In the Russian language, there are many stable expressions that have a figurative meaning. Sometimes in journalism it is necessary to meet a combination "shemyakin court". Who is Shemyaka? Why did this name become a household name and is used with a dismissive or even completely negative connotation?
The story "Shemyakin court"
The novel “The Shemyakin Court” is a work satirically telling about the unrighteous court brought about by the “judge Shemyakin”. This work speaks of how one of the poor took turns suing his rich brother, a priest, and then a city dweller. To hear the case, the three plaintiffs and the defendant go to court to Shemyak.
And it was like that. Once, a poor brother asked a horse rich for a while to bring firewood. The rich man reluctantly agreed, only he refused the clamp. Without thinking twice, the poor brother tied the harvested wood to the horse's tail. The mare suddenly bore and tore its tail. Upon learning of this, the rich brother went to court with a complaint about his brother. The poor brother followed him to find the truth.
On the way, the brothers stopped for the night at the priest. When they began to have dinner, the poor man was not called to the table. The poor brother was offended and strangled the priest's son in his hearts. The angry priest also went to judge Shemyaka complaining about the poor man. On the way, the poor man managed to set another man against himself, who also went to court for support. So all four of them appeared before the judge.
In the bosom of his poor brother was a stone wrapped in a rag, which he hoped to offer the judge as a "promise."
Judge Shemyak, believing that the poor man was offering him gold, made a decision in such a way that all three complainants were forced to pay off the poor, so as not to execute an unrighteous court decision. At the end of the trial, Shemyaka found out that the poor man had a stone in his bosom, and thanked God for having thought him out to solve the case in favor of the poor man, who otherwise could have killed the judge with that very stone.
