Copy of Фролова Мария

Peter the Great

For the inhabitants of Karelia, including me, the personality of Peter I is significant. The history of the Karelia is inextricably linked with the name of the founder of Petrozavodsk.
The first Russian Emperor spent a total of two weeks at the Petrovsky Factory. Historian Alexander Pashkov considered that Peter came to the Lososinka mouth seven times in the last years of his life. Mineral springs helped him. There are four known visits of the emperor to Martial Waters.
There are legends around Peter's stay in Petrovsky Sloboda. According to them, Peter communicated closely with the holy fool Thaddeus, a saint who lived in the forest. Peter let him into his palace. In 1724, their last meeting took place, during which Thaddeus predicted the imminent death of the emperor. At first, Peter got angry and ordered to imprison the holy fool. Later Peter realized that the words of the elder were a prophecy. The emperor sent a letter with a request to release Thaddeus and assign him a lifelong pension.
When Peter came to Petrovsky Sloboda for the first time in 1719, he had nowhere to stay. The next year, they built a wooden palace.
The palace is full of secrets. Until now, it is impossible to say exactly when it was built, who was its architect, there are no drawings and documents about the beginning of construction. You can't even tell what it looked like.
Walking along the embankment of Onega, I often involuntarily wonder where this house could be. Once, having reached the monument to Peter the Great, I looked into his eyes and realized that everything is simple: for curious people like me, Peter points to the place where his house was built, with his right hand. Peter enjoyed the view of Onega and the pier from the window of the palace.