Петербургские поляки в городском фольклоре. Мистические тайны, предсказания, легенды, предания и исторические анекдоты

Today we will talk about famous St. Petersburg residents and guests of the Northern capital of Polish origin. The story begins with a story about a terrible curse sent to the Romanov family by the proud Pole Marina Mnishek. With a certain degree of factual and chronological conventionality, it can be said that it was from that time that the presence of Poles in St. Petersburg became apparent. We will find out what the court astrologer Simeon Polotsky, a native of Poland, predicted on the eve of the birth of Peter I. We will read a lot of interesting things about historical characters of Polish origin who left their mark on the legends, myths and anecdotes of St. Petersburg. Stanislav Poniatowski, Grigory Potemkin, Adam Mickiewicz, Nestor Kukolnik, Nikolai Gogol, Alexander Grin, Mikhail Glinka, Dmitry Shostakovich, Matilda Kshesinskaya, Vatslav Nezhinsky, Felix Dzerzhinsky, Edita Piekha, Anatoly Sobchak... This is not a complete list of Poles, folklore data about which collected in this informative book, which will be of interest to a wide range of readers.