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Vladimir Alekseevich Gilyarovsky, born in 1855 in Vologda province, was a famous Russian reporter and the writer of Moscow. He wrote the most popular reports that formed into real books, and although in those days such a concept, as a bestseller, did not exist yet, these works were bestsellers by definition.
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Moscow it is impossible was to find not a single individual, even a visitor who did not know would this person who looks like a circus wrestler, and not like forever in a hurry and looking for another sensation of a journalist. Vladimir Alekseevich wrote about the events in the capital in the newspaper “Evening Moscow” and Izvestia, as well as in the magazines Ogonyok and Spotlight. Among his numerous readers were particularly valued publications that had a clear raid of the supernatural and inexplicable. It costs notice that many such mystical stories happened to himself Gilyarovsky, and were not retold from someone else’s words.
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Ghosts of Moscow
For example, once a reporter decided to describe the underground life beloved city and went down the catacombs into massive communications near the Kremlin. Hoping to make some archaeological discovery or discover the treasure, Gilyarovsky traveled alone through endless tunnels and accidentally stumbled … on the present ghost.
Subsequently, the author wrote that the phantom looked like fragile an old woman dressed in an old-fashioned cloak and with antique glasses on her nose. She calmly walked underground, and the journalist called to her, suggesting that an elderly woman got lost. Stranger not less, did not pay any attention to the presence of others. Then Vladimir Alekseevich considered that the grandmother of a tight ear, approached to her and put her hand on her shoulder, however, a Muscovite’s brush unexpectedly passed through a woman like a haze of fog. What happened Further, it was even worse. The stranger turned and looked angrily on Gilyarovsky, and her face immediately turned into a bare skull.
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It is believed that just after this chilling case publicist and became interested in paranormalism. He interviewed citizens who came across ghosts visited damned houses and anomalous territories, and in addition, compiled a detailed map popular and little-known metropolitan ghosts. To this card the painter carefully put all the places where you can meet phantoms not only people, but also stagecoaches and animals. Gilyarovsky repeatedly observed translucent carriages dissolving through some time in the air as well as ephemeral cats and dogs whom it was impossible to catch.
Such meetings resulted in a whole section called “Want – believe “, which was used by Moscow readers for frenzied popularity.
Damned Gilyarovsky
At the end of life, another mystical thing happens to Gilyarovsky. an event this time tragic. Old age reporter publishes a scandalous article exposing metropolitan prostitution, and even cites the names of many women of easy virtue. However it is not passes for him without a trace.
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One of the publicly disgraced girls tracked down the author of the article and expressed to him everything that thinks of him. “Damn you to you went blind and could never disgrace anyone again! “- shouted girl in hearts. And the curse, unfortunately, came true. A month later a talented publicist became seriously ill. The disease gave complications to eyes, and a talented publicist completely blind, which did not allow he is more engaged in professional activities.
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