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The Hidden History of Nursery Rhymes

Many of the nursery rhymes that we have read to our children have their origins in British history. Rhymes were written for many different reasons. Some rhymes were written to honor a particular local event that has since been forgotten, while others were written to express feelings of love. Rhymes were also used to hide real meanings, such as when someone wanted to express displeasure toward the government or the sovereign without being executed! Another reason for rhymes is that they’re easy to remember, and therefore could be spread by word-of-mouth—an essential feature for a large population of people who could not read or write. Here are some common nursery rhymes that have interesting interpretations regarding figures and events in British history. But be warned, they are not for the faint-hearted!

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Old Mother Hubbard - The Old Mother Hubbard rhyme allegedly refers to Cardinal Thomas Wolsey and his unsuccessful attempt to get an annulment for King Henry VIII. Old Mother Hubbard is Cardinal Wolsey. The cupboard is the Catholic Church. The doggie is Henry VIII. The bone is the annulment Henry wanted in order to end his marriage to Katherine of Aragon.

Mary, Mary Quite Contrary “Mary” is referring to Mary I, daughter of Henry VIII. The Catholic queen received quite a bad reputation during her short reign for executing Protestant loyalists.  The garden in the rhyme is referring to the growth of a graveyard. Silver bells and cockleshells are believed to be euphemisms for instruments of torture. The “maids” is slang for a beheading instrument called “The Maiden” that came into common use before the guillotine.

Three Blind Mice - The first written variation of Three Blind Mice dates from 1609. The three blind mice were three Protestant loyalists who were accused of plotting against Queen Mary I. The farmer’s wife refers to the queen who with her husband, King Philip of Spain, owned large estates. The three men were burned at the stake.

Ring Around A Rosy - Ring Around A Rosy is said to refer to the Great Plague of 1665. The plague caused a high fever and a rash in the form of a ring hence the name, Ring Around A Rosy. Putting herbs and spices in the pocket of an ailing person in an attempt to freshen up the stale air was a common practice, thus the “pocket full of posies”. “Ashes, Ashes” is an American variation of the English version which is “A-tishoo, A-tishoo” or someone sneezing. Plague sufferers had a fit of sneezing before they passed away or when “we all fall down”.

Little Jack Horner - The story behind this rhyme is that “Jack” is actually Thomas Horner, a steward to the abbot of Glastonbury. The abbot sent Horner to London with a Christmas pie for King Henry VIII. The deeds to twelve manor houses were hidden in the pie.  The abbot did this in an attempt to ingratiate himself with the king during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. On his trip to London, Horner put his finger in the pie and pulled out the deed to Mells Manor. Shortly thereafter, Horner moved into the manor. His descendants have lived in the manor house for generations. Horner’s descendants dispute this story and claim that Horner fairly purchased the property from the king.

London Bridge - London Bridge hasa rich history and can be traced back to 1659. In fact, London Bridge is so well known that many countries have their own version Bro, Bro, Brille in Denmark, Die Magdeburger Brucke in Germany, Le Pont-Levis in France, and Le porte in Italy.

While the alleged meanings of some of these rhymes may or may not be true, it sure is a fun way to remember events in British history.  It may also be used as a jumping off point to study other nursery rhymes that may contain old words that give away their British origins.  For more information on the origins of nursery rhymes, you can check out these reference books, The Annotated Mother Goose and The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes.

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Reason Behind the Rhyme: 'Little Jack Horner' Host Debbie Elliott and Chris Roberts dissect the meaning of the nursery rhyme "Little Jack Horner." It's about a real estate swindle in 16th-century England. Roberts is the author of Heavy Words Lightly Thrown: The Reason Behind the Rhyme.

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Reason Behind the Rhyme: 'Little Jack Horner'

Host Debbie Elliott and Chris Roberts dissect the meaning of the nursery rhyme "Little Jack Horner." It's about a real estate swindle in 16th-century England. Roberts is the author of Heavy Words Lightly Thrown: The Reason Behind the Rhyme.

DEBBIE ELLIOTT, host:

This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Debbie Elliott.

You think the real estate market is treacherous today, try England in the late 1530s. That's what the nursery rhyme "Little Jack Horner" is really all about.

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ELLIOTT: Here to explain is our London librarian Chris Roberts. He's the author of "Heavy Words Lightly Thrown: The Reason Behind the Rhyme," and he's at our London bureau.

Hello again, Chris.

Mr. CHRIS ROBERTS (Author, "Heavy Words Lightly Thrown"): Hello. Hi, Debbie.

ELLIOTT: So who was Little Jack Horner?

Mr. ROBERTS: Little Jack Horner was actually Thomas Horner. The name Jack comes up in nursery rhymes a lot, usually to reflect a slightly knavish character, a bit of a ne'er-do-well. So I suspect that's why they changed his name to Jack from Thomas.

(Reading) `Little Jack Horner sat in a corner eating his Christmas pie. He stuck in a thumb and pulled out a plum and said, "What a good boy am I. "'

Where to begin with this? This is talking about the dissolution of the monasteries, Henry VIII taking property from the Catholic Church. Jack, as we know, is actually called Thomas Horner. Now he was a steward to the Abbot of Glastonbury during the reign of Henry VIII. This is how the story goes: He was entrusted to take some title deeds of properties to Henry VIII as a bribe so the abbot could keep the main monastery, but was prepared to give away some of the lesser properties.

Now the title deeds were held and sealed in a pie, and Jack's off to London. But instead of delivering the bribe to Henry VIII, he helps himself to the pie, puts his hand in, pulls out a plum piece of real estate--in this case, a place called Mells Manor--and thinks he's very clever for doing this. That's one version of it, that Jack is a thief and he's stealing the bribe that's intended for the king. And he...

ELLIOTT: So was this common? Is there historical evidence to support the theory that bribes were often delivered in pies?

Mr. ROBERTS: It comes up bewilderingly often in nursery rhyme. And it's--I think the pie is used as a metaphor. I think it's not necessarily what we would think of as a pie. It's just referring to a means of concealing a document, concealing anything. It could be jewels in some cases. Now the Horner family, who incidentally lived in Mells Manor until the 20th century, are quite outraged at this slander of their ancestor and understandably so.

And there are actually two rhymes that mention Mr. Horner. The first one that mentions him is: `Hopton(ph), Horner, Smith and Finn, when the abbots went out, they came in.' And a much more likely reading of what happened is that Thomas Horner, along with the other people mentioned in the previous rhyme--Hopton and Smith and Finn--were up-and-coming gentry. They were Protestant, they were local merchants doing quite well for themselves in the area around Glastonbury, and that they bought the property. You could see it as an early example of gentrification. They bought the property at the time admittedly at a knockdown rate, and admittedly the land had been stolen from the Catholic Church by Henry VIII. This seems to be what happened after the dissolution of the monasteries. The king didn't keep all the land for himself; he distributed it amongst his supporters so he then could rely on their loyalty should anything occur in the future, should there be a rebellion in the future. I suspect, though I can't prove this, that the popular `Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, eating his Christmas pie' version is actually the Catholic take on proceedings there.

ELLIOTT: Chris Roberts is the author of "Heavy Words Lightly Thrown: The Reason Behind the Rhyme," and he's a librarian at Lambeth College in South London.

Thank you, Chris.

Mr. ROBERTS: Thank you, Debbie.

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Who is Jack Horner, the villain from Puss in Boots 2 | Lyokha about movies and series

I hope you all watched the new cartoon from Dreamworks. "Puss in Boots 2" came out just awesome, and we are already promised Shrek 5 . The star of this cartoon can be considered the main villain ... no, not a wolf personifying death.

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The real star was Jack Horner . This is a villain with a rather comical appearance, where, despite his plump face, he has a tall toned body and strong arms. Plus, his character is evil in the flesh, no moral dilemmas.

However, the Russian audience asks the question: "Who is he?" Let's figure it out and find out who Jack Horner is, and find the original.

Little Jack Horner

As usual, most fairy tales are folk creations; does not have authorship and is passed from mouth to mouth. First documented rhyme about Jack Horner was in Mother Goose Melodies , 1791 edition.

Little Jack Horner
Sat in the corner,
Eating his Christmas pie;
He put in his thumb,
And pulled out a plum,
And said, "What a good boy am I!"

It was about little Jack Horner sitting in the corner, poking his thumb at a pie and eating a plum, saying: "What a good boy I am" .

The image was found on the Internet

It is not known for certain what the original rhyme could have looked like. However, in 1725 Henry Carey wrote a short poem ridiculing his colleague Ambrosius Phillips , who, in Carey's opinion, wrote too childishly.

Now he sings of Jackey Horner
Sitting in the Chimney-Corner
Eating of a Christmas pye,
Putting in his thumb, Oh fie!
Putting in, Oh fie! his Thumb,
Pulling out, Oh strange! a Plum.

This shows us that Jack Horner's rhyme was known as early as the beginning of the 18th century.

In 1820, The Renowned History of Little Jack Horner was published, which slightly changed the premise of the Little Jack Horner story. In it, he gives a piece of cake to an old woman, and the moral is already described here.

Now let every good boy,
With a sweetmeat or toy,
Not slyly sneak into a corner,
But to playmates repair
And give them a share.

In 1870 James William Elliot publishes the collection National Nursery Rhymes and Songs , which contains the most common version, which has already received its melody.

Jack Horner is mostly a household name. Most often, his name was associated with acts of opportunism and statesmen. In the eyes of the public, most statesmen are greedy and at the same time narrow-minded people.

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Horner was used in many political cartoons of Abraham Lincoln and Japan during the Russo-Japanese War. American and Australian politicians also came under distribution.

The boy grew up

In addition to cartoonish fiction, Jack Horner also appears as an adult version of himself.

In Ever After High , an animated series about high school girls and fairy tale characters, Jack Horner, a fit young man who still loves plum pies, meets.

Image found on the Internet

In his profession, he also focused on food and became a restaurant critic.

"Puss in Boots 2" , in turn, follows the tradition. Here Jack Horner is a villain who wants to get all the magic in the world. This is despite the fact that he is rich and has a decent arsenal of magical devices.

The Internet really liked this villain, because he has no moral principles. He does evil and does not even reflect on this topic. And in general, he prefers to finish with his problems immediately.

An additional meme was the origin story of the villain, which is described in a short flashback: still small and fat Jack is dancing, trying to sell plum pies and attract public attention. This was reminiscent of the Glow up meme, where the character seems to be weak and weak as a child, but, having matured, becomes pumped up and brutal.

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Jack Horner in the modern sense has become a meme due to its post-ironic rethinking. This is very pleasing, as it helps to correctly present ideas that have long been known to everyone in a modern way.

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In May 2012, a twelve-year-old boy, Danil Sadykov, was awarded the Order of Courage in Tatarstan for saving a nine-year-old child. Unfortunately, his father, also a hero of Russia, received the Order of Courage for him.

At the beginning of May 2012, a small child got into a fountain, the water in which suddenly turned out to be under high voltage. There were a lot of people around, everyone was shouting, calling for help, but they did nothing. Only one Daniel decided. It is obvious that his father, who received the title of hero after a worthy service in the Chechen Republic, raised his son correctly. Courage is in the Sadykovs' blood. As investigators later found out, the water was energized at 380 volts. Danil Sadykov managed to pull the victim onto the side of the fountain, but by that time he himself had received a severe electric shock. For his heroism and selflessness in saving a person in extreme conditions, 12-year-old Danil, a resident of Naberezhnye Chelny, was awarded the Order of Courage, unfortunately posthumously.

Communications battalion commander Sergei Solnechnikov died on March 28, 2012 during an exercise near Belogorsk in the Amur Region.

During the exercise of throwing grenades, an emergency situation occurred - a grenade, after being thrown by a conscripted soldier, hit the parapet. Solnechnikov jumped up to the private, pushed him aside and covered the grenade with his body, saving not only him, but also many people around. Awarded the title of Hero of Russia.

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Twenty-two-year-old Alexander Skvortsov from Bryansk two years ago unexpectedly became a hero of his city: he pulled seven children and their mother out of a burning house.

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First of all, everyone logically rushed to the door, but it turned out to be locked, and the second key was in the parents' bedroom, which had already been cut off by the fire.

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However, the guy did not lose his head: he tried to open the window, but it was tightly sealed for the winter. With a few blows from the stool, Sasha knocked out the frame, helped Katya to get out and handed over to her the rest of the children, whatever they were wearing. Mom planted the last.

“When he started climbing out on his own, the gas suddenly exploded,” says Sasha. - Singed hair, face. But he is alive, the children are safe, and this is the main thing. I don't need thanks."

Evgeniy Tabakov is the youngest citizen of Russia who has become a holder of the Order of Courage in our country.

Zhenya Tabakov was only seven years old when the bell rang in the Tabakovs' apartment. Only Zhenya and his twelve-year-old sister Yana were at home.

The girl opened the door, not at all alert - the caller introduced himself as a postman, and since in a closed city (the military town of Norilsk - 9) extremely rarely someone else appeared, Yana let the man in.

The stranger grabbed her, put a knife to her throat and began to demand money. The girl struggled and cried, the robber ordered her younger brother to look for money, and at that time he began to undress Yana. But the boy could not leave his sister so easily. He went to the kitchen, took a knife and ran it into the criminal's lower back. From pain, the rapist fell and released Yana. But it was impossible to cope with a recidivist with children's hands. The offender got up, attacked Zhenya and stabbed him several times. Later, experts counted eight stab wounds incompatible with life on the boy's body. At this time, the sister knocked on the neighbors, asked to call the police. Hearing the noise, the rapist tried to hide.

However, the bleeding wound of the little defender left a mark and the loss of blood took its toll. The recidivist was immediately captured, and the sister, thanks to the feat of the heroic boy, remained safe and sound. The feat of a seven-year-old boy is an act of a person with a formed life position. The act of a real Russian soldier who will do everything to protect his family and his home.

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Hanne was awarded the New Zealand Medal of Bravery in 2011 for this heroic act.

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But Karapetyan's exploits did not end there. Eight years later, he rescued several people from a burning building, suffering severe burns in the process. Karapetyan received the Order of the Badge of Honor of the USSR and several other awards for underwater rescue. But he himself claimed that he was not a hero at all, he just did what he had to.

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Are there any role models in our lives today, people we want to be like? It was not easy for us, students of the 5th grade, to answer this question. Arnold Schwarzenegger? Bruce Willis? Jackie Chan? But these are all “foreign” heroes. And not heroes at all, but actors who create images of “super heroes” on the screen. In life, they are ordinary people. And it is not even known how each of them would behave in an extreme situation. Therefore, today it is very important to know that your peers live next to you, who will come to the rescue at any moment. Today we will tell true stories about children-heroes of our time.

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Hero of our time ZHENIA TABAKOV The youngest hero of Russia. A real man who was only 7 years old. The only seven-year-old recipient of the Order of Courage. Unfortunately, posthumously. The tragedy broke out on the evening of November 28, 2008. Zhenya and his twelve-year-old older sister Yana were alone at home. An unknown man who introduced himself as a postman rang at the door. Entering the apartment and closing the door behind him, instead of a letter, the “postman” took out a knife and, grabbing Yana, began to demand that the children give him all the money and valuables. Having received an answer from the children that they did not know where the money was, the criminal demanded that Zhenya look for them, and he dragged Yana into the bathroom. Zhenya grabbed a kitchen knife and, in desperation, stuck it into the criminal's lower back. Howling in pain, he loosened his grip, and the girl managed to run out of the apartment for help. In a rage, pulling the knife out of himself, he began to thrust it into the child (there were eight stab wounds incompatible with life on Zhenya's body), after which he fled.

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Hero of our time ZHENIA TABAKOV Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of January 20, 2009 For courage and dedication shown in the performance of civic duty Tabakov Evgeny Evgenievich was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage.

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A hero of our time ZHENYA TABAKOV ... School No. 83 of the Noginsk district of the Moscow region, where the boy studied, was named after him. The school management decided to put his name on the list of students forever. A memorial plaque in memory of the boy was opened in the lobby of the educational institution. The desk in the office where Zhenya studied was named after him. The right to sit behind it is given to the best student in the class. On September 1, 2013, a monument to Zhenya Tabakov was unveiled in the school yard. A boy driving a kite away from a dove.

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Vladimirova Lyubov. . Thirteen-year-old Lyuba is the eldest child in a large family from Petropavlovka. She helped her mother in everything and often stayed alone with her brothers and sisters. On that day, the mother left for Voronezh, while Lyuba remained on the farm herself. At night, the girl woke up from the smell of burning, ran out into the corridor, she saw that he was already engulfed in flames. The exit was cut off and the fire approached the room where the children were sleeping. Lyuba broke the glass with a stool and placed the sisters at the window so that they could breathe while she rescued her younger brother. Then all together they got out into the fresh air. They rushed to the mother's friend to call the firemen. Firefighters arrived quickly, but, unfortunately, the house burned down completely. However, the house is nothing compared to what Lyuba saved

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Hero of our time DANIL SADYKOV A 12-year-old teenager, a resident of the city of Naberezhnye Chelny, died saving a 9-year-old schoolboy. The tragedy occurred on May 5, 2012 on Enthusiasts Boulevard. At about two o'clock in the afternoon, 9-year-old Andrei Churbanov decided to get a plastic bottle that had fallen into the fountain. Suddenly he was shocked, the boy lost consciousness and fell into the water. Everyone shouted “help”, but only Danil jumped into the water, who at that moment was passing by on a bicycle. And, seeing that the boy was drowning, he rushed to save him ... Danil Sadykov pulled the victim onto the side, but he himself received a severe electric shock. He died before the ambulance arrived.

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A hero of our time DANIL SADIKOV Danila Sadykov was buried in the city of Naberezhnye Chelny at the Oryol cemetery, on the Alley of Glory, next to the chapel. For the courage and dedication shown in saving a person in extreme conditions, Danil Sadykov was awarded the Order of Courage. Posthumously. The boy's father, Aidar Sadykov, received the award. Courage is in the Sadykovs' blood. The head of the family went through the first Chechen campaign. Fought in 1995 near the city of Grozny. At the age of 12, Danil turned out to be a real Citizen of his country and a Man with a capital letter. Not every adult can consciously take such a bold step to save a stranger in trouble. But Danil could, he accomplished a feat - at the cost of his life he managed to save 9-year-old child.

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A grandmother and her eight-year-old grandson were drowning - apparently, they did not calculate their strength. Without hesitation, the guys rushed to help. Vasily saved his grandmother, Alexander saved his grandson. The village of Yurino is small - only about seven thousand inhabitants. So by the evening almost everyone had learned about the saviors... Well, the President found out recently... And he signed the relevant Decree. Almost three years after the heroic deed, schoolchildren from Mari El were awarded medals "For saving the dead." The awards to young heroes, among other awarded residents of the Volga Federal District, were presented by the Plenipotentiary of the President in the Volga Federal District Mikhail Babich in the Presidential Hall of the Nizhny Novgorod Fair on March 12. In the summer of 2011, the seventh-graders of the secondary school in the village of Yurino, in Mari El, Vasily Zhirkov and Alexander Maltsev, as always, went to swim in the local canal. No sooner had we approached the shore than we heard cries for help. Zhirkov Vasily and Maltsev Alexander

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Sergey Krivov 11 years old In winter, the Amur River, near the village of Yelabuga, is the center of events. The men go ice fishing, the children play snowballs and go ice skating. So 11-year-old Sergey and Zhenya decided to go skating. No one thought that harmless entertainment would almost turn into a tragedy. Zhenya fell into the water. Sergey saved his friend by pulling him out of the water. They learned about what happened in the village only when Zhenya did not come to the lessons, and the boy's class teacher called his mother. Mom said that Serezha Krivov saved her son. At home, the young hero, however, received a thrashing instead of praise. The boys' parents were very worried about their children, because the ice on the Amur had not yet risen. For courage, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations are going to present Sergey with an award. Moreover, last spring he also got another of his classmates out of the icy water, and also Zhenya.

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Stas Slynko 12 years old The night fire in their house in the village of Starominskaya happened in April of this year. The student's mother was on a business trip. Stanislav and his younger sister Irina were looked after by their aunt and her husband. He grabbed her, wrapped her in a blanket, opened the window and knocked out the mosquito net. He threw his sister down and jumped out himself. Aunt followed. Professional rescuers say that the child, once on fire, acted with extreme precision and courage. Stanislav Slynko was awarded the medal "For Courage in the Fire". The boy was the first to wake up from the crackle of burning furniture and the smell of smoke. He shouted "We're on fire!" and ran to the nursery where the 5-year-old sister was sleeping

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Alexander Petchenko A 12-year-old boy from the Kaliningrad region saved his mother from a burning car. A student of school No. 1 in the city of Svetly, Kaliningrad Region, Sasha Petchenko, was traveling with his mother to the village of Grachevka. On the move, the car's tire burst, the car lost control and crashed into a tree on the side of the road. The ignited engine started a fire. During the accident, Sasha's mother, who was driving, had broken fingers. She was in shock, the whole salon was in smoke. The child did not lose his head, unfastened his seat belt, helped his mother get out of the car through the window, and only after that he himself left the burning car. The sixth-grader was awarded the badge of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia "Participant in the liquidation of the consequences of emergencies" and a certificate of honor from the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Kaliningrad Region.

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Ekaterina Michurova Amir Nurgaliyev First grader Katya Michurova pulled her classmate out of the hole. Residents of the village of Kirovsky Katya Michurova and Amir Nurgaliyev skated on the ice near the house. Suddenly Amir slipped and fell into the water. Katya was not taken aback and immediately held out her hand to the boy. “At first I was scared. I wanted to give a branch, but it froze to the ice and I could not tear it off, - the girl said. - Then I grabbed Amir by the sleeve of the jacket, but the ice broke off, and I could not hold him. I tried again to pull him out of the icy water, but again I failed. And only the third time, when I grabbed his hand, I pulled Amir onto the ice. We were very cold and quickly ran home.” At home, Katya did not tell her parents anything about saving Amir. Katya's mother learned from her daughter's feat from the grateful parents of the boy. When asked if the heroine was afraid for her life, she sincerely answered: “Yes. I just thought if Amir drowned, then his mother would cry a lot, and I would lose a friend.”

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These kids are real heroes! Naturally, these are just a small part of the names of selfless children who are ready to help at the cost of their lives.

I think we all lack the description of "our" domestic good, disinterested and truly heroic deeds. Therefore, I present to your attention stories about hero children who, at the cost of their lives and health, without hesitation rushed to the rescue of those who needed help.

Zhenya Tabakov

The youngest hero of Russia. A real man who was only 7 years old. The only seven-year-old recipient of the Order of Courage. Unfortunately, posthumously.

The tragedy broke out on the evening of November 28, 2008. Zhenya and his twelve-year-old older sister Yana were alone at home. An unknown man called at the door, who introduced himself as a postman who allegedly brought a registered letter.

Yana did not suspect anything was wrong and allowed him to come in. Entering the apartment and closing the door behind him, instead of a letter, the “postman” took out a knife and, grabbing Yana, began to demand that the children give him all the money and valuables. Having received an answer from the children that they did not know where the money was, the criminal demanded that Zhenya look for them, and he dragged Yana into the bathroom, where he began to rip off her clothes. Seeing how he rips off his sister's clothes, Zhenya grabbed a kitchen knife and, in desperation, stuck it in the criminal's lower back. Howling in pain, he loosened his grip, and the girl managed to run out of the apartment for help. In a rage, the failed rapist, pulling the knife out of himself, began to thrust it into the child (eight stab wounds incompatible with life were counted on Zhenya's body), after which he fled. However, the wound inflicted by Zhenya, leaving behind a bloody trail, did not allow him to escape from the chase.

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of January 20, 2009 No. For courage and dedication shown in the performance of civic duty Tabakov Evgeny Evgenievich was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage. The order was received by Zhenya's mother Galina Petrovna.

On September 1, 2013, a monument to Zhenya Tabakov, a boy driving a kite away from a dove, was unveiled in the school yard.

Danil Sadykov

A 12-year-old teenager, a resident of the city of Naberezhnye Chelny, died saving 9-year-old student. The tragedy occurred on May 5, 2012 on Enthusiasts Boulevard. At about two o'clock in the afternoon, 9-year-old Andrei Churbanov decided to get a plastic bottle that had fallen into the fountain. Suddenly he was shocked, the boy lost consciousness and fell into the water.

Everyone shouted “help”, but only Danil jumped into the water, who at that moment was passing by on a bicycle. Danil Sadykov pulled the victim onto the side, but he himself received a severe electric shock. He died before the ambulance arrived.

Thanks to the selfless act of one child, another child survived.

Danil Sadykov was awarded the Order of Courage. Posthumously. For the courage and dedication shown in saving a person in extreme conditions. The award was presented by the chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. Instead of her son, the boy's father, Aidar Sadykov, received her.

Maxim Konov and Georgy Suchkov

In the Nizhny Novgorod region, two third graders rescued a woman who fell into an ice hole. When she was already saying goodbye to life, two boys passed by the pond, returning from school. A 55-year-old resident of the village of Mukhtolova, Ardatovsky district, went to the pond to draw water from the Epiphany hole. The ice hole was already covered with ice, the woman slipped and lost her balance. In heavy winter clothes, she found herself in icy water. Clinging to the edge of the ice, the unfortunate woman began to call for help.

Fortunately, at that moment two friends Maxim and Georgiy were passing by the pond, returning from school. Noticing the woman, they, without wasting a second, rushed to help. Having reached the ice-hole, the boys took the woman by both hands and pulled her out onto strong ice. The guys accompanied her to the house, not forgetting to grab a bucket and a sled. Arriving doctors examined the woman, provided assistance, she did not need hospitalization.

Of course, such a shock did not pass without a trace, but the woman does not get tired of thanking the guys for staying alive. She gave her rescuers soccer balls and cell phones.

Vanya Makarov

Vanya Makarov from Ivdel is now eight years old. A year ago, he rescued his classmate from the river, who fell through the ice. Looking at this little boy - a little over a meter tall and weighing only 22 kilograms - it's hard to imagine how he alone could pull the girl out of the water. Vanya grew up in an orphanage with his sister. But two years ago he got into the family of Nadezhda Novikova (and the woman already had four of her children). In the future, Vanya plans to go to study at a cadet school in order to become a lifeguard later.

Kobychev Maxim

A fire broke out in a private residential building in the village of Zelveno, Amur Region, late in the evening. Neighbors discovered the fire very late, when thick smoke poured from the windows of the burning house. Reporting about the fire, the residents began to extinguish the flames by flooding it with water. By that time things and the walls of the building were burning in the rooms. Among those who ran to help was 14-year-old Maxim Kobychev. Having learned that there were people in the house, he, not at a loss in a difficult situation, entered the house and pulled a disabled woman out into the fresh air 1929 years of birth. Then, risking his own life, he returned to the burning building and carried out a man born in 1972.

Kirill Daineko and Sergey Skripnik

In the Chelyabinsk region, two friends of 12 years showed real courage, saving their teachers from the destruction caused by the fall of the Chelyabinsk meteorite.

Kirill Daineko and Sergei Skrypnik heard their teacher Natalya Ivanovna calling for help from the canteen, unable to knock down the massive doors. The children rushed to save the teacher. First, they ran into the duty room, grabbed a reinforcing bar that came under their arm and knocked out the window into the dining room with them. Then, through the window opening, the teacher, wounded by glass fragments, was transferred to the street. After that, the schoolchildren discovered that another woman needed help - a kitchen worker, who was filled up with utensils that collapsed from the impact of the blast wave. Having quickly sorted out the blockage, the boys called for help from adults.

Lida Ponomareva

The Medal "For Saving the Perishing" will be awarded to a sixth-grade student of the Ustvash secondary school in the Leshukonsky district (Arkhangelsk region) Lidia Ponomareva. The corresponding Decree was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, the press service of the regional government reports.

In July 2013, a 12-year-old girl saved two seven-year-old children. Lida, ahead of the adults, jumped into the river, first after the drowning boy, and then helped the girl to swim out, who was also carried away by the current far from the shore. One of the guys on land managed to throw a life jacket to the drowning child, for which Lida pulled the girl to the shore.

Lida Ponomareva, the only one of the surrounding children and adults who found herself at the scene of the tragedy, without hesitation, threw herself into the river. The girl risked her own life doubly, because her injured arm was very sore. When the next day after saving the children, the mother and daughter went to the hospital, it turned out that it was a fracture.

Admiring the courage and courage of the girl, the governor of the Arkhangelsk region Igor Orlov personally thanked Lida for her brave act over the phone.

At the suggestion of the governor, Lida Ponomaryova was nominated for a state award.

Alina Gusakova and Denis Fedorov

During the terrible fires in Khakassia, schoolchildren saved three people.

On that day, the girl happened to be near the house of her first teacher. She came to visit a friend who lived next door.

I hear someone screaming, she said to Nina: “I'll come right now,” Alina tells about that day. - I see through the window that Polina Ivanovna is shouting: “Help!”. While Alina was saving a school teacher, her house, in which the girl lives with her grandmother and older brother, burned to the ground.

On April 12, in the same village of Kozhukhovo, Tatyana Fedorova and her 14-year-old son Denis came to visit their grandmother. Holiday anyway. As soon as the whole family sat down at the table, a neighbor came running and, pointing to the mountain, called to put out the fire.

We ran up to the fire and started putting it out with rags, - says Rufina Shaimardanova, Denis Fyodorov's aunt. - When most of them were extinguished, a very sharp, strong wind blew, and the fire went towards us. We ran to the village, ran into the nearest buildings to hide from the smoke. Then we hear - the fence is cracking, everything is on fire! I could not find the door, my thin brother darted through the crack, and then came back for me. And together we can't find a way out! Smokey, scary! And then Denis opened the door, grabbed my hand and pulled me out, then my brother. I have a panic, my brother has a panic. And Denis reassures: "Calm down Rufa." When we walked, I couldn’t see anything at all, the lenses in my eyes melted from the high temperature ...

This is how a 14 year old schoolboy saved two people. He not only helped to get out of the house on fire, but also brought him to a safe place.

Head of the Russian Emergency Ministry Vladimir Puchkov presented departmental awards to firefighters and residents of Khakassia, who distinguished themselves in the elimination of mass fires, in fire station No. 3 of the Abakan garrison of the Russian Emergencies Ministry. The list of award recipients includes 19 firefighters from the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, firefighters from Khakassia, volunteers and two schoolchildren from the Ordzhonikidzevsky district - Alina Gusakova and Denis Fedorov.

Julia Korol

13-year-old Julia Korol, an orphan, whose entire wealth lies in her grandmother and brother. She was able to swim out after the canoe wreck despite the lack of a life jacket...

She got up with difficulty and went for help. At first she held her brother's hand, but her hands unclenched.

She thought he drowned. Near the shore I saw a teenager in the water. He turned out to be dead. For four hours she walked to the nearest village, fell into the river once and swam again. I asked for help from local residents, who began to call the Ministry of Emergency Situations and ran to the shore to save the children...

She took part in the rescue operation and personally pulled children out of the water, including those already dead. The instructor tried to save the children, but he almost drowned himself, and she saved the instructor as well. She is 13 years old.

Yulin's brother survived...

Yesterday Yulia was awarded the departmental medal "For saving those who perish on the waters".

This is only a small part of the stories about brave children and their childish deeds.


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