The book by Dmitry Miropolsky "The Secret of the Three Sovereigns" became a bestseller even before it was published in print. The Komsomolskaya Pravda website published chapters from the work, thanks to which it quickly became famous. The author of the novel successfully combined several literary genres. There are real historical facts here: those that are known to many, and those that are known to a few. Here you can also see a detective line, even a thriller and some fantasy.

The writer has long been studying history in general and the history of the city of St. Petersburg, which is reflected in his book. Dmitry Miropolsky presents to the attention of readers three important representatives of the authorities of the Russian state - this is Tsar Ivan IV the Terrible, Emperors Peter I and his great-grandson Pavel. The events of the book take place in the 16th-18th centuries, respectively, with the time of their reign.

It all starts with a chance acquaintance between a historian and a former secret service officer, but it was this meeting that led to many of the events described in the book. The life of the three rulers of Russia turned out to be interconnected. If you analyze a lot of facts, you can see something in common, a secret that many tried to find out, getting very close, but could not solve it.

In the novel, the tsar and emperors appear in a somewhat different light than is customary to think about them, based on the data of history textbooks. Ivan the Terrible is not a tyrant who senselessly kills people, but a highly educated person who was able to unite the Russian lands. After reading new facts about the sovereigns of Russia, you can get answers to your questions, change your mind, understand the actions of the rulers, and not condemn them.

The plot makes unimaginable turns, captures and does not let go until the very end. However, it is recommended to read the book in doses in order to have time to realize everything stated. The novel also highlights contemporary issues, the ending will give the desired clue and be very unexpected.

The work was published in 2017 by the Komsomolskaya Pravda publishing house. On our site you can download the book "The Secret of the Three Sovereigns" in fb2, rtf, epub, pdf, txt format or read online. The rating of the book is 3.2 out of 5. Here, before reading, you can also refer to the reviews of readers who are already familiar with the book and find out their opinion. In the online store of our partner you can buy and read the book in paper form.

20
june
2017

The Secret of the Three Sovereigns (Miropolsky Dmitry)

ISBN: 4620016291948
Format: FB2, eBook (originally computer)
Miropolsky Dmitry
Release year: 2017
Genre: Historical detective
Publisher: Komsomolskaya Pravda
Russian language
Number of pages: 576

Description: The greatest secret of all times and peoples is rooted in the depths of centuries.

It was touched by biblical prophets and apostles headed by Andrew the First-Called, Russian sovereigns Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great and Paul, great writers and scientists, famous warriors and politicians.

While people struggled over its solution, the millstones of history ground more than one nation and more than one empire.

Now the time has come for the chosen ones, who will reveal the secret to all mankind and drastically change the course of world history.

It will happen in our Russia, in St. Petersburg.

Here and now.

Add. information: Age restrictions: 12+

09
May
2017

The Secret of the Three Sovereigns (Miropolsky Dmitry)

Format: audiobook, MP3, 128-167kbps
Author: Miropolsky Dmitry
Release year: 2017
Genre: Levashov Vladimir
Publisher: Komsomolskaya Pravda
Artist: Historical Detective
Duration: 16:22:01
Description: As the title of the book suggests, the main intrigue plays out around
Russian rulers: Ivan IV (the Terrible), Peter the Great and Paul, his great-grandson. The young historian studies the activities of these kings and discovers a lot that unites these outwardly completely different people who lived in different eras. I must say that the book contains so many different facts from the history of...

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Release year: 2017
Genre: Historical detective
Publisher: Radio "Komsomolskaya Pravda"
Musical accompaniment: continuous musical accompaniment with sound effects
Artist: Vladimir Levashov
Duration: 15:14:50
Description: The greatest secret of all times and peoples is rooted in the depths of centuries. It was touched by biblical prophets and apostles headed by Andrew the First-Called, Russian sovereigns Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great and Paul, great writers and scientists, famous warriors and politicians. While people struggled over its solution, ...

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Duration: 09:16:09
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Format: audiobook, MP3, 96kbps
Author: Fred Vargas
Release year: 2011
Genre: Detective
Publisher: Don't Buy
Artist: Kirsanov Sergey
Duration: 05:30:20
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The Case of the Three Emperors (Fred Vargas)

ISBN: 978-5-389-00132-9
Format: FB2, OCR without errors
Author: Fred Vargas
Release year: 2008
Publisher: Inostranka
Genre: Detective
Russian language
Number of pages: 272
Description: A mysterious murder takes place in Rome, the victim of which is an influential Parisian publisher. One of the possible explanations is a long-brewing conflict in the family of the victim. Another alleged trail leads to the vast, not fully explored archival funds of the Vatican Library. The French lawyer Valence, a virtuoso of detectives, believes that he has solved the mystery of the crime. However, the second murder forces him to look at de...

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Format: audiobook, MP3, 192kbps
Author: Jack Finney
Release year: 2011
Genre fiction
Publisher: The Black Box Publishing
Artist: Igor Knyazev
Duration: 12:27:31
Description: Almost 30 years after the release of the cult novel "Between Two Times", obeying the persistent requests of hundreds of thousands of fans of the book, J. Finney writes a sequel, which he barely manages to complete shortly before his death. Time traveler Sai Morley this time needs to go to the beginning of the twentieth century in order to accomplish the incredible…

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oct
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Format: audiobook, MP3, 128kbps
Author: Bushkov Alexander
Release year: 2013
Genre fiction
Publisher: You can't buy anywhere
Artist: Zaborovsky Yuri
Duration: 02:03:03
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Genre: Fantasy, Comedy fiction
Publisher:
ARMADA: Alfa-kniga Publishing House; Moscow
Russian language
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Release year: 2012
Genre: Detective
Publisher: You can't buy anywhere
Artist: Zaborovsky Yuri
Duration: 03:28:23
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Author: Jack London
Artist: Kirill Grebenshchikov
Genre: novel
Publisher: Studio ARDIS
Number of pages:
Playing time: 14 hours 14 minutes
Description: The main character - Francis Morgan - the son of a deceased millionaire, a born aristocrat. It all starts with the search for the treasures of the founder of the family - the formidable pirate Henry Morgan, then an unexpected meeting, an unexpected capture, liberation, pursuit, treasures, a village of Lost Souls with a beautiful queen ... The action takes place almost continuously, the heroes, not having time to get out of one unpleasant situation. ..

08
May
2011

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Format: audiobook, MP3, 64 kbps
Author: Jack Finney
Release year: 2011
Genre fiction
Publisher: DIY Audiobook
Artist: Igor Knyazev
Duration: 12:27:31
Description: Almost 30 years after the release of the cult novel "Between Two Times", obeying the persistent requests of hundreds of thousands of fans of the book, J. Finney writes a sequel, which he barely manages to complete shortly before his death. Time traveler Cy Morley this time needs to get to the beginning of the twentieth century in order to make an incredible ... Beginning -

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Publisher: You can't buy anywhere
Artist: Koziy Nikolay
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Author: Vladimir Shigin
Release year: 2016
Genre: Adventure
Publisher: Veche
Russian language
Number of pages: 352
Description: A new book by the famous Russian seascape writer Captain 1st Rank Vladimir Shigin is dedicated to the campaign of the Russian squadron in the Mediterranean Sea in 1827-1830 and their victory at Navarino, as well as the military operations of the Russian army and the Black Sea Fleet in 1828-1829 on Balkans and Caucasus. Among the heroes of the book are Emperor Nicholas I, Rear Admiral Heiden and L...

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ISBN: 5-87964-006-X, 5-87964-005-1, 20th century. Fascism
Format: FB2, eBook (originally computer)
Author: Joachim K. Fest
Release year: 1993
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Aletheya
Russian language
Number of pages: 314+419+445
Description: "Now Hitler's life is really unraveled," one of the popular West German newspapers stated in connection with the publication of I. Fest's book. The leaders must correspond to the messianic expectations of the masses; some kind of sacrament of appearance is necessary. Therefore, the newly appeared messiah is best to emerge from the nebula, sparkling like a comet. It is no coincidence that they were so carefully guarded ...

Dmitry Miropolsky

The secret of the three sovereigns

He had no desire to rummage

In chronological dust

Genesis of the earth:

But the days of the past are jokes

From Romulus to the present day

He kept it in his memory.

Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin

I myself was a speck of dust in the composition of the huge instruments with which Providence operated.

Prince Nikolai Borisovich Golitsyn

The less true a story is, the more enjoyable it is.

Sir Francis Bacon

I have no interest in anything unless it contains two kills per page.

Howard Phillips Lovecraft

1. Dirty detective

On the day of the number pi Major Odintsov was not going to kill anyone.

Strictly speaking, he had not been a major for a long time, he found out about an unusual date by accident and, moreover, he did not have such a habit - out of the blue to deprive people of life. But go ahead: in broad daylight, you laid down two people at once right in the center of St. Petersburg, and what to do now is a big question ...

On a dank black morning on March 14, Odintsov, as always, arrived at work at about half past seven. He got out of the car and noted with disapproval the icy mounds peeking out from under the snow here and there, like blots of hardened office glue.

“A C grade cleaning,” Odintsov said aloud; in the old bachelor habit he sometimes talked to himself. - Cleaning for three.

In the old park, red lanterns blurred the predawn darkness. Black trees scratched the sky with the spider legs of branches. Piercing gusts of wind knocked out a tear. Odintsov kicked the ice that had turned up, wrapped his jacket and moved towards the frozen bulk of the Mikhailovsky Castle. At the service entrance, he briefly shook hands with the guard, dropped the usual: “How are you?” - and heard the same traditional: "No incident."

Odintsov worked as deputy head of the security service of the museum located in the castle, and now he turned out to be in charge - the head had the flu at home.

However, the temporary increase did not break the usual routine. In the office, Odintsov changed a cozy jumper and jeans for a shirt with a tie and a dark gray suit, and laced high boots for shining shoes. Before eight, he still had time to consult the work journal in order to refresh his memory of the upcoming business ...

…and the day began. Briefing and divorce of the guards, the report of the night shift, fuss with documents, phone calls, a meeting ... Everything is as always, the usual routine.

Odintsov allowed himself his first cigarette only after dinner. Of course, he could smoke in the office - who would say a word? But order is order. If you want to ask others, ask yourself first. That's how he was taught. Therefore, Odintsov smoked on a common basis, where it should be.

The newspaper lay in the smoking room on the sofa - you see, one of the guards left it. Odintsov flipped through it briefly while his cigarette was smoldering. A flurry of advertising, old jokes, illiterate crossword puzzles, distorted rumors, boring horoscopes - a one-time mess for softened brains ...

... but one article nevertheless attracted the attention of Odintsov thanks to the illustration - Vitruvian Man Leonardo da Vinci: in the middle of the text in a large drawing, a shaggy muscular man, inscribed in a circle and a square at the same time, spread his arms to the sides. Odintsov skimmed through the first paragraph.

March 14 is the most unusual holiday in the world: it's International Pi Day! In Western countries, they write the month number first, and then the day, so the date looks like 3.14 - that is, like the first digits of an amazing number.

Further, the author informed Odintsov that the magic constant was known to the ancient Magi, who used it in the calculations of the Tower of Babel. The magi did not make such a big mistake, and yet the colossal structure collapsed. For ease of calculation, the number pi- the military is taken for three exactly! - Odintsov remembered the words of the teacher from the long cadet past. But the wise King Solomon, the newspaper continued, managed to calculate pi much more carefully - and built the Jerusalem Temple, which had no equal in centuries.

The article mentioned Einstein, who was lucky to be born on the Day of the pi, and Archimedes, who managed to determine the millionths of a constant. The ending sounded pathetic.

Today, more than five hundred billion digits of pi have been verified. Their combinations are not repeated - therefore, the number is a non-periodic fraction. Thus, pi is not just a chaotic sequence of numbers, but Chaos itself, written in numbers! This Chaos can be depicted graphically, and besides, there is an assumption that it is reasonable.

Dmitry Vladimirovich Miropolsky

The secret of the three sovereigns

The members of the organization, simply referred to as academicians, were a separate source of pride for the general. In the state, of course, there were only BESs who received a substantial increase in officer pensions. But the status of the Academy as a public organization gave enormous opportunities to Psurtsev, which allowed active employees of any law enforcement agencies to be in its ranks ...

... and one of these employees was Saltakhanov, a blue-eyed brown-haired man of about thirty-five, who settled down on a guest sofa in the reception room.

When the secretary invited him to the general, Saltakhanov complimented her perfect hairstyle, thanked her for the coffee, and entered the dim office.

“I wish you well,” he said.

“And you won’t be sick,” Psurtsev answered simply, shaking the guest’s hand. - Sit down, let's talk.

The General's grip was steel. Despite his sixty-somethings and absolute gray hair, Psurtsev was in excellent shape. It was rumored that his track record included not only armchair victories, but also solid combat practice: the general's official biography was full of significant failures.

Tall and broad-shouldered, slightly overweight, the owner of the cabinet sat down at the negotiating table, nodding Saltakhanov to a seat opposite.

- It's like that. We have two "two hundredths," Psurtsev said without preface and fell silent, waiting for the guest's reaction.

Saltakhanov's heart skipped a beat. He did not have a chance to fight, but everyone knows that the dead have been called the “cargo of two hundred”, or simply “two hundred”, since the war in Afghanistan. In the official language of reports - irretrievable losses of personnel. Only Saltakhanov has something to do with it? What does this have to do with him?

Psurtsev is a celestial being, a man from a legend. Saltakhanov saw him only twice: the first time at a gala evening, when he received the badges of a member of the Academy, and the second time here, in the mansion, at a working meeting. Why did the general urgently summon him? It seems that the public organization solves quite peaceful tasks. Where suddenly "two hundred"? Saltakhanov was at a loss.

“Yes, Comrade General,” he said.

“Don’t be surprised,” Psurtsev advised. - First of all, the flu killed people worse than a machine gun. Secondly, it’s not worth it to drive the same ones on assignments all the time - everyone should have a chance to excel. Thirdly, the matter is delicate, and we are talking about the honor of the uniform. Fourthly, the matter is especially important and it is impossible to entrust it to anyone. And I made information about you. Nickname - Khan, it is understandable. Khan Saltakhan ... The only Chechen in the St. Petersburg bureau of Interpol. An exemplary officer, impeccable service, excellent operational and analytical skills, excellent memory, good physical fitness, awards, promotions, and so on, as expected, up to your women ... And what did you think? Again, you have experience working with museums through Interpol, which can also come in handy. Are you savvy?

“Not yet,” Saltakhanov answered honestly.

– Ha! We know it, - the general suddenly cheered up, - because I haven’t really said anything yet. Do you remember our charter? "One of the primary conditions for ensuring the security of the nation, the Academy considers constant interaction with leading scientific organizations and leading scientists from various countries." This is where we interact. What do you know about the Rosicrucians?

- Well, - Saltakhanov hesitated, - in general terms ... These are Masons, right?

Psurtsev thoughtfully rubbed the old scar on his chin.

- Okay. What you need right away - I’ll tell you verbally now, you’ll find the rest yourself in search engines or in the library.

The general's speech made a strong impression on Saltakhanov - including the abundance of information that Psurtsev easily operated on, and the names of celebrities that sounded strange in his performance.

A few years before the First World War, the general said, a Russian lodge of the Knightly Order of the Rose and Cross appeared in St. Petersburg - that is, the Rosicrucians. Later, the local Masonic lodge really joined them. However, both are not the same thing. Rosicrucians consider Freemasons to be excessive pragmatists, and Freemasons reproach Rosicrucians for an excess of mysticism.

– The Rosicrucians were really engaged in scientific research in half with mysticism, – Psurtsev got up. - Occultism was generally in vogue then, Berdyaev wrote about this. Therefore, in addition to the Masons with the Rosicrucians, quite well-known people huddled, and even directly joined the order. Poets Tsvetaeva with Pasternak, for example. Or the director Eisenstein with Chekhov for company ... Chekhov is not the one who is the writer Anton Palych, but the one who is the famous actor, Mikhail. By the way, have you heard Lunacharsky? Later he was in charge of culture in the first Soviet government. Also there. Scientists, engineers - everyone was enough there.

Boris Zubakin.

Jacob Bruce.

The general stepped inaudibly on the Turkmen carpets that covered the floor. Behind the sloping skylights, early twilight was gathering, and in the endless study, only a table lamp and a scattering of small decorative light bulbs on the ceiling burned. False light and the shadow of Psurtsev sliding along the walls added to the story of theatricality.

The main Petersburg Rosicrucian, said the general, was Boris Zubakin. The surname is Russian, but in general he is a descendant of an ancient Scottish family. Zubakin's ancestors appeared in Russia among other foreigners invited to serve, and flourished during the time of Peter the Great.

How about Pushkin? - Seizing the moment, Saltakhanov inserted a remark and broke off under the heavy gaze of the boss. - In the sense of the black arap, Peter was brought from Africa, and then he became Russified ... And Pushkin was born to his descendants ... Alexander Sergeevich ...

He realized that it was better not to interrupt, but to be silent and listen. The general waited until this belated thought reached Saltakhanov, and confirmed:

- Yes, like Pushkin. So…

Rosicrucians explored humanity as a single organism that produces all sorts of values ​​- moral, cultural and scientific. Under the guidance of Zubakin, the St. Petersburg branch of the order studied Slavic mythology, Jewish Kabbalah, medieval philosophy, theosophy, archeology, and so on. Quite a colorful set and, as they say, harmless visibility on the surface. And by and large, only Zubakin himself knew the serious essence. Probably, this knowledge was passed down through the Scottish line, from ancestors to descendants. He ciphered something in his notes, but kept the main thing in his head.

“Zubakin was arrested for the first time in the early twenties, already under the Bolsheviks,” said Psurtsev. “They were either badly interrogated, or they simply didn’t know what to ask. They crushed the ribs, did not find out anything, spat and exiled to hell. But not too far. Because in the thirty-seventh they took it again. And Comrade Stalin was already personally interested in the investigation. Especially after the connection of Zubakin's ancestors with Yakov Bruce came up.

“This Bruce,” the general stopped, “not only was Peter the Great’s favorite, but he was also a first-class warlock. Either a scientist like Leonardo da Vinci, or a sorcerer, or both at once ... Have you heard about the Sukharev Tower in Moscow? Also the work of Bruce, he organized a secret laboratory there. Such miracles were told about this laboratory - wow, what are you! And in the thirty-fourth year, on the personal instructions of Comrade Stalin, the tower was destroyed. Why do you think?

- Did you build a subway? Saltakhanov cautiously suggested. - I don’t know ... They laid new avenues, or it began to fall apart, so they demolished it.

- The Sukharev tower was not demolished. It was carefully taken apart brick by brick. Because they were looking for Bruce's archive. They searched for his records, the same Black Book of the warlock. But they didn't find it. But they remembered Zubakin, whose ancestors were connected with Bruce.

Comrades from the authorities understood, Psurtsev continued, that Zubakin knew something. They understood that there is some ancient secret that the Scots brought to Russia and pass on from generation to generation, and even through several lines, so as not to lose it. They tried to find out from Zubakin - to no avail. He told them one thing: I believe, they say, in the immortality and cosmic significance of the human spirit, which is the essence of the psychic principle. The soul, they say, is immortal not only mystically, but also physically, since its basis is Light, with a capital letter. And therefore, they say, the Rosicrucians are the Knights of Light.

“In short, the Chekists got tired of this Zubakin worse than a bitter radish,” Psurtsev summed up, “and at the beginning of the thirty-eighth they shot him to hell. And then the rest, who were swept along with him. Then how was it?

The general fell silent for a moment, and then suddenly recited, enjoying Saltakhanov's surprise:

In prison - one way
(And who didn't know her?):
Sloping up the stairs
From the cell to the basement.

- These are Zubakin's poems. Not tired yet?

- No, no, - Saltakhanov hastened to answer, - I'm listening.

- Well, listen further. As they say, Zubakin is dead, but his work lives on. Fifty plus years later, the Rosens—that is, the Rosicrucians—appeared again. They opened something like a scientific circle called the Lectorium Rosicrusianum. We know the matter, the authorities immediately took them under control.

What about research?

- Well done, - Psurtsev praised, - you think. Knights, these newcomers, let's cross science and mysticism again. Again they started the mura that Zubakin brought to the investigators: the cosmic soul, cosmic light, and so on. Now watch. Since they are conducting research, it means that information is needed. Access to the archives is needed, to the same documents that were confiscated from them in 1937, to Zubakin's records... It's the beginning of the 1990s, the Soviet Union has already collapsed, the KGB has been abolished, there is a big mess all around. Where are the documents and records? With us and with our colleagues on the Committee - here and there, but in good hands. The system didn't go anywhere! The organs are as they were, as they are! And gradually, gradually, we fed this brethren. Here, the Academy came in very handy: the Rosens seem to interact not with the bloody KGB, but with a respected public organization. After all, I have collected BES from different departments: from the KGB, from the police, from the GRU ... A complete international! And most importantly, everyone is happy. Lord knights get what they need, and we are always in the material. They are just about to sneeze, and we already have a handkerchief at the ready.

The general fell silent again, and Saltakhanov used the pause.

- Allow the question? You said that Zubakin knew some ancient Scottish secret, and the Rosicrucians ... the Rosens worked with it. Have you managed to find out what this secret is?

- That's just the point, that is not present, - the general again sat down opposite to the guest. - We ourselves could not find out anything, because there were no inputs. Or there were too many, which is the same thing. But the Rosens didn't seem to know exactly what they were looking for either. They dug in a dozen directions at once. Have you heard about distributed computing?

Saltakhanov shook his head, and Psurtsev continued:

- This is such a technique for computer scientists. Suppose there is a task that requires very complex calculations. Trillions, trillions and trillions of transactions. You can, of course, charge this case into an ordinary car - and let it puff. But if, for example, the enemy's encryption is intercepted, one cannot wait until Morkovkin's spell. Suddenly, during this time, the enemies will shy away with nuclear missiles? We have supercomputers - one, two, and miscalculated. Not enough for everyone. Means what? You use distributed computing. You split your task into a million small tasks, each of which can be handled by your laptop or my secretary's computer, on which she plays solitaire. And instead of one supercomputer, a million ordinary ones work over the network. They give answers, and you just have to sum them up. This can also be done by a normal machine. Whack! - and the result is ready. The nation is safe.

“I’m leading to this,” Psurtsev explained, “that it’s a similar story with the Rosens. They themselves do not understand their main task. Encryption - it is encryption. But they have set an algorithm and defined a field of activity - albeit a very wide one, but still limited. Therefore, the roses are still solving small problems. And in the end, the sum of the results will give them - and you and me! - the answer to the question: what kind of secret is this Scottish?

The general interrupted the conversation, called his secretary on the intercom and ordered to make coffee. Soon there were woven napkins with the Academy logo on the table. On top of the lions and unicorns, the owner of the model hairstyle placed an antique silver service: cups, a vase with oriental sweets, a sugar bowl and a large coffee pot of an unusual shape. Its glossy sides were covered with an ornament of flowers and Arabic ligatures.