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MOLODCHESTVO

    1842
  
      Sveaborg, an old Swedish fortress, once a menacing, scattered on the rocky islands, protecting a passage to Helsinki - the capital of Finland. Reid, his deep and comfortable, the entrance is narrow and lies between the rows of heavy batteries. After that, left the fortress with all the port fortified buildings. All of them are old-type and applied to housing on the need to give shelter to the naval brigade. Sailors stationed in cartwright on the block shifah order arranged, and a small part of the islands. Trade is the most miserable. Herring yes Tobacco - "Anchor" and "Forget-Me" very sneaky. Then the smoke pipe. Bakery is also not good, so that all were taken from Helsingfors. The officers were placed in the wings, or dungeons, converted into housing, long and endless. The kernel of centralization was the wing, "verb", built in the form of the letter "G". It happened every officer disgrace and outrage. Drunkenness was universal. We drank, of course, vodka anise, and who sometimes bought richer Kanka, a flask in three bottles, Madeira and sherry burning properties are not worse than the Sobolev (Yaroslavl). Officers' Club was here in Gustavus overthrow. It danced. Twice a month were given bad concerts and vile concoction for lunch. Going to go public is always pehturoy, because the whole city had only one governor's coach, deliver, and brought honor women. The island is small, but still charges were for two hours, and we are sinners in the days of sleet and rain Take the club to orderlies. My brother and I lived in the new wing. This building was comfortable, although also with a through-corridor and a strong wind blowing.

   

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"To be hanged, he will not drown" - says the proverb. So it happened to me. I loved skating. Here are just prolong the raid with ice as smooth as a mirror, as comes to me, my comrade and friend Euler and Midshipman von der Recke. Let us flee to Helsingfors breakfast. Ran. Stepped onto the ice, thin and flexible, it's almost a wave bent under his feet, but because they decided not to run next. Suddenly my belt and unbuttoned his safety strap began to fall under the horse. I stopped and corrected the injury and only made two or three Jaunty step to catch up with friends - fell through the ice. Popped up, I start trying to get out of the polynya, but the ice bends sharply and I feel that I start to grow heavy. Fortunately, the fellow looked around and saw me in the hole, ran up. Euler guessed the first, neatly rolled up my stick behind him Recke did too, and then, laying her flat on the ice, I let my weight over a larger area, and God helped me to get out, and I tumbled headlong back into Sveaborg. Way was 12-15 minutes. Upon reaching the shore, icy, threw his coat, who stood upright on the snow, untied skate, immediately abandoned them and ran home. My hands cracked and bleeding, behind the ears was the same. My brother Nikolai Petrovich met me in horror, but, recovering himself with joy that he was alive, nothing else is found better, how to roll on me 2 cups of rum. Soon I was drunk, became cheerful, and went to sleep. Slept until 7 pm and woke up as a disheveled, as well as night club dancing, he took a bath with a sweatshop all waltzes, polkas, and gallop, sparing me from any complications to get a fever, typhoid or something else. Since I quit skating, and did well.

    On Shrove Tuesday staged a mountain. All the best society gathered to skate. In this case, I too was a whale. Planted almost on the fly lady on the front sled and go down quickly, the right to arms, and legs - was a kind of chic. Here I took captive fat lady, whose husband had asked her to ride. As a sin, something turned up on the strong side of the mountain and I cheburyhnul my first fat woman on the ice, and then into the snow. Rear katalschik sledge could not resist and drove her feet and the rumpled enough. But, of course, poisoning substances and Ohoven was not the end. Captain 2 rank Tsypit Admiral Balka said that I did it on purpose, and Deputy fun, I sat through the whole Pancake Day in the guardhouse. The Court was, as you see a prompt and fair.

    And in general Sveaborg was some inveterate port. It was said that at the time of Alexander the Blessed was there such a theft, that in cases of port archive is the testimony of one superintendent ekipazheskih stores, de so many rats were divorced in thereof, and these beasts even ate a brass cannon 8-inch caliber. There were also stories and such: just ate a live rat sentry with a rifle and ammunition, going back to the waterhole. And that is a lot of rats in our time, then I bear witness that, for standing guard at Sea Gate, saw the whole dense gray mass moved from one gate to another store, but time did not touch.

    Who had lived in Sveavorg, he certainly knew or heard of "Goldfish". Lived there for a contractor merchant Sinebrukhov, and it was him who said, niece, and who - his natural daughter. But that's not how it is, he had, and that the girl was marvelous beauty. Brunette with a marvelous black eyes and nose so delicate, slender, flexible, in a word - charm. So who among youth it was not in love! Make offers all sorts of lieutenants and warrant officers, but since it was a homeless beggars, though beautiful and stately, merchant chased all lovers of the yard. But not once breathed the love - it is necessary at this time. But because sufferers are constantly walking by her window for a walk and catch a wonderful view. And there, in front of the house, stood a well, on the outskirts of which rested in love suffering body, and when someone walks by, he directs his attention to decorum in a dark deep hole. "What are you doing there - wondered if only the head - that you lost it?" - "I look at the goldfish," - replied the officer. The pretext was a moral, but because there was no further conversation. Finally, the "Goldfish" married to the commander of the frigate Strukova. Then she became a brilliant lady, but God did not give her happiness soon Strukov died and the widow moved to Helsingfors.

    Once the lieutenant MM Filippov was gathering began to go through all Sveaborg, and when it came to "Goldfish", then someone said: "No, now our brother, and she does not want to see. No one takes, and get to know her is impossible." - "And why not, keep betting that it is possible." The same is repeated, and my friend LL Euler. "But that boast, - cried all midshipmen and leytenantstvo - expel the neck of fools - and the whole thing here." The dispute has gone from bad to worse. Struck a bet on three hunk of Madeira, port wine and vodka. We had to act. And we decided to do so - put on uniform and on a fine Sunday sailed to Madame Strukova, walked briskly to the door bell, came - dismayed, were deliberate. "But that, - I say - we will go, and I'll say:" Allow me to recommend my friend Euler, and you in turn will say - "I represent hierarchy". "We were allowed to enter. Released lady, not embarrassed, we repeated the conditional speech. She laughed sweetly. cheer, once we told her about our bet, not to mention its quantity and quality, doubled in laughter, then he had real proof that it took us to accurately and not chased. "But, gentlemen I see you people are happy, tomorrow I will meet some young lady will also be familiar from Sveaborg, but because they had to drink tea and have some fun. "All that we were very hands on. Next day we had a very nice in her time, and since Sveavorg morning everyone already knows what to do inhabitants, the bet was won and drinking in the merriest club.

    In the same Helsingfors wintered about 7 years ago, the 16 th the crew, with the commander of Rimsky-Korsakov and later director of the Sea Cadet Corps. A ship called the "Kotsbah, but as officers in the crew was almost completely drunk, then got the nickname" Floating tavern. " Auditor on board was Lieutenant Alexander S. Esaulov also not a fool to drink. Here again, Rimsky-Korsakov Esaulova planted along the carriage, and are they going to Skatuden to inspect work on the ship. It was autumn. Passing the city of Korsakov, being familiar with all the aristocracy of the city, bowing to the countess Armfeldt. Esaulov sits and takes up visor cap. Goes another lady, the same bow Korsakov and immobility Esaulova, goes a third and fourth. Finally, when the carriage came across on the fifth lady Korsakov much displeased, and, turning to Esaulovu, asks, "Who was the first lady, which I bowed as your friend?". The answer was: "Prosvirnya, and the second dyachiha, and the third wife of the skipper, and all of them I give my courtesy, my ladies, you are worshiped." - "Well, go off of the stroller and whip me in the mud!" And threw our Alexander Semenovich to the next puddle.

    Winter has passed, it is time to weapons, working in the port began to boil, the pleasant smell of tar melted caressed his nostrils in the absence of other, better flavor. I was appointed to the 25-gun brig "zeal", and his brother on the ship "ox." Brigham commanded the beautiful but austere commander Vasily S. Nelidov, sailor learned a long time navigating the inventory the White Sea, and now consist in the detachment of Captain rank 1 Franzevich Michael Reynard - superior inventory of the Baltic Sea and Finnish archipelago.
   
    Detachment was also the schooner Meteor, Lieutenant-Commander Sidensker Karl Karlovich it commanded a lot of rowing barges and two boots. This whole expedition went out of Kronstadt, where we followed the arms and out on the raid. Brig "Zeal" was an old ship, tembirovannoe after Navarino battle, but because of the underwater part of it becomes part flow. Laid for the lack of dry docks brig on board to strip the keel, but somehow, and blundered. He, heart, passed through the center of gravity and does not want to get up. Yes flowed sideways, the water rushed in, and then he stood up willy-nilly, but only sank! It's a shame it was Nelidova. But put the pump, caught up with the people, the whole crew, and pumped in 30 hours. But all the rats survived from the hold, and there were quite a few.

    Went to sea early, was terrified to sleep in the cabins very raw. But whereas the rheumatism is not molested. We were sat in the brig Reineke, but we soon went ashore in Borezunde, where he always lived, and themselves went to sea, and there engaged in offshore survey - business is very dull and stupid, which consists in the fact that they threw into the sea every lot Five minutes left turn. Promakav it that way for three weeks, returned to the Reynard to the island. Here was another lesson - to compute different yes soundings from the boat. In short, we executed the heads of serious training.

    But there were moments of laughter. Schooner "Meteor" and brig "Ohta" Captain Karjakin also masters opisnogo affairs, stood together. By evening, we often slid to swim, but because the boat two brigs and schooners rowing briskly, overtaking each other. At Meteor, was also my friend and my dear childhood friend of the officer class midshipman Dmitri Z. Golovachev, later adjutant and commander of the royal yacht "Power" (8) and the Guards, was called it even in case "barn" because ever layalsya and joking. Who did not know him only in the Navy, as a joker and a gallant officer until the end of life. Sometimes, as soon gather in Kronstadt and St. Petersburg, now Shawky undress naked and well, dance, sing and dress different tricks. Here we are going to swim, caught sight of two boats finca, boating only women so girls. Caught up with them, Golovachev was standing stark naked, briskly directed four side by side with the woman's boat, jumped into it, making a terrible commotion and plop down into the water head against! The women gasped, but all went well, and we all have to rush to bathe.

    Although the pair have already everywhere in Europe there was no novelty, but we do not like it Menshikov. And because funds were shooting the most antediluvian. The fact that the steam barge would have done in a week, we had to rowing, sailing to produce in two months, and the voyage of the Argonauts fragile - boats and barges - had been bitter. When Autumn comes in the dead sea to return to Kronstadt, killed the boat people, but it was uneasy. AS Menshikov bank coffers, and then of his savings had been established Emiritelnaya Booking Navy Department with the fund of 12 million, as they say, at 14. And for that thank you!

    Captain Reynard was a clever man, but sickly, jaundiced, all suffered stomach and hypochondria were the first magnitude, zany, often put on an important scientific view of the deep thinker, spoke slowly, ending that feels "stupid in the head and dryness in the intestines." My brother lived with him two summers, and unforgettable friend of mine Porphyry A. Green. He even lodged with him, and so studied all the ugliness reynekovskoy life, made a description of his life from hour to hour. This manuscript has been truly remarkable, wandered among his friends and then disappeared. They say that it has acquired a well-known maritime historian our Theodosia F. Veselago, and being an admirer of Michael Franzevich, hid at home. But I do not think she was killed. Veselago too clever judge pamphlet, to destroy it.

    The point he was shooting accurately and pedantic, but this does not prevent him from bothering us before the bitterness. He was an ill-mannered, but curious, careful, led the magazine as his bitch Ed (in Finnish - pike) was of puppies each year, how many lived and where darilos and to whom. He watched over by wild ducks, too, caught them while they were young, that is, at the nest. Males and females put on foot silver rings and the second year, found that the couple flew from far back in the old place and got a new ring. Were beasts with seven and eight chevrons. Raised seal, making their home, like dogs, but did not achieve the results the commander of Reval lighthouses - General from lighthouses Paul Mironavich Baranova, whom they had lived for years in his garden pond, slept in his office and returned, being thrown into the sea. Baranov, fishermen have come to and say: "Catch us bad, but that's because the seal lived on the shore with you, leave them alone, darling, help me burn." In the experience of Baranov knew that seals returned from afar, and therefore gave their request, and seals thrown in Nargan island in the Gulf. Four days later they were at home. A house was on Baranova Revel forstate where seals come from the sea pehturoy, lurking in the grooves of the city. My Captain VS Nelidov introduced me to the Admiral, and I saw myself as going to the pond, the old man clapped his hands under the water, and suddenly the smart faces of these creatures emerges, sniffing, crawling to the shore and, hobbling on their swimming feathers, walked him to the house , getting jumps on the stairs.

    Besides seals have Baranov was more then pigeon-mail. He gave his young boarders, lighthouse keepers, and when she was some accident sea, the birds brought him news, and he took his orders mating pigeons.

 8) In 1885, Bogolyubov in Paris, painted "Yachts" Power "and" Fun "(at the opening of the Sea Canal in St Petersburg)." Now - in TSVMM.

Save your work still quite young (17-years old) Bogolyubov, related to the time described in these chapters is the diary of events: «Fight 12-gun Luger wide, under the command of Lieutenant NF Metlin with the Greek 60-gun corvette" Scholtz "in Monastery Bay (the island of Paros) July 27, 1832. 1841. Oil on canvas. 39 x 60 cm Central Naval Museum.