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Doctor Evgeny Botkin. Holy passion-bearer evgeny botkin prayer. With the king to the end |
“So many invisible spiritual threads connect us with the New Martyrs and Confessors of our Church, our country is undoubtedly preserved in Orthodoxy through their prayers, and their example of fidelity to Christ is so important for our current lukewarm life...” 07.02.2016 The labors of the brethren of the monastery 13 567 “Today the Russian Church rejoices with joy, glorifying its new martyrs and confessors: saints and priests, royal martyrs, noble princes and princesses, reverend men and women and all Orthodox Christians, in the days of godless persecution, laying down their lives for faith in Christ and keeping the Truth with their blood. By those intercession, long-suffering Lord, preserve our country in Orthodoxy until the end of the age. (Troparion to the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia) Today, on the feast of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia, the hegumen of the Valaam Monastery, His Grace Pankraty, Bishop of Troitsky, Chairman of the Synodal Commission for the Canonization of Saints, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the courtyard of the monastery in Moscow. “I celebrated the Divine Liturgy with a special feeling today, so many invisible spiritual threads connect us with the new martyrs and confessors of our Church, our country is undoubtedly preserved in Orthodoxy through their prayers, and their example of fidelity to Christ is so important for our current lukewarm life, so that through repentance and contrition for their sins to return again and again to a truly Christian life. It was joyful to realize even a small part in the fact that the marvelous holy martyr Evgeny the doctor is now glorified by the whole Church, and in Yekaterinburg today the liturgical act of his canonization as a saint took place. Here is the word of Yekaterinburg Metropolitan Kirill: “Today, for the last time, we served here a memorial service for Yevgeny Sergeevich Botkin, who was killed 98 years ago at this place. Killed along with the royal family and instead of those who could stay with them. There were four people with them, not because there were only four of them left, but because the others were not allowed. But even those who were admitted - they were still a handful of people. Just like at the Cross of the Lord, there were also few people left when Christ was crucified. Today we are standing here, at this sacred place, at this Russian Golgotha, and let's think that it took us, the Church, 98 years to canonize those who martyred for the Faith, the Tsar and the Fatherland laid down their lives. And how many more years do we need for us to realize all the severity and all the misfortune that befell our people, our Motherland these 98 years ago? And when we realize this, maybe then something will change in our life with you? In the meantime, we live the way we used to live, and as long as neither rumors about the war, nor the ongoing troubles, nor illnesses and other terrible events concern us, we live as we lived, we bury our heads in the sand so as not to see or hear, so that know nothing and feel nothing. And the time is approaching, and we must be aware of this and pray, pray and pray. We have no other means to change anything: no army, no navy, nothing else that a person who has power and strength can have. But we have something that many others do not have: we know Christ, we know the power of prayer, and we must use today, strive for this, so that our life turns into prayer. So that we begin to pray consciously, frankly, sincerely, and pray not only for ourselves and our loved ones, but in a special way, again and again, pray for our Motherland, for our holy Church. And to be believers and faithful, like Evgeny Sergeevich Botkin was - great husband and a man who - we know and believe - today stands before the throne of God and prays for all those standing here and covers us with his grace-filled prayer cover - the cover of a martyr. Today we commemorated him for the last time, “God rest with the saints,” and tomorrow we will ask him: “Holy passion-bearer Eugene, pray to God for us.” Today, February 7, 2016, in the Church-on-the-Blood, Metropolitan Kirill of Yekaterinburg and Verkhoturye, with the clergy of the Yekaterinburg diocese, in accordance with the decision of the Council of Bishops, glorified the Passion-bearer Evgeny Sergeevich Botkin as a saint. PASSION BEARER YEVGENY VRACH (BOTKIN)Evgeny Sergeevich Botkin was born on May 27, 1865 in Tsarskoe Selo, St. Petersburg province, in the family of a famous Russian general practitioner, professor of the Medical and Surgical Academy, Sergei Petrovich Botkin. He came from the merchant dynasty of the Botkins, whose representatives were distinguished by deep Orthodox faith and charity, helped the Orthodox Church not only with their means, but also with their labors. Thanks to a reasonably organized system of upbringing in the family and the wise guardianship of parents, many virtues were laid in the heart of Eugene from childhood, including generosity, modesty and rejection of violence. His brother Pyotr Sergeevich recalled: “He was infinitely kind. One could say that he came into the world for the sake of people and in order to sacrifice himself.Eugene received a thorough home education, which in 1878 allowed him to immediately enter the fifth grade of the 2nd St. Petersburg classical gymnasium. In 1882, Evgeny graduated from the gymnasium and became a student at the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics at St. Petersburg University. However, the very next year, having passed the exams for the first year of the university, he entered the junior department of the opened preparatory course of the Imperial Military Medical Academy. From the very beginning, his choice of the medical profession was conscious and purposeful. Pyotr Botkin wrote about Evgeny: “He chose medicine as his profession. This corresponded to his vocation: to help, support in a difficult moment, relieve pain, heal without end. In 1889, Eugene successfully graduated from the academy, receiving the title of doctor with honors, and from January 1890 began his career at the Mariinsky Hospital for the Poor. At the age of 25, Evgeny Sergeevich Botkin married the daughter of a hereditary nobleman, Olga Vladimirovna Manuylova. Four children grew up in the Botkin family: Dmitry (1894–1914), Georgy (1895–1941), Tatyana (1898–1986), Gleb (1900–1969). Simultaneously with work in the hospital, E.S. Botkin was engaged in science, he was interested in questions of immunology, the essence of the process of leukocytosis. In 1893 E.S. Botkin brilliantly defended his dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Medicine. After 2 years, Evgeny Sergeevich was sent abroad, where he practiced at medical institutions in Heidelberg and Berlin. In 1897 E.S. Botkin was awarded the title of assistant professor in internal medicine with the clinic. At his first lecture, he told students about the most important thing in a doctor's work: "Let's all go with love to a sick person, so that we can learn together how to be useful to him." Evgeny Sergeevich considered the service of a physician to be a truly Christian deed, he had a religious view of illnesses, saw their connection with the state of mind of a person. In one of his letters to his son George, he expressed his attitude to the medical profession as a means of knowing God's wisdom: “The main delight that you experience in our work ... is that for this we must penetrate deeper and deeper into the details and the secrets of God's creations, and it is impossible not to enjoy their expediency and harmony and His highest wisdom. Since 1897 E.S. Botkin began his medical career in the communities of sisters of mercy of the Russian Red Cross Society. On November 19, 1897, he became a doctor in the Holy Trinity Community of Sisters of Mercy, and on January 1, 1899, he also became chief physician of the St. Petersburg Community of Sisters of Mercy in honor of St. George. The main patients of the community of St. George were people from the poorest strata of society, but doctors and attendants were selected in it with special care. Some women of the upper class worked there as simple nurses on a general basis and considered this occupation an honor for themselves. Such enthusiasm reigned among the employees, such a desire to help suffering people that the people of St. George were sometimes compared with the early Christian community. The fact that Yevgeny Sergeevich was accepted to work in this “exemplary institution” testified not only to his increased authority as a doctor, but also to his Christian virtues and respectable life. The position of the chief physician of the community could only be entrusted to a highly moral and believing person. Now, after the new appointment, Evgeny Sergeevich had to constantly be with the emperor and members of his family, his service at the royal court proceeded without days off and holidays. The high position and closeness to the Royal family did not change the character of E.S. Botkin. He remained as kind and considerate to others as he had been before. In February 1917, a revolution took place in Russia. On March 2, the sovereign signed the Manifesto on abdication. The royal family was arrested and taken into custody in the Alexander Palace. Yevgeny Sergeevich did not leave his royal patients: he voluntarily decided to stay with them, despite the fact that his position was abolished and his salary was stopped. At this time, Botkin became more than a friend for the royal prisoners: he took upon himself the duty of mediating between the imperial family and the commissars, interceding for all their needs. When it was decided to transfer the royal family to Tobolsk, Dr. Botkin was among the few close associates who voluntarily followed the sovereign into exile. Dr. Botkin's letters from Tobolsk amaze with their truly Christian mood: not a word of grumbling, condemnation, discontent or resentment, but complacency and even joy. The source of this complacency was a firm faith in the all-good Providence of God: “Only prayer and ardent boundless hope in the mercy of God, unfailingly poured out on us by our Heavenly Father, support us.” At this time, he continued to fulfill his duties: he treated not only members of the Royal family, but also ordinary citizens. A scientist who for many years communicated with the scientific, medical, administrative elite of Russia, he humbly served, like a zemstvo or city doctor, ordinary peasants, soldiers, and workers. In April 1918, Dr. Botkin volunteered to accompany the royal couple to Yekaterinburg, leaving his own children in Tobolsk, whom he loved passionately and tenderly. In Yekaterinburg, the Bolsheviks again invited the servants to leave the arrested, but everyone refused. Chekist I. Rodzinsky reported: “In general, at one time after the transfer to Yekaterinburg, there was an idea to separate them all from them, in particular, even the daughters were offered to leave. But everyone refused. Botkin was offered. He stated that he wanted to share the fate of the family. And he refused." A few years before his death, Evgeny Sergeevich received the title of hereditary nobleman. For his coat of arms, he chose the motto: "By faith, fidelity, work." In these words, as it were, all the life ideals and aspirations of Dr. Botkin were concentrated. Deep inner piety, most importantly - sacrificial service to one's neighbor, unshakable devotion to the Royal family and fidelity to God and His commandments in all circumstances, fidelity to death. The Lord accepts such faithfulness as a pure sacrifice and gives for it the highest, heavenly reward: "Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life" (Rev. 2:10). At the evening service in the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Valaam Monastery,memorial service for all those who suffered in the time of godless persecution for the faith of Christ , where prayers were offered for all the innocent victims during the years of hard times. , passion-bearer, righteous doctor He was educated at home and in the year was admitted immediately to the fifth grade of the 2nd St. Petersburg classical gymnasium. After graduating from the gymnasium, he entered the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of St. Petersburg University, however, having passed the exams for the first year of the university, he left for the junior department of the opened preparatory course of the Military Medical Academy. One of the reasons for such a cautious attitude was the non-Orthodox confession of some of them; however, the report did not mention the Old Believers of E. S. Botkin. The motive for the canonization of non-Orthodox persons in ROCOR was the precedents of the Church glorifying the victims of persecution of Christians who were not baptized - for example, pagans who joined Christians during the execution. On October 7 of that year, at a regular meeting of the working group for harmonizing the calendars of the Moscow Patriarchate and the Russian Church Abroad, chaired by the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church and with the participation of the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, "the results of studying the feat of persons revered in the Russian diaspora were noted. The possibility of church-wide glorification was recognized the following saints previously canonized by the Russian Church Abroad: ‹…› passion-bearer righteous Eugene doctor (Botkin), who accepted suffering together with the royal family in the Ipatiev House (+1918, commemorated July 4 / 17) ". The Russian Orthodox Church canonized Yevgeny Botkin, a doctor who did not leave the emperor at his death hour and was shot along with him and his family in Yekaterinburg. The biography of the new ascetic is recalled by the Russian Planet. Emperor's family Despite the fact that the Botkin dynasty faithfully served two Russian emperors at once - Alexander II and Alexander III, Evgeny Botkin received the position of a life physician (court physician) not because of the achievements of his eminent ancestors (his father was the famous doctor Sergei Petrovich Botkin, after whom one of the central hospitals in Moscow is named). When in 1907 the position of the chief physician of the imperial family was vacated, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna said that she wanted to see Botkin in this capacity. When she was told that there were two doctors in St. Petersburg with that name, she added: “The one who was in the war!” Botkin went to war as a volunteer. By that time, he had achieved good success in his medical career, was married and had four children. During the Russo-Japanese War, he coordinated the work of medical units under Russian army. The position is administrative, but Botkin, despite this, preferred to spend more time on the front line and was not afraid, in which case, to play the role of a company paramedic, helping soldiers right on the battlefield. For his work, he was awarded officer military orders, and after the end of the war he wrote the book Light and Shadows of the Russo-Japanese War. This book led Botkin to the post of medical officer of the imperial family. After reading it, Alexandra Fedorovna did not want to see anyone but him as an imperial doctor. The Empress chose Yevgeny Botkin for another reason - the illness of Tsarevich Alexei. As a doctor, Botkin studied immunology, as well as the properties of blood. To monitor the health of the young crown prince, who was ill with hemophilia, became one of his main duties at the imperial court. The opportunity to occupy such a high position was back side. Now Botkin had to constantly be close to the imperial family, to work without days off and holidays. Botkin's wife, carried away by a young revolutionary 20 years younger than her, left Yevgeny Sergeevich with a broken heart. Botkin was saved only by love and support from his children, and also by the fact that over time the imperial family became not a stranger to him. Botkin treated his august patients with sincere love and attention, he could not leave the bedside of the sick prince at night. To which young Alexei would later write to him in a letter: “I love you with all my little heart.” “Botkin was known for his restraint. None of the retinue managed to find out from him what the empress was sick with and what treatment the queen and heir followed. He was, of course, a servant devoted to their majesties, ”said General Mosolov, head of the office of the Ministry of the Imperial Court, about Botkin. Last way When the revolution happened imperial family arrested, all the servants and assistants of the sovereign had a choice: to stay or leave. Many betrayed the Tsar, but Botkin did not leave the patients even when it was decided to send Nicholas II with his whole family to Tobolsk, and then to Yekaterinburg. Even before the execution, Yevgeny Botkin had the opportunity to leave and choose a new job. But he did not leave those to whom he managed to become attached with all his heart. After the last proposal made to him to leave the emperor, he already knew that the king would soon be killed. “You see, I gave the king my word of honor to stay with him as long as he lives. It is impossible for a man of my position not to keep such a word. I also cannot leave an heir alone. How can I reconcile this with my conscience? You all must understand this, ”Johann Meyer, a former captive Austrian soldier who defected to the Bolsheviks, quotes him in his memoirs. In his letters, Botkin wrote: “In general, if “faith without deeds is dead,” then “deeds” without faith can exist, and if one of us joins deeds with faith, then this is only by the special grace of God to him. This also justifies my last decision, when I did not hesitate to leave my children as complete orphans in order to fulfill my medical duty to the end, just as Abraham did not hesitate at the request of God to sacrifice his only son to him. In the basement of the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, the Bolsheviks read out to the emperor and his entire family the decision of the executive committee of the Ural Regional Soviet of Workers', Peasants' and Soldiers' Deputies. The sentence was carried out immediately - together with the royal family, the life physician Botkin, the life cook Kharitonov, the valet and the room girl were also shot. The first shots were fired at Nicholas II. Two bullets that flew past the main target, Botkin was wounded in the stomach. After the assassination of the tsar, the Bolsheviks finished off their victims. Commandant Yurovsky, who oversaw the execution, later indicated that Botkin was still alive for some time. “I finished him off with a shot in the head,” Yurovsky later wrote. The remains of the doctor of the last Russian emperor were subsequently never found - only his pince-nez was found among other material evidence in a pit in the vicinity of Yekaterinburg, where the bodies of the dead were dumped. The turmoil that engulfed Russia after the 1917 revolution did not just lead to the fall of the monarchy and the destruction of the empire. In Russia, all state institutions collapsed overnight, and all the moral principles of the individual for everyone individual person like they stopped working. Evgeny Botkin was one of the few evidences that even in an era of general insanity, revelry and permissiveness, one can remain a man, true to word, honor and duty. Evgeny Sergeevich Botkin The Botkin family is undoubtedly one of the most remarkable Russian families which gave the country, and the world, many outstanding people in a wide variety of fields. Some of its representatives remained industrialists and merchants before the revolution, but others completely went into science, art, diplomacy and achieved not only all-Russian, but also European fame. The Botkin family is very correctly characterized by the biographer of one of its most prominent representatives, the famous clinician, medical doctor Sergei Petrovich: “S.P. Botkin came from a purebred Great Russian family, without the slightest admixture of foreign blood, and thus serves as brilliant proof that if extensive and solid knowledge is added to the talent of the Slavic tribe, along with a love for persistent work, then this tribe is capable of exhibiting the most advanced figures in the field of pan-European science. and thoughts." For doctors, the surname Botkin primarily evokes associations with Botkin's disease (acute viral parenchymal hepatitis), the disease is named after Sergei Petrovich Botkin, who studied jaundice and was the first to suggest their infectious nature. Someone may recall the cells (bodies, shadows) of Botkin-Gumprecht - the remains of destroyed cells of the lymphoid series (lymphocytes, etc.), detected by microscopy of blood smears, their number reflects the intensity of the process of destruction of lymphocytes. Back in 1892, Sergei Petrovich Botkin drew attention to leukolysis as a factor "playing a leading role in the self-defense of the body", even greater than phagocytosis. Leukocytosis in Botkin's experiments, both with the injection of tuberculin and with the immunization of horses against tetanus toxin, was later replaced by leukolysis, and this moment coincided with a critical drop. The same was noted by Botkin in fibrinous pneumonia. Later, the son of Sergei Petrovich, Evgeny Sergeevich Botkin, became interested in this phenomenon, to whom the term leukolysis itself belongs. Evgeny Sergeevich later described lysed cells in the blood during typhoid fever but not in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. But how well Botkin, the elder doctor, is remembered, so undeservedly forgotten is Botkin, the younger doctor ... Evgeny Botkin was born on May 27, 1865 in Tsarskoye Selo in the family of an outstanding Russian scientist and doctor, the founder of an experimental direction in medicine, Sergei Petrovich Botkin, a life physician Alexander II and Alexander III. He was the 4th child of Sergei Petrovich from his 1st marriage to Anastasia Alexandrovna Krylova. The atmosphere in the family, home education played a big role in shaping the personality of Evgeny Sergeevich. The financial well-being of the Botkin family was laid down by the entrepreneurial activities of the grandfather of Evgeny Sergeevich Pyotr Kononovich, a well-known supplier of tea. The percentage of the trade turnover, intended for each of the heirs, allowed them to choose a business to their liking, engage in self-education and lead a life not very burdened with financial worries. There were many in the Botkin family creative people (artists, writers, etc.). The Botkins were related to Afanasy Fet and Pavel Tretyakov. Sergei Petrovich was a fan of music, calling music lessons “a refreshing bath”, he played the cello to the accompaniment of his wife and under the guidance of Professor I.I. Seifert. Evgeny Sergeevich received a thorough musical education and acquired a fine musical taste. Professors of the Military Medical Academy, writers and musicians, collectors and artists came to the famous Botkin Saturdays. Among them - I.M. Sechenov, M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin, A.P. Borodin, V.V. Stasov, N.M. Yakubovich, M.A. Balakirev. Nikolai Andreevich Belogolovy, friend and biographer of S.P. Botkina, a public figure and a doctor, noted: “Surrounded by his 12 children aged from 30 years to a one-year-old child ... he seemed to be a true biblical patriarch; his children adored him, despite the fact that he was able to maintain great discipline in the family and blind obedience to himself. About the mother of Evgeny Sergeevich Anastasia Alexandrovna: “What made her better than any beauty was the subtle grace and amazing tact that spilled over her whole being and were the result of that solid school of noble education through which she passed. And she was brought up wonderfully versatile and thoroughly ... On top of this, she was very smart, witty, sensitive to everything good and kind ... And she was the most exemplary mother in the sense that, passionately loving her children, she knew how to save the necessary pedagogical self-control, attentively and intelligently followed their upbringing, timely eradicated the shortcomings arising in them. Already in childhood, in the character of Evgeny Sergeevich, such qualities as modesty, kindness towards others and rejection of violence were manifested. In the book of Pyotr Sergeevich Botkin “My Brother” there are such lines: “From the most tender age, his beautiful and noble nature was full of perfection ... Always sensitive, out of delicacy, inwardly kind, with an extraordinary soul, he experienced horror from any fight or fight ... He, as usual, did not participate in our fights, but when the fistfight took on a dangerous character, he, at the risk of injury, stopped the fights. He was very diligent and smart in his studies. Primary home education allowed Yevgeny Sergeevich in 1878 to enter the 5th grade of the 2nd St. Petersburg classical gymnasium, where the young man's brilliant abilities in the natural sciences were manifested. After graduating from the gymnasium in 1882, he entered the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of St. Petersburg University. However, the example of his father, a doctor, and the worship of medicine turned out to be stronger, and in 1883, having passed the exams for the first year of the university, he entered the junior department of the opened preparatory course of the Military Medical Academy (VMA). In the year of his father's death (1889), Evgeny Sergeevich successfully graduated from the academy third in graduation, was awarded the title of doctor with honors and the personalized Paltsev Prize, which was awarded "to the third highest score in his course ...". The medical path of E.S. Botkin began in January 1890 as an assistant doctor at the Mariinsky Hospital for the Poor. In December 1890, at his own expense, he was sent abroad for scientific purposes. He studied with leading European scientists, got acquainted with the organization of Berlin hospitals. At the end of a business trip abroad in May 1892, Evgeny Sergeyevich began to work as a doctor in the court chapel, and from January 1894 he returned to his medical duties at the Mariinsky Hospital as a supernumerary intern. Simultaneously with clinical practice, E.S. Botkin was engaged in scientific research, the main directions of which were questions of immunology, the essence of the process of leukocytosis, and the protective properties of blood cells. On May 8, 1893, he brilliantly defended his dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Medicine “On the question of the effect of albumose and peptones on some functions of the animal body”, dedicated to his father, at the Military Medical Academy on May 8, 1893. I.P. Pavlov. In the spring of 1895 E.S. Botkin is sent abroad and spends two years in medical institutions in Heidelberg and Berlin, where he listens to lectures and practices with leading German doctors - professors G. Munch, B. Frenkel, P. Ernst and others. Scientific works and reports of foreign business trips were published in the Botkin Hospital Newspaper and in the Proceedings of the Society of Russian Doctors. In May 1897 E.S. Botkin was elected Privatdozent of the VMA. Here are a few words from the introductory lecture delivered to the students of the VMA on October 18, 1897: “Once the trust of the patients you have acquired turns into sincere affection for you when they are convinced of your invariably cordial attitude towards them. When you enter the ward, you are greeted with a joyful and friendly mood - a precious and powerful medicine, which you will often help much more than potions and powders ... Only the heart is needed for this, only sincere cordial participation in a sick person. So do not be stingy, learn to give it with a wide hand to those who need it. So, let's go with love to a sick person, so that we can learn together how to be useful to him. In 1898, the work of Evgeny Sergeevich “Sicks in the Hospital” was published, and in 1903 - “What does it mean to “spoil” the sick?” With the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War (1904), Evgeny Sergeevich left for the active army as a volunteer and was appointed head of the medical unit. Russian Society Red Cross (ROKK) in the Manchurian army. Occupying a fairly high administrative position, he nevertheless preferred most spend time at the forefront. Eyewitnesses said that once a wounded company paramedic was brought in for dressing. Having done everything that was supposed to be done, Botkin took the paramedic's bag and went to the front line. The mournful thoughts that this shameful war aroused in the ardent patriot testified to his deep religiosity: “I am more and more depressed by the course of our war, and therefore it hurts ... that a whole mass of our troubles is only the result of people’s lack of spirituality, a sense of duty, that small calculations become higher than the concepts of the Fatherland, higher than God. Evgeny Sergeevich showed his attitude to this war and his mission in it in the book “Light and Shadows of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905: From Letters to His Wife” published in 1908. Here are some of his observations and thoughts. “I was not afraid for myself: never before have I felt the power of my faith to such an extent. I was fully convinced that no matter how great the risk I was exposed to, I would not be killed unless God wanted it. I didn’t tease fate, I didn’t stand by the guns so as not to interfere with the shooters, but I realized that I was needed, and this consciousness made my situation pleasant. “I have now read all the latest telegrams about the fall of Mukden and about our terrible retreat to Telpin. I can't tell you my feelings... Despair and hopelessness seizes the soul. Will we have something in Russia? Poor, poor motherland" (Chita, March 1, 1905). "For the distinction rendered in cases against the Japanese", Evgeny Sergeevich was awarded the Orders of St. Vladimir III and II degree with swords. Outwardly very calm and strong-willed, Dr. E.S. Botkin was a sentimental man, with a fine mental organization. Let us turn again to the book by P.S. Botkin “My brother”: “... I came to my father’s grave and suddenly I heard sobs in a deserted cemetery. Coming closer, I saw my brother (Eugene) lying in the snow. “Oh, it’s you, Petya, you came to talk with dad,” and again sobs. And an hour later, during the reception of patients, it could not have occurred to anyone that this calm, self-confident and domineering person could sob like a child. On May 6, 1905, Dr. Botkin was appointed an honorary physician of the imperial family. In the autumn of 1905, Evgeny Sergeevich returned to St. Petersburg and began teaching at the academy. In 1907 he was appointed chief physician of the community of St. George in the capital. In 1907, after the death of Gustav Hirsch, the royal family was left without a medical doctor. The candidacy of the new life doctor was named by the empress herself, who, when asked who she would like to see as a life doctor, answered: “Botkin”. When she was told that now two Botkins are equally known in St. Petersburg, she said: “The one that was in the war!” (Although brother Sergei Sergeevich was also a participant in the Russo-Japanese War.) Thus, on April 13, 1908, Evgeny Sergeevich Botkin became a life doctor for the family of the latter Russian emperor, repeating the career path of his father, a former life physician of two Russian tsars (Alexander II and Alexander III). E.S. Botkin was three years older than his august patient, Tsar Nicholas II. The tsar's family was served by a large staff of doctors (among whom there were a variety of specialists: surgeons, oculists, obstetricians, dentists), doctors who were more titled than the modest Privatdozent of the Military Medical Academy. But Dr. Botkin was distinguished by an infrequent talent clinical thinking and even more rarely found a feeling of sincere love for their patients. The duty of the life physician included the treatment of all members of the royal family, which he carefully and scrupulously performed. I had to examine and treat the emperor, who had surprisingly good health, the grand duchesses, who seemed to have been ill with all known childhood infections. Nicholas II treated his doctor with great sympathy and trust. He patiently withstood all the medical and diagnostic procedures prescribed by Dr. Botkin. But the most difficult patients were Empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the heir to the throne, Tsarevich Alexei. As a little girl, the future empress suffered from diphtheria, the complication of which was bouts of pain in the joints, swelling of the legs, palpitations, and arrhythmia. Edema forced Alexandra Fedorovna to wear special shoes, give up long walks, and heart attacks and headaches did not allow her to get out of bed for weeks. However, the main object of Yevgeny Sergeevich's efforts was Tsarevich Alexei, who was born with a dangerous and fatal disease - hemophilia. It was with the Tsarevich that E.S. spent most of his time. Botkin, sometimes in life-threatening conditions for days and nights, without leaving the bed of the sick Alexei, surrounding him with human care and participation, giving him all the warmth of his generous heart. This attitude resonated with the little patient, who would write to his doctor: "I love you with all my little heart." Yevgeny Sergeevich himself also sincerely became attached to the members of the royal family, more than once saying to the household: “With their kindness they made me a slave until the end of my days.” As a doctor and as a moral person, Evgeny Sergeevich never touched upon the health issues of his eminent patients in private conversations. Head of the Chancellery of the Ministry of the Imperial Court, General A.A. Mosolov noted: “Botkin was known for his restraint. None of the retinue managed to find out from him what the empress was sick with and what treatment the queen and heir followed. He was certainly a devoted servant to Their Majesties." With all the ups and downs in relations with royalty, Dr. Botkin was an influential person in the royal environment. The lady-in-waiting, friend and confidant of the Empress Anna Vyrubova (Taneeva) stated: "The faithful Botkin, appointed by the Empress herself, was very influential." Yevgeny Sergeevich himself was far from politics, however, as a person who is not indifferent, as a patriot of his country, he could not help but see the perniciousness of public sentiments in it, which he considered the main reason for Russia's defeat in the war of 1904-1905. He understood very well that hatred for the tsar, for the imperial family, kindled by radical revolutionary circles, is beneficial only to the enemies of Russia, the Russia that his ancestors served, for which he himself fought on the fields of the Russo-Japanese War, Russia, which entered into the most cruel and bloody global battle. He despised people who used dirty methods to achieve their goals, who composed courtly absurdities about the royal family and its morals. He spoke of such people as follows: “I don’t understand how people who consider themselves monarchists and talk about the adoration of His Majesty can so easily believe all the gossip spread, can spread them themselves, raising all sorts of fables against the Empress, and do not understand that, insulting her, they thereby insult her august husband, whom they supposedly adore. The family life of Yevgeny Sergeevich was not smooth either. Carried away by revolutionary ideas and a young (20 years younger) student of the Riga Polytechnic College, in 1910 his wife Olga Vladimirovna left him. Three younger children remain in the care of Dr. Botkin: Dmitry, Tatyana and Gleb (the eldest, Yuri, already lived separately). But the children who selflessly loved and adored their father, who always looked forward to his arrival, were anxious from his long absence, saved from despair. Evgeny Sergeevich answered them in the same way, but he never took advantage of his special position to create any special conditions for them. Inner convictions did not allow him to say a word for his son Dmitry, a cornet of the Life Guards of the Cossack regiment, who, with the outbreak of the war in 1914, went to the front and died heroically on December 3, 1914, covering the retreat of the reconnaissance Cossack patrol. The death of his son, who was posthumously awarded for heroism with the St. George Cross of the IV degree, became an unhealed spiritual wound of his father until the end of his days. And soon an event took place in Russia on a scale more fatal and destructive than a personal drama ... After the February coup, the new authorities imprisoned the empress and children in the Alexander Palace of Tsarskoe Selo, a little later the former autocrat joined them. All of the entourage of the former rulers were offered the choice by the commissars of the Provisional Government to either stay with the prisoners or leave them. And many who only yesterday swore eternal allegiance to the emperor and his family left them at this difficult time. Many, but not like the life doctor Botkin. For the shortest possible time, he would leave the Romanovs in order to help the widow of his son Dmitry, who was sick with typhus, and who lived here in Tsarskoye Selo, opposite the large Catherine Palace, in the doctor’s own apartment at 6 Sadovaya Street. When her condition ceased to inspire fear, he returned to the recluses of the Alexander Palace without requests or coercion. The king and queen were accused of high treason, and this case was under investigation. The accusation of the former tsar and his wife was not confirmed, but the Provisional Government felt fear of them and did not agree to their release. Four key ministers of the Provisional Government (G.E. Lvov, M.I. Tereshchenko, N.V. Nekrasov, A.F. Kerensky) decided to send the royal family to Tobolsk. On the night of July 31 to August 1, 1917, the family went by train to Tyumen. And this time the retinue was asked to leave the family of the former emperor, and again there were those who did it. But few considered it a duty to share the fate of the former reigning persons. Among them is Evgeny Sergeevich Botkin. When asked by the king how he would leave the children (Tatiana and Gleb), the doctor replied that for him there was nothing higher than caring for Their Majesties. On August 3, the exiles arrived in Tyumen, from there on August 4 they left for Tobolsk by steamer. In Tobolsk, I had to live for about two weeks on the ship "Rus", then on August 13 the royal family was accommodated in the former governor's house, and the retinue, including doctors E.S. Botkin and V.N. Derevenko, in the house of the fishmonger Kornilov nearby. In Tobolsk, it was ordered to observe the Tsarskoe Selo regime, that is, no one was allowed outside the allotted premises, except for Dr. Botkin and Dr. Derevenko, who were allowed to provide medical assistance to the population. In Tobolsk, Botkin had two rooms in which he could receive patients. Evgeny Sergeevich will write about the provision of medical assistance to the residents of Tobolsk and the soldiers of the guard in his last letter in his life: “Their trust especially touched me, and I was pleased with their confidence, which never deceived them, that I would receive them with the same attention and affection as any other patient, and not only as an equal to himself, but also as a patient who has all the rights to all my cares and services. On September 14, 1917, daughter Tatyana and son Gleb arrived in Tobolsk. Tatyana left memories of how they lived in this city. She was brought up at court and was friends with one of the daughters of the king - Anastasia. Following her, a former patient of Dr. Botkin, Lieutenant Melnik, arrived in the city. Konstantin Melnik was wounded in Galicia, and Dr. Botkin treated him at the Tsarskoye Selo hospital. Later, the lieutenant lived at his house: a young officer, the son of a peasant, was secretly in love with Tatyana Botkina. He came to Siberia in order to protect his savior and his daughter. To Botkin, he elusively resembled the deceased beloved son Dmitry. Melnik recalled that in Tobolsk Botkin treated both the townspeople and peasants from the surrounding villages, but he did not take money, and they shoved it into the cabbies who brought the doctor. This was very helpful - Dr. Botkin could not always pay them. Lieutenant Konstantin Melnik and Tatyana Botkina got married in Tobolsk, shortly before the whites occupied the city. They lived there for about a year, then through Vladivostok they reached Europe and, in the end, settled in France. The descendants of Evgeny Sergeevich Botkin still live in this country. In April 1918, a close friend of Ya.M. Sverdlov, Commissioner V. Yakovlev, arrived in Tobolsk, who immediately declared the doctors also arrested. However, due to confusion, only Dr. Botkin was limited in freedom of movement. On the night of April 25-26, 1918, the sovereign with his wife and daughter Maria, Anna Demidova and Dr. Botkin, under the escort of a special detachment of a new composition under the leadership of Yakovlev, were sent to Yekaterinburg. A typical example: suffering from cold and kidney colic, the doctor gave his fur coat to Princess Mary, who did not have warm clothes. After certain ordeals, the prisoners reached Yekaterinburg. On May 20, the rest of the members of the royal family and some of the retinue arrived here. The children of Evgeny Sergeevich remained in Tobolsk. Botkin's daughter recalled her father's departure from Tobolsk: “There were no orders about the doctors, but even at the very beginning, having heard that Their Majesties were going, my father announced that he would go with them. "But what about your children?" Her Majesty asked, knowing our relationship and the terrible anxieties that my father always experienced in separation from us. To this, my father replied that the interests of Their Majesties are in the first place for him. Her Majesty was moved to tears and especially thanked. The regime of detention in the house of special purpose (the mansion of engineer N.K. Ipatiev), where the royal family and its devoted servants were placed, was strikingly different from the regime in Tobolsk. But here, too, E.S. Botkin enjoyed the trust of the soldiers of the guard, to whom he provided medical assistance. Through him, the crowned prisoners communicated with the commandant of the house, which Yakov Yurovsky becomes from July 4, and members of the Ural Council. The doctor petitioned for walks for the prisoners, for admission to Alexei of his teacher S.I. Gibbs and educator Pierre Gilliard, tried in every possible way to facilitate the regime of detention. Therefore, his name is increasingly found in the last diary entries of Nicholas II. Johann Meyer, an Austrian soldier who fell into Russian captivity during the First World War and defected to the Bolsheviks in Yekaterinburg, wrote his memoirs “How the Imperial Family Perished”. In the book, he reports on the proposal made by the Bolsheviks to Dr. Botkin to leave the royal family and choose a place of work, for example, somewhere in a Moscow clinic. Thus, Dr. Botkin knew for sure about the imminent execution. He knew and, having the opportunity to choose, he preferred to salvation loyalty to the oath given once to the king. Here is how I. Meyer describes it: “You see, I gave the king my word of honor to remain with him as long as he is alive. It is impossible for a man of my position not to keep such a word. I also cannot leave an heir alone. How can I reconcile this with my conscience? You all need to understand this." This fact is consonant with the content of the document stored in the State Archives of the Russian Federation. This document is the last, unfinished letter of Evgeny Sergeevich, dated July 9, 1918. Many researchers believe that the letter was addressed to the younger brother of A.S. Botkin. However, this seems to be indisputable, since in the letter the author often refers to the "principles of graduation in 1889", to which Alexander Sergeevich had nothing to do. Most likely, it was addressed to an unknown fellow student. “My voluntary confinement here is as unlimited in time as my earthly existence is limited ... In essence, I died, I died for my children, for friends, for business. I have died, but not yet buried or buried alive. .. I don’t indulge myself with hope, I don’t lull myself into illusions and I look straight into the eyes of unvarnished reality ... I am supported by the conviction that “he who endures to the end will be saved”, and the consciousness that I remain true to the principles of the graduation of 1889 .. In general, if “faith without deeds is dead”, then “deeds” without faith can exist, and if any of us joins deeds with faith, then this is only by the special grace of God to him ... This also justifies my last decision when I did not hesitate to leave my children as complete orphans in order to fulfill my medical duty to the end, just as Abraham did not hesitate at the request of God to sacrifice his only son to him. All those killed in the house of N. Ipatiev were ready for death and met it with dignity, even the killers noted this in their memoirs. At half past two in the night of July 17, 1918, commandant Yurovsky woke up the inhabitants of the house and, under the pretext of transferring them to a safe place, ordered everyone to go down to the basement. Here he announced the decision of the Ural Council on the execution of the royal family. With two bullets that flew past the Sovereign, Dr. Botkin was wounded in the stomach (one bullet reached the lumbar spine, the other got stuck in the soft tissues of the pelvic region). The third bullet damaged both knee joints of the doctor, who stepped towards the king and prince. He fell. After the first volleys, the killers finished off their victims. According to Yurovsky, Dr. Botkin was still alive and lay quietly on his side, as if asleep. “I finished him off with a shot in the head,” Yurovsky later wrote. Kolchak's intelligence investigator N. Sokolov, who conducted the investigation into the murder case in the Ipatiev house, among other material evidence in a pit in the vicinity of the village of Koptyaki near Yekaterinburg, also discovered a pince-nez that belonged to Dr. Botkin. The last life physician of the last Russian emperor, Evgeny Sergeevich Botkin, was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in 1981, along with others shot in the Ipatiev House. The consecrated Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church (February 2-3, 2016) canonized Dr. Evgeny Sergeevich Botkin in Anna Vlasova (According to the works of Anninsky L.A., Solovyov V.N., Botkina S.D., King G., Wilson P., Krylova A.N.) FAITHFUL TO THE KING AND GODLife of the Martyr Evgeny Botkin(1865-1918)“By faith, fidelity, work” - such words were chosen by Evgeny Sergeevich Botkin for the motto on his coat of arms when he received the title of hereditary nobleman. These words seemed to concentrate all the life ideals and aspirations of Dr. Botkin: deep inner piety, sacrificial service to one's neighbor, unshakable devotion to the Royal family and fidelity to God and His commandments in all life circumstances, fidelity to the end. The Lord accepts such fidelity as a pure sacrifice and gives for it the highest, heavenly reward: Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life(Rev. 2:10). parental home The Botkin family was from the city of Toropets, Pskov province. Merchant Pyotr Kononovich Botkin, Yevgeny's grandfather, having moved to Moscow in 1791, first engaged in the production of cloth, then wholesale tea. He quickly achieved success, his company "Pyotr Botkin and Sons" traded tea without intermediaries, brought in big profits, and the Botkins soon became one of the largest tea merchants in Russia. His children, and there were twenty-four of them, Peter Kononovich raised in strict piety. He managed to instill in them the understanding that if they received wealth and intelligence from God, they are obliged to share these generous gifts with other people. He wanted his sons to succeed in life through persevering work, to help their neighbors, and to respect the work of others. Pyotr Kononovich Botkin managed to give his numerous children a good education and did not prevent them from doing the business to which they had an inclination. He created a strong family, whose members amazed those around him with their solidarity, mutual assistance, as well as cordiality and responsiveness. The fruits of family education became fully visible on the son of Peter Kononovich Sergey, the future world-famous doctor. Sergei Petrovich, Yevgeny's father, was educated at a prestigious boarding school, and then at the medical faculty of Moscow University. Pretty soon revealed his extraordinary talent for medical art. This talent was combined with a caring and loving attitude towards the sick, which Eugene later inherited. Evgeny's mother, Anastasia Alexandrovna Botkina, nee Krylova, was the daughter of a poor Moscow official. Beautiful, intelligent, delicate, she was also well educated: she was fluent in French and German, knew literature very well, subtly versed in music. Anastasia Alexandrovna loved her children very much, but this love was not blind adoration: she knew how to combine affection with prudent severity in her upbringing. However, her life was short. In the spring of 1875, she died in the Italian resort of San Remo from acute anemia. After the death of his wife, Sergei Petrovich left six sons and a daughter in his arms. Eugene at that time was only ten years old. A year and a half later, Sergei Petrovich married a second time to a young widow, Ekaterina Alekseevna Mordvinova, nee Princess Obolenskaya, who treated her husband's children with delicacy and tenderness, trying to replace their mother. Six more children were born from this marriage. It was said about Sergei Petrovich that, surrounded by his twelve children aged from one to thirty years, he resembled a biblical patriarch. The authority of Sergei Petrovich in the family was indisputable, he demanded unconditional obedience from the children. However, such severity did not seem excessive to the children: it was dissolved by the most sincere paternal love, so the children obeyed their father willingly and, as contemporaries recall, loved him dearly. In spirit, Sergei Petrovich was a peacemaker: he avoided quarrels, idle disputes and tried not to pay attention to petty everyday troubles, and in difficult life situations he reminded those around him of the mercy of the Lord. The greatness of his soul was especially manifested in the work to which he devoted his whole life. Many contemporaries noted the extraordinary talent of Sergei Petrovich Botkin as a diagnostician and considered this a gift from God, because he often surprised those around him with the ability to "unravel" diseases and find the best medicines for them. Some of the diagnoses made by Sergei Petrovich entered the history of medicine. Being an exceptionally talented diagnostician, he never exalted himself by this, but considered his work a sacred duty to his neighbor and to his homeland. While those around him spoke with admiration of his genius, Sergei Petrovich himself was very humble and told his sons that a doctor must first of all be a moral person, ready for a sacrificial feat for the sake of his neighbor. After his death, Eugene, sorting through his father's papers, found a piece of paper on which Sergei Petrovich once wrote: "Love for one's neighbor, a sense of duty, a thirst for knowledge." Being a great scientist, the doctor, nevertheless, put in the first place not knowledge, but the fulfillment of the gospel law - love for one's neighbor. The circle of communication of the Botkins was extremely wide - primarily due to the so-called "Botkin Saturdays". Once a week, scientists, musicians, poets, writers, artists gathered in Sergei Petrovich's house. Medical issues were rarely raised at these meetings, and political topics were never discussed. If a guest who first came to the evening began to condemn the government or talk about political parties and a possible revolution, the rest of the guests knew that they were seeing the unwary newcomer for the last time. Yevgeny's brother, Peter, was later proud of the fact that at one of these evenings, as a child, he sat on Turgenev's lap. Poets and musicians, playwrights and writers sat in the living room at a large table with doctors, chemists and mathematicians, and all together represented a colorful, unanimous society. Close contact with people of art and science had the most beneficial effect on Botkin's children. One of the main values for the Botkin family has always been faith. They loved the temple, worship, and could not imagine that it was possible to remain without church services for a long time. This, of course, was a great merit of the father. At a time when the Russian intelligentsia was gradually losing interest in religion, Sergei Petrovich did not deviate from the Orthodox faith and took care to preserve and strengthen it in his children. This fact is indicative. In the early 1880s, Sergei Petrovich bought the Kultilla manor in Finland, which became the Botkins' family dacha. However, there was not a single Orthodox church nearby, so immediately after acquiring the estate, Sergei Petrovich began building a house church. It was the only church in the entire district, so all local summer residents gathered for Sunday services at the Botkins. Every Saturday evening, the bell ringing called everyone to an all-night vigil at the Botkin Church, as it was called. On Sundays, the entire large Botkin family prayed at the liturgy. The religiosity of the Botkin family had a great influence on the Finnish people. Work on the estate gave them material support, while they respected the owner of the estate very much, who often treated them for free. Every Christmas the Botkins arranged on the estate for local residents a holiday with games, round dances, Christmas songs, refreshments. Every year, Easter services were held in the Botkins' church with a procession, which even Protestant Finns gathered to look at. And after the festive service, the workers of the estate and the villagers were waiting for gifts from the owners: watercolor drawings on the Easter theme, colorful eggs, chocolate. Such kindness acted on the Finns as the most convincing sermon: some of the Protestants, struck by the sincere love of the Botkins for ordinary people, converted to Orthodoxy. The Botkin family knew and revered the holy righteous John of Kronstadt. History has preserved for us the following case. Sergei Petrovich was the attending physician of Saltykov-Shchedrin for twelve years and saved him from death several times. Once, when the writer fell seriously ill, his wife invited Father John of Kronstadt to pray at home. At this time, Sergei Petrovich was passing by. He saw a large crowd of people at the entrance, was frightened for the health of his ward and literally burst into the Saltykovs' apartment, where at that time the family was giving Father John tea. Mikhail Evgrafovich was very embarrassed at the thought that the arrival of a priest at the house was, as it were, a sign of distrust in the doctor. He was afraid that the doctor would be offended, but Botkin reassured him, saying that he was glad to see Father John. “Batiushka and I are colleagues,” Sergei Petrovich smiled, “only I heal the body, and he heals the soul.” Dr. Botkin treated Father John with reverence and asked him for help in those cases when he was conscious of impotence scientific medicine. So, in the 1880s, the whole of St. Petersburg was agitated by the news of the healing of Princess Yusupova, who was dying from blood poisoning. Father John of Kronstadt was called to the patient. Dr. Botkin came out to meet the shepherd with the words: “Help us!” And when Princess Yusupova recovered, the doctor sincerely admitted: “We didn’t do it!” Since 1873, Sergei Petrovich became the life physician of Emperor Alexander II and his wife Maria Alexandrovna. Often accompanying the emperor on his trips as a doctor, he won the sovereign's trust with his moral and business qualities. However, despite his high position, Sergei Petrovich remained just as humble and accessible to ordinary people, continuing to help everyone who turned to him. His purse "was open ... for all kinds of charity, and hardly anyone who asked for help left him with a refusal." In addition, due to his compassion and kindness, he often treated people for free. The words and deeds of his father, his behavior, attitude towards God and people were deeply imprinted in the soul of young Eugene and became moral guidelines for his whole life. "He came into the world for the people..."Eugene was born on May 27, 1865 in Tsarskoye Selo and was the fourth child in large family Botkins. Thanks to a wise upbringing, even in childhood he acquired such virtues as generosity, modesty and compassion. The soft, intelligent Eugene was distinguished by a dislike for fights and all kinds of violence. His brother Peter recalled: “He was infinitely kind. One could say that he came into the world for the sake of people and in order to sacrifice himself. Like all children in the family of Sergei Petrovich Botkin, Eugene received a thorough home education. In addition to general education subjects, he studied foreign languages, painting. The famous composer Mily Balakirev taught him music. Eugene treated him with great respect and, already years later, in letters to Balakirev, “Your student” or “Your former student” was invariably signed. In addition to his parents, the boy was greatly influenced by his godfather, Uncle Pyotr Petrovich Botkin, who headed a tea trading company, and besides her, also owned sugar factories. Uncle was very rich, and at the same time he was distinguished by deep faith, integrity and attention to people. So, for the workers of his sugar factory, he opened a free canteen, built a hospital and a parochial school. Petr Petrovich, who lived in Moscow, was the headman of several churches, was a trustee of the public Andreevsky hospital, and donated large sums of money to the Moscow Guardianship of the Poor. He helped build an Orthodox church even in Argentina. Petr Petrovich also donated a large amount for the construction of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, and then became the headman in it. One of his relatives recalled: “...Almost immediately at the consecration, he became a headman in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, at least I remember him only there. It seems that the last time I was at the morning of Holy Pascha for a church box, in front of me in an incredibly dense crowd, Peter Petrovich made his way with a dish in his hands in a tailcoat with Vladimir around his neck, collecting the church collection. Before Evgeny's eyes, there was always a living example of how to treat the wealth given to you by God - it is given to help others. Thanks to good home preparation, Eugene was able to immediately enter the fifth grade of the 2nd St. Petersburg classical gymnasium, which was the oldest in the capital. Such high demands were placed on the students in this gymnasium that students were often left for the second year. So, one of the students spent in the gymnasium instead of the prescribed eight years - thirteen. From the Botkin family (and besides Yevgeny, his brothers Sergei, Peter, Alexander and Viktor also studied at this gymnasium), no one has ever stayed for the second year. Eugene studied quite well, in German, French and Russian - perfectly well. Later, when he assumed a high position at court, he was among the few in the emperor's retinue who spoke excellent French, German and English. Eugene not only studied diligently, but also distinguished himself by impeccable behavior during the lessons. In the journal of student progress and behavior, it was reported about him: “In attending classes, he is usually in good order, he missed classes due to illness; in the preparation of lessons - very good, in the performance of written work - very diligent, with regard to attention in the class - attentive. In the gymnasium, the behavior of students was strictly monitored. So, at a meeting of the Pedagogical Council on October 12, 1879, a decision was made to enter the misconduct of students in the conduit journal. It was a thick book in which one page was dedicated to each of the students. On each sheet of the conduit there was a table: the date of the remark, the misconduct, the name of the teacher who made the reprimand, the punishment that took place. Some sheets contained dozens of comments. Typical violations of discipline were: "laziness", "restless behavior", "failure to prepare homework”, “made firecrackers at recess”, “was half an hour late”, “didn’t do anything during the lesson”, “ugly laughter”, “constant chatter”. The archives have preserved a conduit journal for 1880, from which you can learn about the attitude of the Botkin brothers to study. Peter Botkin this year, for example, the following remarks were made: "did not have time to buy books", "for avoiding lessons for 2 hours." There are no remarks on the page of the high school student Yevgeny Botkin. Study was given to Eugene easily. He was fond of mathematics, read religious, historical and secular literature, loved Pushkin's poems. The father delved into his son's studies, often discussed with him any book he had read. Sergei Petrovich especially admired the essays by Saltykov-Shchedrin. “How much intelligence and truth,” he said about his works. Eugene always listened to his father's opinion and appreciated the opportunity to discuss any issues with him. He later wrote that his father became for him an experienced, kind elder friend who could instruct, guide, and who could be consulted. The development of Yevgeny's literary interests was greatly influenced by the "Botkin Saturdays", which were regularly held in the parental home. Constantly communicating with talented and outstanding people, Eugene learned to understand literature and poetry. Contemporaries later noted his erudition and talent as a storyteller. The father often took Evgeny and other sons to his clinic. Before her visit, he asked the boys to behave calmly, not to faint at the sight of blood, since they are medical children. About the work of doctors, he repeated that "there is no greater happiness on earth than this continuous and selfless work for the benefit of others." Eugene also accepted this conviction with all his heart. He saw that for his father these were not just words: Sergei Petrovich gave all of himself to the sick without a trace. StudentIn 1882, Eugene graduated from the gymnasium. Its graduates, who received a certificate, were enrolled in the university without additional exams and tests. Eugene became a student of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics at St. Petersburg University. He studied diligently. However, the very next year, having passed the exams for the first year of the university, he entered the Imperial Military Medical Academy. From the very beginning, his choice of profession was conscious and purposeful. Medicine, according to contemporaries, was his vocation: he knew how to help and support in a difficult moment, relieve pain, lend a helping hand. The Military Medical Academy at that time was known not only for giving deep medical education. Her task was to educate doctors devoted to God, Motherland and profession. The rules for teachers of the academy specifically stipulated that they "cannot express anything contrary to religion, morality, laws and government orders." There was a special instruction for students, which stated the need for mandatory attendance at church, fasting during Great Lent, confession and communion. In the main building of the academy there was a church in honor of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God, where, in addition to divine services, all academic celebrations were held. Memorial plaques were installed in the church with the names of students and graduates of the academy who died in the line of their medical duty during wars or epidemics. Among Yevgeny's classmates, students of the 1889 graduation, there were many students from the families of scientists: E. P. Benard, F. E. Langebacher, A. V. Rutkovsky, P. T. Sadovsky. It was they who on the course set the tone in their studies with their passion for medicine. AT free time many of Yevgeny's classmates went to work for free at Red Cross hospitals. The course in which Eugene studied was distinguished by a special comradely solidarity and nobility of spirit. Here is just one of the facts. Many students of the academy did not have sufficient means of subsistence and were forced to earn money. The head of the course proposed the creation of a special monetary fund from voluntary donations, so that less well-to-do students would not be distracted from their studies to earn money. This idea was accepted with enthusiasm by the students. Evgeny Botkin was among those who donated a lot of money for the poor fellow students. During school year Eugene worked hard, and usually spent his summer holidays at the Kultilla estate. There he not only rested, but also worked: he collected hay with pleasure, watered a vast garden, and cleared paths. The father, who believed that physical work was useful for maintaining health, was an example for him in this. In 1889, Eugene successfully graduated from the academy, receiving the title of doctor with honors and the personalized Paltsev Prize, which was awarded to the third highest student in the course. Upon graduation, students of the Military Medical Academy gave the so-called "faculty promise", expressing the fundamental moral and ethical principles of a doctor's behavior. His text was placed on the reverse side of the diploma of a doctor: “Accepting with deep gratitude the rights of a doctor granted to me by science and comprehending the importance of the duties assigned to me by this title, I promise throughout my life not to darken the honor of the estate, which I now enter. I promise at all times to help, according to my best understanding, the suffering who resort to my allowance, I promise to sacredly keep the family secrets entrusted to me and not to use the trust placed in me for evil. I promise to continue to study medical science and contribute with all my strength to its prosperity, informing the learned world of everything that I discover. I promise not to engage in the preparation and sale of secret means. I promise to be fair to my fellow doctors and not offend their personalities, however, if the benefit of the patient required it, to tell the truth without hypocrisy. In important cases, I promise to resort to the advice of doctors who are more knowledgeable and experienced than me; when I myself am called to a conference, I undertake, in conscience, to do justice to their merits and efforts. These moral rules of the doctor, which Yevgeny Botkin called the "code of principles", were not just words for the graduates of the 1889 course. It was, one might say, the program of their life. After graduating from the academy, most of Yevgeny's classmates, becoming doctors, showed great dedication and nobility: they admitted patients for free in the hospitals of the Russian Red Cross Society; served in various military settlements, fortresses, sapper battalions and in the navy; worked as zemstvo doctors; worked during epidemics, exposing themselves to the risk of infection. Here are just a few examples. Zemsky doctor Vasily Vasilyevich Le Dantu created a network of small hospitals and thereby achieved a decrease in mortality among the peasants. He died after contracting typhus while treating a peasant family. The talented surgeon Franz Vikentievich Abramovich also died after being infected by a patient. During the Russo-Japanese War, ten classmates of Yevgeny Sergeevich died in the performance of their medical duty. Evgeny Botkin adhered to the "Code of Principles" in his medical practice. He rightly believed that such ethical norms came close to Christianity and could naturally lead from religious indifference to faith - as happened with him. During his studies, student Botkin experienced some cooling towards religion, but this period did not last long. He called himself one of those fortunate ones who, by the special grace of God, after a period of religious indifference, faith also joined their deeds. In any case, it was obvious to Yevgeny that good deeds, including medical assistance to people, should be based on faith. As he wrote in one of his letters, recalling the words from the Epistle of the Apostle James, “if faith without works is dead, then works without faith cannot exist.” Graduation celebrations at the academy, which took place on November 11, 1889, were marred for Yevgeny by the serious illness of his father. A month later, on December 12, Sergei Petrovich died in France, in Menton, from coronary heart disease. He died relatively young: he was only 58 years old. Sergei Petrovich was buried in St. Petersburg at the cemetery of the Novodevichy Convent. Eugene often came to his father's grave, prayed with concentration and wept. DoctorAfter graduating from the academy, it was time for Evgeny to choose the place of his ministry. The glory of his father, a world-famous physician and scientist, opened all doors for him: he could immediately find a place with the highest salary. However, Eugene did not want to use the name of his father. He decided to start his practical activity at the St. Petersburg Mariinsky Hospital for the Poor, established by Empress Maria Feodorovna. There was little pay. However, this hospital was one of the best clinics in St. Petersburg - it was called "a medical institution close to perfection", and therefore many young doctors (students and graduates) of the Military Medical Academy chose it for themselves as a practical school. By that time, V. I. Alyshevsky, a student of Sergei Petrovich Botkin, had been the head physician of the Mariinsky Hospital for several years. He brought the hospital into such a brilliant state that every young doctor aspired to get there. In his name, the young doctor Evgeny Botkin filed a petition. Dr. Alyshevsky, personally knowing Yevgeny and his abilities, petitioned for his appointment as an intern doctor. In January 1890, Eugene began his work in the clinic. His duties included examining patients upon admission to the hospital and making a preliminary diagnosis, as well as supervising the sorting wards where the newcomers were located. However, Eugene did not stay long as an intern doctor. At the end of the year, he got married, and since he had a family to support, the hospital management offered him a better paid position as a supernumerary resident of the clinic. By the time of the wedding, Eugene was twenty-five years old. His chosen one, Olga Vladimirovna Manuylova, was much younger: she had just turned eighteen. She was an orphan, from the age of four she was brought up by wealthy relatives. On January 7, 1891, their wedding took place in the Catherine's Church of the Imperial Academy of Arts. The young couple loved each other very much, had complete unanimity and considered themselves the happiest couple in the world. On September 12, 1892, their first son was born. The boy was named after his grandfather - Sergei. However, six months later, the first-born, dearly beloved by his parents, died of inflammation of the meninges. This death shocked Evgeny Sergeevich. He painfully endured the pain of loss, but it was this pain that led him to deep faith and humility before the fate of God. The Lord gave him the opportunity and strength to completely rethink his life. Eugene himself later wrote that after the loss of his firstborn, he began to take care not only of the conscientious fulfillment of the duties of a doctor, but more “about the Lord”: professional activity illuminated for him by the light of the commandments of God. The Orthodox faith became the basis of his life and the main treasure that he tried to pass on to his children. In total, four children grew up in the Botkin family: Dmitry, Yuri, Tatyana, Gleb. Eugene was a faithful and loving husband and a gentle and caring father. It seemed that this family ship could not be shaken by any storms... In May 1892, Evgeny Sergeevich entered the post of doctor of the imperial court singing chapel. With this appointment, a situation arose in which the special delicacy of the young doctor was manifested. The manager of the chapel was the composer Mily Balakirev, who, being dissatisfied with Dr. Yurinsky, who worked at the boarding school, decided to put his former student Yevgeny Botkin in his place. However, when he realized that he was being invited to the place of a person objectionable to the authorities, he flatly refused to accept the offer. And only after some time, having learned about the successful arrangement of Dr. Yurinsky in another place, he agreed to take the vacancy. In the singing choir, Evgeny Sergeevich worked, however, not for long. Mily Alekseevich was distinguished by high demands both on himself and on others, his pupils were very tired from endless rehearsals and classes. Dr. Botkin, pitying the children, freed them from exorbitant loads. The composer was very unhappy with this and, in turn, canceled the doctor's appointments. One day, Balakirev was informed that Dr. Botkin allegedly took lightly dressed boys to the hospital in a cab on a frosty day with a strong wind. The composer was outraged. Evgeny Sergeevich was upset that Mily Alekseevich believed the slander, and wrote to him: “The first condition for the possibility of my service in the court chapel is your unconditional trust in me. Now, when, as it seems to me, he is no longer there, it remains for me only to bring you my heartfelt gratitude for all the past and ask you to relieve me of my duties as a doctor of the Court Chapel. In December 1893, Evgeny Sergeevich resigned from the choir and a month later he again entered the service of the Mariinsky Hospital for the Poor. As an assistant doctor, he conscientiously worked in all departments of the hospital: therapeutic, surgical, and also in the isolation ward. A year later, in January 1895, for "excellent diligent service and special work" he received his first award: the Order of St. Stanislav III degree. Simultaneously with clinical practice, the young doctor was engaged in science, he was interested in questions of immunology, the essence of the process of leukocytosis, and the protective properties of blood cells. A year later, Evgeny Sergeevich brilliantly defended his dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, dedicating his scientific work to the memory of his deceased father. In the spring of 1895, the hospital management, taking care of improving the skills of their staff, decided to send Yevgeny Sergeevich to Germany. Dr. Botkin worked in medical institutions in Heidelberg and Berlin. He studied at the Pathological Anatomical Institute with Professor Arnoldi, in the laboratory of physiological chemistry of Professor Salkovsky, listened to lectures by Professors Virchow, Bergman, Ewalds, the neuropathologist Groman, took a bacteriological course with Professor Ernst, a course in practical obstetrics with Professor Dürssen in Berlin, attended courses on childhood diseases of Professor Baginsky and on nervous diseases of Professor Gerhardt ... While working in therapeutic clinics and departments of Berlin hospitals, Evgeny Sergeevich noticed how well the Germans cared for the sick, and suggested organizing a similar one in Russian hospitals. This business trip was extremely fruitful for Dr. Botkin: he received versatile medical knowledge at the very high level and was perfectly prepared for independent medical and scientific work. In May 1897, the Conference of the Imperial Military Medical Academy awarded Yevgeny Sergeevich Botkin the title of Privatdozent in Internal Medicine with a clinic. The young doctor began to teach. What did he say at his first lecture? About medical skills? About the need for proper diagnosis? About the achievements of modern medicine? No. He said that the doctor, first of all, should show mercy, sincere heartfelt participation and sympathy for the sick person: “So do not be stingy, learn to generously give sympathy to those who need it ... let's all go with love to the sick person to learn together how to be useful to him. Evgeny Sergeevich considered the service of a physician to be a truly Christian work, akin to a priestly one. He often reminded students of the need to “conscientiously fulfill your sacred duty towards ... unfortunate patients, treating them with all the care that you can, with the sincere cordiality that they so need. The doctor knows that with this he does not “spoil” the patient, but only fulfills his sacred duty. Being a believer, Evgeny Sergeevich had a Christian view of illnesses, saw their connection with the mental state of the patient: “Acquaintance with the mental world of a sick person is no less important for a doctor than an idea of anatomical changes and violations of the physiological functions of certain cells of his body ... And how often all the physical ailments of the patient turn out to be only a consequence or manifestation of his spiritual unrest and torment, with which our earthly life is so rich and which are so poorly amenable to our mixtures and powders. Later, in one of his letters to his son Yuri, he expressed his attitude to the medical profession as a means of knowing God's wisdom: “The main delight that you experience in our business ... is that for this we must penetrate into the details and mysteries of God's creations, and it is impossible not to enjoy their expediency and harmony and His highest wisdom. Georgievsky communitySince 1897, Dr. Botkin, retaining his position as a supernumerary doctor at the Mariinsky Hospital, began his medical practice in the communities of sisters of mercy of the Russian Red Cross Society. At first, he became a supernumerary doctor in the outpatient clinic of the Holy Trinity Community of Sisters of Mercy. It was one of the largest communities in Russia, which was under the patronage of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. The sisters of the community participated in the Crimean, Russian-Turkish and other wars. But another Red Cross community played a much larger role in the doctor's life. From January 1899, Evgeny Sergeevich became the chief physician of the St. Petersburg Community of Sisters of Mercy in honor of St. George. This community was created with the active participation of his father, who was an honorary consultant in it. It was founded in 1870 and was under the patronage of Empress Maria Feodorovna. The charter of the community read: “Stand with a firm foot against the onslaught of disasters that haunt humanity in the form of miserable hygienic conditions of our life, daily illnesses, epidemics, and in case of war, alleviate the suffering of the wounded on the battlefield.” To do this, it was necessary to create a medical staff who would devote all their strength to selfless, selfless service to a suffering person. Despite the fact that the Red Cross was a secular organization, there were confessional restrictions for admission to work in its communities: only Christian women who knew basic prayers were accepted as sisters. The sisters during their service had to live in the community and had no right to marry. The training program for them was developed by Sergei Petrovich Botkin himself. The sisters studied anatomy, physiology, hygiene, they were taught special courses in internal medicine, surgery, and were taught how to care for the sick. The main patients of the Georgievsky community were people from the poorest strata of society, but doctors and attendants were selected with special care. Some women of the upper class worked there as simple nurses and considered this occupation an honor for themselves. The sisters of mercy not only provided medical assistance to poor people, but also visited the apartments of the sick, helped them get a job, and put someone in an almshouse. Thanks to the ascetic attitude of the spiritual father of the community, the famous Archpriest Alexei Kolokolov, who “never spared himself in the fulfillment of his pastoral calling”, such enthusiasm reigned among the employees, such a desire to help suffering people that the people of St. George were compared with the first Christian community. “The sisters of the community devoted themselves to the holy cause of serving the sick with undivided zeal, reminiscent of the early days of Christianity,” they wrote, for example, in Sankt-Peterburgskiye Vedomosti. Of course, the position of chief physician of such a community could only be entrusted to a highly moral and believing person. As a rule, before such an appointment, all information about the candidate was collected, from the previous place of service, an accurate and complete description of both service and moral qualities was requested about him. Therefore, the fact that Yevgeny Sergeevich was accepted to work in this exemplary institution spoke volumes. At this time, Dr. Botkin had other duties: a doctor for business trips of the VI category at the Clinical Military Hospital, a therapist at the Mariinsky Hospital for the Poor, and a teacher at the Imperial Military Medical Academy. But he never left the care of his community. “My community,” he called the St. George people. He took care of the training of staff, treated the condition of the patients with participation - all aspects of the community's activities were under his supervision. Evgeny Sergeevich paid equal attention to each patient, both rich and poor, and tried in every possible way to help the patient. Many facts are known confirming that the spirit of exceptional mercy reigned in the Community of St. George. Let us cite one incident that occurred during the First World War. One patient of a simple rank, who was in the hospital, did not get better and was in deep despondency. The doctor, visiting him and learning about his mood, in the most affectionate terms promised that he would be prepared for any dish that he would agree to taste. At the request of the patient, pork ears were fried. From such attention, he cheered up, cheered up and soon went on the mend. In July 1900, Yevgeny Sergeevich and five sisters of mercy of the Community were sent to Sofia to work in the Alexander Hospital, where care for the sick was poorly organized. Their activities in this hospital were reported by the diplomatic ambassador to Bulgaria, State Councilor Bakhmetev: “Their activities manifested themselves so quickly and so beneficially that one cannot help but rejoice, looking at the improvements and transformations that they have already achieved. Our kind, industrious, and experienced sisters have attracted doctors by their practical knowledge, and the sick by their cordial and tender treatment, that both of them claim that they can no longer exist without them. And that until now they did not realize the terrible situation in which the hospital was. About Dr. Botkin, Mr. Bakhmetev reported: “Dr. Botkin stayed here for two weeks and, working tirelessly to familiarize the sisters with such new conditions for them, and, more importantly, to familiarize the doctors with the activities of the sisters, earned universal gratitude and respect. The entire medical corps met and saw him off with the greatest honor and genuine sympathy. The ambassador sent his review of Yevgeny Sergeevich's work even to Empress Maria Feodorovna, who wrote on the text of the report: "I read it with pleasure." By the highest permission of the Empress, Dr. Botkin was awarded the Red Cross badge and the Bulgarian Order of Civil Merit for his hard work in Sofia. With his great employment, Dr. Botkin found time for scientific work: he lectured workshops students and reviewed dissertations of candidates for the degree of Doctor of Medicine.
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