They say that every nation deserves its rulers. Maybe this is its own truth. But there are actions of sovereigns who find it difficult to "pick" the appropriate people.
Ivan groznyj. Abdication
Probably the richest Russian statesman in terms of shares. However, in many of his quirks, John IV repeated the "experience" of both his ancestors and the Roman emperors (like Caligula and Nero). Perhaps the most unprecedented and original act can only be called the abandonment of the crown of the "kingdom of Moscow" in favor of Kasimov's gasterbayter Simeon Bekbulatovich. Simeon was married in the Assumption Cathedral in the Kremlin - as it should be for the Moscow sovereigns.
Grozny himself, according to the chronicler, moved “to Neglinnaya on Petrovka, in Orbat, opposite the Kamenny Bridge, old, and his name was Ivan of Moscow … will sit far away, like the boyars, and Simeon the prince of the great will sit in the royal place. " State decrees and awards were issued under the name and coat of arms of Simeon Bekbulatovich. And Grozny himself wrote petitions addressed to Simeon: "Ivanets Vasiliev with his children, with Yvanets, and with Fedorets beating his forehead to the Sovereign Grand Duke Simion Bekbulatovich of All Russia". In petitions, Ivan the Terrible asks the sovereign to welcome him and show his mercy, and "go over the little fellows" - to review the monetary and local salaries of service people. A year later, John Vasilyevich played enough, took his crown back,and he sent Simeon “in good health” to Tver.
Alexey Mikhailovich. Fight for popular sobriety
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The Tsar of All Russia, the second monarch from the Romanov dynasty, was named the Quietest. Roofing felts because of their soft nature, roofing felts because of the love of silence, or because of the love of falconry, where silence is welcome.
By the way, more than anything in the world, Alexei I adored exactly falconry (he even compiled The Code of the Falconer's Way). Alas, the tsar got a rather noisy people in control. Having survived, in between hunting, salt and copper riots, the king decided to take up the fight against the noise in all seriousness. On March 15, 1647, by a tsarist decree, the inhabitants of the Solovetsky Monastery were forbidden to keep "drunken drinks" in their cells. In 1649, patriarchal and tsarist letters were sent to the diocese prohibiting the keeping of "intoxicating drink" in all monasteries. Among the proposals prepared by Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich for the Council of Russian clergy on February 9, 1651, in the last paragraph 13 it is written: “And the priestly and monastic rite from drunkenness to sober up and profanity would by no means stay not only in the church, but in the world; on them many worldly people take pleasure. "In 1652, in order to reduce drunkenness among the common people, a tavern reform was prepared and carried out by the tsar's decree. People actually drank less, but the noise did not decrease.
Peter I. Shaving beards
In terms of shares, it will give odds to Ivan the Terrible. The main ground for the tsar's antics was Peter's trip abroad.
After the tourist experience, the monarch began hastily to remake Russia into a "civilized" country. Exactly four days after his return, he issues a decree: “On wearing a German dress, on shaving beards and mustaches, on walking the schismatics in the dress indicated for them”: “I wish to transform secular goats, that is, citizens, and the clergy, that is, monks and priests. The first, so that they without beards resemble Europeans in goodness, and others, so that they, although with beards, in churches would teach parishioners Christian virtues as I have seen and heard pastors teaching in Germany. Having done away with facial hair, Peter began to experiment with time. Russian citizens who fell asleep on December 31, 7207, woke up on December 1, 1700. That is, 5500 years were irretrievably lost. Well, in 1722, Peter reached the very institution of succession to the throne in Russia,by issuing a Decree on succession to the throne, in which he abolished the ancient custom of transferring the throne to direct descendants in the male line, but allowed the appointment of any worthy person by the will of the monarch as heir. For a long time this innovation was followed by “palace coups”.
Elizabeth the Great. Stylist experience
The Great Empress, daughter of Peter I, was at times as eccentric as her father, especially when it came to vegetation on the body.
So, in 1747, Elizabeth issued a decree known as the "hair establishment". According to the decree, all the ladies of the court had to have their hair cut bald. While the new hair would grow back, women had to wear "black tousled wigs" to wear until they grew back. City ladies were allowed by decree to leave their hair, but wear the same black wigs on top. The reason for the appearance of the order was that the empress could not remove the powder from her hair and decided to dye it black. However, this did not help and she had to cut her hair completely and wear a black wig.
Paul I. The prohibition of the word "club"
The Russian emperor and master of the Order of Malta dreamed, like Don Quixote, to revive chivalry, idolized Prussia and could not stand the British with the French.
This dislike resulted in the prohibition of waistcoats, "round hats" and the word "club". In addition, Paul set about reforming the Russian language: some words were removed from official use and replaced with others. So, among the seized were the words “citizen” and “fatherland” with a political connotation (replaced by “inhabitant” and “state”, respectively), but a number of Paul's linguistic decrees were not so transparent - for example, the word “detachment” was changed to “detachement” or “command”, “execute” for “execute”, and “doctor” for “doctor”.
Then, alien to pair dances, the emperor put a taboo on the waltz. And passionate about industrial design, he introduced strict standards for carriages of cabbies, as a result of which most of the capital's coachmen were forced to "bomb" outside St. Petersburg.
