Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

The spring of 1798 will soon pass, and the Solovyov family now has a younger sister.

When naming the child, the old baron was at a loss, and it was unclear how he was struggling among a large number of Russian names. Even if he closed his eyes and used darts, he should have made up his mind.

Today, Solovyov also has a cousin, Veniamin. It is really unexpected that naming is so difficult.

Another reason is that it is true that you want to name yourself, but sometimes you have to look at the church. If the child is born on a certain day, such as the anniversary of some Christian martyrs, such as around Easter, there may be more people named "Praskovya", which comes from the ancient Greek "παρασκευ", especially before Easter.

But it doesn't matter if they choose a simpler name. The old baron has no idea. His young wife wants to name her after her eldest cousin's maiden name. In the meantime, the couple's beliefs are different. When it comes to baptism, the priest may really make a decision.

Fortunately, Solovyov's station is in St. Petersburg, and his family still has money to hire doctors and midwives to deliver the baby.

And after hearing the news, the eldest brother quickly called back.

But if he followed his idea and named the second sister, because of different beliefs, there is no need to follow the anniversary of martyrs and patron saints. There are already several times when the name "Praskovya" can be named, and there is more than one martyr.

And a young officer who always puts books like "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" on the bookshelf is unlikely to completely follow the church's rules.

Besides, there are some elites in Russia, but it is hard to say which one is the elite.

Of course, there is another point. Most girls will get married in the future, and there is no need to worry about the patronymic issue of the child. The in-laws should just not give their sons random names.

It’s just that the old father has his own ideas outside, but he is always like this when he comes home, which makes Solovyov helpless.

“Yulia, go get the dictionary. I have thought about how to name my sister, but it has to be more formal.”

Then, he wrote out Полина. His stepmother wanted to name her Ross, but because her husband insisted that his son come back before making a decision, it also delayed a lot of time.

"As for the meaning, the name Polina comes from a French name. It may be pronounced with one less а, but it is the female transliteration of the name Paul, and our emperor's name is Paul Petrovich."

"Mishenka, you still make the decision."

"Dad, you are the head of the family, and you have to take care of business matters. I can't do that."

This is a tribute to the Tsar. If it is a tribute to the crown prince and the crown princess, it will be much simpler, and Solovyov doesn't need to look up the dictionary to explain the etymology.

Just change a letter or apply it.

The reason is that the old baron has a big problem, that is, it is really difficult to choose a name.

And Russian men, in addition to those who beat their wives, there are also those who are afraid of their wives. I don't know which physical law it belongs to.

Although she is a French noble lady, Solovyov's stepmother Amy is not a Parisian, let alone a provincial. She came from the West Indies and is more or less wild, so she can control her husband. Then, when the tutor was not around, she played with her stepdaughter, who was not that much older than her.

To outsiders, this family was quite strange.

"When your sister grows up, let me hug her."

"Yes, she is only this little, Yulia, you and your brother, everyone, grew up slowly from such a small thing."

Then, the baroness looked at her stepson and asked the questions that were often asked in the letters in the past.

"Misha, don't you have a girl you like yet? If you do, I'll go and see her carefully in a few days."

They still gave up the question of address, but in this way, such a stepmother is really caring.

With Solovyov's status, if he could be promoted to a major officer before the age of 25, he could almost lead a battalion, or work hard to become the chief major of a regiment, or act as the head of a regiment. It can be said that he has a bright future and is rich, a potential stock.

Then, this guy was still reluctant to talk more about the issue of finding a wife. He could foresee that the war was about to start.

"At this time, if you hear any news in Petersburg, don't believe it too much except for the final confirmed reports from abroad."

At least you don't need to learn a foreign language to speak at home. It's been so long since she came to Sevastopol when she was still Miss de Rivery and met the old baron at General Ushakov's residence. She has been learning Russian and trying to adapt to here.

Maybe for her, although the upper class in Russia speaks French, she fell in love with an old country gentleman who retired and returned to his hometown, and lived in the countryside more often. It was because her stepson was in Petersburg that they finally decided to come here from their hometown in Ryazan.

If she knew that this kid had the eyes and courage of a thief, but didn't dare to have the heart of a thief, she didn't know how to laugh.

Anyway, in Paris, this matter would not be a big deal. If it was when Cardinal Richelieu was still the prime minister, maybe the queen of Louis XIII would have found a lover.

But the housework of this little stepmother urging marriage is indeed quite interesting. Fortunately, when the baroness came to St. Petersburg for the second time, she stayed at home most of the time. When the child can be handed over to the nanny in a while, she will start to move.

At the same time, General Bonaparte's army was in Marseille and Toulon. The 40,000 combat troops and the main ships of the French Mediterranean and Levantine fleets were ready for an expedition.

And there would always be a delay in the arrival of news in St. Petersburg.

During this period, Solovyov could not ask for leave from the head of the regiment, because their old head of the regiment only spoke Russian. There were officers from abroad present. If they did not speak Russian well, they had to bring an interpreter.

So he spent more time in the barracks, but he had a single room in an officer's dormitory on the upper floor of the pharmacy, where he began to prepare for the translation work.

First of all, the preface, the people who went to Kyakhta to buy books last year, now finally went back and forth to Siberia, bought things back, and when they arrived in Irkutsk, they had to exchange money for physical goods, trade in Kyakhta and the trading city, and then return to Irkutsk, and then it was the return journey.

Now, this book is on his desk, but his time is limited, and he only got a complete set of several famous works, which is very complete in content, but there are many stories in it, which actually need to be revised.

After all, according to the Jiajing edition, in the transition stage to Mao's comments, the content of many books is really poor.

As for publishing the serialized content of this book, he considered publishing it in a newspaper affiliated with the "Petersburg News", but it is still a bit difficult to do this.

Moreover, he will go to war in a while.

He then went to 17 Nevsky Avenue, where Count and Countess Stroganov were, and they warmly welcomed Solovyov’s visit.

"You came to us, Misha, it must be about literature and art, not anything else."

"That's right, Mr. Count, you know, my book has finally arrived. But I have to pay attention to one problem, that is, to understand the historical background now, a lot of annotations are needed, otherwise it will be difficult for readers to understand."

"Then you can make preparations early and get the background information ready first. But if the legion is mobilized, it may not be so easy."

"What have you heard in the court recently?"

"Lord Huisworth of Britain is back, and he is trying to influence the emperor through diplomats. But based on what he has done before, the emperor is unlikely to agree to the British request."

"Compared to this, we are more concerned about the palace. Thank you very much for being a 'doctor'. Your Highness is in good health, and those recuperation methods have worked." The Countess interrupted at this time and pulled the topic back from diplomacy to the palace.

"The donkeys near Petersburg may be in trouble, but we need to give birth to more donkeys, otherwise there will not be enough."

"Yes, many manors are now raising donkeys, and they have to import them from the Turks."

Speaking of Turkey, we can think of donkeys, Egypt and Avanti. After all, the story of Avanti first appeared here, and then went back east to spread on the Silk Road.

At this time, what Bonaparte is doing is much more important than using donkey skin to make donkey-hide gelatin. It is not the countess's fault. She is more in social occasions and her focus is on the court. In the future, when she gets the title of court lady, she will give this qualification to her mother and get approval.

"The next time Turkey goes to war with the Turks, I am afraid they will restrict the donkey skin trade with us."

Hearing this joke, the count and his wife also laughed. It is true that Turkey is facing huge pressure from Russia. If they rely on themselves, they will be completely suppressed. They can only rely on the power of countries outside the region.

The British needed someone to contain Russia's expansion to the south, while France needed someone to contain Russia's power and prevent them from focusing on the west.

During the empress's period, Russia's main national policy was still towards men. Her goal had always been the grand "Greek Plan", but her time was really limited, and the revolution that broke out in France caused the monarchies on the European continent to turn their attention to the republic against France.

Out of vigilance against the Directory after the French Republic, Russia actually kept its military forces against the western border and the Danube direction. The goals of the monarchies were still the same.

Just when Solovyov went to No. 17 Nevsky Avenue for discussion, Nelson's fleet had reached the waters near Sardinia and Corsica, but he was really unlucky. He encountered a storm on the sea near Bonaparte's hometown. Many warships were seriously damaged and could only find ways to repair them on the spot. As a result, he passed by the French vanguard fleet. As for the subsequent transport ships, because of Nelson's fleet deployment problems, they were all released.

At this time, Paris and Madrid may know the above problems the fastest. On the contrary, because the ships in London have to pass through Gibraltar before reporting to the country, the news is delayed compared to the straight-line distance.

But when things arrive in Petersburg, the speed is extremely slow. Especially during this time, Tsar Paul went out to inspect towns and villages. He was meeting with local squires and all classes of serfs in Kostroma. If he wanted to get news, the speed was even slower. .

Of course, Russia's government is not very active in intervening in European affairs because of the British's previous actions.

Unless the French's actions harm Russia's interests, Paul does not intend to move.

Another problem at the same time is that if the British also harm Russia's interests, then Paul will also take necessary measures.

If it was just Britain and France that wanted to struggle in North Africa, Tsar Paul himself would not intervene, and he would have nothing to do with Russia in terms of interests.

However, one thing has been put on the agenda, the marriage of Archduchess Alexandra and Archduke Joseph of Austria. This matter has been of great concern to the Queen recently. The Austrian side has now put this matter on the agenda, and the two sides are discussing it. Specific details.

Due to the successive stupidities of the Swedish king, Austria, in order to avoid causing diplomatic turmoil during the marriage, specifically guaranteed in writing that Archduchess Alexandra could maintain her Orthodox Christian faith and maintain the relevant entourage. He also had to bring his personal entourage from Petersburg.

Archduke Joseph himself is the Vice-King of Hungary, so after they get married, they will stay in Budapest. As for other specific details, they are now being discussed.

With such an alliance, when Harbourg really wants to choose to go to war with France, Russia will need to express itself no matter what.

Solovyov knew the temper of the eldest princess. She was a very kind person and liked to write poems. However, when she married to Habsburg, the most likely thing to happen there would be bloody battles between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law among various nobles. It was really It's not a good place to go, not to mention the failure of the previous marriage with Sweden, which caused the grade of the marriage with Haburg to actually drop.

But there are two things that can be confirmed. That is, before the formal marriage, Archduke Joseph himself will come to Petersburg in person. This is a door-to-door marriage, and it must be given in terms of face. The other point is that Austria’s single archduke of the right age is really of high quality. It is not too high, and the successor to the throne The heir, Ferdinand, was seriously ill and could suffer from epilepsy twenty times a day. Archduke Joseph did have an adopted brother, the future famous general Archduke Karl. However, he was in the military camp like Archduke Constantine, and now he was begging for a wife. It will only affect the speed at which he draws his sword.

So this marriage, that is, what it was, made Paul himself very worried.