Anna Vyrubova: what was the friend of Rasputin and the last Russian empress & nbsp

Personally, I have no experience that Rasputin supposedly had a special erotic attraction. Yes, it is true, many women went to ask him for advice in their love affairs, mistaking him for a talisman bringing happiness, but usually Rasputin urged them to stop their love affairs.

I remember a girl named Lena, who was one of the most zealous listeners of Rasputin's spiritual interpretations. Once Rasputin had a reason to advise the girl to stop her close acquaintance with a certain student. Lena accepted the advice as an unreasonable interference in her personal life, and she was outraged by this so that she assured Bishop Theophan that Rasputin had pestered her. The incident was the reason for the first bad gossip about Rasputin. After that, church circles began to look at him suspiciously.

In the first year of his stay in St. Petersburg, Rasputin was received everywhere with great interest. Once, being in the family of one engineer, I remember him sitting surrounded by seven bishops, educated and learned men, and answering deep religious and mystical questions concerning the Gospel. He, a completely uneducated Siberian monk, gave answers that deeply surprised others.

In the first two years of Rasputin's stay in the capital, many people approached him sincerely and openly, like me, who was interested in spiritual issues, wanted guidance and support in spiritual improvement. Later it became a habit to go to him when they tried to win the favor of the Court Circle. Rasputin was considered a force that was supposedly hiding behind the Throne.

There was always the opinion that the Tsar's couple made a gross mistake, that they did not take care of sending Rasputin to the monastery, from where, if necessary, they could receive help from him.

Rasputin really could stop the attacks of hemorrhage!

I remember one meeting with Professor Fedorov already at the beginning of the revolution. He has treated the Heir since his birth. We recalled cases when the medical methods used still could not stop the hemorrhage, and Rasputin, doing only sign of the cross over the sick Heir, stopped the bleeding. "The parents of a sick child must be understood," Rasputin had a habit of speaking.

When he was in Petersburg, Rasputin lived in a small courtyard house on Gorokhovaya Street. Every day he had a very different people- journalists, Jews, poor, sick - and he gradually began to be a kind of mediator of requests between them and the Royal Couple. When he was at the Palace, his pockets were full of all kinds of requests, which he accepted. This irritated the Empress and, especially the Sovereign, they expected to hear from him either predictions or descriptions mysterious phenomena... As a reward for the labor and delivery of requests to the place, some gave Rasputin money, which he never kept with him, but distributed immediately to the poor. When Rasputin was killed, not a penny of money was found on him.

Later, and especially during the war, those who wanted to denigrate the Throne went to Rasputin. There were always journalists and officers around him who drove him to taverns, drinking him, or making drinks in his small apartment - in other words, they did everything possible to put Rasputin in a bad light to everyone's attention and in this way indirectly harm the Tsar and Empress.

Rasputin's name was soon blackened. Their Majesties still refused to believe the scandalous stories about Rasputin and said that he endures for the truth, like a martyr. Only envy and ill will dictate misleading statements.

In addition to Their Majesties, the highest spiritual circle also showed interest in Rasputin at the beginning of the year. One of the members of this circle spoke about the deep impression made by Rasputin on them at one of the evenings. Rasputin turned towards one who was in their group, saying: "Why don't you confess your sins?" The man turned pale and turned his face away.

The Tsar and Empress met Rasputin for the first time in the house of the Grand Dukes Peter and Nikolai Nikolaevich; their families considered Rasputin a prophet who gave them instructions in the spiritual life.

The second serious mistake made by Their Majesties - the main reason for gossip - was secretly escorting Rasputin to the Palace. This was done almost always at the request of the Empress. The action was completely unreasonable and useless, literally, the same as directly into the Palace, the entrance of which was guarded around the clock by the police and soldiers, no one could go secretly.

In Livadia, the Empress, hearing that Rasputin had arrived in Yalta, often sent me with carriages to fetch him. Having driven away from the main gate, near which there were six or seven policemen, soldiers or Cossacks, I had to give them an order to lead Rasputin through a small entrance from the garden, directly into the personal wing of the Tsar and Empress. Naturally, all the guards noticed his arrival. Sometimes the members of the Family the next day, at breakfast, did not want to shake my hand, since, in their opinion, I was the main reason for Rasputin's arrival.

Anna Aleksandrovna Vyrubova (Taneeva)

The first two years of friendship between the Empress and me, the Empress tried to secretly escort me to her workroom through the rooms of the maids, who were not noticed by her ladies-in-waiting, so as not to arouse their envy of me. We spent our time reading or doing handicrafts, but the way I was escorted to her gave rise to unpleasant and completely unreasonable gossip.

If Rasputin had been received from the very beginning through the Palace main entrance and introduced by the adjutant, like anyone asking for an audience, false rumors would hardly have arisen, in any case, they would hardly have been believed.

Gossip got its start in the Palace, among the entourage of the Empress and, for this reason, they believed in them.

Rasputin was very thin, he had a piercing look. On my forehead, at the edge of my hair, there was a big bump from hitting my head on the floor during prayer. When the first gossip and talk about him began to circulate, he collected money from his friends and went to the annual pilgrimage trip to Jerusalem.

After my escape from Russia, while at the Valaam Monastery, I met an old monk there. He told me that he met Rasputin in Jerusalem and saw him among the pilgrims near the shrine with the holy relics.

The Grand Duchesses loved Rasputin and called him "Our friend". Under Rasputin's influence, the Grand Duchesses assumed that they would never marry if they had to give up their Orthodox faith. Likewise, the little Heir was attached to Rasputin.

Walking into the Empress's room, a little after the news of the murder of Rasputin, I heard Alexei sobbing, hiding his head in the window shade: "Who will help me now if" Our friend "is dead?"

In the first days of the war, the Tsar's attitude towards Rasputin changed and became much colder. The reason was a telegram that Rasputin sent to Their Majesties from Siberia, where he was recovering from a wound inflicted on him by a certain woman. The Tsar and Tsarina, in a telegram that I sent, asked Rasputin to pray for a victorious war for Russia. The answer was unexpected: "Keep the peace by any means, since war means death for Russia." Having received Rasputin's telegram, the Tsar lost his composure and tore it up. The Empress, in spite of this, did not stop respecting Rasputin and trusting him.

The third serious mistake that the Tsar's couple made, especially the Empress, was the opinion that Rasputin had the gift of seeing who was good, who bad person... Nobody could shake Their faith. “Our friend” said that the mentioned bad person or vice versa and that was enough. One person told me that he saw a faint smile on the Tsar's lips when the news of the murder of Rasputin arrived. Nevertheless, I cannot guarantee the accuracy of the statement, since I later met the Emperor, who was deeply shocked by what had happened.

One of Rasputin's relatives told me that he predicted that Felix Yusupov would kill him.

In Russia, German agents were everywhere - in factories, on the streets, even in queues for bread. Rumors began to spread that the Tsar wanted to conclude a separate peace with Germany and that the Empress and Rasputin were behind their backs. If Rasputin had such an influence on the Tsar, as it is claimed, then why did the Tsar not suspend the mobilization? The Empress was against the war, as it was said before. It is also clear from the foregoing that during the war, perhaps more than any other civilian, she tried to influence to bring the war to a decisive victory.

Rumors, according to which a separate peace is being prepared with Germany, even reached the British embassy.

All slander and rumors directed against the Royal Family, about the expected conclusion of peace with Germany, were brought to the attention of foreign embassies. Most of the allies guessed to leave them at their own discretion, the only one who fell victim to both German and revolutionary gossip was the English ambassador, Sir George Buchanan. He also got into communication between the revolutionaries and the Government.

December 16, 1916 was the starting shot of the revolution. Many believed that Felix Yusupov and Dmitry Pavlovich saved Russia with their heroic deed. But it happened quite differently.

The revolution began, the events in February 1917 caused complete devastation to Russia. The sovereign's abdication from the throne was completely unfounded. The sovereign was oppressed to such an extent that he wanted to step aside. Threatened that if he did not give up the Crown, they would kill all of his Family. He told me this later when we met.

“Murder is not permissible for anyone,” the Tsar wrote in a petition, which the members of the Imperial family left to Him, asking that Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich and Felix Yusupov not be punished.

When I remember all the events of that time, it seems to me as if the Court and the upper world were like a big insane asylum, everything was so confusing and strange. The only, impartial study of history based on the surviving historical documents, will be able to clarify the lies, slander, betrayal, confusion, the victims of which, in the end, Their Majesties turned out to be.

Rasputin was killed on the night of December 16-17, 1916. On December 16, the Empress sent me to Grigory Efimovich to take him the icon brought from Novgorod. I did not particularly like to go to his apartment, knowing that my trip would be once again falsely interpreted by slanderers. I stayed about 15 minutes, hearing from him that he was going to go to Felix Yusupov late in the evening to get acquainted with his wife Irina Aleksandrovna.

On the morning of December 17, one of Rasputin's daughters, who studied in Petrograd and lived with their father, called me, saying that their father had not returned home, having left late with Felix Yusupov. An hour or two later, the Palace was called from the Minister of Internal Affairs Protopopov, who reported that at night a policeman who was stationed at the Yusupovs' house, having heard a shot in the house, called. A drunken Purishkevich ran out to him and told him that Rasputin had been killed. The same policeman saw a military motor without lights, which drove away from the house shortly after the shots were fired.

There were terrible days. On the morning of the 19th, Protopopov signaled that Rasputin's body had been found. First, Rasputin's galoshe was found at the ice-hole on Krestovsky Island, and then the divers stumbled upon his body: his arms and legs were entangled with a rope; right hand he probably freed when thrown into the water; the fingers were folded in a cross. The body was transported to the Chesme almshouse, where an autopsy was performed.

Despite numerous gunshot wounds and a huge wound on his left side, made with a knife or a spur, Grigory Efimovich was probably still alive when he was thrown into the ice hole, as his lungs were full of water.

When the capital learned about the murder of Rasputin, everyone went crazy with joy; there was no limit to the jubilation of the society, they congratulated each other. During these demonstrations about the murder of Rasputin, Protopopov asked Her Majesty's advice on the phone where to bury him. Subsequently, he hoped to send the body to Siberia, but immediately did not advise doing this, pointing out the possibility of riots along the road. They decided to temporarily bury him in Tsarskoe Selo, and in the spring to transfer them to their homeland.

They served in the Chesme almshouse, and at 9 o'clock in the morning on the same day (I think December 21), a sister of mercy brought Rasputin's coffin on a motor. He was buried near a park on the ground where I intended to build a shelter for the disabled. Their Majesties arrived with the Princesses, myself and two or three strangers. The coffin was already lowered into the grave when we arrived. The confessor of Their Majesties served a short requiem and began to fill the grave. It was a foggy, cold morning and the whole situation was terribly difficult: they were not even buried in the cemetery. We left immediately after a short memorial service.

The daughters of Rasputin, who were all alone at the funeral service, placed an icon on the victim's chest, which the Empress had brought from Novgorod.

Here is the truth about Rasputin's funeral, about which so much has been said and written. The Empress did not cry for hours over his body, and none of his admirers was on duty at the coffin.

For the sake historical truth I must say how and why Rasputin had some influence in the life of the Tsar and Empress.

Rasputin was not a monk, not a priest, but a simple "wanderer", of whom there are many in Russia. Their Majesties belonged to the category of people who believed in the power of the prayer of such wanderers. The Tsar, like his ancestor, Alexander I, was always mystically inclined; the Empress was equally mystically inclined.

A month before my wedding, Her Majesty asked Grand Duchess Militsa Nikolaevna to introduce me to Rasputin. Grigory Yefimovich entered, thin, with a pale, haggard face, in a black Siberian coat; his eyes, unusually penetrating, immediately struck me and reminded me of the eyes of Fr. John of Kronstadt.

“Ask him to pray for something special,” said The grand duchess in French. I asked him to pray so that I could put my whole life in the service of Their Majesties. “It will be so,” he replied, and I went home. A month later, I wrote to the Grand Duchess, asking her to ask Rasputin about my wedding. She answered me that Rasputin said that I would marry, but there would be no happiness in my life. I did not pay much attention to this letter.

... Rasputin was used as a pretext for the destruction of all previous foundations. He, as it were, personified in himself what had become hated by Russian society, which had lost all balance. He became a symbol of their hatred.

And on this bait they caught everyone: the wise, and the stupid, and the poor, and the rich. But the loudest shouted the aristocracy and the Grand Dukes, and chopped off the branch on which they were sitting. Russia, like France in the 18th century, went through a period of complete madness, and only now, through suffering and tears, is it beginning to recover from its serious illness.

... But the sooner everyone rummages in his conscience and realizes his guilt before God, the Tsar and Russia, the sooner the Lord will stretch out His strong hand and deliver us from difficult trials.

Her Majesty trusted Rasputin, but twice she sent me with others to his homeland to see how he lives in his village of Pokrovskoye. We were met by his wife - a pretty elderly woman, three children, two middle-aged female workers and a fisherman grandfather. All three nights we, guests, slept in a rather large room upstairs, on mattresses that were spread out on the floor. In the corner there were several large icons, in front of which lamps were glowing. Downstairs, in a long, dark room with a large table and benches along the walls, we were having dinner; there was a huge icon of Kazan Mother of God, which was considered miraculous. In the evening, the whole family and "brothers" gathered in front of her (as the four other fishermen were called), all together they sang prayers and canons.

The peasants treated Rasputin's guests with curiosity, they were indifferent to him, and the priests were hostile. There was the Dormition Fast, milk and milk were not eaten this time; Grigory Efimovich never ate either meat or dairy.

There is a photograph that depicts Rasputin sitting as an oracle among the aristocratic ladies of his "harem" and, as it were, confirms the enormous influence he allegedly had in court circles. But I think that no woman, even if she wanted to, could be carried away by him; neither I, nor anyone who knew him closely, had heard of such, although he was constantly accused of debauchery.

When the commission of inquiry began to operate after the revolution, there was not a single woman in Petrograd or in Russia who would have come forward with accusations against him; information was drawn from the records of the "guards" that were assigned to him.

Despite the fact that he was an illiterate person, he knew all the Holy Scriptures, and his conversations were distinguished by originality, so, I repeat, they attracted many educated and well-read people, such as, undoubtedly, Bishops Theophanes and Hermogenes, Grand Duchess Militsa Nikolaevna, etc. ...

Remembering, once in the church a postal official approached him and asked him to pray for a sick person. “Don't ask me,” he replied, but pray to St. Xenia ". The official cried out in fright and surprise: “How could you know that my wife’s name is Xenia?” talked about the future, came true ...

One of Rasputin's enemies, Iliodor, had two attempts on his life. The first he succeeded when a certain woman Gusev stabbed him in the stomach with a knife in Pokrovskoe. This was in 1914, a few weeks before the start of the war.

The second attempt was made by Minister Khvostov with the same Iliodor, but the latter sent his wife to Petrograd with all the documents and betrayed the conspiracy. All these personalities like Khvostov looked at Rasputin as a tool for the realization of their cherished desires, imagining through him to receive certain favors. If they failed, they became his enemies.

So it was with the Grand Dukes, bishops Hermogenes, Theophanes and others. The monk Iliodor, who at the end of all his adventures took off his robe, married and lived abroad, wrote one of the dirtiest books about the Royal Family. Before publishing it, he wrote to the Empress a written proposal - to buy this book for 60,000 rubles, otherwise threatening to publish it in America. The Empress was indignant at this proposal, saying that let Iliodor write what he wanted and wrote on paper: "Reject."

A judicial investigation by the Extraordinary Investigative Commission of the Provisional Government proved that he was not involved in politics. Their Majesties always had conversations with him on abstract topics and about the health of the Heir.

I remember only one case when Grigory Yefimovich really influenced foreign policy.

It was in 1912 when the Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich and his wife tried to persuade the Tsar to take part in the Balkan War. Rasputin, almost on his knees before the Emperor, begged him not to do this, saying that the enemies of Russia were just waiting for Russia to get involved in this war, and that Russia would be inevitable misfortune.

The last time the Tsar saw Rasputin was in my house, in Tsarskoe Selo, where, by order of Their Majesties, I summoned him. This was about a month before his assassination, and here I was once again convinced how empty fiction was the notorious conversation about the desire for a separate peace, about which the slanderers spread rumors, pointing out that it was the desire of the Empress or Rasputin.

The emperor arrived worried and, sitting down, said: “Well, Gregory, pray well; it seems to me that nature itself is going against us now. " Grigory Efimovich approved of Him, saying that the main thing is not to conclude peace, since that country will win, which will show more stamina and patience.

Then Grigory Efimovich pointed out that we need to think about how to provide for all orphans and invalids after the war, so that “no one is left offended: after all, everyone gave you everything that he had the dearest one”.

When Their Majesties got up to say goodbye to him, the Emperor said, as always: “Gregory, cross us all.” “Today you bless me,” replied Grigory Efimovich, which the Emperor did.

Did Rasputin feel that he sees Them in last time, I do not know; I cannot say that he had a presentiment of events, although what he said came true. I personally describe only what I heard and how I saw him.

With his death, Rasputin associated great disasters for Their Majesties. For the last months he had expected to be killed soon.

I testify with the suffering that I experienced, that for all the years I personally had not seen or heard anything obscene about him, but, on the contrary, much of what was said during these conversations helped me to bear the cross of desecration and slander, which the Lord placed on me.

Rasputin was and is considered a villain without evidence of his atrocities. He was killed without trial, despite the fact that the biggest criminals in all states are entitled to arrest and trial, and only after execution.

Vladimir Mikhailovich Rudnev, who carried out the investigation under the Provisional Government, was one of the few who tried to unravel the case of the "dark forces" and put Rasputin in a real light, but it was difficult for him either: Rasputin was killed, and Russian society was mentally upset, so that few judged sensibly and in cold blood. Rudnev was the only one who had the civil courage for the sake of truth to take the point of view of a sane person, without becoming infected with the herd opinion of Russian society in 1917.

The material was compiled by Lyudmila Huhtiniemi based on the memoirs of Anna Alexandrovna Taneyeva (nun Maria)

"Anna Vyrubova - the lady-in-waiting of the Empress". Edited by Irmeli Viheryuuri, Otawa. 1987 Helsinki. Translated from Finnish by L.Huhtiniemi.

A.A. Vyrubova. Pages of my life. Good. Moscow. 2000.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Anna Taneeva-Vyrubova, like Grigory Rasputin, found herself at the very center of a Masonic slanderous campaign to discredit the Russian monarchy, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna and Tsar Nicholas II. And after the 1917 revolution, haters of Tsarist power finally formed the slanderous myth about the “rotten monarchy”, “the debauchery of Rasputin” and his “greedy and loving girlfriend” Vyrubova, who allegedly also possessed a passion for power.

Writer Igor Evsin about the fate of the righteous nun Anna (Anna Alexandrovna Taneeva-Vyrubova).

However, today it is documented that special commissions carried out several official medical examinations of Taneeva-Vyrubova, which stated the same thing: Anna Alexandrovna is a virgin. And already during her lifetime, it became clear that the statement about her intimate ties with Rasputin was slander.

As for the greed and imaginary millions accumulated by Vyrubova, the following must be said. After fleeing the Soviet regime to Finland, she was refused the grant of Finnish citizenship due to the lack of sufficient means of subsistence. And having received citizenship, she lived in Finland very modestly, almost begging.

She did not have any accumulated millions, allegedly received for her petitions for certain people before Tsar Nicholas II. This means that she did not have any self-serving influence on Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna.

This is how the comrade Ober-Prosecutor of the Holy Synod, Prince N.D., characterized Anna Alexandrovna. Zhevakhov: “Having entered the bosom of Orthodoxy, the Empress was imbued not only with the letter, but also with its spirit, and, being a believing Protestant, accustomed to treating religion with respect, fulfilled its requirements differently from the people around her, who only loved to“ talk about God ”, But did not recognize for themselves any obligations imposed by religion. The only exception was Anna Aleksandrovna Vyrubova, whose unhappy personal life early introduced her to those inhuman sufferings that forced her to seek help only from God. "

Note that Zhevakhov here speaks of the sufferings that Taneyeva-Vyrubova endured after the terrible train disaster... This catastrophe practically killed her, and only the prayers of Elder Grigory Rasputin raised Anna Alexandrovna to life. Elder Gregory then performed a miracle that shocked all eyewitnesses. However, Vyrubova remained an invalid forever and had to endure severe pain.

“The life of A. A. Vyrubova,” writes Prince Zhevakhov further, “was truly the life of a martyr, and you need to know at least one page of this life in order to understand the psychology of her deep faith in God and why only in communion with God A. Vyrubova found the meaning and content of her deeply unhappy life. And when I hear A. A. Vyrubova's condemnation from those who, not knowing her, repeat the vile slander created not even by her personal enemies, but by the enemies of Russia and Christianity, of which A. A. Vyrubova was the best representative, then I am surprised not so much human malice as human thoughtlessness ...

The empress got acquainted with the spiritual appearance of A.A. Vyrubova when she learned with what courage she endured her sufferings, hiding them even from her parents. When I saw her lonely struggle with human malice and vice, that spiritual connection arose between her and A.A. Vyrubova, which became the more, the more A.A. nobility.

Infinitely kind, childishly trusting, pure, knowing neither cunning nor guile, striking in her extreme sincerity, meekness and humility, nowhere and not suspecting intent, considering herself obliged to meet every request, A.A. Vyrubova, like the Empress , she divided her time between the Church and the exploits of love for one's neighbor, far from thinking that she could become a victim of the deception and malice of bad people. "

In fact, Prince Zhevakhov told us about the life of a righteous woman, a saint of God.

At one time, Investigator Nikolai Rudnev, headed one of the departments of the Kerensky Extraordinary Commission established by the Provisional Government. The department was called "Investigation of the activities of the dark forces" and investigated, among others, the cases of Grigory Rasputin and Anna Vyrubova. Rudnev conducted the investigation honestly and impartially and came to the conclusion that the materials against Rasputin were slanderous. And about Anna Vyrubova, he wrote the following:

“Having heard a lot about the exceptional influence of Vyrubova at the Court and about her relations with Rasputin, information about which was published in our press and circulated in society, I went for interrogation to Vyrubova in the Peter and Paul Fortress, frankly speaking, hostile to her. This unfriendly feeling did not leave me in the office. Peter and Paul Fortress, until the appearance of Vyrubova under the escort of two soldiers. When Mrs. Vyrubova entered, I was immediately struck by the special expression in her eyes: this expression was full of unearthly meekness. This first favorable impression was fully confirmed in my further conversations with her.

My assumptions about the moral qualities of Mrs. Vyrubova, taken from long conversations with her in the Peter and Paul Fortress, in the prison room and, finally, in Winter palace, where she appeared on my calls, was fully confirmed by her manifestation of purely Christian forgiveness towards those from whom she had to endure a lot within the walls of the Peter and Paul Fortress. And here it should be noted that I learned about this abuse of Ms. Vyrubova by the serf guards not from her, but from Ms. Taneeva.

Only after that did Mrs. Vyrubova confirm everything that her mother had said, declaring with surprising calmness and gentleness: "They are not to blame, they do not know what they are doing." To tell the truth, these sad episodes of mockery of the personality of Vyrubova prison guards, expressed in the form of SPITTING IN THE FACE, REMOVING HER CLOTHES AND LINEN, ACCEPTED BY BEATING ON THE FACE AND OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY OF THE PATIENT THE COUNTRESS OF THE STATE AND GRIGORIA "prompted the commission of inquiry to transfer Ms. Vyrubova to the detention facility at the former Provincial Gendarme Directorate."

Here we see the real Christian feat Martyr Anna. The feat repeating the feat of Christ Himself.

However, Anna Taneeva-Vyrubova is still being judged on the basis of her alleged book of memoirs "The Maid of Honor of Her Majesty Anna Vyrubova." However, while most of the original text is indeed there, editorial revisions have resulted in it being cut in half! Moreover, it includes fictional paragraphs that Anna Alexandrovna never wrote. Thus, in a Jesuitical manner, the work of discrediting the righteous martyr continues. The publishers did their best to distort the moral character of Vyrubova, to give the reader an impression of her as a person of a narrow mind.

The fake diary "Anna Vyrubova's Diary" placed in the book is especially aimed at this. In fact, this is a continuation of the diabolical work to discredit both Anna Alexandrovna herself and Grigory Rasputin and the holy Royal family.

The famous Soviet writer A.N. Tolstoy and the historian P. Ye. Shchegolev, a former member of the Extraordinary Investigative Commission of the Provisional Government. Alas, alas, and alas - the texts of the book "The Maid of Honor of Her Majesty Anna Vyrubova" and the fake diary contained in it are still reprinted in various reputable publications and are passed off as originals.

However, archival documentary evidence of Vyrubova-Taneeva creates a true image of the righteous woman. Based on them, the modern historian Oleg Platonov writes: “An example of the most strict life was one of the closest admirers of Rasputin, the friend of the Tsarina Anna Vyrubova.

She devoted her life to serving the royal family and Rasputin. She had no personal life. A healthy, beautiful woman completely obeyed the strictest monastic requirements. In fact, she turned her life into a monastery ministry, and at this time the slanderers in the left press published the most vile details about her allegedly depraved intimate life.

Anna Aleksandrovna Taneeva is better known as Anna Vyrubova by the name of her husband. However, she was buried under the maiden name of Taneyev.

Interest in Anna Taneeva is due to a number of reasons. Firstly, the time period of her life fell on a special period of Russian and world history. Anna Alexandrovna found herself at the epicenter of events related to the reign of Nicholas II. She was not just a witness and eyewitness, but one of the main participants in these events. Therefore, her testimony deserves special attention.

Secondly, the attention to this woman is also caused by the fact that God has prepared for her an amazing fate, amazing with its twists and turns, wonderful events.

Thirdly, the personality of Anna Taneeva is interesting in and of itself. She possessed wonderful qualities of the soul, which in her life were manifested by concrete actions and deeds.

Finally, fourth, she, as a historical figure, was the maid of honor of the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna.

But she was not just a lady-in-waiting, she was a personal friend of the Queen. All members of the Royal Family perceived her as their own, loved one, almost a family member. In turn, Anna Taneeva (Vyrubova) loved the Empress dearly, like everyone else Royal Family, and remained her maid of honor all her life. In some publications dedicated to Anna Vyrubova, there is an opinion that until the end of her days her hair was tied with a black ribbon precisely as a sign that she never stopped her maid of honor. We can only partly agree with this, since there were others no less good reasons, prompting her not to part with the black mark. Namely, after taking the monastic tonsure, Anna Alexandrovna continued to live in the world, and the black ribbon in her hair was the only item in her dress, which served as a visible symbol of monasticism. Perhaps the black ribbon was a sign of constant mourning and grief for their Crowned friends.

Anna Aleksandrovna Taneeva (Vyrubova), both on her father's side and on her mother's side, had her pedigree from noble families. But, above all, Anna Alexandrovna is a Russian woman. Russian in origin, in upbringing, in character, and in spirit. In her fate, as well as in her character, in the arrangement of the soul, all those properties that had distinguished and adorned the Russian people for centuries, and which were largely lost by representatives of the class to which Anna Aleksandrovna belonged, appeared in an extraordinary way.

Why did the Empress love her and bring her closer to her? You can point out many features that could contribute to such a rapprochement: this is belonging to the circle of Russian aristocrats, and secular education, and remarkable musical abilities, finally, her simplicity, sincerity and cheerful disposition. All this could be the reason for the rapprochement. But, as it seems to us, the reason for the friendship was much deeper. The Empress found a kindred spirit in Anna Taneeva. Yes, they turned out to be just kindred in spirit, kindred in spirit. That was the main thing. Anna Taneeva turned out to be not just one blood, but one spirit with the Empress and the Tsar, and, we note right away, with Grigory Rasputin. And this spirit is the true spirit of the Russian People. Spiritual kinship is a true kinship, the closest, most solid foundation of the life union of people. Such a union is inseparable, since it is sealed by the bonds of true love, unity of faith, unity of service, unity of life ideals and goals.

Throughout the life of Anna Taneeva, special, significant events happened, which, firstly, testified to her deep religiosity, and, secondly, to the special providence of God in the fate of this woman, her pre-election from above.

At the age of 17, a miracle was performed on it through the prayers of the righteous man, Archpriest John of Kronstadt. Through her illness, the Lord showed her the path of her ministry: royal service, and also that on this path she would be accompanied by the miracle and help of God. Indeed, there were so many wonderful things in her life.

In 1907, another significant event took place that determined her fate. The young maid of honor Anna Taneeva met Grigory Efimovich Rasputin-Novy. Thus, fate united Anna Alexandrovna firmly with both the Tsar's Family and Grigory Efimovich. Although she far outlived them all, this union was never broken until her passing. She paid dearly for the honor of being a member of this union, all her life enduring reproach and desecration from her contemporaries, which did not stop even after her death. Envy, insulting accusations, and then outright slander persecuted Anna Alexandrovna. The main flurry of accusations fell upon her, starting in 1914, leaving a heavy, tragic imprint on her entire subsequent life.

The war marked the beginning of the terrible persecution of the Russian Crowned Couples, as well as Their closest friends. The power of the Anointed One of God restrained centrifugal forces, destructive, pushing the world to the abyss, leading humanity to the kingdom of Antichrist. The Russian Autocrat, Tsar, God's Anointed One stood in the way of their plans.

Unfortunately, in Russia at that time, few of the upper classes perceived the idea of ​​tsarist power as a life principle, as a guide to action, few people put these thoughts in their hearts, who subordinated their will to them, who set the goal of their lives to protect these life, truly Russian ideals. The idea of ​​tsarist autocratic power, as a rule, was perceived only speculatively, abstractly, only as a way of thinking, but not as a way of acting, a way of life and service. The Russian intelligentsia preferred to follow the broad path of retreat and carried away a significant part of the Russian common people, seducing, seducing, dishonoring them, depriving them of spiritual strength.

But defenders of the primordial Russian ideals were still in the midst of every Russian class. And this, first and foremost, is the Russian Tsar himself, the Sovereign Emperor of All Russia Nicholas II, the autocrat and sole owner of the Russian Land, God's Anointed One, the first defender of the faith and the Church, the intercessor before God for the Russian People.

In the spirit of the truth about the Anointed of God stood the great prayer book for the Tsar - Elder Grigory Efimovich Rasputin-Novy. This man, whose spiritual power was experienced by many of his contemporaries, was a true messenger of God, an earthly angel for the Royal Family, as well as for the entire Russian People.

Anna Aleksandrovna Taneeva (Vyrubova) also stood in the spirit of the truth about the Anointed One of God. A significant place in the relationship of the Royal Family with Elder Gregory was assigned by fate to her. She was a confidant of both the Tsarina and Grigory Efimovich and often served as a reliable connecting link for them.

Often, it was Anna Vyrubova that telegrams were sent from Pokrovskoe, in her house there were meetings with Elder Gregory of the members of the Tsar's Family. She herself venerated Father Gregory as a spiritualized, perspicacious old man and a prayer book.

The daughter of Grigory Efimovich Matryona in her memoirs indicates that her father always singled out Anna Vyrubova from the circle of his admirers, and greatly appreciated, respected and loved her. Appreciated in her, above all, her kindness, simplicity and faith, of course, devotion to the Royal Family, sincere love for them, as well as devotion and love for him, Grigory Rasputin. On the part of Elder Gregory, she enjoyed perfect disposition and trust.

This is how this circle of close associates devoted to Russian ideals developed: the Tsar is God's Anointed One, the Blessed Tsarina, inseparable from him, Gregory the Messenger of God, the faithful noblewoman Anna. It was the core, the center, the backbone around which the healthy in the spiritual, moral and politically strength. The efforts of both the Sovereign and the Empress were directed to the formation of such a state backbone. In accordance with these aspirations, people were selected, appointments were made, deeds were performed. The spiritual union, formed at the very top of the Russian statehood, served as a guarantee of the salvation of the Orthodox State.

That is why this group of Russian people caused a storm of hatred from the spiritual and ideological opponents of the Tsar and the Tsar's autocratic power.

The campaign of persecution of the Anointed of God fully affected the good name of Anna Vyrubova. It is not enough to say that it was mixed with mud. She was insulted as a woman. She was considered an insidious schemer, an omnipotent favorite of the court, did not hesitate to call her a "dirty lecher", "a tsar's bedding", accused of spying in favor of Germany, considered the "poisoner of the Heir." There was no more terrible and insulting accusation for her. All this had to be endured, endured.

Everything was turned upside down. White turned black and black turned white. In accordance with this, "society" treated them only as "dark forces." Yes, they were power, but not dark, but light. These were light forces: the Tsar and Tsarina, their faithful peasant and faithful noblewoman will forever remain the image and symbol of the holy Russian People.

What about Anna Alexandrovna? She fully shared all the hardships of her dear Fatherland. Even before the February coup, she had to endure a terrible train accident. The Lord saved her life through the prayers of the righteous Gregory, although she remained a cripple. She found consolation only next to the Queen, as well as in her own infirmary for crippled soldiers. Anna Aleksandrovna organized this infirmary with the money paid to her by the railway for her injuries. Then the February coup, a serious illness from measles, from which the new authorities did not allow her to recover. She was arrested sick, taken out of bed, separated from the Tsar's Family, taken to the Peter and Paul Fortress, and imprisoned in a solitary confinement cell in the ominous Trubetskoy bastion. She suffered moral and physical bullying, but she survived, and her spirit was not broken. Miraculously saved from being shot. Wanderings around the distraught, revolutionary Petrograd. Further, flight with his mother on the ice of the Gulf of Finland to Finland, life in exile.

Having settled in the ancient Russian city of Vyborg, she met kind people- a Russian family who sheltered her with her mother in their home. Mom was nearby. But the main thing is the relative proximity of the Valaam monastery. After all that she had experienced, she strove with all her heart for monasticism and, apparently, had long thought about it. In her memoirs, she writes that, being in prison and praying to God for release, she promised to devote the rest of her days to serving God and others. Once free, when many hardships were left behind, she was not slow to fulfill her promise. The tonsure took place in 1923 on Valaam in the Smolensk skete. Her monastic name is Mary. Her first spiritual father was an inhabitant, more precisely, the head of the Smolensk skete, the elder Hieroschemamonk Ephraim (Khrobostov). After his death in 1944, another Elder of Valaam, Scheigumen John (Alekseev), became the spiritual father of nun Mary. His letters to the nun Maria have survived. The letters testify to how deeply Nun Maria was imbued with the spirit of monastic piety. She asks the elder's advice regarding fasting, the prayer rule, the Jesus Prayer. Since nun Maria was not admitted to convent, she had to be a secret nun in the world, and for all those outside she remained Anna Aleksandrovna Taneeva (Vyrubova) as before.

In the circumstance that she was not accepted into a nunnery, one can perceive the effect of God's providence. Being within the walls of a monastic monastery, she could hardly fulfill the obedience, undoubtedly, entrusted to her by God, and also complete the main work of life - the service to Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra. They were not alive, but their service continued. Who knows, maybe it was for this purpose that the Lord God saved the life of his chosen one. We are talking about the writing by Anna Aleksandrovna Taneeva of the book of memoirs "Pages of my life".

Anna Taneeva's certificate is special. Her memories depict the true picture of events, recreate the true appearance of the members of the Royal Family. At the same time, she calls things by their proper names, assesses all the actors, pays attention to the role of each, correctly places accents, puts dots on the "i". So in the light of her memories, many figures from the tsar's entourage fade away. The traitorous role of the imaginary guardians of the welfare of Russia, who are inclined to consider themselves the saviors of the fatherland, is highlighted. She speaks the truth and does not hide anything.

It is necessary to note one more important circumstance that distinguishes the true memories of Anna Taneeva (Vyrubova) from a number of many memoir publications about the Tsar's Family. The word of truth about the Russian Tsar and Tsarina sounded in full force together with the word of truth about Their Friend, Grigory Efimovich Rasputin-Novy. That is why her memories are the spiritual weapon that destroys, leaving no stone unturned, the myth of "dark forces".

Who stood up for the honor of the Tsar and the Royal Family? Army? Generals? Or officers, strong, brave, brave people? Perhaps relatives, nevertheless, they retained their position in this world, some means of livelihood, the remnants of their former power. But no. For the Russian Tsar and His Family, for Their honor, as well as for Their beloved Friend, it was not a hero, not a brave knight, not the mighty of this world that stood up, but a lonely, weak, crippled, moreover, powerless and despised woman, strong only by her faith and love! She, although, of course, felt fear, but could not remain silent. And this speaks of the strength of her spirit, the strength of her love for the Royal Family and for her people. Only perfect love overcomes the fear of death. It was a real deed, a deed, undoubtedly, spiritual, prayer. The feat of a Russian man, a Russian woman who stood for Faith, Tsar and Fatherland, who, in addition, raised her voice in defense of the truth about an ordinary Russian person. Thus, she signed herself a verdict. For the world, for earthly well-being, she was lost, the world cruelly took revenge on her.

Despite the common misfortune and suffering in exile, there was no rapprochement between Anna Alexandrovna and the society of Russian emigrants. Not her fault. She continued to carry the cross of slander and falsehood outside her Fatherland. She continued to be considered guilty of the troubles that befell Russia - terrible accusations, grave injustice. Because of this, her way of life was closed, almost a hermit. There were few friends among the Russian emigrants. They even tried to visit the bathhouse with their mother in those days and hours when there could not be representatives of the Russian émigré community, so as not to arouse hostility.

She had to seek help from the head of the Finnish government, the former tsarist general, Baron Gustav Mannerheim. This was quite humiliating, since the baron, although he was a noble man, still fully shared the general opinion regarding Anna Vyrubova and her connection with the peasant Rasputin. It was impossible to avoid questions on this topic when meeting them. And surprisingly, so much time has passed, Anna Alexandrovna has gone through so much, endured, she could think over everything, weigh, evaluate her mistakes, because time heals, and in spite of everything, in the office of Marshal Mannerheim, she continued to defend Grigory Efimovich, knowing that this could affect on Mannerheim's decisions regarding material assistance.

Mannerheim refused financial assistance. However, I wrote letter of recommendation, in which he assured everyone to whom Anna Aleksandrovna would turn that before them was a noble, respectable person, and it was not shameful to deal with her. This letter helped to resolve the housing issue.

During the war, she had to leave Vyborg and hide in Sweden for fear of falling into the zone of occupation of the Soviet Army. Of course, she was not afraid of the Russian soldiers themselves, with them she developed great relationship... She was afraid to fall into the clutches of those forces who still wanted to hide the truth from the Russian people and sought to cover up the traces of a terrible crime. And she was not only a witness, but also a victim of this crime. In Sweden she was sheltered by Queen Louise of Sweden, a relative of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. Queen Louise gave her a small cash pension, which she received for the rest of her life. Then Anna Alexandrovna (nun Maria) returned to Finland and settled in Helsinki. After the end of the war, she, together with her friend Vera Zapevalova, had to literally live in poverty, having neither a piece of bread, nor money, nor a permanent home. Nobody wanted to contact Vyrubova and help her.

Nevertheless, the Lord God, through the prayers of the holy Royal Martyrs and Martyr Gregory, preserved nun Mary and gave her everything that was necessary in this life. Anna Alexandrovna spent the last days relatively calmly. She managed to acquire or procure a dacha where she and her friend spent the summer.

And the last thing. Until the end of her days, she kept in force the ban that she had imposed in her will on the publication of any materials belonging to her concerning the life of the Royal Family. This is the final touch to her earthly feat. The fact is that by some miracle she managed to transport her entire personal photo archive (hundreds of photographs) to Finland. There were publishers who, back in 1939, suggested that Anna Aleksandrovna publish her photographs with an accompanying text. She wrote the text and the materials were being prepared for publication. However, something happened, why this work was stopped. What happened remains unknown. The publication of photographic materials about the Tsar's Family promised some fees to the feeble woman who was in need. But work stopped. Moreover, Anna Aleksandrovna imposes a ban on any publication of materials belonging to her. The only thing that could have happened was that she was offered a deal. That is, in the proposed publication, for the sake of those who are now living, who have retained their ambitions and some political weight of the leaders, the places where the impartial assessment of these political figures from the tsarist entourage is given should have been smoothed out. It could be especially annoying to reveal the theme of Grigory Rasputin in a light that was frankly favorable to him.

Anna Alexandrovna, faithful to her Royal Friends and the historical truth, did not agree to this. It can be assumed that serious pressure was exerted on her and she had to resort to available ways legal protection. In order to prevent any attempts to manipulate her memories and photographs, which were supposed to serve the truth, and not to please the compromised players from politics, she wrote an official prohibition testament.

Having fulfilled her life duty, Anna Aleksandrovna Taneeva, secret nun Maria, after a short illness, reposed in the Lord in 1964 at the age of 80. She is buried in the Orthodox cemetery in Helsinki.

Anna Aleksandrovna Taneeva (Vyrubova), nun Maria, can be called a happy person, since a woman who has suffered so much from human malice, persecuted by everyone, already during her lifetime received an invaluable reward in the form of a manifestation of sincere friendship and love both from her Crowned Friends and from Their extraordinary Friend - Grigory Rasputin-Novy, and from the side of ordinary Russian people who had the good fortune to get close to her in life and appreciate her extraordinary soul. We believe that in the heavenly abodes, the Lord united the faithful Anna with the holy Royal Family and Their faithful Friend.

The topic of the "false diary" and the so-called "unpublished memoirs" artificially associated with the name of Anna Vyrubova went beyond the scope of this article. These topics are devoted to separate chapters of the book "Faithful to God, Tsar and Fatherland. Anna Aleksandrovna Taneeva (Vyrubova) - nun Maria ", which was published in Russia, in the homeland of Anna Aleksandrovna, in the St. Petersburg publishing house" Tsarskoe Delo "in 2005.

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29. Elena L. : Reply to 24., RodElena:
2012-12-25 at 07:04

Let me finish the conversation.

What teachings have you, Elena, found here? You express your opinion, we are ours. And the fact that I advise you to read spiritual literature, there is nothing offensive here. Then you won't make so many blunders. Others can see it.

28. Yuri Rassulin : Reply to 26., Pravdich:
2012-12-25 at 00:39

To be honest, I have never met exactly such formulations in the memoirs of A. A. Taneeva (Vyrubova) "Pages of My Life". Most likely, you used the so-called text. "Unpublished Memories" or something close to them. I would not like to seriously consider these texts. I hope RLN will publish an article where I have detailed my position on the issue of "unpublished memoirs".
Did Anna Taneeva consider Father Gregory a saint? That is what she called him, despite the fact that he was a worldly person. And this is the highest degree of expression and recognition of spiritual height for the layman. Further - judge for yourself.
Here is a psychological key for you to understand her official position in relation to Grigory Rasputin, voiced by her during interrogations and stated by her in her memoirs. Tell me, if you are constantly dripping on your head in the same place, will you try to somehow tilt your head to the side or not? The same thing happened with Anna Vyrubova. She was constantly dripped on her brain in the same place and annoyed with the same stupid questions about Rasputin, which contained the most disgusting and insulting allusions. Would you, in her place, provoke additional stupid inquiries? Or would you try to answer somehow covertly, so as not to tease the bulls with a red rag? For this reason, she could not say everything.
To understand how A. A. Taneeva (Vyrubova) really felt about Grigory Rasputin, read carefully the book "Faithful to God, the Tsar and the Fatherland", as well as the book "The Great Righteous Elder Passion-Bearer Grigory". It will become clear to you how she treated him.

“He (Rasputin) was neither a saint nor a devil. For Nika and Alex, he remained what he really was, a peasant with a strong faith in God and the gift of healing ”(VK Olga Aleksandrovna) I wonder if Anna Taneeva considered Grigory Rasputin a saint? I have not found any reliable evidence. The Tsar, judging by the fact that he asked the Tsarina not to interfere with "our Friend" (Rasputin) in the affairs of the state, did not adhere to this mania.

27. Yuri Rassulin : Reply to 25., Pravdich:
2012-12-25 at 00:12

"Yuri, and who is Kobylin, have you confused anything?"

You are right, I was wrong. I meant the head of the Tsarskoye Selo garrison, then the head of the guard of the Tsar's Family in Tobolsk, Colonel Kobylinsky Yevgeny Stepanovich. I apologize and thank you for your comment.

26. Pravdich : Re: Anna Aleksandrovna Taneeva (Vyrubova) - a feat of the royal service
2012-12-24 at 22:24

“Later, and especially during the war, those who wanted to denigrate the Throne went to G. Rasputin. There were always journalists and officers around him who drove him to pubs and got drunk or made drinks in his small apartment - in other words, they did everything possible to put G. Rasputin in a bad light to everyone's attention and thus indirectly harm the Tsar and the Empress. Soon the name of G. Rasputin was denigrated. "
"The Tsar knew very well that almost all close relatives were opposed to Him and were plotting to overthrow Him from the Throne in order to name Kirill Vladimirovich Tsar."
(From the memoirs of Anna Taneeva)
“He (Rasputin) was neither a saint nor a devil. For Nika and Alex, he remained who he really was, a peasant with a strong faith in God and the gift of healing "(V.K. Olga Aleksandrovna)
I wonder if Anna Taneeva considered Grigory Rasputin saints? I have not found any reliable evidence. The Tsar, judging by the fact that he asked the Tsarina not to interfere with "our Friend" (Rasputin) in the affairs of the state, did not adhere to this mania.

25. Pravdich : Answer to 18., Yuri Rassulin:
2012-12-24 at 21:42

I looked through your link: "If the Russians wanted to kill the Tsar, they would have killed him already in Tobolsk. But from the memoirs of the head of security Kobylin, it follows that the soldiers subordinate to him treated the Tsar and the Family, not to mention the population. And this sympathy grew more and more. Kobylin had to be removed and his subordinates dismissed. Why was it necessary to transport the Tsar's Family from Tobolsk to Yekaterinburg? "
Yuri, and who is Kobylin, have you confused anything?

24. RodElena : Ratnik and Elena L.
2012-12-24 at 18:54

There are many tips on what to do, but there is only one - what not to do - no need to be smart.
I don’t advise you anything, do I? Absolutely nothing I advise you and I will not advise you.
Your ancestors, Elena, have learned to read for a century. They were serfs and did not know how to read, and they understood better than you: whether the sin of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is forgiven or not.
Let me finish the conversation.

23. Ratnik : 7. Rhodelena
2012-12-24 at 17:00

I agree with you, Elena.
The Rite of "National Repentance" was a disgusting provocation. Another spit into the soul of the Russians.
At the same time, as a representative of the Russian people, I feel a sense of guilt - both for indifference to the murder of the Emperor, and for insensitivity to the destruction of our great Motherland.
If the Lord punishes our people for anything, it is for our sleepiness, lukewarmness, indifference to our own fate.
We need to improve. Otherwise, the end.

22. Elena L. : Reply to 19., Rhodelena:
2012-12-24 at 14:42

In general, the organizers of the Rite of Repentance in Taininsky were Father Peter Kucher from the Bogolyubsky Monastery Vladimir region... Obviously, this Rite was drawn up by them, and not by the Jews.

21. Elena L. : Answer to 7., RodElena:
2012-12-24 at 14:06

The fact of the matter, Elena, is that there is a huge difference between the Heavenly and the earthly.
If in the earthly court the criminal is not caught, his guilt is not proven, or he does not come with confession (repentance), no one will condemn him. And if he comes and declares himself, then he can be condemned.
It's not like that with God. If a person does not go to repentance, then he will not be forgiven, he is already condemned. Or, if he comes to repentance, but does not declare himself (hides a certain sin), then his guilt DOUBLES. If he says too much on himself in confession, those sins that he did not commit, it will never be imputed to him as a sin, it is even commendable, as many saints did. They often attributed to themselves the sins of other people, slandering themselves too much. They could ascribe to themselves any terrible sins, except for heresy and schism.
Besides, how can one take it upon oneself after repenting of sin? On the contrary, in the sacrament of repentance, sins are FORGIVEN, but not superimposed. You need to study your Orthodox faith more, read more spiritual literature, especially the Lives of the Saints, then in many ways you will not be mistaken.

20. Elena L. : Answer to 12., Pravdich:
2012-12-24 at 09:54

and finally: “... the sin of regicide, which occurred with the indifference of the citizens of Russia, our people do not repent” (Message of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate to the 75th anniversary of the assassination of Emperor Nicholas II). 5 years later, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II and Holy Synod: “… We again testify that“ the sin of regicide, which occurred with the indifference of the citizens of Russia, our people do not repent. We call all our people to repentance ... "

Indeed, back in 1998, Patriarch Alexy II called on the entire people to repent of the sin of regicide. He called twice, with a break of 5 years. Have the Russian people repented of him? Of course, many passed the Rite of repentance in Taininskoye and in other cities of Russia. But in the Rite, apart from the sin of regicide, which was not mixed. People went mainly to repent of their sins against the Tsar, and then there was the INN, and so on. Much is questionable, but the organizers of the Chin forbade the removal of other wording.
Not so was the Rite of repentance in February 1607. Representatives from all the people gathered and Patriarch Job himself absolved the entire Russian people of the then sin of apostasy from the Tsar. And soon the confusion ended.

19. RodElena : Pravdich
2012-12-23 at 23:33

The whole point is that the text of the "Rite of Repentance" is composed extremely competently. But unfortunately - by the Jews.
Pravdich, now there are no naive ones. We were deceived. Their own hierarchs.
As for the comments in the quotes you quoted, this is a big conversation. Of course I have an opinion. But you can't say it in three words. If you try, it will be something like this:
It is necessary to correctly qualify the crime, to determine the event, time, object, subject of the crime, the objective side and the subjective side.
Combining perjury, regicide, crucifixion, heresy and hanging everything on the Russian people is like a prosecutor taking the accused to court, presenting him with all the articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in full.
If prosecutors are taught not to do this, then aren't priests taught in seminaries?
And most importantly: the subject of the crimes is the Russian people. First, decide what kind of subject it is. At the moment, nothing is said about him either in the Constitution of the Russian Federation, according to which the ROC also lives, or in the documents of the ROC, or in the documents of other confessions.
Who, what historical person is to blame today? Phantom? And in what?
And if she is loyal to the Tsar, then she is no longer in the Constitution of her own state.
But no, and no trial.
Pravdich, as long as the Russian people do not legally exist, there is no talk.
And in fact, of course, we are alive, healthy and even cheerful.

18. Yuri Rassulin : Answer to 12., Pravdich:
2012-12-23 at 23:08

Ask to interfere. But in paragraph 6, links to comments on the quotes you quoted are just indicated. If interested, of course ...

17. Yuri Rassulin : Answer to 9., Elena Sergeeva:
2012-12-23 at 22:58

Save me, God! I suspect that this is your comment # 7 (RodElena). Whether so or not, I totally agree with Rodelena. The whole absurdity of the call to false repentance for someone else's savage wickedness is very acutely felt.

16. Yuri Rassulin : The Tsar favors, but the huntsman does not favor
2012-12-23 at 22:50

Well, of course, we know better. Yes, we will be smarter than them, the Kings, and, of course, will not become victims of intrigue. Poor Kings. Poor Grigory Efimovich. So that friendship is royal! As the saying goes, "the Tsar favors, but the huntsman does not favor." I'm not talking about you. I mean those who launched the mechanism of dirty, vile, treacherous slander. You, of course, have nothing to do with them. You only admit a little that they are right. Your reasoning about repentance for the murder of the Tsar is very interesting for this.

15. Pravdich : Answer to 14., Rhodelena:
2012-12-23 at 21:55

In your reply to me, you copied my comment to the depensioner and did not write anything from yourself. What does it mean?

Only that, dear Elena, that flew away to again the answer, or rather your text, followed by the answer. Michael

13. Pravdich : Answer to 11., Yuri Rassulin:
2012-12-23 at 19:04

I wish you to understand everything and not become a victim of a "damaged phone".
Yuri Rassulin

Dear Yuri! I also wish you to understand this issue to the end and not become a victim of the blind, even if sincere love to the Tsar and Tsarina. After all, they were living people and, because of their credulity, they often became victims of all kinds of intrigues. A number of facts testify to this. In addition, how not to understand the feelings of the Mother, who sacredly believed in the healing power of Rasputin, who eased the suffering of the Heir. But after all, Rasputin did not heal the Tsarevich, and holy people raised even from the dead. The eminent Russian physician Botkin objectively did not find the usefulness of Rasputin's treatment, explaining its success by mere coincidences. By the way, this is quite common in medicine.
Rasputin was, of course, slandered, for in this way a shadow was thrown on the Royal Family.
He sincerely loved the Tsar and Tsarina. I will stop there, time will judge.

12. Pravdich : Answer to 7., RodElena:
2012-12-23 at 18:42

Dear Elena! The question is actually much more complicated than it sounds. The idea of ​​repentance was simply grossly compromised by an illiterately composed rite of repentance. Further, everything was done to prevent the repentance of the Russian people.
But repentance is Foundation stone in the Orthodox teaching. They called for the repentance of the Russian people: St. John Maksimovich (he used the words: "in the sin of regicide"), Seraphim Rose, St. Seraphim Sobolev ("in the grave sin of rebellion against the autocratic anointed Tsar"), schomon Nikodim (Karulsky) ("They rejected Royal power, they gave up to kill the Tsar ... and fell under the satanic rule "), St. Averky Taushev (“It is a weak consolation for us that the direct murder of the Tsar's Family was not committed by Russian hands ... The entire Russian people bears the guilt for this grave sin committed on Russian soil”), Bp. Nektariy (Kontsevich): "The mortal sin of regicide gravitates over the entire Russian people, and, therefore, to one degree or another over each of us";
“Voluntarily or involuntarily, consciously or unconsciously, the entire people participates in regicide, at least by allowing it, without seeking to atone for the terrible sin of rejection of God by repentance and correction (Metropolitan John (Snychev); finally:“ ... the sin of regicide, which occurred with the indifference of the citizens of Russia, our people are not repentant "(Message of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate on the 75th anniversary of the assassination of Emperor Nicholas II). Five years later, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II and the Holy Synod:" ... we again testify that "the sin of regicide, which occurred with the indifference of the citizens of Russia , our people are not repentant. We call all our people to repentance ... "
Please comment on these statements.

11. Yuri Rassulin : Answer to 8., Pravdich:
2012-12-23 at 18:11

Dear Michael!
You have listed many people who left their opinion about Grigory Rasputin. I dare to say that in the list of those who spoke about Rasputin, the listed persons are secondary figures. But for some reason you forgot to mention the main witnesses, those who not only knew Elder Gregory personally or heard something about him by hearsay, but those who were his friend, who shared with him his faith, his hope, his love. Namely, you, following many others, forgot to mention - Sovereign Emperor Nikolai Alexandrovich, Sovereign Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, Anna Alexandrovna Taneeva (Vyrubova). It was the Tsar, Tsarina, nun Maria (Taneeva-Vyrubova) who gave a worthy rebuke, including to Bishop Theophan of Poltava. It is strange to declare your love for the Royal Family, to extol their spiritual and spiritual dignity and not to believe them in the most important issues, in those in which they are the main witnesses and experts.
I have expounded these thoughts in more detail in the book "The Great Righteous Elder Passion-Bearer Gregory". It also analyzed many testimonies and indicated the price of these testimonies. And the price of many turned out to be very low. You may disagree, but let's say Vel's opinion. Princess Elizaveta Feodorovna cannot be considered as significant for one simple reason - she never knew Grigory Efimovich Rasputin-Novy personally, and she formed her idea of ​​him under the influence of the information that was provided to her by "well-wishers" who got into her trust ... In particular, members of the Yusupov family, one of whose offspring became the murderer of Elder Gregory.
As for your telephone informants, none of them can be taken at their word without a critical analysis of telephone information. I wish you to understand everything and not become a victim of a "damaged phone".
Yuri Rassulin

10. Pravdich : Answer to 7., RodElena:
2012-12-23 at 18:10

A simple test of the heavenly earthly: if you go to court and take the guilt of a Satanist - a maniac, the court will not acquit you, but will sentence you to death or life imprisonment without any gifts.



Are we out of our minds?

8. Pravdich : Answer to 5., Yuri Rassulin:
2012-12-23 at 11:28

Dear Yuri Rassulin!
The topic is very serious, so as not to respond to it, given that for about 30 years I myself have been substantively and profoundly engaged in the Orthodox monarchy, as well as its most worthy representatives (regardless of estates and state ranks).
Of course, beacon authorities are needed in such research activities. But nowadays, unfortunately, the principle of induction exerts a very powerful influence, when one after another writing authors repeat the conclusions of the previous authority, only slightly embellishing, in their own style, the conclusions already drawn by their predecessors. It is impossible to grasp the immensity, and working in the archives takes not hours, but whole years of life. I know this from myself. You have brought up a whole galaxy of modern historians. I am well acquainted with their works (with the exception, it seems, of the works of the Smirnovs). However, their opinion is opposed not only by Radzinsky, Smyslov and Miller, but also by Pierre Gilliard, V.K. Olga Alexandrovna, Lily Den, Baroness Buxgewden, Archbishop Theophanes of Poltava (Bystrov), Doctor Botkin E.S., gen. Mosolov, Sergey Bekhteev and many, many other persons. I no longer take into account such authors as Purishkevich, F. Yusupov, Rodzianko and the like.
Most of the abovementioned personally knew Rasputin, visited him at home, had the opportunity to personally draw conclusions about his "holiness".
I really appreciate the works of the historians you listed, but in almost each of them I had to note serious inaccuracies, subjective views, political engagement, for example, Stalinism, which, as you know, I have a negative attitude towards.
Unfortunately, very often a number of historians initially set themselves a certain task, and then only summarize the results of their researchers under the desired result, corresponding to their faith and political preferences... V telephone conversations with the descendants of people who were close to the Tsar, I repeatedly asked questions related to Grigory Rasputin. Some of them had parents or grandmothers who personally knew Grigory Rasputin, but, unfortunately, the impressions of meetings with the elder were also very negative. I understand that this is not an argument for scientific conclusions, but nevertheless ...
It seems to me that the Empress's friends wrote about Rasputin most objectively: Lily Den, Baroness Sophia Buxgewden, Archbishop Feofan (Poltava) and V.K. Olga Alexandrovna. In general, to be honest, it is not entirely clear to me whether it will be possible (on the basis of new research!) To refute their view of Rasputin. After all, their memoirs were written in different places, but they all agree with each other in the main. The truth, as always, is in the middle!
I will try to read your new book about Rasputin.
I hope I answered your questions clearly.
Wish you success.
Mikhail Pravdich

7. RodElena : Grandfather to a pensioner
2012-12-23 at 10:20

You once advocated the prohibition of literature, but you yourself write poetry. You call the people to repentance, you say that the Russians have committed a sin worse than the Jews.
When you go to confession, do you confess your own sins or, at the same time, all the neighbors in the entrance? Why do you think that by going to court and saying to the Judge: "I have killed!" - The judge won't believe you? Believe and prescribe the death penalty.

Taininskoe is a secret place in Russia, where M. Nagaya recognized False Dmitry as her son, where the camp of False Dmitry II was located, where the Russian people's militia of Minin and Pozharsky was also located. There, the blame for the bloody, blasphemous, satanic crimes perpetrated by the Jews in Holy Russia is now being shifted onto the soul of the Russian people.
"His blood is on us and on our children!" - shouted the Jews, demanding to kill God, knowing that they would be punished and not being afraid of him, embittered, took the blame of the Roman murderers upon themselves and thus saved the Roman murderers from responsibility. The Russian people repeat the same phrase, but at the same time they expect forgiveness, mercy and the gift of the Anointed One from God.
Do the Russian people understand what punishment and instead of whom they take upon themselves and their children? Does he know that those mortal sins for which he voluntarily repent instead of the Jews are not subject to forgiveness
A simple test of the heavenly earthly: if you go to court and take the guilt of a Satanist - a maniac, the court will not acquit you, but will sentence you to death or life imprisonment without any gifts.
According to the Rite of Repentance, the Russian people have been repenting for many years. church schism 17th century / clause 2 /, in the ritual satanic murder of the Anointed of God Tsar Nicholas 2 and His Holy Family, in the murder of 22 thousand of the best sons and daughters of the Fatherland / clause 9 /, for participating in collectivization, in the destruction of the peasantry, Cossacks, officers, clergy, for artificial creation famine / clause 10/, for participation in the coup of 1825 / clause 5/, for participation in spiritualism / clause 8/, for staying in Masonic lodges / clause 11/. Repents and takes on the guilt of all without discrimination of their ancestors - those same tortured peasants, the executed clergy, the Cossacks who fought the Satanists, the White officers loyal to the Tsar. It takes and blackens their memory, smearing them with Jewish guilt, themselves, their children and grandchildren. Amicably and most importantly - regularly! - cries out the Russian people in Tayninki: "Their blood is on us and on our children!" This devilish act of slaughter is led by the priests of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Shouldn't they then add to the 34 points of the "Rite of Repentance" the collapse of the country, the shooting of Parliament, the plundering of Russia, the genocide of the Russian people? It remains to force the people to repent that they are destroying themselves, not to forget to wash the blood of all those killed in the process of implementing the Dulles plan and the Golden Billion plan, to take the blame of the members of the current government and parliament of Russia for their participation in Masonic lodges, to launder the deeds gays and pedophiles, to answer before the Lord for all the bombings of houses, Act of terrorism, for all the boy soldiers loyal and abandoned by the generals, for the children of Beslan, for the destruction of every Russian family by planning, for the highly paid bloody abortion clinic called Russia ...
In Taininsky, the Russian people utter a terrible thing: the blood of all our Tsars - on us and on our children, we will answer. The blood of those ritually slain and sacrificed by the Jews to Satan - we and our children, we will answer. The blood of all those tortured to please the prince of this world is on us and our children, the blood of the Anointed of God and his Holy Family, the blood of our grandfathers and great-grandfathers, faithful to the Anointed One — on us and on our children! We will answer! We are to blame for everything! Forgive us, Lord! Grant us the King!
Are we out of our minds?
Having cleansed the Jews spiritually, accepting their sins before God as scapegoats, dressing up in their bloody dresses, we will now be forced to fulfill the role prescribed to the Russian people by the devil - to help the Jews set up their own Moshiach.
You can make mistakes, but you cannot remain silent. Made another tricky chess move on the prepared field. The game is played neatly and without further ado. You need a national dictator from among a spiritual person - you will have a spiritual dictator. A war is needed for this - there will be a war. You are waiting for the Russian Tsar - let's call him Russian for you, but you should expect from this “Russian” Tsar only Russian executions and a decisive battle with Orthodoxy from within.

5. Yuri Rassulin : Answer to 4., Pravdich:
2012-12-23 at 01:52

Dear Mikhail Pravdich!
Judging by the fact that you left your comment, this topic touched you. In this case, you have to be consistent to the end. First of all, give an answer to yourself, whether it is interesting to you or not, and how interesting it is. Perhaps your interest is superficial. Is it worth it then to "download the ether". If the interest is still serious enough, but not so much as to go to the archives or plunge headlong into memoir literature, in this case, it would be logical to trust an authoritative person in this matter. However, in choosing an authority, you should again be honest with yourself and with people. The Christian conscience prompts us to do this. And if we are honest, then we will give preference to the one who spent more work, intellectual and mental talents to understand this topic. If we are honest, we will not pay attention to other motives and other priorities of our sympathies. Only conscientious work, conscientious research should be in our field of vision. In this respect, attention is drawn to the works of those people who, firstly, have established themselves as an honest, principled person, and secondly, indeed, devoted part of their earthly life to a conscientious (namely conscientious) study of materials about Grigory Rasputin. Experts in this matter today are professional historians: Oleg Platonov, Sergei Fomin, Alexander Bokhanov, Tatyana Mironova, local historians and fellow countrymen of Grigory Rasputin - Vladimir and Marina Smirnov, writer Igor Evsin. These researchers are united by the similarity of conclusions and a positive assessment of Grigory Rasputin. They are opposed by a number of other authors, whose conclusions are opposite, in particular: E. Radzinsky, I. Smyslov, L. Miller. Everyone is free to choose those they like in accordance with their principles, with their own understanding of decency, honesty, and spiritual priorities.
The third option is to do all this work yourself, even if you are not a professional, but are eager to find out the truth. If you follow this path: receive the blessing of spiritually experienced Orthodox elders, work in the archives, collect testimonies of contemporaries, analyze the texts of memoirs, look up all the correspondence of the members of the Royal Family, look closely at that era, slowly, after long thought, weigh everything and come to clear certain, clear and understandable, first of all, for yourself, conclusions - then your position will have weight and value. I, a sinner, also went this way. The result of my efforts was the book “The Great Righteous Elder Passion-Bearer Gregory”. Actually, there, in this book, is a thoughtful, balanced, one might say, hard-won and fully formulated answer to all your and other questions.

4. Pravdich : Answer to 3., RodElena:
2012-12-22 at 17:17

Dear Elena!
Unfortunately, I personally did not deal with Rasputin, in the sense that I did not work in detail on this topic in the archives, did not thoroughly investigate the entire set of information and testimonies about this extraordinary person.
Nevertheless, I have heard testimonies of children and grandchildren, those who met with Rasputin or were close to the Royal Family. I received not entirely flattering reviews, along with positive ones. Honestly, for myself, I have not yet fully understood everything and may be wrong. But today the idealized image of Grigory Rasputin seems to me nevertheless hasty and erroneous.
I think that his daughter, Matrona, would have written about her father differently, if she had been sure of his holiness. Here they spoke a lot of unflattering things about Svetlana Alliluyeva, I think only because she told the whole truth about her father.
You are talking about the "written production of the brain." Unfortunately, what is attributed to Rasputin not only did not inspire me, but also did not make any particular impression.
But besides the "written products" there are other witnesses, for example, the face-face of a person - his mirror of the soul. In the guise of Rasputin, in my opinion, it is very difficult to see holiness, except perhaps with a particularly lofty perception.
But the words of the Tsar and Tsarina testify that they fell in love with Rasputin; they fell in love as a person from the people to whom they were striving so much, and even who had the gift of alleviating the suffering of the Heir.
Was this not enough for the unhappy parents? Nevertheless, the Tsar's Family had their own confessor, and in matters of politics, according to people close to the Tsar, Rasputin's influence was very doubtful.
Once upon a time I was ready to believe in Saint Gregory. I think that there is no need to rush on this issue, and here, apparently, our patriarchs are absolutely right: now living and deceased.
I repeat that I can be wrong and I would even be glad if my opinion turned out to be wrong.
Best regards, Mikhail Pravdich

3. RodElena : Pravdich
2012-12-22 at 15:34

Dear Pravdich!
I have never argued with you, because I have always agreed.
But on the question of Rasputin - and his murder, oddly enough, - the root of treason to the Tsar and the beginning of the end - I do not agree with you.
The personality of a person, his soul is revealed in the "written production of the brain" (as criminologists, experts, psychiatrists say when conducting psychological, handwriting, graphological and other examinations) For many years now, as a writer, I have received books by other writers and poets as gifts. It is enough to read a couple of pages to either send the book to the trash, or put it on the back shelf, or on the shelf next to the classics.
Rasputin is recognized by his books. Read it. Your heart will rejoice. Yours - for sure. But not everyone.
And with regard to Vyrubova's testimony, there are many questions. The main one is that the investigator usually writes in the protocol in his own words, and the interrogated usually does not argue with the investigator.
The main testimony in this difficult case is the words of the Tsar and Tsarina. Their relationship to Rasputin.
After all, you do not dispute the Apostle Peter, who betrayed Christ three times, do you doubt Paul? And in all those who fled without looking back from the Cross, when the Lord was still alive on it? Do not doubt the holiness of those who were afraid and abandoned God, knowing that He will inevitably die. They ran away. And you have no doubts.
But Rasputin did not run away. And he was not afraid of assassination attempts, or dirty gossip, or fabricated abomination. He was faithful to the end AS ANYONE and NEVER in the history of mankind, including the apostles of Christ.

P.S.
Only two Mary remained with the Lord until the end.

2. grandfather : regicide.
2012-12-22 at 14:05

Thank God that there were and are people like Anna Alexandrovna, but the sin for the murder of the tsar is still ours. Repentance of the people is necessary for the salvation of Russia. I want to put my verse on the site.

Regicides.

We were born at different times.
Months, years, centuries separate us,
But in the murder of the Passion-Bearer King
Everyone's guilty for sure.

Who was the same age as Nikolai
I heard about him, maybe even knew by sight,
I did not say against his death: "I object" -
He knew the truth, but still he was silent.

They believed the word of evil libel
And even they did not think
That the participants of the god of the covenant-
Where they shouted "Crucify Jesus."

Who was small and did not think at that time,
But he studied, he knew history,
Took a murder lie he was a burden
And he justified the murderers.

I was born during the war years -
Pioneer, Komsomolets, Party member,
Even though all the hardships fell on the shoulders,
I am the Tsar, after all, a murderer.

They covered our eyes with a veil -
We saw the distance of communism.
Bell towers and temples were destroyed -
Collected sins and sorrows.

There is no forgiveness - we killed the Tsar.
He is the anointed one of the Russian land,
We ruined both the Tsar and ourselves
And they came to disbelief in God.

Killing the priesthood everywhere
And the stage led to the camps,
Surpassed even Judas
The blood of the innocent was absorbed by the earth.

The stormy time has died down,
There are no tips already in sight.
Man, throw off the burden of unbelief
And go to repentance now.

Repent with tears of blood
Sweat so that it rolls like a hail with tears,
From the cradle you confess your sins
To forgive you the sin of murder.

Temples are open everywhere
Souls stretched out the monasteries,
After all, we are not Jesuits -
Have time to repent, look.

Only by repentance
Let's raise native Russia from our knees
And only confession of sins
Let's save her sick.

Let it become Holy Russia,
As it was in the old days.
Let's all rise to prayer
This is the only way to save the country.

1. Pravdich : The feat of Anna Taneva
2012-12-22 at 11:34

"In the spirit of the truth about the Anointed One of God stood the great prayer book for the Tsar - Elder Grigory Efimovich Rasputin-Novy. This man, whose spiritual power was experienced by many of his contemporaries, was a true messenger of God, an earthly angel for the Royal Family, as well as for the entire Russian People ".
It is said too loudly. To date, this statement has not been objectively confirmed. And the memoirs of eyewitnesses (including those close to the Royal Family and who knew Rasputin well), as well as archival data, testify otherwise. Although Rasputin was slandered, he was in fact neither an elder, nor a saint, nor a great prayer book for the Tsar of Russia. Olga Alexandrovna, the sister of Tsar Nicholas II, actually wrote about this. The article repeats obvious excesses, from one extreme ("holy devil" Pikul) rushed to the other ("slandered elder"). Probably close to the truth was St. Theophan of Poltava (Bystrov) in his definition of Rasputin. Yes, and Vyrubova herself, during interrogation about Rasputin, already speaks in a completely different tone, without a shadow of ezaltation, to which, unfortunately, she was inclined. Nevertheless, Anna Taneeva (this is more correct to call her) really deserves the greatest respect, love and respect and can serve as an example of sacrifice, loyalty to the Tsar and Russia. The personality is completely unique and wonderful, of which there is no reason to doubt!

A close friend, beloved maid of honor of the murdered Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, Anna Vyrubova incredibly quickly managed to win the trust of the sovereigns and easily penetrate the royal chambers. She, like no one else, knew all the secrets of the court, all the pain points of each of the members of the ruling family. Participation in tsarist orgies, a criminal relationship with Rasputin, conspiracy, espionage - these are just a small part of the sins attributed to her by her contemporaries. Who really was Their Majesties' favorite? What role did she play in the life of the Romanovs, and maybe the fate of the state?

Text: Julia Bekicheva

My beloved queen, my hope to the Mother of God ... of the offended Patroness, behold my misfortune, behold my sorrow. Help me, as if I am weak ...

After praying, the doctor got up from his knees and looked out the window. Parisian autumn faded. Charged the rains. Three days later, he is expected at a meeting of the Society of Russian Doctors, and after that he promised to visit the sick Merezhkovsky.

Monsieur Manukhin, you have a letter from Russia, - the maid put a puffy envelope in front of the doctor: “Dear Ivan, - wrote an old friend and colleague, - I hasten to inquire, how is your health? I am sending you the magazine "Years Past". I am sure that one of the publications in this issue will arouse your considerable interest ... "

The doctor put on his pince-nez and began flipping through the magazine he had sent. What article should it be? It didn't take long to guess. On the third page the headline was printed in large print: “Her Majesty's Maid of Honor. An intimate diary of Anna Vyrubova ”.

Ivan Ivanovich Manukhin remembered well how in 1917, at the invitation of the Provisional Government, set foot on the land of the Trubetskoy bastion of the Peter and Paul Fortress. His duties included observing, as well as drawing up medical reports on the physical and mental health of the prisoners. On one cold March day, the doctor heard the grinding of wrought-iron gates and the rude shouts of the convoy. A corpulent prisoner with an exhausted face entered the courtyard, leaning on crutches.

Who is this woman? - asked the assistant Ivan Ivanovich.
- That same Vyrubova. Approximate Empress. Quirky, slutty woman. Not far from the queen she left with the king. Why don't you know yourself, doctor? All of Russia is talking about palace atrocities.

Doctor Serebrennikov was appointed as the attending physician of the lady-in-waiting. Only later did Ivan Manukhin learn that, despite the severe injuries that Anna received during one of her travels by rail, she was kept in terrible conditions. The soldiers guarding the prisoner treated her with particular cruelty: they beat her, spat in the dump intended for Vyrubova, and talked about her numerous intimate adventures. Serebrennikov encouraged bullying. In front of the convoy, he stripped Anna naked and, shouting that she was dull from debauchery, slapped her cheeks. From the dampness in the cell, the lady-in-waiting caught pneumonia. Hungry and overwhelmed with fever, Vyrubova fainted almost every morning. For the fact that she dared to get sick, she was deprived of walks and rare dates with loved ones. The interrogations lasted four hours. The approximate Her Majesties were accused of espionage, interaction with dark forces, participation in orgies with Rasputin and royal persons. Over time, the commission of inquiry changed the hot-tempered and scandalous Serebrennikov to another doctor. It was Ivan Manukhin. When he first examined Anna, there was no living space on her body.

The doctor remembered this now, sitting in his Paris apartment and greedily swallowing the words printed on the pages of the "Maid of Honor's Diary" opened before him. Strange, but so far Ivan Ivanovich has not heard anything about this document.

From the "Diary":

“My father, Alexander Sergeevich Taneyev, held the prominent post of State Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of His Imperial Majesty Chancery for 20 years. The same post was held by his grandfather and father under Alexander I, Nicholas I, Alexander II and Alexandre III... My family and I spent six months a year in the family estate near Moscow. The neighbors were relatives - princes Golitsyn and Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich. From early childhood, we children adored Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna (the elder sister of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna). Once, having arrived from Moscow, the Grand Duchess invited us to tea, when suddenly it was reported that Empress Alexandra Feodorovna had arrived ”...

“The origin of Anna Taneeva (Vyrubova) alone determined her future fate,” wrote the editor of the diary in the preface. - She was among those who "wrote history." As a 19-year-old girl, in January 1903, Anna Taneeva (Vyrubova) received a code - i.e. was appointed city maid of honor, temporarily replacing the sick maid of honor Sofya Dzhambakur-Orbeliani. Sly and clever, Anna quickly gained confidence in the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, and she, despite the general discontent, appointed Anna Taneeva (Vyrubova) her regular maid of honor. "

The doctor remembered: the rumor did not spare either the empress or her new confidant. Even in the Imperial military medical academy, where Ivan Manukhin studied, gossiped about how the court nobility disliked the young Taneeva. The Empress Alexandra Feodorovna was accused of ignorance of etiquette: “Only the bearers of certain surnames can be brought closer to the court. All others, even representatives of the tribal nobility, have no right. " “She has the right only because she is my friend,” Aleksandra Fedorovna snapped, defending Taneeva. "Now I know that at least one person serves me for me, but not for reward." From that time on, Anna Vyrubova followed the queen everywhere.

From the "Diary":

“How, in essence, everything is awful! I was drawn into their life! If I had a daughter, I would give her my notebooks to read in order to save her from the opportunity or from the desire to get closer to the kings. It’s such a horror, as if you were being buried alive. All desires, all feelings, all joys - all this does not belong to you anymore. "

Doctor Manukhin could not believe his eyes. She couldn't write it! The "Diary" published in this newspaper, neither in style nor in tone, even remotely resembled the official memoirs of Anna Alexandrovna published in 1923 in Paris.

When Taneeva turned 22, Empress Alexandra helped her friend find what she thought was a worthy party - naval lieutenant Alexander Vasilyevich Vyrubov. Vyrubov was one of those who took part in the attempt to break through the blocked harbor of Port Arthur. The battleship Petropavlovsk, on which Vyrubov and his comrades were, was blown up by a mine and sank in a matter of seconds. Of the 750 crew members, only 83 managed to escape. Among the survivors was Anna Taneeva's future husband. In April 1907, the wedding ceremony of the maid of honor Anna Alexandrovna and Alexander Vasilyevich took place. The wedding was attended by Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna. They also blessed the young with an icon. On the sidelines royal palace and outside of it new gossip was born: “Have you heard? Empress Alexandra Feodorovna sobbed as if she were giving in marriage own daughter... Why would you? " From now on, Anna Alexandrovna could not be a maid of honor, since only unmarried girls could apply for this position.

From the "Diary":

“I don’t need affection from him, it is disgusting to me. Everyone says: “The Pope (Nicholas II. - Author's note) comes to you for a reason. After his caresses, I cannot move for two days. No one knows how wild and fetid he is. I think if he had not been a king ... no woman would have given herself to him for love. When he visits me, he says: “I loved one, I really caressed one - my canary” (as he calls Kshesinskaya). And what about the others? They kick like bitches. "

Anna Vyrubova could not write this Diary! He was all saturated with rudeness and cynicism that were not characteristic of her. Or has he, Ivan Manukhin, gone mad? Or was it wrong about it? “She also visited Nikolai's bed,” the words of the prison assistant recalled to the doctor.

A year after the Vyrubovs' wedding, rumors spread that Anna and Alexander Vasilyevich's life had not worked out and they had parted. How did the "Diary ..." explain this? Doctor Manukhin began to frantically flip through the pages again until he got to the right place.

From the "Diary":

“He (Orlov. - Approx. Author) was a widower, I - a grown girl... What happiness gripped us, but the first days of happiness had not yet passed, when Mom saw him on the mountain (Empress Alexandra Feodorovna - author's note) and fell in love with him. She took my dear from me. And when Solovushka (Orlov. - Author's note) was with Mom, she invited me to marry Vyrubov. My house has become a meeting place for Mom and the Nightingale. When Nightingale forgot his glove here, my husband, knowing about my secret love, brutally beat me. "

Doctor Manukhin pondered: he does not write about any secret love of Vyrubov in his official memoirs. He did not hear a word or a hint about Orlov from her and personal meetings... But the doctor remembered almost by heart all their conversations in the cell.

Exhausted, black from beatings, Vyrubova openly told him about her life:
- When in 1903 I temporarily replaced the old lady-in-waiting, who fell ill, the royal persons invited me to a joint vacation. We had children with us. Together with the Empress we walked, picked blueberries, mushrooms, and studied the paths. It was then that we became very friends with Alexandra Fedorovna. When we were saying goodbye, she told me that she was grateful to God that she had a friend. I also became attached to her and loved her with all my heart. In 1907 I married Vyrubov. This marriage brought me nothing but grief. Probably, all the horrors of the experience when the "Petropavlovsk" was sinking were reflected in the state of my husband's nerves. Soon after the wedding, I learned about my husband's sexual impotence, he showed signs of a serious mental illness. I carefully concealed my husband's problems from others, especially from my mother. We parted after one day, in a fit of rage, Vyrubov stripped me, threw me to the floor and began to beat me. My husband was declared insane and placed in a hospital in Switzerland.

And here is how Pierre Gilliard, the mentor of the children of Nicholas I and Alexandra Fedorovna, spoke about Anna Alexandrovna's husband: “Vyrubova's husband was a scoundrel and a drunkard. The young wife hated him and they parted. "

And again the bee hive hummed, the poison of the court gossip spread by the "rabble" spilled again. "The Empress Alexandra Feodorovna invited her friend to settle as close to the royal persons as possible." “Despite the family drama (wasn’t the marriage a cover for the tsar’s pleasures?), Vyrubova agreed to go with the empress on another voyage and slept with the tsarina in the same cabin.” "The Empress visits the false lady-in-law on a daily basis, and has determined a monetary allowance for her friend."

Only the lazy did not talk about the lesbian inclinations of Alexandra Fedorovna and Anna Vyrubova. Firewood was actively thrown into the gossip fire by the chamber-frau of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna Zinotti and the valet of Nicholas I Radzig. The latter drew attention to the fact that "Nikolai leaves in the evening to study, and they (the empress and Vyrubova - author's note) - to the bedroom."

“I did not have and do not have any doubts about the purity and impeccability of these relations. I officially declare this as a former confessor of the empress, ”said Father Theophan.

“I know who started the gossip. Chairman of the Council of Ministers P.A. For Stolypin, who does not want to lose his influence, it is beneficial to put the Empress, and most importantly, her environment in a bad light, '' Count A.A. wrote in his diary. Bobrinsky, well aware of Stolypin's deeds. "In fact, they say that the lesbian relationship between Empress Alexandra Feodorovna and Anna Vyrubova is greatly exaggerated."

Going over in memory scraps of conversations he had heard once, Doctor Ivan Manukhin revived Anna Alexandrovna's direct speech again and again:
- After I received a divorce, I did not have an official position. I lived with the queen as an unofficial maid of honor and was her personal friend. For the first two years, the Empress escorted me to her office through the servants' room, like smuggling, so that I would not meet with her staff maids of honor and arouse their envy. We whiled away the time reading, handicrafts, and conversations. The secrecy of these meetings gave rise to even more gossip.

“After a failed marriage with Vyrubov, Anna Alexandrovna found solace in religion,” Pierre Gilliard recalled. “She was sentimental and prone to mysticism. Lacking a special mind and discernment, she relied solely on emotions. Vyrubova acted not in selfish interests, but out of sincere devotion to the imperial family, out of a desire to help her. "

It was rumored in the public that Rasputin had "infected" Vyrubov with a passion for debauchery. Anna, in turn, tied the queen even more tightly to her. Close to "Mom" in soul and body, Anna Alexandrovna could inspire her with any thought, encourage her to any act. This was allegedly used by the elder Rasputin. By manipulating Vyrubova, he ruled over the empress herself, and therefore the sovereign himself.

Former ladies-in-waiting, courtiers willingly shared with those around them information about how the false lady-in-law "kissed the elder, and he patted her on the thighs, hugged her, licked and pinched, as if calming a playful horse."

It did not escape the gaze of the courtiers that now Rasputin, Vyrubova-Taneeva and Empress Alexandra began to meet in the house of Anna Alexandrovna in three.

From the "Diary":

“I said to Mom: - He is extraordinary. Everything is open to him. He will help Little (Tsarevich Alexei. - Author's note). We must call him. And Mom said: - Anya, let him come. This is ... God's will be done! "

If you believe not the Diary, but the memoirs published by Vyrubova herself, everything was different:
- The web was woven by those courtiers who tried to receive benefits from Their Majesties - through me or in some other way. When they did not succeed, envy and anger were born, after that - idle talk. When the persecution of Rasputin began, society began to resent his imaginary influence, everyone disowned me and shouted that I had introduced him to Their Majesties. It was easy to blame a defenseless woman who did not dare and could not express her displeasure. They, the mighty of this world, hid behind the back of this woman, closing their eyes and ears to the fact that it was not I, but the Grand Dukes with their wives who brought the Siberian wanderer to the palace. A month before my wedding, Her Majesty asked Grand Duchess Militsa Nikolaevna to introduce me to Rasputin. Grigory Yefimovich entered, thin, with a pale, haggard face. The Grand Duchess told me: "Ask him to pray for something in particular." I asked him to pray so that I could put my whole life in the service of Their Majesties. “It will be so,” he replied, and I went home. A month later, I wrote to the Grand Duchess, asking Rasputin to ask about my wedding. She replied that Rasputin said: I will marry, but there will be no happiness in my life. "

From the "Diary":

For the sake of historical truth, I must say: Rasputin was a simple wanderer, of which there are many in Russia. Their Majesties belonged to the category of people who believed in the power of prayer of such "pilgrims". Rasputin visited Their Majesties once or twice a year. They used it as a pretext for the destruction of all previous foundations. He became a symbol of the hatred of all: the poor and the rich, the wise and the foolish. But the loudest shouted were the aristocracy and the Grand Dukes. They chopped off the branch on which they themselves sat, - she told the doctor, and later wrote in the official memoirs of the maid of honor of Their Majesties.

After the revolution, Anna Alexandrovna was repeatedly arrested and interrogated. In the summer of 1917, the Medical Commission of the Provisional Government, headed by Ivan Ivanovich Manukhin, established that Anna Vyrubova had never, with any man, had an intimate relationship. In the absence of corpus delicti, the beloved maid of honor of the empress was released. Fearing to be arrested again, she wandered around friends' apartments for a long time. In 1920, together with her mother, Anna Vyrubova illegally moved to Finland, where she was tonsured in the Smolensk skete of the Valaam monastery. In 1923 she published a book of memoirs in Russian (the book was published in Paris). The authenticity of "The Maid of Honor's Diary", published in the journal "Past Years" in 1927-1928 and sent to Dr. Manukhin in Paris, has been questioned by many critics and scientists. Presumably, "Diary ..." was a social order of the new government, carried out by the writer Alexei Tolstoy and the historian Pavel Shchegolev. Vyrubova herself has publicly denied her involvement in the Diary ... The Maid of Honor died at the age of 80 in Helsinki. With her death, disputes about the role of Anna Taneeva (Vyrubova) in Russian history did not stop.

Anna Vyrubova

Maid of honor of Her Majesty

"Diary" and the memoirs of Anna Vyrubova

Here is a reprint of a book published in 1928 by the Riga publishing house "Orient". The book consists of two parts - the so-called "Diary" of Anna Vyrubova, the maid of honor of the last Russian empress, and her memoirs.

Vyrubova's "Diary" was published in 1927–1928. on the pages of the magazine " Days gone by"- supplements to the evening edition of the Leningrad" Krasnaya Gazeta ". O. Broshniovskaya and Z. Davydov were named as those who prepared this publication (the latter is mistakenly given a female surname in this book). As for Vyrubova's memoirs, they were not published in our country, only small excerpts from them were published in one of the collections of the series “Revolution and Civil War in Descriptions of White Guards,” published by Gosizdat in the twenties.

For a long time there have been many legends and speculations around the name of Anna Vyrubova. The same can be said about her notes. If Vyrubova's memoirs, entitled Pages from My Life by the author, actually belong to her pen, then the Diary is nothing more than a literary hoax. The authors of this socially ordered hoax were the writer Alexei Tolstoy and the historian P. Ye. Shchegolev. It should be noted that this was done with the greatest professionalism. It is natural to assume that the “literary” part of the case (including stylization) was performed by A.N. Tolstoy, while the “factual” part was developed by P. Ye. regime ".

The book "The Lady-in-waiting of Her Majesty" was compiled and commented by S. Karachevtsev. Publishing "Diary" and Vyrubova's memoirs under the same cover, he subjected them to significant reductions (this is especially true of "Diary"). However, a book comparing these works as a whole will undoubtedly be of interest to today's reader, who will be able to draw his own conclusions from this comparison.

It must be said that the further fate of Anna Aleksandrovna Vyrubova was accompanied by speculation. Back in 1926, the Prozhektor magazine reported the death in exile of a former lady-in-waiting, “a personal friend of Alexandra Feodorovna,” “one of the most ardent admirers of Grigory Rasputin.” The recently published (1990) Soviet Encyclopedic Dictionary carefully says that Vyrubova died "after 1929". Meanwhile, as it became known, under her maiden name (Taneeva), the former maid of honor of Her Majesty lived in Finland for more than four decades and died in 1964 at the age of eighty; She was buried in Helsinki at the local Orthodox cemetery. In Finland, Anna Aleksandrovna led a secluded life, retiring in a quiet forest corner of the Lake District, for which, however, there were quite good reasons. Firstly, fulfilling the vow given before leaving her homeland, she became a nun; secondly, many emigrants did not want to communicate with a person whose name was compromised by the mere mention of Grigory Rasputin next to the name.

Hieromonk Arseny from the Novo-Valaam monastery, which is four hundred kilometers northeast of the capital of Finland, found out detailed details of the last decades of A.A. Vyrubova-Taneeva's life.

For many years, the former maid of honor worked on her memoirs. But she did not dare to publish them. They were released on Finnish after her death. We think that over time this book will also come to our reader.

A. Kochetov

The chariot of time rushes in our days faster than the express, The past years go back into history, grow into the past, drown in oblivion. However, the inquisitive human mind cannot reconcile with this, prompting us to extract from the darkness of the past at least some fragments of the past experience, at least a faint echo of the echo of the day that has resounded. Hence - the constant and great interest in historical reading, which has grown even more in our country after the revolution; she has opened numerous archives and made accessible corners of the past that were previously forbidden. The general reader has always been much more attracted to acquaintance with “what was” than with “what was not” (“the invention of the writer”).

V tragic story the collapse of a powerful empire, the personality of the maid of honor Anna Aleksandrovna Vyrubova, nee Taneeva, is inextricably linked with the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, with Rasputin, with all the nightmare that enveloped the court atmosphere of Tsarskoe Selo under the last tsar. Already from the published correspondence of the tsarina it was clear that Vyrubova was one of the main figures of that intimate court circle, where all the threads of political intrigue, painful fits, adventurous plans, and so on, crossed. Therefore, the memories of the maid of honor Vyrubova are of vital interest to all circles.

About her family and how she got to court, Vyrubova writes in her memoirs:

My father, Alexander Sergeevich Taneyev, held the prominent post of Secretary of State and Chief Executive Officer of His Imperial Majesty's Chancellery for 20 years. The same post was held by his grandfather and father under Alexander I, Nicholas I, Alexander II, Alexander III.

My grandfather, General Tolstoy, was the aide-de-camp of Emperor Alexander II, and his great-grandfather was the famous Field Marshal Kutuzov. The mother's great-grandfather was Count Kutaisov, a friend of Emperor Paul I.

Despite the high position of my father, our family life was simple and modest. In addition to service, all of it vital interest was focused on family and favorite music - he occupies a prominent place among Russian composers. I remember quiet evenings at home: my brother, sister and I, sitting at a round table, were preparing our lessons, my mother was working, my father, sitting at the piano, was engaged in composition.

We spent 6 months a year in the family estate "Rozhdestveno" near Moscow. The neighbors were relatives - princes Golitsyn and Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich. From early childhood, we children adored Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna (the elder sister of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna), who pampered and caressed us, giving us dresses and toys. We often went to Ilyinskoye, and they came to us - on long lines - with their retinue, to drink tea on the balcony and walk in an old park. Once, having arrived from Moscow, the Grand Duchess invited us to tea, when suddenly it was reported that Empress Alexandra Feodorovna had arrived. The Grand Duchess, leaving her little guests, ran to meet her sister.

My first impression of the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna refers to the beginning of the reign, when she was in the prime of her youth and beauty: tall, slender, with a regal bearing, golden hair and huge, sad eyes - she looked a real queen... The Empress showed confidence in my father from the very first time, appointing him vice-chairman of the Labor Aid, founded by her in Russia. At this time in winter we lived in St. Petersburg, in the Mikhailovsky Palace, in the summer at a dacha in Peterhof.

Returning with a report from the young Empress, my father shared his impressions with us. At the first report, he dropped the papers from the table, the Empress, bending down quickly, handed them to her very embarrassed father. The Empress's extraordinary shyness amazed him. “But,” he said, “her mind is masculine - une téte d'homme.” First of all, she was a mother: holding in her arms the six-month-old Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, the Empress discussed with my father the serious issues of her new institution; rocking the cradle with the newborn Grand Duchess Tatyana Nikolaevna with one hand, she signed with the other business papers... Once, during one of the lectures, an unusual whistle was heard in the next room.

What kind of bird is it? the father asks.

It is the Sovereign calling me, - the Empress answered, blushing strongly, and ran away, quickly saying goodbye to her father.

Subsequently, how often did I hear this whistle when the Emperor called the Empress, the children or me; how much charm was in him, as in the whole being of the Emperor.

Mutual love for music and conversations on this topic brought the Empress closer to our family. I have already mentioned the high musical talent of my father. It goes without saying that with early years gave a musical education. My father took us to all concerts, to the opera, to rehearsals and during performances, often forcing us to follow the score; the entire musical world has been with us - artists, bandmasters, - Russians and foreigners. I remember that PI Tchaikovsky just came to have breakfast and went to our nursery.

We, girls, were educated at home and held an exam for teachers at the district. Sometimes, through my father, we sent our drawings and works to the Empress, who praised us, but at the same time told her father that she was amazed that Russian young ladies did not know either the economy or needlework, and were not interested in anything but officers.