Peter the Great in my town: a frame of history
Let me begin my essay by saying that I like my old town, Vologda. It is so beautiful. I like to study history and also, I like to draw different monuments of architecture. I was interested to know that such a great emperor as Peter I has a connection with the history of our town. Did Peter I really visit Vologda a few centuries ago? In this essay I will try to answer this question.Firstly, the exact number of visits to Vologda by Peter I is unknown. It was previously believed that there were only five of them, now the number seven sounds in some sources. Nevertheless, these visits imposed their imprint on the old town. For example, one of the popular architectural monuments is the House of Peter. It is located on the bank of the river Vologda, in a quiet cozy place. I have never been to this museum, but I have drawn it and read about it in various sources. It is known that almost three hundred years have passed since that visit. In the House-Museum of Peter I you can still see unique things related to his name, these are the clothes of the emperor, and the glass cup of Alexander Menshikov, and interior items. Here you can also get acquainted with the historical reference to the Petrovsky house, as well as see numerous photographs of the museum and the square, taken more than a century ago. Here is just a small selection of photographic materials from the museum and modern pictures of the Petrovsky house and the square near it. The collection of orders and commemorative medals is extremely interesting. Among them: an award-winning enamel portrait of Peter the Great, decorated with precious stones; Order of St. Andrew the First-Called and other medals.Secondly, it is interesting to know that with a height of 2 meters 4 centimeters Peter possessed disproportionately small legs and a narrow chest. It is enough to look at Peter's clothes presented in the museum. Looking at the costume of the statesman, many museum visitors are surprised that the emperor was rather slim.However, it has been proved, if during a visit to Vologda in March 1724, Peter I and his wife did not stay in the house of the "foreign woman Goutmansha", then there would be no museum in honor of the emperor, and the Vologda Museum - the reserve would not celebrate its 135th anniversary in 2020. After all, the history of the museum-reserve began.In conclusion, I would like to say that I am proud of living in thetown where there is such asignificant monument of architecture. I will definitely visit this unusual place and continue studying the history of my native town because it is so interesting and informative.