Nila Yusupova biography

Dmitry Mrikotenko. Today I want to talk about the most famous pearls in the world. As my grandmother said: “A pearl strung on a silk thread can be delighted, you can surprise, you can please, or you can strangle ...” Sometimes, some ladies do the mouth sweetly whispered words of love sweetly. Mark Anthony knew the price of a woman's speeches. Moreover, such as Cleopatra ... - In your honor, O great commander, tomorrow I am arranging a feast that was equal to either in Rome or Egypt.

Feast for 10 million sisters. This is a huge amount that is quite corresponding to the budget of the state! Of course, Anthony did not believe in such a promise.

Well, what can you cook for 10 million ??? He argued with Cleopatr that her promise is a myth. And satisfied with his ingenuity and the Egyptian queen went to his bedchamber. The inheriting day commander arrived at the celebration. Dinner was rather modest, without excesses and delicacies. When the military leader was already ready to celebrate the victory in the dispute, a glass of young sour wine was brought to her according to the sign of Cleopatra.

In front of Mark Anthony, the queen took off her earring with a large guushered pearl, which cost exactly 10 million Egyptian coins. She lowered her into a glass. As soon as the pearls dissolved in sour wine, Cleopatra drained the vessel. Mark Anthony lost!. There are different versions. One at a time, Cleopatra wanted to dissolve it. But Mark Anthony forbade to do this.

And by mutual agreement, the pearl was sawn in half, a couple of earrings were made from it and presented as a gift to the goddess Venus. According to another legend, Cleopatra dissolved a fake pearl, because not only in sour fault, but even in vinegar the pearl cannot dissolve so quickly ... In a word, this story became so popular that not so long ago, manufacturers of very expensive grades of wine came up with a beautiful marketing move.

They began to put the wine in the bottle of wine in a real pearl, the same one whose price is at least five hundred dollars. The meaning of this action was as follows - if the wine turned out to be fermented, the pearl was dissolved, and this would immediately be seen when buying. And if you take into account that a bottle of good wine can cost up to 50 thousand dollars, then an expensive pearl is a real trifle but back to the pearls.

Another famous pearl is Peregirin’s mosquito. It was caught by a black slap on the pearl islands in the mid -16th century and is still considered the largest pearl in the world. Its first owner was the Spanish Queen Maria Tudor, later Busina was bequeathed to Louis Napoleon, who later became the emperor of France. During the years of the English exile, Napoleon was forced to sell the Spanish relic to the Duke of Abercorn.

And in the year I was overheated at the Sotby auction for 37 thousand. It was bought by the actor Richard Burton, he knew the tastes of his wife well. And if the best friends of all the girls have always been diamonds, then his wife, the great Elizabeth Taylor adored pearls. Richard presented to overheat Elizabeth on Valentine's Day. This was her favorite decoration.

On her last day, the weak hand of the great actress squeezed the necklace into which a huge pearl was inserted. Who knows, maybe at that moment she remembered her Cleopatra. Elizabeth Taylor passed away on March 23. And in less than a year later, Peregrin’s pearl bought for 37 thousand dollars was sold at the Sotby auction for 12 million. Or is it the same decoration? No, these are two completely different pearls, although they are often confused, even specialists.

Pelester refers us to the history of the family of the princes of the Yusupovs. At one time, this pearl also belonged to the Spanish court. Then she fell into the collection of the French king Louis, however, during the French Revolution, her trace was lost. And only in the year the pearl appears in Russia. It is bought by one of the richest women of that time, Princess Tatyana Vasilievna Yusupova.

She was a very extravagant woman and preferred to wear pelerine as a decoration for one ear. The pearl was inherited and was a family relic. The imperial environment did not like that Gregory had too much influence on Nicholas the Second and his wife. The conspiracy against the healer was headed by a close friend of Yusupov, Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich. Rasputin always appreciated female beauty and was not indifferent to expensive jewelry.

Felix Yusupov with his friends took advantage of these passions. Yusupov promised Rasputin to introduce him his wife to the beauty Irina and show a family treasure - a huge pearl. Under these pretexts, the old man was lured into the prince’s palace on the Moika, and there he was killed. Alex: And what happened to the pelester? The Yusupov family emigrates to France. They managed to take out only a small fraction of their property abroad.

There they sold almost everything. With this money, the Yusupov bought a house in Paris, Felix played in a casino, picked up money that he had never returned to him, unsuccessfully conducted a business. But the pearl was still in the family. And only in the year, when the family was practically impoverished, Felix Yusupov sold Pelerin.