Аннотация: Day of National Unity and another Karamzinius at the Kosti-NF radio station. A story.
Day of National Unity and another Karamzinius at the Kosti-NF radio station. A story.
Mr. Wintertund, second deputy general director of the Kosti-NF radio station, was sitting in his office-room, waiting for the water to boil in the electric kettle. The main boss is away. The first deputy has a day off.
A printout of a miniature lay before Mr. Wintertund. The Livonian War mentioned in the miniature: 'After the Livonian War (1558-1583), a significant part of the Baltic area, including the territory of modern Estonia, fell under the control of Sweden. - The territories were ceded (transferred) to Sweden by the armistice (truce) of 1583). "
'It turns out,' Mr. Wintertund began to develop the idea, 'after the annexation of Novgorod Republic to the Moscow principality in 1478, Moscow had access to the Baltic Sea. - Those same primordial Baltic lands of Veliky Novgorod ... The Livonian War ended not well, not well ... ".
Mr. Wintertund looked at the electric kettle. At this time, the cell phone rang. It was a phone call of general director - from distant lands.
- When was the University in Vilna established? (By whom - I am not asking about ... It's not a telephone conversation ...).
Mr. Wintertund started to formulate the answer. ('It's good that he don't ask about the university in Krakow...'). But at that time, the words were heard from the cell phone:
'His Excellency loved songbirds
And he took under the protection of pretty girls! "
Mr. Wintertund realized that the boss was out of the communication zone.
It's a strange call.
Mr. Wintertund decided to test his knowledge and looked at Wikipedia.
Wikipedia reported that the university (collegium) in Vilna was founded in 1570 by the Catholic bishop Walerian Protasewicz. ("Born not far from Minsk ... The member of schlachta from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania?"). In 1579, the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Stephen Báthory, at the request of Bishop Walerian Protasewicz and other high-ranking officials, signed in Vilna, the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, a privilege by which the collegium was transformed into the Universitas Vilnensis Societatis Iesu.
Pope Gregory XIII on October 30, 1579, by a bull confirmed the privilege of King Stephen Báthory. (Mr. Wintertund shook his head).
"During the Livonian War ..." - Mr. Wintertund was reflecting philosophically.
At that moment, a special telephone apparatus rang in Mr. Wintertund's office - from those devices that stood only in the offices of the top managers of the Kosti-NF radio station, and whose phone handsets were never picked up.
The pace of events immediately accelerated, as if a movie was being played back at fast speed.
Mr. Wintertund immediately summoned a journalist who had previously served in the Volga region, and now specializes in stories about geography and the history of various interesting places. It was assumed that the listeners would hear all this, they will acquire a new knowledge and someday will go there ..
The journalist immediately appeared in Mr. Wintertund's office.
From the desk drawer (the left, second from the top) Mr. Wintertund took out a package. The package contained a dark mantle and a black square cap.
The mantle and cap were put by Mr. Wintertund onto the journalist who entered.
- You are awarded the title of Karamzinius! - Mr. Wintertund solemnly announced. - Congratulations!
The journalist bowed deeply.
- It's enough, enough ... - Mr. Wintertund stopped the journalist. - I wish you success!
The journalist headed out of the office.
'Bows low.... As it was earlier in the East ... ", - Mr. Wintertund assessed.
He took a few steps around the office-room and turned on the radio tuned to the Kosti-NF radio station.
Karamzinius began the radio program. The Day of National Unity is approaching. And we remember how the Russian state was saved.
Mr. Wintertund listened approvingly, adding sugar to good Indian tea with lemon.
The dramatic era of the Time of Troubles, which brought the country to the brink of national catastrophe, ended well. The Romanovs came ... In 1755 Moscow University was established ... It is considered as the oldest university in the Russian Empire ...
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October 31, 2020 20:50
Translation from Russian into English: October 31, 2020 22:21.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский 'День народного единства и еще один Карамзиниус на радиостанции Кости-NF. Рассказ'.