Testament of Peter I – To Identify the Initiator of the Forged Document

Abstract

Testament of Peter I became an outstanding bestseller among the world political documents since it was published in the 10-ies of the XIX century. It reflected the fundamental trends and directions of the Russian imperial policy thoroughly. Therefore, it was used as an instrument of the ideological fight against the Russian Empire and then against its successorthe Soviet Union by the western countries. In addition to ideological disputes, the forged testament of Peter I attracted attention from a scientific point of view. The question was to identify the party interested in creating such a forged document, as well as the date and purpose of creation. A completely different version unlike the previous ones has been established by the current research. In particular, the initiator of the falsification of Peter I's testament was the King of Prussia Frederick II.The aforementioned initiative arose during the Seven Years' War in the 60-ies of XVIII century, after the development of the rudimentary version of the Greek Project by Prussia and Russia, when Frederick II had to hide his authorship of the Greek Project for his own security and the security of the country as well.330  Education and science of today: intersectoral issues and development of sciences . cities of the world. In particular, in Oxford [62],

King of Imereti Solomon I and the Project of Resettlement Kabardians to Georgia

“…The present study is a part of our scientific monograph, which is devoted to the Russian-Austrian plan for the transformation of Europe in the 70-90s of the centurythe Greek project. Excerpts from our research have been published in various scientific publications in Oxford [50;59;63], Cambridge [47;52;56], Washington[62],…”

“…It forms the grounds to assume that Solomon I is the initiator and co-author of this project together with Erekle the King of Kartli-Kakheti.It is demonstrated for the first time in historiography that four years after the failed project of 1778, when trying to implement the project again in 1782, Erekle used not his own diplomatic resources for sending to Kabardino but the diplomatic resources of Imereti Royal Court.The present study is a part of our scientific monograph, which is devoted to the Russian-Austrian plan for the transformation of Europe in the 70-90s of the centurythe Greek project. Excerpts from our research have been published in various scientific publications in Oxford [50;59;63], Cambridge [47;52;56], Washington[62],…”