Interesting stories from the lives of great people that can inspire. October Revolution: facts that are not written about in history textbooks

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The revolution of 1917 is undoubtedly one of the most significant events not only in the history of our country, but also of the whole world.
It was she who changed the entire course of world history over the past 100 years.

Thousands of volumes of books have been written about this revolution; it is overgrown with myths and legends. I would like to tell you about several little-known facts that are one way or another documented.

The revolution of 1917 was prepared for a long time and very thoroughly. Huge amounts of money at that time (two hundred million dollars) were invested by American financial tycoons in preparing the revolutionary situation. The Rothschild banking house also took part in this.

Even then they had a dream to destroy Russia as a state. And destroy it from the inside. Together with its economy, culture and mentality. Money for this business came in different ways, including through Europe and directly through the New York Stock Exchange. This money was used to carry out subversive activities, publish newspapers and leaflets, and purchase weapons. Moreover, various parties and movements were financed.

The largest and at the same time the most important fighting force of that time was the Socialist Revolutionary Party, which until 1918 collaborated with the Bolshevik Party. At the time of the revolution, the Bolshevik Party had only 25,000 members.

There were rumors that the October Revolution was actively financed by Germany, and Lenin was a German spy. But this is just a myth. Naturally, there was some funding, but small and from private sources.

They even came up with the legend of a “sealed carriage” in which Germany threw the Bolshevik leaders into Russia. But in fact, this carriage was traveling from Switzerland, and not to Russia, but to the German station of Sassnitz, where passengers boarded a ship to Stockholm.

In addition to the Bolsheviks, the Social Revolutionaries and representatives of the Jewish Social Democratic Party “Bund” were also traveling in the carriage.

What is important is that all passengers paid for the fare out of their own pockets.
A prerequisite for the carriage to travel through Germany was the agitation of passengers in Russia for the exchange and sending of interned Germans to Germany.

The terms of this agreement were published in the Swiss and Russian press.

That is, the main expenses for preparing the revolution still lay with the Americans.
First, with the help of Germany and Japan, for an external attack on Russia, they provoked the First World War. Then they also struck an internal blow.

By 1916, it was the henchmen of American financial circles who controlled many sectors of the Russian economy. Including railways and food supplies. Which they took advantage of.

As a result of their actions, food trains going to St. Petersburg and Moscow were stopped. Although warehouses, access roads and elevators were literally filled with food, food shortages began in large cities, and their prices soared several times.

The revolutionary situation was brewing more and more. The liberal press of that time, which, as now, was the mouthpiece of American moneybags, only fueled and aggravated the situation.

As a result, there was an explosion of social protest, and the revolution was not long in coming.

Interestingly, the Soviet Union was destroyed using approximately the same method.
In the late 80s and early 90s, again through the efforts of liberals, or rather the right liberal wing of the CPSU Central Committee under the leadership of Politburo members Yakovlev and Medvedev, a severe commodity deficit was artificially created in the country. Which was literally resolved in one day by the liberalization of prices according to Gaidar.

In approximately the same way, and again through the efforts of the same liberals, this time by the economic bloc of the government, a deficit has been created today, but not in goods, but in money.
The fight against the country continues.

And then, in 1917, the February bourgeois revolution first happened, which did not bring the desired result for the organizers. And then the October Revolution, which was prepared and carried out by the Bolsheviks.

And, by the way, they prepared it perfectly. The success of the revolution was determined by the support of a significant part of the people, the inaction of the Provisional Government, and the inability of the Mensheviks and Right Socialist Revolutionaries to offer a real alternative to Bolshevism.

As you know, the main leaders of that revolution were two people - Lenin and Trotsky.

What is curious is that, for example, Ulyanov-Lenin, at the age of seven, received the rank of actual state councilor - for a moment, this is a civilian rank of the 4th class, corresponding to the military rank of major general. The rank gave the right to hereditary nobility.

And Trotsky, who was born into the family of a wealthy landowner, was generally a US citizen at the time of the revolution, and arrived in Russia after the February Revolution. Having previously met with US President Woodrow Wilson and received $20 million in gold from the American banker Jacob Schiff!

These two people were the main ideologists and drivers of the October Revolution.

It is known that they considered each other competitors and therefore were not friends. Moreover, they did not like each other.
Lenin, in some of his articles, spoke very unflatteringly about Trotsky. Trotsky, in turn, also threw mud at Lenin and said that Lenin was a dishonest and unprincipled person. Nevertheless, they organized the Revolution and won it.

While Trotsky was leading the uprising, Lenin traveled to Smolny using forged documents, wearing a wig and a bandaged cheek.

Lenin was generally a master of disguise. And he's not the only one. At the same time, fearing reprisals from the Bolsheviks, the Chairman of the Provisional Government, Kerensky, fled from the Winter Palace, changing into the clothes of a nurse. Such was the revolution.

The entire revolution lasted only three days, and the capture of the Winter Palace took four hours, with six casualties and almost no pogroms.

The only thing the revolutionary sailors did in the Winter Palace was that they simply plundered the wine cellar and got drunk.
A few hours later, an “Appeal to the People of Russia” was heard on the radio, in which the Petrograd Military Revolutionary Committee announced the transfer of power to the Soviets.

After the revolution, in the same 1917, Norway made a proposal to award Lenin the Nobel Peace Prize.
In the submission to the Nobel Committee it was written:
“Until now, Lenin has done most for the triumph of the idea of ​​peace. He not only promotes peace with all his might, but also takes concrete measures to achieve it.”

The application was rejected due to the deadline for accepting applications. At the same time, the Nobel Committee stated that it would not object to the awarding of the prize if peace is established in Russia. But the outbreak of the Civil War did not allow Lenin to become a Nobel laureate.
But that's another story...

Usually great people differ from the average man in the street, not only in their famous achievements, but also in their character and habits. Among such habits there are many oddities that distinguished many famous personalities. This post contains a selection of oddities of famous people.

Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov was one of the most famous Russian commanders. He did not lose a single battle, and all of them were won with the numerical superiority of the enemy. Suvorov was famous for his strange antics: he went to bed at six in the evening, and woke up at two in the morning, and when he woke up, he wet himself cold water and loudly shouted “ku-ka-re-ku!” Despite all his ranks, he slept on hay. Preferring to wear old boots, he could easily go out to meet high officials in a sleeping cap and underwear. He also gave the signal for the attack to his loved ones “ku-ka-re-ku!”, and, they say, after he was promoted to field marshal, he began jumping over chairs and saying: “And I jumped over this one, and over that one.” That!"

Often famous people were very forgetful and absent-minded. For example, Diderot forgot days, months, years and the names of loved ones. Anatole France sometimes forgot to get a new sheet of paper or notebook and wrote on everything he could get his hands on: envelopes, business cards, wrappers, receipts. But scientists are usually the most absent-minded.

Newton once received guests and, wanting to treat them, went to his office to buy wine. The guests are waiting, but the owner does not return. It turned out that upon entering the workroom, Newton was thinking so deeply about his next work that he completely forgot about his friends. There is also a known case when Newton, having decided to boil an egg, took a watch, noticed the time and after a couple of minutes discovered that he was holding an egg in his hand and was boiling a watch. One day Newton had lunch, but did not notice it. And when he went to dine another time by mistake, he was very surprised that someone ate his food.

Einstein, having met his friend and, absorbed in thoughts, said: Come to me in the evening. I will also have Professor Stimson. His friend, puzzled, objected: But I am Stimson! Einstein replied: It doesn’t matter, come anyway! In addition, Einstein's wife had to repeat the same thing three times before the great physicist understood the meaning of her remarks.

The father of Russian aviation, Zhukovsky, once, after talking the whole evening with friends in his own living room, suddenly got up, looking for his hat, and began to hastily say goodbye, muttering: However, I stayed too long with you, it’s time to go home!

The German historian Theodor Mommsen once rummaged through all his pockets to find glasses. The little girl sitting next to him handed them to him. “Thank you, baby,” Mommsen said, “What’s your name?” “Anna Mommsen, dad,” the girl answered.

One day, Ampere, leaving his apartment, wrote in chalk on his door: Ampere will only be home in the evening. But he returned home in the afternoon. He read the inscription on his door and went back, because he forgot that he himself was Ampere. Another story that was told about Ampere was this. One day, while sitting in a carriage, he wrote the formula with chalk instead of a slate board on the coachman’s back. And I was very surprised when, upon arriving at the place and getting off the crew, I saw that the formula began to be removed along with the crew.

Galileo was no less absent-minded. He spent his wedding night reading a book. Finally noticing that it was already dawn, he went to the bedroom, but immediately came out and asked the servant: “Who is lying in my bed?” “Your wife, sir,” answered the servant. Galileo completely forgot that he got married.

Some great ones never married at all. Now this will not surprise anyone, but a hundred years ago it was considered a great oddity. Voltaire, Dante, Rousseau, Spinoza, Kant and Beethoven died as convinced bachelors, believing that a wife would only hinder them from creating, and that a servant would look after the house perfectly.

True, in Beethoven’s house the servants were powerless to maintain any semblance of order: sheets of symphonies and overtures were scattered throughout the office mixed with bottles and plates, and woe to anyone who tried to collect them, disturbing this disorder! And the owner himself at this time, regardless of any weather conditions, jogged around the streets of the city.

The famous satirist La Fontaine also loved to take a walk. At the same time, he loudly recited the lines and rhymes that came into his bright head, waving his arms and dancing. Fortunately for him, people then treated such individuals quite calmly, and no one called the orderlies.

The famous writer Leo Tolstoy was famous among his contemporaries not only for his works, but also for his quirks. As a count, he worked in the fields along with the men. At the same time, working in the field side by side with the peasants was not an extravagant hobby for him; he sincerely loved and respected hard physical work. Tolstoy, with pleasure and, what is important, with skill, sewed boots, which he then gave to relatives, mowed grass and plowed the land, surprising the local peasants who were watching him and upsetting his wife.

Over the years, Tolstoy became increasingly obsessed with spiritual quests, and he paid less and less attention to everyday life, striving for asceticism and “simplification” in almost everything. The Count engages in hard peasant labor, sleeps on the bare floor and walks barefoot until the coldest weather, thereby emphasizing his closeness to the people. This is exactly how Ilya Repin captured him in his painting, barefoot, wearing a belted peasant shirt and simple trousers.

Lev Nikolaevich maintained physical vigor and fortitude until his very last days. The reason for this is the count’s passionate love for sports and all kinds of physical exercise, which in his opinion were mandatory, especially for those engaged in mental work. Tolstoy’s favorite discipline was walking; it is known that already at the quite respectable age of sixty years, he made three walks from Moscow to Yasnaya Polyana. In addition, the count was fond of speed skating, mastered cycling, horse riding, swimming, and began every morning with gymnastics.

Already at the advanced age of 82 years, the writer decided to go wandering, leaving his estate, leaving his wife and children. In a farewell letter to his Countess Sophia, Tolstoy writes: “I can no longer live in the conditions of luxury in which I lived, and I do what old people of my age usually do: leave worldly life to live in solitude and silence last days own life".

And among scientists one of the most eccentric people was known as Nikola Tesla. Tesla had neither his own house nor apartment - only a laboratory and land. The great inventor usually spent the night right in the laboratory or in hotels in New York. Tesla never married. According to him, solitary image life helped the development of his scientific abilities.

He was terribly afraid of germs, constantly washed his hands, and in hotels he could demand up to a couple of dozen towels a day. By the way, in hotels he always checked whether the number of his apartment would be a multiple of three, and otherwise he flatly refused to check in. If a fly landed on the table during lunch, Tesla demanded that the waiters bring everything again. In modern psychiatry for this kind of oddities there is special term- “mysophobia”.

Tesla counted steps while walking, the volume of bowls of soup, cups of coffee and pieces of food. If he failed to do this, then the food did not give him pleasure, so he preferred to eat alone.

Having become the author of many inventions that changed the life of modern civilization, Nikola Tesla left behind even more rumors and guesses about incredible discoveries, which for some reason never reached their publication and application.

Today, November 7 (October 25, old style), the Great October Socialist Revolution took place. Bolshevik coup happened in the Russian Empire in 1917, becoming one of the most grandiose events of the 20th century.

Despite the fact that there is a lot of historical evidence about the October Revolution, this stage Russian history yet is not yet fully understood, and there are many mysteries and misconceptions regarding this event. It's no secret that history as a science is constantly under pressure from current political forces, and therefore does not always objectively reflect the facts that took place in reality. After former Soviet idols and leaders left the political arena, information began to surface that caused bewilderment and protest among some, and made others laugh. We will tell you about the most interesting details and myths of the October Revolution, which for a long time were kept silent.

With the collapse of the USSR, a version of the course of the revolution took root in the minds of the majority, which is just as not entirely reliable, just as the facts offered by Soviet propaganda were not entirely reliable. In particular, it is now said that Germany sent the Bolsheviks to Russia in a sealed carriage. In fact, Lenin and other revolutionaries arrived in the Russian Empire in 1917 from neutral Switzerland. The sealed carriage itself is not something mysterious - even now it is a common occurrence in railway transport.

The proposal to travel through German territory in exchange for the return of interned German military personnel was put forward at a meeting on March 19, 1917, not by Lenin, but by the Menshevik leader Yuli Martov. Lenin, until the last moment, did not know exactly about the decision of the German authorities regarding the planned transfer. The head of the Bolsheviks was ready to enter the country illegally, under the guise of a deaf-mute Swede. Contacts with subjects of the German Empire were excluded, which is why the carriage was sealed. The only obligation of the emigrants in relation to the German authorities was to agitate in Russia for the exchange and sending of interned Germans to Germany. In addition to the Bolsheviks, the carriage also contained Socialist Revolutionaries and representatives of the Jewish Social Democratic Party “Bund”. Thus, everything that happened was not a special operation to infiltrate a sabotage group of oppositionists into the Russian Empire. Of course, the German side made some kind of bet on the left radicals destabilizing the state of affairs in Russia, but Lenin was not notified about this. Among other things, the Russian state itself at that moment resembled a vivid illustration of the rule “push when you fall.”

It is necessary to talk about the state of the Russian economy at that time in more detail, since this aspect has become the subject of various discussions among historians. Currently there is a version that Russian empire on the eve of the revolution it was the most industrialized country in the world. Despite certain arguments suggesting the truth of such a statement, there are also compelling reasons to doubt the undeniable well-being of the Russian state. Thus, the rate of economic growth in the first decade of the 20th century could not be called impressive, war time(1914-1918) they became completely modest. Supporters of the Soviet regime insist that two decades after the October coup Soviet Union became the second largest industrial power in the world. Opponents counter this statement, saying that this result was achieved through, among other things, terror and inhumane actions towards the people of the Soviet state.

The same supporters of the anti-Soviet position claim that the Bolsheviks, after coming to power, literally destroyed a large country, and many territories were lost. However, there are also specific facts that impartially suggest that the Russian Empire may be to blame for the loss of so much land. Suffice it to mention that in 1915, Poland was lost during the German and Austro-Hungarian offensive, and in February 1917, Russia lost control over Lithuania and Latvia.

The point of view that Vladimir Lenin directly ordered the execution of Tsar Nicholas II and members of his family also took root in the consciousness of the masses. However, there is information that the destruction of the august persons was an initiative of the Urals Council, which at that time included, in addition to the Bolsheviks, also the Socialist Revolutionaries. It was these political forces that could have wanted to kill the daughters of the Russian Tsar - this measure was a provocation in order to prevent the conclusion of peace with the Germans. Lenin allegedly intended to hand over the German princesses to the German side; this was part of the agreement.

What about Soviet myths, distributed among the population on the initiative of the ruling circles in order to maintain the faith of workers in their bright future? First of all, it becomes unclear why Civil War 1917-1923, the “proletarian” government won, because on the territory modern Russia and some CIS countries had more intellectuals and nobles than proletarians. The character of the novel A.N. expressed this well. Ostrovsky’s “How the Steel Was Tempered” Pavka Korchagin: “there were us, the Reds, and someone else who sympathized with us. And there were whites and those who sympathized with them. And then 80% of the population, which has always been with the winners..."

Soviet historians did not mention the offensive of Denikin’s troops on Moscow and its successful completion for the Whites; they were silent about the help Muslims provided during the defeat of Denikin’s army. The anarchist army of Father Makhno also took part in that battle. Eisenstein's talented film "October" was commissioned by the "top", shots from which many still consider to be a reflection real events. In fact, about two thousand Red Guards and Baltic sailors took part in the “large-scale” assault on the Winter Palace. During the assault, both sides suffered a total loss of seven people.

Another scene from the film, when Lenin, standing on an armored car, addresses the soldiers and workers with a speech that later became the “April Theses”, is real. However, the point of view according to which the “Lenin armored car” was allegedly located near the Marble Palace in Leningrad is erroneous. Herself October Revolution at the moment it is considered more of an indicative act, since after the bourgeois-democratic revolution that took place in February, the “bloody tsarist regime” was overthrown. However, controversy on this issue still does not subside.

Famous personalities differ from us not only in their achievements in one or another area of ​​life. Facts from the lives of famous people also confirm their oddities. Famous people have such interesting biographies that you want to study them in full. Interesting facts from the lives of famous people will appeal to both children and adults.

1. captured Italy at the age of 26.

2. Hitler was named Person of the Year by Time.

3. Cleopatra was married to her brother.

4.Facts from the lives of famous people in America confirm that Andrew Jackson, the US President, believed that the Earth was flat.

5. For her wedding, Queen Victoria was given a piece of cheese whose diameter was 3 meters and weighed 500 kilograms.

6.Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' restroom. When there was a ball, his mother felt unwell and soon gave birth to him there.

7. Beethoven always brewed coffee from 64 beans.

8.Beria had syphilis.

9. Celine Dion and Madonna are cousins ​​of the wife of Prince Charles.

10. I almost always fell asleep in front of the fireplace. Because of this, he suffered from lack of sleep.

11. I considered socks to be the most stupid thing.

12.The most loving man is considered to be the king of the island of Tonga, who is in Pacific Ocean. His name was Fatafehi ​​Paulah.

13.I have never had children, or intimate relationships.

14.Facts from the lives of famous people of Russia say that Alexander Suvorov did not lose a single battle.

15. always worked in the field equally with other men. And this happened despite the fact that he was a count.

16.Nikola Tesla had a panicky fear of germs.

17. Andriana Lima, who is considered famous Brazilian model, remained faithful until the wedding. And exactly 9 months after the wedding, her daughter was born.

18. Paul McCartney, due to his own workload, did not have time to purchase wedding ring your own chosen one.

19. Cristiano Ronaldo is the most expensive player in the history of football.

20. Jackie Chan's mother carried him for 12 months and this one was born famous person weighing more than 5 kilograms.

21. Interesting facts about famous people provide information that Marilyn Monroe, before becoming a famous model, worked at an aircraft factory.

22.Brad Pitt's first job was performing on the streets dressed as a "chicken".

24.Marilyn Monroe's bra sold at auction for $14,000.

25. To hide hair loss, Julius Caesar put a laurel wreath on his head.

26.Elizabeth the First imposed taxes on men who had a beard.

27. John Rockefeller gave away more than $500 million to charity in his own life.

28.Winston Churchill smoked at least 15 cigars a day.

29. King Solomon had approximately 700 wives and 100 mistresses.

30.Moart has never been to school.

31. Sigmund Freud had a panic attack before the number 62.

32.Louis Pasteur was a sponsor of the brewery.

33. Alexander the Great knew by sight about 30,000 of his own soldiers.

34.Queen Elizabeth had approximately 3,000 outfits.

35.Voltaire's body was stolen from the grave.

36.Dutch artist Van Gogh had bouts of madness. During one of them he cut off his ear.

37. Yuri Gagarin wrote a farewell letter to his wife before flying into space, because he did not know how the expedition would end.

38. Luciano Pavarotti was fond of football.

39. Genghis Khan had a panicky fear of death. And this despite his cruelty towards his enemies.

40.When Alla Pugacheva was born, cancer was discovered on her throat. It was immediately removed.

41. Sylvester Stallone was often beaten during his school years.

42. participated in duels more than 90 times.

43.Saddam Hussein wrote the Koran with his own blood.

44.Charlie Chaplin's body was stolen 3 months later by doormen who demanded a ransom.

45.When Vladimir Putin worked for the KGB, his code name was “mole.”

46.The largest fee of $20 million was first received by Julia Roberts.

47. All shoes for Paris Hillton were made to order, because she had big size feet and it’s difficult to find the right shoes.

48.Whoopi Goldberg, who is considered an actress, has no eyebrows.

49.Rihanna didn’t even finish school.

50.Beethoven wet himself ice water in order to raise your mental tone.

51. During his childhood, Charles Darwin's father considered his son mediocrity.

52. Demosthenes had a speech impediment as a child.

53.Genghis Khan died while making love.

54. Arthur Conan Doyle, who wrote Sherlock Holmes, was an ophthalmologist by profession.

55.Walt Disney was afraid of mice throughout his life.

56.Mozart began composing music at the age of 3. At the age of 35, he already had more than 600 works.

57.At the age of 3, Albert Einstein did not speak a word.

58.Timberlake is very afraid of spiders.

59.The national Italian flag was created by Napoleon Bonaparte.

60. Queen Anne was the mother of 17 children.

61.The autograph of the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar was valued at $2 million.

62.Charles Dickens preferred to sleep only facing north.

63. George Washington's birthday was the only birthday that was a holiday in the United States.

64.Uma Thurman's father was a monk and professor of Eastern religion.

65. Taylor Swift first played the guitar at the age of 10.

66. Ashton Kutcher trained as a biochemist.

67. Riana was a cadet in the Barbadian Army.

68.In her childhood, Angelina Jolie wore braces and glasses, for which the guys teased her.

69.Until the age of 16, Jennifer Garner did not wear or use a thong. cosmetics because she was forbidden to do so.

70.Tom Cruise had a dream - to become a priest.

71.Demi Moore attempted suicide during her school years.

72.Queen Victoria spent 40 years in mourning after the death of her husband. She did not take off her black dresses at this time.

73.Mussolini was deathly afraid of cats.

74. Alfred Hitchcock was afraid of eggs in any form.

75. Julio Iglesias played in the Real Madrid football team in his youth.

76.Charlie Chaplin is considered the highest paid actor.

77. Marilyn Monroe grew up in an orphanage.

78. Tchaikovsky had a legal education.

79.Rikki Martin gave birth to two children surrogate mother, and all his life he hid his own orientation.

80.Hitler was a vegetarian.

81.Two of his six wives were executed by the English king Henry the Eighth.

82.Paul McCartney's mother was a midwife and helped children be born.

83.Kipling could not write his works in ink because they were black.

84. Benjamin Franklin wanted to make a turkey national bird United States of America.

85. Bill Clinton sent only 2 emails during all his years in office.

86. George Washington did not shake hands when meeting, but only bowed.

87. Before starting his writing career, he was a doctor.

88.Cleopatra preferred to test poisons on her slaves.

89.Winston Churchill had Indian ancestors on his mother's side.

90.Queen Victoria spoke in English language with a German accent.

91.Henry Ford, who is considered a successful businessman, had only a high school education.

92.Sarah Jessica Parker is attached to a black little dress, so she even got married in a black dress.

93.At one of his concerts, Ozzy Osbourne bit off the head of a bat.

94.Elizabeth Taylor had double rows of eyelashes.

95. During my school years I was a bad student in physics.

96.The Chupa Chups logo was drawn by Salvador Dali.

97. Kate Middleton's wedding dress could be purchased for $300 the morning after the ceremony.

98. Elvis Presley worked for a trucking company in his youth.

99. Napoleon's penis was purchased for $40,000 by an American urologist.

Famous people seem almost ideal to everyone else; it seems that they immediately became famous, or that they cannot get into funny and absurd situations. But, in fact, they are people like everyone else. Not everyone immediately understood what exactly they were talented at, and some did not immediately receive recognition. Reading interesting stories from , you begin to treat them not only as special individuals, but also as people who can make mistakes, get into ridiculous situations and achieve their goals.

Jules Verne

This is not just a writer of adventure novels, but also one of those authors who could foresee some things. Jules Verne also belonged to this category, and his works were the favorite books of not only children, but also adults. They contained not only fantastic inventions for that time, but also colorful descriptions of nature and the depths of the sea. And the life of Jules Verne was as bright and a little mysterious as his novels.

1. Back in 1839, the boy, who was only 11 years old, went to the port of Nantes, where the schooner Coralie was located. This is exactly what this boy chose as a cabin boy. This ship was supposed to go to the fabulous and mysterious India, where he so dreamed of going. But he was noticed in time and put ashore. Many years later, already as a grown man, he told those around him that his calling was in maritime affairs. And he regretted that he could not become a sailor then. This boy was Jules Verne.
2. People often said that his novels described technologies that would be invented in the future. One of these stories is connected with the legend of the writer’s family. Allegedly, in 1863 the writer finished work on the novel “Paris in the 20th Century.” He returned from the publishing house puzzled: the publisher refused to print the manuscript because it was too fantastic! And suddenly, in 1989, Verne’s great-grandson discovered that very novel and the inventions that were described in the book actually existed.
3. Jules Verne is one of those writers who popularized science in society thanks to his writing talent. Therefore, for many designers and engineers spaceships, as well as cosmonauts and astronauts, his books became reference books. His talent and faith in science were rewarded: a large crater on back side Moons.

The famous Russian writer, whose talent was most clearly revealed in drama, managed to completely change the idea of ​​what a play should be. In his works, Anton Pavlovich knew how to very accurately select expressions that would describe all the weaknesses of human nature. At the same time, the writer himself was philanthropic and throughout his life he urged everyone to “take care of the person within you.” Chekhov did not like to write about himself, but notebooks writer, his letters, memories of people who had the opportunity to communicate with him, allow you to get acquainted with interesting facts from the life of Anton Pavlovich.

1. There was always a place for medicine in Chekhov’s life. After all, initially he saw his calling as a doctor, and writing stories, plays and humorous notes for him was just a way to earn extra money. Among the teachers at the medical faculty where the writer studied was famous Nikolai Sklifosovsky. Later, Anton Pavlovich began working as a doctor.

After some time, there was a change in priorities, and in January 1886 a sign was removed from his door, which stated that a doctor was seeing there. It was not only that Anton Pavlovich began to seriously engage in writing, but a difficult case occurred in his practice: two of his patients died of typhus. During his famous trip to Sakhalin, Chekhov wrote that he was ready to leave medicine.

But, in fact, he always continued to be a doctor. Anton Pavlovich attended various medical congresses to keep up to date latest news in this area. On his estate in Melikhovo he continued to provide medical care to all those in need, and treated the sick in Yalta. Even being already seriously ill, Anton Pavlovich was ready to go to Far East not as a writer, but as a doctor.

2. It was Chekhov who “gave” Sakhalin to Russia. In 1890, the playwright made the most difficult expedition to Sakhalin, which was a place of exile for prisoners and convicts. One newspaper wrote about this trip as a significant event. Anton Pavlovich took a responsible approach to the trip: he studied history Russian prison, all kinds of records about the island, works of historians, geographers and ethnographers about Sakhalin.

When Chekhov went to Sakhalin, then this place was not fully studied, of no interest to anyone, there was not even accurate data on the population. The trip lasted three months, during which the writer took a census of the population and studied the life of convicts. It was thanks to Anton Pavlovich that Russian and foreign researchers became interested in the island.

3. Chekhov was engaged in charity work, which was not limited to one medical care. He raised funds for the needy, built schools, opened public libraries, to which he donated his numerous books, which were of museum value. Well, of course, he helped all the sick and even arranged for those who had little money to go to a sanatorium. All his life he followed his covenant: “Take care of the person within you!”

An outstanding scientist who laid the foundations of chemistry, creator of the periodic table, professor - the life of such a talented person as Dmitry Mendeleev was just as interesting. There was quite a place in it interesting facts, which reveal a different side to the scientist.

1. The most important well-known fact of the scientist’s biography is the famous dream in which he had periodic table chemical elements. No matter how it gives a certain aura of mystery to Mendeleev’s personality, it is not so. Dmitry Ivanovich created this table through long research and reflection.

Open periodic law was in 1869. On February 17, the scientist sketched a table on the back of one letter, which contained a request to come and help production. Later, Mendeleev wrote on separate cards the names of all chemical elements known at that time, as well as their atomic weights, and arranged them in order. Therefore, the trip was postponed, and Dmitry Ivanovich himself plunged into work, as a result of which the periodic table of chemical elements was obtained. And in 1870 the scientist was able to calculate atomic mass those elements that had not yet been studied, which is why there were “empty” places in his table, which were later filled with new elements.

2. Despite his numerous scientific works and important discoveries, Dmitry Ivanovich never received the Nobel Prize. Although he was nominated for it more than once, each time it was awarded to a different doctor. In 1905, Mendeleev was among the candidates, but the German chemist became the laureate. In 1906, it was decided to present the prize to Dmitry Ivanovich, but then the Royal Swedish Academy changed its mind and presented the award to the French scientist.

In 1907, a proposal was voiced to divide the prize between the Italian scientist and Mendeleev. But on February 2, 1907, the 72-year-old outstanding scientist passed away. Possible reason, due to which Dmitry Ivanovich did not become a laureate, they call the conflict between him and the Nobel brothers. It occurred due to disagreements over the introduction of a tax on oil, thanks to which the brothers were able to get rich and control some of the Russian shares.

The Swedes started a rumor about the depletion of the oil field. Was created special commission, among whose members was Mendeleev. He was opposed to introducing a tax, and denied the rumor started by the Nobel brothers, which became the cause of the conflict between the Nobels and the scientist.

3. Despite the fact that for the majority the name Mendeleev is associated with chemistry, in fact, works devoted to chemistry accounted for only 10% of the total amount scientific research. Dmitry Ivanovich was also interested in shipbuilding and participated in the development of navigation in Arctic waters. And he devoted about 40 works to this area.

Mendeleev took an active part in the construction of the first Arctic icebreaker "Ermak", which was launched on October 29, 1898. For his active participation in the study of Arctic development, a ridge located under water in the Arctic, discovered in 1949, was named in his honor. .

The facts written above are only a small part of the cases that happened to these outstanding people. But these stories show that famous personalities did not always immediately determine their calling, tried to set an example for other people and follow their principles. Therefore, interesting stories from the lives of great people can inspire humanity to do something important for the development of science or contribute to art or simply help other people.