Daria Menshikova biography

Barbara blushed, not knowing what to believe more - the cruel words of the king or the predatory brilliance in his eyes. But Peter resolved her doubts. There was a soft sofa in the corner of the room .. for illustrative purposes. In the year, Agafya Eliseeva, the wife of the Tsarskoye Stolnik and the Yakut governor Mikhail Afanasevich Arsenyev gave birth to a girl, who was dubbed Barbara.

Barbara was not born in cold Yakutia, but in Moscow, in the Arsenyev house, which was located in the carriage of the current Hermitage Garden. At the time of the birth of his daughter, his father was absent on the sovereign’s affairs, and when he turned up and for the first time he saw Varenka, he said with sadness: “Horbath is not a gorbat? Varenka, really, because of the birth injury, the back was a little curved.

Nevertheless, both the father and mother were adored the daughter. In the year, when Varenka was six years old, the mother gave birth to another daughter. The pink peanut, screaming and drooling, could not think that the sister would become for her through the life of a guiding star and the closest person. The priest did not stint on the education of daughters: the best teachers were invited to Barbara, Daria and the eldest daughter Aksinya, including foreign ones.

If the beauties Daria and Aksinhu were taught for the most part, dancing, then the Gorbunyu -Warvar - reading, writing, history. In the year, when Varvara turned 16 years old, and Daria - 10, his father sent the sisters to the village of Preobrazhenskoye, where they became indoor girls of the summer princess Natalya Alekseevna, the youngest and beloved sister of Emperor Peter I.

Tsarevna Natalya Alekseevna. At the court of Natalia Alekseevna, a meeting took place, which determined the fate of both Arsenyev sisters. It happened in the year. Sovereign Pyotr Alekseevich found out that the palace of his beloved sister in Preobrazhensky is in improper condition and entrusted his closest ally, the summer scorer of the Preobrazhensky regiment Alexander Menshikov to make an assessment of possible repairs on the spot.

Menshikov arrived in Preobrazhenskoye and Barbara, who was already 22 years old by that time, Alexander Danilovich did not look, but yes the girl was not necessary. Barbara, who had an outstanding mind, has long realized that she should not count on her hump and far from the most pleasant appearance. But her sister Daria could well go out for the "chick of Petrov's nest", which gives the greatest hopes.

Noticing Menshikov’s “tendency” to Daria, Barbara in every possible way contributed to the development of these relations, for which Alexander Danilovich was very grateful to her. Portrait of A. Menshikov in Holland, year. Soon Menshikov introduced the Arsenyev sisters to the sovereign himself. Peter Alekseevich Daria liked very much, and he made her his metress. Alexander Danilovich, for nothing that Daria was considered the bridegroom, was completely not against this, on the contrary, he encouraged the king in every possible way.

Interested in the sovereign and a humpbacked barbarian. Yes, it was not distinguished by beauty, however, a living mind, the gift of the word and education of the maid of honor forced Peter I to take a closer look at Barbara. Menshikov and other contemporaries, Peter's sudden passion to Gorbun did not surprise: everyone knew about the sovereign’s interest in all kinds of uglings and deviations.

This is how Admiral Nikita Petrovich Wilboa described the origin of the relationship between Peter and Varvara Arsenyeva in his memoirs: “Peter loved everything extraordinary. And then he threw her on the sofa and fulfilled his promise. "In OM, a married couple moved to a just chic palace, now known as Menshikovsky. Menshikovsky palace. Varvara was allocated in the palace, which even got its own name - Barvarine wards.

Peter I was a frequent guest in Menshikovsky Palace and went to Barvarina. By rumors, the sovereign, by old habit, did not deprive Daria Mikhailovna, the legitimate wife of Alexander Danilovich. The brightest prince managed to engage in his daughter Maria with the summer emperor Peter II, Varvara Arsenyev, as his own martyr with Alexander Danilovich, was appointed Ober-Hofmeisterin of her niece-state bride, received several villages with peasants.

The bulking Menshikov lost influence on the wayward emperor, who was in full swing of the worst enemies of Danilych - the princes of Dolgorukov. Chaplygin, Lipetsk region. Ranenburg Chaplygin. There was no decree on the arrest and exile of Varvara Arsenieva, however, the woman decided to share a harsh share with her beloved sister and her family. With Menshikov’s convoy, which consisted of hundreds of a supply with all kinds of good, Barbara reached the wedge only.

Here, the convoy was caught up by the courier Shusherin, who handed the decree to the Menshikovs who accompanied the Menshikovs on the separation of his own martyr Prince Barbara Mikhailovna from the disgraced family.The woman should be delivered to the Assumption Monastery in the Alexander Sloboda and imprisoned her in the monastery. The reason for such a sharp change in the fate of Varvara Mikhailovna was her activity with letters.

Even before sending a convoy to Ranenburg, Arsenyeva sent several letters to influential nobles and members of the imperial surname, begging them to prevent reprisals against Menshikov. Dolgorukovs and Osterman could not forgive this. Captain Pyrsky personally delivered to Varvara Mikhailovna to the Assumption Monastery. As soon as she was imprisoned, Arsenieva wrote letters to the influential ladies of her time, including Tsarevna Ekaterina Ioannovna.

The prisoner begged to free her from imprisonment, explained that she, like a maid of honor, was unbearable to be in the monastery. Varvara Mikhailovna put expensive gifts to her messages, but all her efforts were in vain. The text of the letter was not preserved, however, the Spanish ambassador de Liria was accurately conveyed to it - "If Menshikov is not returned to power, then things will never go well." Dolgorukovs initiated the search for the author of the letter.

The daredevil was not found, however, during the investigation it turned out that Barbara Mikhailovna, locked in the monastery, was still sending letters to both capital and eager to be released. Menshikovs were exiled from Ranenburg to Birch Siberian province. Before her death, the woman "cried out eyes" - blinded by grief. Daria Mikhailovna Menshikova Arsenyeva.

Regarding Varvara Arsenyeva, the following order signed by Peter II was given: “Send to the Belozersky district to the Goritsky girl’s monastery and there to cut her off at a non-commissioned officer that she would be lucky, and to command her to be unusual there, and to look at her so that no one would go to her and from her and she would not write letters from her.” Everything was performed exactly.

The tonsure of the exiled lady was watched by a non-commissioned officer named Verevkin. Varvara Mikhailovna Arsenieva ceased to exist, and instead of her appeared a nun Barsonofiya. The life of Barsonofia in the monastery was difficult. The “initial mother of Athanasius” and four nuns attached to her in every possible way threwed hernic group, moreover, a hunchback.

The woman lived in a basement, where the light had difficulty with difficulty. Freeding Freilin, who loved the fun, free life of Freilin, could not stand such changes in her life. Varvara Mikhailovna often began to get sick, and a year later she died in the Goritsky Monastery at the age of 53. So there was the fate of the woman, whom Emperor Peter I himself once "made" himself, but only this did not bring her happiness.