The video explores the mysterious lives of four influential figures in Russian history: Yakov Blumkin, a Soviet agent known as "007" who was involved in various espionage operations worldwide; Monk Abel, a Russian Nostradamus who made prophecies about the fate of Russian emperors; George Ivanovich Gurdjieff, a mystic and philosopher who taught his ideas to students, including possibly Stalin and Hitler; and Sonya the Golden Pen, a legendary adventuress whose true identity is disputed among historians.
Additionally, the video touches on the mysterious life of Fyodor Kuzmichov, a man who was exiled to Siberia and later became a revered elder, teaching children and sharing stories about the war of 1812. Some people believed that Fyodor was actually Alexander I, who had faked his own death.
These individuals are shrouded in mystery, and their stories have sparked numerous rumors, legends, and speculations throughout history.
1. Yakov Blumkin was known as the Soviet agent 007.
2. Yakov Blumkin became a Soviet legend at the age of 29.
3. Intelligence services dedicated poems to Yakov Blumkin by Yesenin and Gumilev.
4. Yakov Blumkin's special operations influenced the fate of entire countries and peoples.
5. Yakov Blumkin's exact year of birth is unknown.
6. According to official data, Yakov Blumkin was born in 1900 in an Odessa proletarian family.
7. Yakov Blumkin joined the Socialist Party in 1917.
8. Yakov Blumkin began working for counterintelligence in Moscow in 1918.
9. Yakov Blumkin was the head of Trotsky's security.
10. Yakov Blumkin spoke many oriental languages after studying at the Blyumkin Intelligence Academy.
11. Yakov Blumkin participated in the operation to overthrow the Khan of Persia at the age of 20.
12. Yakov Blumkin suppressed the anti-communist uprising in Georgia.
13. Yakov Blumkin was captured by the English police in Afghanistan and India but escaped from prison.
14. Yakov Blumkin took secret maps and documents of an English agent with him when he escaped.
15. Yakov Blumkin conducted special operations in China and India and Mongolia.
16. Yakov Blumkin became a resident of the OGPU in Constantinople in 1922.
17. Yakov Blumkin oversaw the entire Middle East from Constantinople.
18. Yakov Blumkin was captured and shot in 1929 for criticizing Stalin's policies.
19. Yakov Blumkin maintained close contacts with Leon Trotsky.
20. The monk Abel was known as the Russian Nostradamus.
21. The monk Abel's biography is not well-documented.
22. The monk Abel predicted the death of Empress Catherine the Second.
23. The monk Abel's prediction about the death of Empress Catherine the Second came true.
24. The monk Abel predicted the date of death of Emperor Paul the first.
25. The monk Abel was persecuted after predicting the date of death of Emperor Paul the first.
26. The monk Abel was exiled to the Solovetsky monastery after the death of Paul.
27. Emperor Paul personally wrote down all the prophecies of the monk Abel.
28. The prophecies of the monk Abel were sealed in the Gatchina casket.
29. The Gatchina casket was opened by Emperor Nicholas II in 1901.
30. The casket contained a prophecy about the death of the imperial family and the end of the Romanov dynasty in 1918.
31. George Ivanovich Gurdjieff was a philosopher and mystic.
32. George Ivanovich Gurdjieff was born in 1866 or maybe 1872 or 1874 or 1877.
33. George Ivanovich Gurdjieff traveled to the east in search of ancient knowledge.
34. George Ivanovich Gurdjieff visited Tibet, eastern Persia, and Mongolia.
35. George Ivanovich Gurdjieff attracted the attention of the Russian creative intelligentsia around 1913.
36. George Ivanovich Gurdjieff left Russia due to the revolution of 1917 and the civil war that followed.
37. George Ivanovich Gurdjieff opened his own institute in Paris in 1922.
38. George Ivanovich Gurdjieff conducted presentation classes in France, England, and the United States.
39. Sonya the Golden Pen was a famous adventuress in the history of Russia.
40. Sonya the Golden Pen's real name was Sofya Ivanovna Bluvshtein.
41. Sonya the Golden Pen was born in 1846 in the Warsaw province in a Jewish family.
42. Sonya the Golden Pen was educated and had a perfect command of several languages.
43. Sonya the Golden Pen had a phenomenal artistic talent and could instantly transform herself.
44. Sonya the Golden Pen was convicted of several thefts of jewelry worth a large amount in 1885.
45. Sonya the Golden Pen was sentenced to hard labor on Sakhalin.
46. Many local residents believed that the woman who served hard labor on Sakhalin was not the real Sonya the Golden Pen.
47. Emperor Alexander the First died unexpectedly in the prime of his life.
48. Rumors spread throughout Russia that Emperor Alexander the First did not actually die but faked his death.
49. A strange old man was detained by gendarmes in the Perm province in 1836.
50. The old man was riding on a cart and did not have any documents on him.
51. The old man had marks from a whip on his back and a white horse that was prohibited from entering the cart.
52. The old man called himself Fyodor Kuzmich Kuzmin during interrogation.
53. Fyodor Kuzmich Kuzmin was sentenced to exile to Siberia for eternal settlement.
54. Fyodor Kuzmich began to travel around the surrounding villages and teach children after liberation.
55. Fyodor Kuzmich told various stories, mainly about the war of 1812.
56. Fyodor Kuzmich was knowledgeable in such things that cannot be seen by ordinary peasants.
57. A strange message was preserved after Fyodor Kuzmich, including excerpts from the gospels and a strange code.
58. Graphologists studied Fyodor Kuzmich's handwriting and compared it with the handwriting of Alexander the first.
59. The handwriting of Fyodor Kuzmich and Alexander the first was found to be the same.
60. Emperor Alexander II personally attended Fyodor Kuzmich's funeral service.
61. Emperor Alexander II ordered Fyodor Kuzmich to be buried in an empty coffin.