops were

lined up in the square.

42500:35:12,710 --> 00:35:16,874They are not in a hurry to swearallegiance to the new emperor.

42600:35:17,081 --> 00:35:20,414The Preobrazhensky regimentstands in dead silence.

427

00:35:20,618 --> 00:35:25,248They let several soldiers intothe castle and show them the

42800:35:28,860 --> 00:35:31,454mutilated corps. A legendarydialogue:

42900:35:32,063 --> 00:35:35,760- Have you seen the emperor? Ishe really dead?

43000:35:35,967 --> 00:35:38,401- Yes sir, very much so.

43100:35:42,640 --> 00:35:48,408Empress Maria Fedorovns, barefootand bear-headed,

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throne, according to which

44500:36:54,612 --> 00:36:56,842the crown was to be passedon from fatherto son.

44600:36:57,081 --> 00:37:00,141And if the emperor had nochildren -to his brother.

44700:37:00,351 --> 00:37:06,312Maria herself contributed tothe implementation of that law.

44800:37:07,858 --> 00:37:11,919Mother-in-law Catherine II- To Maria Fedorovna:

44900:37:12,163 --> 00:37:15,189

'I must say, you're goodat producing children! '

45000:37:28,446 --> 00:37:30,141The monogram 'P. M' - Pavel-Mariaon an armchair at Pavlovsky palace.

45100:37:34,352 --> 00:37:36,013It was a true feat: in 25years of marriage

45200:37:36,220 --> 00:37:40,589Maria Fedorovna gave birth to10 children.

45300:37:40,791 --> 00:37:45,023First 2 sons, then 6daughters, and another 2 sons.

45400:37:45,229 --> 00:37:47,094That was the end of the women's

era on the Russian throne.

45500:37:47,298 --> 00:37:51,632Maria provided the Romanovs withplenty of healthy boys.

45600:37:51,836 --> 00:37:55,272Now her heirs will rule Russia

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to the end of the monarchy.

45700:37:55,506 --> 00:37:59,499At first hertwo sons,then the son, the grandson

45800:37:59,710 --> 00:38:02,406and the great-grandsonof her second son -

45900:38:02,613 --> 00:38:05,707Nikolas I - Maria's 9th child.

46000:38:14,659 --> 00:38:19,187The head of the Romanovsassociation, now living

46100:38:19,397 --> 00:38:22,628in Geneva, prince Nikolai

Romanov. - is also the successor

46200:38:22,833 --> 00:38:24,926of Nikolas l, and, consequently- Of Maria Fedorovna.

46300:38:25,136 --> 00:38:29,596The mother of all Romanovs,

46400:38:29,807 --> 00:38:33,334

the grandmother of all Russians,

46500:38:33,544 --> 00:38:36,536naturally, she was of Germanorigin. At the time there

46600:38:36,747 --> 00:38:38,271were 300 princedoms in Germany,a rich choice of brides.

467

00:38:38,482 --> 00:38:44,182One of them was theprincess of Wurttemberg,

46800:38:44,422 --> 00:38:49,223the present Polish Stettin.

46900:38:50,761 --> 00:38:55,789

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All emperors' wives were German,all future emperors had German

47000:38:55,966 --> 00:38:57,866blood in them. Which willirritate many people.

47100:38:58,069 --> 00:39:00,663The Russian monarchs appearedto be not quite Russian.

47200:39:00,871 --> 00:39:04,238Maria Fedorovna, princess ofWurttenberg, will not popular

47300:39:04,442 --> 00:39:08,037with historians ofpatriotic orientation.

474

00:39:08,212 --> 00:39:12,876The small world of agod-forgotten German princedom!

47500:39:13,084 --> 00:39:16,884Don't let the huge size of thecastle fool you:

47600:39:17,088 --> 00:39:20,751Princes of Wurttenbergled a modest live.

47700:39:25,629 --> 00:39:28,462At first Maria didn't realize

47800:39:28,666 --> 00:39:30,930she drew a lucky lot. She didn'twant to marry Pavel,

47900:39:31,135 --> 00:39:36,539was afraid of the strange

land and strange religion.

48000:39:38,642 --> 00:39:42,373Mother princess ofWurttenberg -to her daughter:

48100:39:42,747 --> 00:39:45,477'lf god doesn't grace you

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with a lucky marriage. -

48200:39:45,683 --> 00:39:48,516'what shall we do with 11 children?

48300:39:54,692 --> 00:39:58,355Pavel liked it that theplace was neat and orderly,

48400:39:58,562 --> 00:40:02,157on the first date the futurespouses discussed geometry

48500:40:02,366 --> 00:40:04,231and economics.

48600:40:04,402 --> 00:40:08,133When her parents left her aloneforthe first time

48700:40:08,339 --> 00:40:09,863she was only 9.

48800:40:10,074 --> 00:40:13,305Accidentally she broke the cups- Of her and her brother.

48900:40:13,511 --> 00:40:17,777Showing adult pragmatism, she

used her governess's cup.

49000:40:35,433 --> 00:40:38,869What could the girl know aboutthe a monarch's destination?

49100:40:39,069 --> 00:40:42,038What could a futureempress learn here?

492

00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:44,366What could she pass on toher children,

49300:40:44,542 --> 00:40:47,602who were destined to rule Russiafor over 50 years?

494

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00:40:53,818 --> 00:40:57,584But herfirst child, futureAlexander l, was raised by her

49500:40:57,788 --> 00:41:01,781mother-in-law, Catherine II.

49600:41:01,992 --> 00:41:05,291Future Nikolas I was lashed onhis mother's instructions.

49700:41:05,463 --> 00:41:10,230But to draw a direct linkbetween her lashings and his

49800:41:10,468 --> 00:41:13,232future notorious cruelty -wouldbe an interpretation 'ala Freud'.

499

00:41:18,075 --> 00:41:22,569The new system of thronesuccession developed

50000:41:22,780 --> 00:41:26,409in geometric progression:the share of Russian blood

50100:41:26,617 --> 00:41:30,383in Russian sovereigns reducedwith each new marriage.

50200:41:30,721 --> 00:41:36,182Pavel l, if he was the son ofPetr IIl, was Russian by 18.

50300:41:36,393 --> 00:41:41,194Alexander I and Nikolas I had116 of Russian blood in them.

50400:41:41,398 --> 00:41:43,662Alexander II - 132.The most Russian

50500:41:43,901 --> 00:41:48,565of all Russian Czars AlexanderIIl, was Russian by 1

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64,

50600:41:48,772 --> 00:41:51,468Nikolas II - By 1128, Czarevich Alexei

50700:41:51,675 --> 00:41:57,944Nikolaevich, dubbed 'the goldenRussian heart'. - by 1256.

50800:42:03,420 --> 00:42:07,754Funny, but the biggest number ofadherents of biological

50900:42:07,992 --> 00:42:11,223patriotism are among monarchists.

51000:42:19,803 --> 00:42:22,169

The doorthat leads from theroom of Maria Fedorovna

51100:42:22,373 --> 00:42:25,399to her own royal garden in Pavlovsk.

51200:42:25,643 --> 00:42:28,510Morning strolls in the park,visits to the church,

513

00:42:28,712 --> 00:42:31,977dinners with guests. But shedevotes

51400:42:32,182 --> 00:42:33,774most of hertime to charity.

51500:42:33,984 --> 00:42:36,919Maria established so manycharity organizations,

51600:42:37,087 --> 00:42:38,349that after his mother diesNikolas I

51700:42:38,556 --> 00:42:42,185sets up a special Fourthdepartment of the

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51800:42:42,393 --> 00:42:44,088Royal Office -toembrace all of them.

51900:42:44,295 --> 00:42:47,787But most importantly, Mariaset a model of behavior

52000:42:47,998 --> 00:42:52,196forthe next generations ofRussian empresses, especially

52100:42:52,403 --> 00:42:54,303the widowed ones,who didn't have much to do.

52200:42:54,505 --> 00:42:59,465To help the poor and the needy.But no one was as good as she was.

52300:43:03,948 --> 00:43:05,609With German thoroughness

52400:43:05,816 --> 00:43:10,879Maria deposited 1.5 mln Rubleson a bank account

52500:43:11,088 --> 00:43:15,115to have a sure and stable

interest.

52600:43:15,326 --> 00:43:17,260For her charity organizationsshe established a

52700:43:17,461 --> 00:43:21,454monopoly on the productionof playing cards,

528

00:43:21,632 --> 00:43:24,829with a ban on importsfrom abroad.

52900:43:25,035 --> 00:43:29,472In Pavlovsk alone the widowedempress set up a shelterfor

530

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00:43:29,673 --> 00:43:33,336poor pregnant women, a school forthe deaf-and-dumb -the first

53100:43:35,312 --> 00:43:41,683In the 1812 war Maria takespatronage over 5 thousand wounded.

53200:43:46,023 --> 00:43:49,151She will outlive her husband, 3daughters and her elder son,

53300:43:49,393 --> 00:43:53,625survive the Decembristsriot, and will patronize

53400:43:53,831 --> 00:43:57,892hospitals and houses fortheelderly for as long as she lives.

53500:43:58,068 --> 00:44:03,700She dies only when son Nikolasfirmly sits on the throne.

53600:44:05,776 --> 00:44:08,836Nikolas I forgives the policechief,

53700:44:09,046 --> 00:44:11,446and in justification of his

drinking the latter writes:

53800:44:11,749 --> 00:44:15,617'Who will now be the widowedempress? '

53900:44:21,258 --> 00:44:26,560In a way she will prolong theXVlll century,

540

00:44:26,764 --> 00:44:31,030and with it the short reignof Pavel.

54100:44:45,783 --> 00:44:49,742Windows of the rooms of heirAlexander Pavlovich

542

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00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:53,515in Mikhailovsky palace wereoverlooking the Fontanka River.

54300:44:53,724 --> 00:44:57,820When the conspirators enter andinform him of the

54400:44:58,028 --> 00:45:00,189death of emperor Pavel,he bursts into tears.

54500:45:00,397 --> 00:45:04,595He never gave a direct consentto his father's murder.

54600:45:04,802 --> 00:45:09,501In answerto that countPalen allegedly said:

54700:45:09,707 --> 00:45:13,006'Stop being childish,you have to take over! '

54800:45:15,946 --> 00:45:20,883'Yourfather Pavel Petrovichdied of apoplexy.

54900:45:21,518 --> 00:45:24,248Alexander goes to the Winter

Palace.

55000:45:24,455 --> 00:45:27,891Mikhailovsky palace will nolonger be the royal residence.

55100:45:28,092 --> 00:45:32,119In the Winter Palace Alexandertakes the oath of his retinue

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00:45:32,329 --> 00:45:34,889and summons his mother. MariaFedorovna is forced to obey.

55300:45:35,132 --> 00:45:39,000All she was able to do is oustPavel's killers from court.

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00:45:39,203 --> 00:45:43,264The case of the emperor'sdeath was never opened.

55500:45:43,474 --> 00:45:47,376Until the Manifesto of 1905declared freedom of speech

55600:45:47,578 --> 00:45:50,775the official cause of deathwas named apoplexy.

55700:45:50,981 --> 00:45:53,609The official version echoes theexplanation of the

55800:45:53,817 --> 00:45:56,980death of Peter III.

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00:45:57,855 --> 00:46:00,050Ajoke popular in court:

56000:46:00,624 --> 00:46:03,559'The emperor died of a stroke...

56100:46:03,761 --> 00:46:06,321'with a snuff-box in his temple.

56200:46:09,066 --> 00:46:14,299

On the next morningSt. Petersburg is celebrating

56300:46:14,538 --> 00:46:17,837its deliverance. People arerejoicing in the streets.

56400:46:18,041 --> 00:46:22,944Officially it was declared a dayof mourning, but by nightfall

56500:46:23,147 --> 00:46:26,674not a bottle of Champagne wasleft in the entire city.

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