The October Revolution of 1917 put an end to the tsarist dynasty. Supporters of the monarchist idea often reproach the Bolsheviks for breaking the historical continuity of the autocracy. And in vain: according to some historians, Joseph Stalin was not the son of a Gori shoemaker, but was the son of the outstanding Russian traveler Nikolai Przhevalsky. Moreover, they believe that the "leader of the peoples" is the legitimate heir to the Russian throne, since he was the grandson of Emperor Alexander II …
At first glance, this assumption seems completely fantastic. After all, where is Smolensk, where does Nikolai Przhevalsky come from, and where is Gori, where the future "father of nations" was born?
Traveler and General
Nikolai Przhevalsky was born on April 12, 1839 in the village of Kim-borovo, Smolensk region. He belonged to the Belarusian gentry family, whose representatives fought with the Russian troops during the capture of Polotsk by the army of Stefan Batory. Another of his ancestors is the famous Cossack, warrior of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Karnila Perevalsky. So this man did not have energy and belligerence.
After graduating from high school, Nikolai Mikhailovich first served as a non-commissioned officer in the Ryazan infantry regiment. Having received the officer's rank, he transferred to the Polotsk regiment, and from there entered the school of the General Staff. After leaving school, he served as a teacher at the Warsaw Junker School, and in 1867 made the first expedition to the Ussuri region and Central Asia. Since then, all his life until his death in 1888 from typhoid fever, Przewalski traveled, making many discoveries.
How could this outstanding man, who ended his life with the rank of Major General, become the father of a boy who lived on the outskirts of the empire, in the mountains, in tiny Gori?
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Shoemaker and housewife
As you know, Joseph Dzhugashvili was born in Gori, Tiflis province on December 21, 1879. His father Vissarion Dzhugashvili, a shoemaker, married Ekaterina Geladze, who was born in 1856, in 1874. Joseph was the third child in this family (two previous children died after giving birth).
The father of the future "father of nations" was a drinking man, not respected by anyone and ended his life ingloriously. But mother Ekaterina Georgievna was a hard-working, intelligent woman and had a strong and strong-willed character.
It was she who became the main "culprit" of this historical riddle.
According to the existing version, in 1878 Nikolai Mikhailovich was staying with his friend Prince Maminoshvili in Gori. Ekaterina Georgievna was a distant relative of the prince and helped him with the housework. It was then that the fatal meeting happened.
From the very first minutes, Przewalski liked the 22-year-old beautiful girl, a real "princess of the mountains". And Catherine, who by this time did not actually live in marriage with her drunkard husband, liked the stately Russian officer.
As a result of several meetings, Ekaterina Georgievna became pregnant and nine months later gave birth to a son, Joseph.
Convincing arguments?
Opponents of this version claim that Przhevalsky could not have been in Gori at that time, they say, he was in another place. But there are different assumptions about Stalin's birthday: according to one version, he was born on December 21, 1879, according to another - on December 18, 1878. Which of them is correct, probably only the mother and the one who ultimately was his father knew.
And some facts confirm the version that Przhevalsky is Stalin's father …
For example, there are extracts from postage lists for the years 1880-1881, according to which Nikolai Mikhailovich sent money to the Caucasus to an unidentified person. This addressee could be Ekaterina Georgievna.
Secondly, it is known that Stalin never lived in poverty. Where did the funds come from? It can be assumed that he was flashing with the money of the party. But why, then, other revolutionaries, even more deserved than Dzhugashvili, lived much more modestly?
Thirdly, both of our heroes had extraordinary characters: after all, Przhevalsky, being a small local nobleman, eventually rose to the rank of Major General of the General Staff and as a traveler became known to the whole world. And Stalin, being nothing at all, became the founder of one of the largest world empires!
And the last thing: a cursory glance at the portraits of Nikolai Mikhailovich and Stalin is enough to be convinced of their colossal similarity!
And how can one fail to recall the statement of the former head of the press service of the Grand Duke Nikolai Alekseevich Romanov-Dalsky, who, in a conversation with journalists, once said that he was always amazed in Stalin by his ability to adequately behave at meetings and negotiations of the highest level. “However, what is there to be surprised at,” he added. - Whatever one may say, but he had weighty rights to the Russian throne. His father was Przewalski. Ask how the Przewalski and the Russian throne are related? Yes, the most ordinary: Nikolai Przhevalsky is the illegitimate son of Emperor Alexander II!"
It is known that in 1837, Grand Duke Alexander Nikolaevich (future Emperor Alexander II) set off on a long journey across Russia.
In Smolensk, he met the local beauty Elena Alekseevna Karetnikova, a romance broke out between them.
Soon the future tsar left, and Elena Alekseevna married a poor landowner Mikhail Kuzmich Przhevalsky. But Przewalski had no chance of becoming her husband: at first, Karetnikova's father, hearing about his intention, kicked the groom out of the house. And then he resigned himself - presumably, he learned that his daughter was in a position, and even from the Grand Duke!
In the spring of 1838, Elena got married to Przhevalsky, and on March 31, 1838, her son Nikolai was born.
The kinship of Nikolai Mikhailovich with the tsar is confirmed by their external similarity, as well as some facts.
While studying in the sixth grade of the gymnasium, Nikolai threw a teacher's magazine into the Dnieper - the future traveler was a mischievous man (Stalin, while studying at the seminary, also "joked" with a censer!). Przhevalsky was threatened with expulsion from the gymnasium. This incident was reported to the Grand Duke Alexander Nikolaevich! It would seem, why bother such an important person over trifles? But for some reason they disturbed, as a result, the boy was left alone.
And the career of a provincial nobleman, who became a great traveler and major general, suggests that Nikolai Mikhailovich was not an ordinary person - he was clearly accompanied not only by luck!
This is how the fates of three extraordinary personalities intertwined in our history: the Emperor of the Smolensk nobleman Przhevalsky and the Gori boy Dzhugashvili!
And if they really are relatives, then Joseph Stalin was the grandson of the tsar and really had the right to the throne of the monarch! And one more fact: Yakov Sverdlov once remembered that in 1913, Stalin sent a congratulatory telegram to St. Petersburg on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the royal house of the Romanovs. I wonder why on earth? Although, given that he was their relative, Stalin also had plans for the throne.
However, years later, he still occupied him and reigned longer than other Russian tsars.
Alexander Ulyanov - brother of Alexander III?
There is an unofficial biography of the Ulyanov family, according to which Lenin's mother, Maria Blank, was for some time at the royal court as a lady-in-waiting before her marriage. And supposedly she had an affair with the future emperor Alexander II. When she became pregnant, the girl was urgently sent to her parents, where she was married to a modest teacher Ilya Ulyanov, promising him a promotion.
Maria Alexandrovna gave birth to her son Alexander in 1866, but she did not tell anyone about this secret. And only years later, Alexander Ulyanov learned the secret of his birth and vowed to take revenge on the king for the outraged honor of his mother. In 1887 he entered St. Petersburg University, became a member of the terrorist organization "Narodnaya Volya" and began preparing for the assassination of Tsar Alexander III, possibly his half-brother. But the police arrested the terrorists. Maria Alexandrovna arrived in St. Petersburg and won an audience with Alexander III. Strange, but the king met with the mother of the one who wanted to kill him. The Tsar asked Alexander to petition for clemency, but Ulyanov refused to petition and as a result was hanged.
Magazine: Mysteries of History No. 11, Igor Rodionov
