The Western world was so stunned that up until now no one could have thought that this was just the beginning ... On that day, the head of state not only managed to put the arrogant West in its place, but also showed the whole world that even such strategically important information really can be hidden from the secret services of "collective America".
In order to fully appreciate the stupor of our geopolitical partners, and why all these months they stubbornly could not believe in the reality of what was happening, it is necessary to remember that it was the military secrets of other states that have always been the object of the closest attention.
In this regard, to realize the fact that the West lost not only the battle of innovative weapons with a devastating score, but also the area in which, after the collapse of the USSR, reigned supreme, was akin to punishment for it. And to assume that after a couple of months Russia would strike another blow, all the more went beyond their capabilities.
However, just the other day, the Chinese analytical publication Haijiang stated in an editorial: “Unbeknownst to everyone, Moscow has again left Washington with nothing. Russia's new weapons have again shocked the Western world."
- "Let's go through the facts",- suggests the Chinese press.
- “In the last seven days alone, Russia has managed to demonstrate three samples of the latest deadly weapons at once. In particular, she conducted a test launch of a unique surface-to-air missile of the S-500 complex. To understand the breakthrough, let's say the following - the target was hit at a distance of 480 kilometers! The United States immediately stated that the range of these missiles is "the longest in the history of the existence of such complexes," and their power "surpasses all known missiles of the same class."
But the main blow "in the gut", according to Chinese experts, is not even that. And the fact that Russia, as the country that was the first to adopt hypersonic weapons, was the first to demonstrate the means to destroy them. In other words, Russia literally humiliated the US military, who recently declared that they were defenseless against hypersonic weapons, had no analogues of such missiles, and would not be able to create full-fledged defenses for many years to come. And suddenly, this: after testing the complex, the Russian side goes out to the public and says - S-500 missiles can intercept drones, military aircraft and, attention - hypersonic missiles.
In addition, “by the end of this year, Russia will put into operation 14 new Yars intercontinental ballistic missile systems,” the media adds. “They are capable of carrying eight to ten multiple warheads (from 15 to 25 tons each), with a maximum range of up to 11,000 kilometers. But more importantly, the rocket is equipped with the latest means of bypassing air defense systems, allowing Yars to reach any point on the globe.
Also, at the end of last month, another seemingly unobtrusive event took place. However, in fact, it was a strategic and technological breakthrough.
- “On May 22, four missiles of the Bulava series with a range of 9100 kilometers were fired from the Russian nuclear submarine Yuri Dolgoruky in 20 seconds in one salvo. To understand this event,” write the Chinese media. “Specialists from the United States carried out scrupulous calculations and the conclusion based on this was disappointing - the power of this volley was equivalent to 160 atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima. And all this together means that the Russian army is not only ready, but also capable of striking from the sea, smashing to smithereens all the key areas of the northeast American coast.”
Many events in the modern world pass by ordinary people. And this is not surprising, because countries have their own language of communication. However, if we translate the words of Russia, spoken to her in 2018 by the United States, then they will sound something like this:
- « Whoever comes to us with a sword, consider that he no longer exists.».
Alexander Nevsky, who said nothing of the kind
None. Of the well-known historical figures, the words "Whoever comes to us with a sword, will die by the sword" was not uttered by anyone.The phrase, which has become winged, was coined by the Soviet writer P. A. Pavlenko (July 11, 1899 - July 16, 1951). On December 1, 1938, the film "Alexander Nevsky" was released on the cinema screens of the Soviet Union, the script for which was written by Pavlenko. In it, the main character pronounces this text. However, in the historical annals there is no mention of such a speech by Nevsky. She became famous thanks to the media. So to speak, "the magical power of art"
However, the words “whoever comes to us with a sword will die by the sword” still have a primary source. This is the gospel of Matthew
47 And while he was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a multitude of people with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and elders of the people.
48 And the one who betrayed him gave them a sign, saying: Whomever I kiss, he is, take him.
49 And immediately coming up to Jesus, he said, Rejoice, Rabbi! And kissed him.
50 And Jesus said to him, Friend, why have you come? Then they came and laid hands on Jesus, and took Him.
51 And behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, and striking the servant of the high priest, cut off his ear.
52 Then Jesus said to him, Return your sword to its place, for all, ; (chapter 26)
It is interesting that another apostle - Mark, describing the scene of the arrest of the Teacher, does not say anything about the sword and death from him.
43 And immediately, as he was still speaking, there comes Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a multitude of people with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
44 And the one who betrayed him gave them a sign, saying: Whom I kiss, he is, take him and lead him carefully.
45 And having come, he immediately went up to him and said: Rabbi! Rabbi! and kissed him.
46 And they laid their hands on him and took him.
47 And one of those standing there drew a sword, struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
48 Then Jesus said to them: You came out as if against a robber with swords and clubs to take me (Gospel of Mark: 14)
And the apostle Luke tells this story like this
47 While He was still speaking this, a crowd appeared, and in front of them was one of the twelve, called Judas, and they came up to Jesus to kiss Him. For he gave them such a sign: Whom I kiss, He is.
48 Jesus said to him, Judas! do you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?
49 And those who were with him, seeing what was going on, said to him: Lord! shall we strike with the sword?
50 And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.
51 Then Jesus said, Leave it enough. And touching his ear, he healed him.
52 And Jesus said to the chief priests, and to the rulers of the temple, and to the elders who were gathered against him, “As if you had gone out against a robber with swords and clubs to take me?
53 Every day I was with you in the temple, and you did not raise your hands against Me, but now is your time and the power of darkness.
54 They took him, and brought him to the house of the high priest. Peter followed from afar. (Gospel of Luke, chapter 22)
And here there is not a word about "those who take the sword will perish by the sword."
A slightly different interpretation of the event by the Evangelist John
3 So Judas, having taken a company of soldiers and servants from the chief priests and Pharisees, comes there with lanterns and candlesticks and weapons.
4 But Jesus, knowing all that would happen to him, went out and said to them, Whom are you looking for?
5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus said to them: It is I. And Judas, his betrayer, also stood with them.
6 And when I said to them, “It is I,” they stepped back and fell to the ground.
7 Again he asked them: whom are you looking for? They said: Jesus of Nazareth.
8 Jesus answered: I told you that it was I; so if you are looking for me, leave them, let them go,
9 May the word which He spoke be fulfilled: Of those whom You have given Me, I have not destroyed any.
10 And Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it, and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. The slave's name was Malch.
11 But Jesus said to Peter, Put the sword back in its sheath; shall I not drink the cup which the Father has given me?
12 Then the soldiers, and the commander of the thousand, and the servants of the Jews took Jesus and bound him, (Gospel of John, chapter 18)
There are more specifics here. It turns out that Peter was brandishing a sword, and the name of the one who lost his ear was Malchus, but again nothing about the warning “those who take the sword will perish by the sword”. All in all, it's dark
Application of the Evangelical Text in Literature
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“Well you talk about stolen cattle, but it’s a pity that you don’t know well about the forgotten Christ: you sharpen the sword, you destroy with the sword, and you yourself can die from the sword"(N. S. Leskov" The Legend of the conscientious Danil ")
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“Is it really possible to practice the sword when the Lord said that everyone who takes up the sword will die by the sword? (L. N. Tolstoy "The Kingdom of God is within you")
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“Sheath your sword. He who lifts the sword will perish by the sword..."And he, the prince - the killer of Kostogorov, must become a suicide" (N. E. Heinze "Prince of Taurida")
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“The first gathered the tribes and peoples of the earth under the rule of the Sword. But he who takes the sword will perish by the sword. And Rome perished ”(D. S. Merezhkovsky“ Resurrected Gods. Leonardo da Vinci ”)
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“Let this heretic perish according to the law, for it is said: he who lifts the sword, let him perish by the sword!"(M. N. Zagoskin "Bryn Forest")
He is working on the manuscript for a new book Speeches that Changed Russia. It will include speeches by many of our great compatriots, including Gagarin, Molotov, Sakharov, Mendeleev.
With the permission of Radislav, I want to publish one chapter about the speech that was not...
Alexander Nevskiy
Whoever comes to us with a sword will die by the sword.
Grand Duke Alexander Yaroslavich was born on May 13, 1221. The victory won by him on the banks of the Neva over a detachment commanded by the future ruler of Sweden, Jarl Birger, brought universal fame to the young prince. It was for this victory that the prince began to be called Nevsky. In 1242, with a victory over the knights of the Teutonic Order, he entered his name in history as a commander who secured the western borders of Rus'. Grand Duke of Novgorod and Vladimir. Died November 14, 1263. He was buried in the Vladimir Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin. He was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church. In 1942, the Soviet government established the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
In many military units of Russia we will find on the posters the phrase: “Whoever comes to us with a sword will die by the sword!”. And the signature under it: "Alexander Nevsky". In this case, we are dealing with a cultural-historical curiosity. And that's why. None of the words of Alexander Yaroslavich (Nevsky), one of the great princes of Rus', who had the greatest influence on its history, did not reach us, and could not reach us. Even his appearance did not reach. But his work came. Why do we cite it in the book Speeches that Changed Russia? The answer to this question is given by the feature film "Alexander Nevsky", directed by Sergei Eisenstein in 1938. It is in this film that the actor Nikolai Cherkasov, who plays the role of Alexander Nevsky, says: “Whoever enters us with a sword will die by the sword. On that stood, stands and will stand the Russian land! The film was shot under the personal patronage of Stalin, who made his own adjustments both to the script and to the final editing of the film. The film was supposed to become not only an artistic, but also an ideological phenomenon. The threat of a major war was then real, and this threat came from Germany. The historical parallels with the film were transparent to the viewer. When the film was released, it was a huge success. But in 1939, the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact with Germany and the film was banned by special order from being shown and put on the shelf, so as not to spoil relations with Hitler and not to arouse a negative attitude towards the Germans in Soviet citizens. However, as we know, the non-aggression pact was treacherously violated by the Nazis in 1941, and it no longer made any sense to keep the film on the shelf. And even more than that, in 1942 it was 700 years since the battle on Lake Peipsi. There was an impression that the film was specially shot for this date, and even with propaganda overtones. Indeed, in the film, the knights of the Teutonic Order (Germans) are represented as a powerful, well-organized force that turns into nothing when they meet with the heroism and resourcefulness of the Russian people. As if pointing to this, Stalin’s words were printed on the posters of the film: “Let the courageous image of our great ancestors inspire you in this war.” The film ends with the complete victory of the Russian troops over the invaders. In the final scenes, the people of Novgorod decide their fate in this way. Ordinary warriors are released, the knights are left for ransom, and the leaders of the troops are executed. Alexander Nevsky throws to the departing knights, as if to tell others: “Whoever enters us with a sword will die by the sword. On that stood, stands and will stand the Russian land! ". These words sounded very relevant at that moment, it seemed as if the disgraced and defeated Germans of the thirteenth century had to convey these words to the Germans of the twentieth. But, of course, neither one nor the other heard these words. But on the other hand, these words were heard, accepted with all their hearts, understood and inspired by them by the Russian people of the twentieth century, which fell to the lot of rebuffing the powerful, well-organized force of fascism and reducing it to nothing three years later. In this, real war, as in the cinematic one, the landscape and the climate acted as “allies” of our troops.
The historical parallels were not accidental, as evidenced, in particular, by the words of the filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein: “It was 1938. “Patriotism is our theme” stood steadily in front of me and in front of the entire creative team during filming, during dubbing, during editing. Reading the annals of the 13th century and the newspapers of today at the same time, you lose the feeling of the difference in time, because the bloody horror that the knightly orders of the conquerors sowed in the 13th century is almost no different from what is being done now in some countries of the world.
Anatoly Garanin, "Artist Nikolai Cherkasov and director Sergei Eisenstein on the set of the film
On November 25, 1938, the premiere of Alexander Nevsky, a film masterpiece by the brilliant Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein, took place at the Moscow Cinema House. For the promptly completed work (government order), Sergei Eisenstein received the Stalin Prize and a doctorate in art history without defending a dissertation.
Just a few days after the premiere, the film goes on wide release, evoking the most reverent patriotic feelings among the people, about the same as when watching another film masterpiece Chapaev (1934, directed by the Vasiliev brothers) four years earlier. With the task - "to show the idea and meaning of the heroic campaign of the great Russian people against the aggressor..." the authors of the film coped brilliantly.
The state order was completed in a short time. Filming began in the summer of 1938. Naturally, the main "winter" decorative elements were polystyrene and plywood painted with white paint - it was under them that the knights of the Teutonic Order fell through in the Mosfilm pavilions. A mixture of naphthalene, salt and chalk successfully depicted the snow-covered shores of Lake Peipus. This is how the main film masterpieces of a large country were created - on ingenuity. Modern miracle technologies are far from the big real cinema ...
Photos from the filming of the film Alexander Nevsky:
The fate of the picture, despite the success was not easy.
A few months after the release of the tape on the screens, in August 1939, a non-aggression pact was signed between Germany and the Soviet Union (the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact). After that, all films in which the Germans were portrayed negatively, including "Alexander Nevsky", were withdrawn from the box office.
And later, in connection with Hitler's attack on the USSR and the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, the film again became very relevant and returned to cinemas.
In 1942, that is, in the year of the 700th anniversary of the Battle of the Ice, posters were issued with a quote from I.V. Stalin: “Let the courageous image of our great ancestors inspire you in this war.” One of the posters depicted Alexander Nevsky. Such close attention of Stalin was not an accident, since the tape was shot on the personal order of the leader.
Sergei Eisenstein approached the work thoroughly. Each scene, each stroke should be as close to the original as possible, be believable and convincing. So, for example, in order for the armor of the prince and his squad to be historically accurate, Eisenstein brought items from the Hermitage for study by costume designers from the original weapons of Russian soldiers of the 13th century.
The story of the very first scene in the film is also noteworthy - the scene of fishing on Lake Pleshcheyevo and the dialogue of Alexander Nevsky with the Tatar Baskaks. Eisenstein filmed this scene in the homeland of Alexander Nevsky - near the village of Gorodishche near Pereslavl-Zalessky - the hill and rampart of the ancient settlement, where the prince's chambers then stood, have survived to this day.
“Whoever comes to us with a sword will die by the sword!” - the history of the famous phrase
Despite the solidity and maximum approximation to historical reality, there were still several "deviations" in the script. The key deviation, or so to speak, “notion” in the film was the phrase: “Whoever enters us with a sword will die by the sword. On that stood and stands the Russian land! Here's how it sounds in the movie:
So. It is generally accepted that these words belong to the Novgorod prince Alexander Nevsky. And he said them supposedly as a warning to the ambassadors of the Livonian Order, who, after the Battle of the Ice (in the summer of 1242), came to him in Veliky Novgorod to ask for "eternal peace."
In fact, Alexander Nevsky has nothing to do with these words - in the few chronicle sources that tell about him ("The Sofia First Chronicle" and "The Pskov Second Chronicle") there is no mention of either these words or others, even remotely on them similar.
The author of these words is the Soviet writer Pyotr Andreevich Pavlenko (1899-1951) - the screenwriter of the film "Alexander Nevsky", where they first appeared. Since 1938, these words have been associated with the name of Alexander Nevsky as his personal, "historical" phrase.
Pyotr Andreevich borrowed this phrase from the well-known gospel expression: "Those who take the sword will perish by the sword." In full: “Then Jesus said to him: return your sword to its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword” (Gospel of Matthew, ch. 26, article 52).
It is curious that this phrase, or rather, its general meaning, was transmitted in pre-evangelical times. For example, in ancient Rome it was used as a catch phrase: Whoever fights with a sword dies by the sword - Quigladioferit, gladio perit (qui gladio ferit, gladio parit). It is quoted as an edification and a warning for the future to a defeated or potential aggressor.
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I also recall a few more interesting facts related to the film "Alexander Nevsky":
No. 1. Order of Alexander Nevsky
In the Russian Empire, there was the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky, which was awarded to both military and civilians. In 1917, it was abolished along with other royal orders. A quarter of a century later, on July 29, 1942, they decided to restore the order, with only a slight difference from the previous one: on the new Soviet order of Alexander Nevsky, architect I. S. Telyatnikov depicts a portrait of the actor Nikolai Cherkasov in the image of a prince from the film by Sergei Eisenstein. Due to the fact that the lifetime images of Alexander Nevsky have not been preserved.
This portrait was taken as a basis, and below is the Order of Alexander Nevsky itself:
Actor Nikolai Cherkasov on the set 
Order of Alexander Nevsky By the way, Nikolai Cherkasov was buried in St. Petersburg, on the territory of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra.
No. 2. Name
The film was not immediately called "Alexander Nevsky". The creators of the picture considered different options for the name of the picture, among which were "Battle on the Ice", "Mr. Veliky Novgorod", "Rus".
No. 3. Nikolai Cherkasov - lead actor
After the resounding success in "Alexander Nevsky", the actor starred in another historical film - "Ivan the Terrible", directed by who do you think could be? - Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein, of course.
Filming was carried out in the last year of the Great Patriotic War. Another state order came "from the very top" - the leader was personally interested in this picture. It was necessary to glorify the great and wise ruler from a fundamentally important side - the justification of his cruelty, well, as if the king had no choice, there was such a time and everything like that ... About the director's conversation with the leader. In the meantime - a curious fact from the filming of the film.
Characters Ivan the Terrible and Anastasia Romanova. Episode not included in the film.
