Skopina. Then the Shuisky brothers and their party decided to finally quarrel between the tsar and his nephew 1). Seeing the success of this intrigue, Skopin’s supporters began to encourage him to leave Moscow as soon as possible and begin a campaign near Smolensk (Tales Palits. 230 9). Delagardie himself relentlessly (“incessantly”) demanded that he “come out of Moscow, seeing the hatred growing against him” (Nick. 132; New Years. 114; Let. about the rebellion. 177). Thus, the intrigue against Skopil grew systematically.
The question may, of course, arise: why didn’t he leave Moscow, despite such strong insistence and obvious danger? But, having completed such a long march, Skopin had to give his troops rest and wait until a more favorable time3). Moreover, the catastrophe itself befell him soon after his arrival in Moscow, and during this short period he was preparing for
“The unfading oud in man, the raging tongue of many from the hearts of the evil one moves, with an oath they approach in the secret thoughts of the autocrat, as the whole Russian land reveres Prince Michael, more than you the great Tsar. They also want to see the skipper-bearer” (Tales of Paditsyn, 230).
“His uncle, Prince Dmitry Ivanovich Shuisky, with his brothers and the princess, have great anger against him, expecting that he allegedly wants to become king, but no one hopes to be in him” (New Years. 114).
“Uncle, having heeded Mikhailov’s Prince Dmitry Ivanovich Shuisky and the princess, the great power of Prince Mikhail Ren (quarrel), the fear that he was looking for a kingdom under Tsar Vasily, and it is known to the whole world that he had no such thing in his mind” (Nik. Let. 132; Let. about the rebellions, 177).
“And three brothers and his uncles envied this Prince Michael, his glory and honor, and slandered him to the Tsar, saying: “Hey, the Shah, the Tsar, that our nephew wants to be a Tsar in your place” (Tsrib. to Pskov. Let. 58).
’) “We pray to that brave man from many, that he may go and destroy the ways of the wicked, and that he may not drive away the wolves from the flock of Christ.”
*) I received news (27 Anr. N. Art.) that Skopin is with Sheremetev in the capital and that he disbanded his army, with the condition that it all gather as soon as the grass begins to fall (Diary l sh. (Yg., 577).
I. S. IKONNIKOV,
according to:|odo]) and military exercises, during which the conflict between his troops and the royal detachment occurred, as a result of extreme irritation on both sides.
Among these preparations and celebrations, Skopin’s fate was decided. At the feast that took place on the day the prince baptized his son. Iv. Mikhailovich Vorotynsky, and Prince. Skopin was the godfather, and the wife of Prince. Dmitry Iv. Shuisky (Ekaterina, daughter of Mmyuta Skuratov, famous for his atrocities) as his godmother, he became very ill during the “rest”, having drained the cup of wine brought to him by his godfather. In this state he was barely brought to the nearest monastery. There was bleeding from the nose and mouth. Transferred home, he was ill for up to two weeks, and, despite the help provided to him by the doctors sent from Delagardie, he died on the night of April 23-24 (Rukop. Fitar. 22 - 23; Tale of the birth of Scoii. in Izbor. Popov, 383; Pskov. lei. 58; New. let. 114; Nikoi, l. 132; Let. about rebellion 177) 2).
The rumor about the poison quickly spread throughout Moscow; Dmitry Shuisky was pointed out as the culprit of the poisoning. The people poured into the latter’s house, and if not for the army sent to the rescue, it would have been difficult for him to avoid revenge (Videk. 139-140) 3).
*) “But when Prince Mikhail Vasilyevich came (to Moscow) he began to plan to march to Smolensk” (Nikon. 132). “The same (also) soon began e: vetovatn about sending to Smolensk” (New Year. 114).
4) Karamzin (XII, 126), based on the fact that everywhere the active person is called the wife of Dmitry Shuisky (Pskov., Nikon.), and in Pskov. years. and the feast is mentioned in the house of the Shuiskys, the place of this incident is taken to be the house of the prince. Dmitry Shuisky; but a more official source (Ukop. Filar.) clearly speaks of Vorotynsky’s christening feast (as in the Tale of Skop.). This is how other historians accept this fact (Buturlin, 111, 132; Solovyov, UIII, 312; Kostomarov, II, 337).
3) Muscovites did not want to allow Delagardie and the Swedes to say goodbye with the dead, as non-Orthodox. But Delagardie declared that he had this right, as a comrade of the deceased. They let him in. Seeing Skoinn and dead, he wept bitterly and exclaimed: “Muscovites! Not only in Rus', but also in the lands of my sovereign, I will never see such a person.” < IIzborn. Popova 384).