Peter the Great died when he was only 52 years old. Official sources say that the death of the Russian emperor came as a result of inflammation of the bladder and gangrene caused by urinary retention. But was it really so?
The famous historian S.M.Soloviev in his "History of Russia from Ancient Times" indicates that the tsar before death asked for papers and a pen for writing a will. But his hands did not obey and he could write only two words, “Give everything back”, then ordered his daughter Anna to be called in to dictate her will to her, but when she arrived, Peter could not say a word.
Could a disease of the urethra, flowing inside the body, cause a loss of the external motor function and voice in the emperor? To any person ignorant of medicine, these circumstances will seem very strange.
And if you consider that a few months before the death of Peter, he had a quarrel with his wife Catherine, whom he read to his heirs. The quarrel happened because of her adultery, as a result of which he was visited by thoughts about the execution of his wife or about her exile to the monastery. It may well turn out that these signs (loss of motor function of the hands and voice) could be the result of the action of the poison, which intensified the emperor’s disease.
And this poison could give the traitor Catherine, who was with Peter dying inseparably, and even his associate, Prince A.D. Menshikov, who was removed by the emperor from the post of head of the military department on charges of bribery, and over which there was also a threat of the death penalty, and any of the servants on the orders of these persons.
The death of Peter was also desired in the West, which stood across the throat of the Russian power, which was gaining strength, reaching the Baltic and the Black Sea. By destroying the emperor, the West could drive the Russian bear back to its den, which did not have access to the world's seas.
Was it really so, but the death of the emperor gave a respite to the West, and saved A.D. Menshikov from execution and seated Catherine on the Russian throne.
