Fulfilling orders sovereign, in many ...

Execute the order emperor, in many Russian cities opened the hospital and almshouse, which was frequented by Ivan. However, he severely punished those ministers who had been seen in the theft. Assuming that the case of public charity are matters of special importance to the state, the king passes control to one of their orders and strictly enforces laws. Continue to administer their own good deeds, and Russian monasteries. In the Trinity Sergius Lavra in the Kirillov-Belozersky and other hospitals and create an almshouse, the doors are open to any needy. Charitable works have become famous, and many nobles. Among them Sheremetevs (this tradition in their kind continued in later centuries). With a huge fortune, Boyar Sheremetev gave him a beggar. And on the question of the Emperor: "What has become of you are their property?", He replied: "I sent him away with the poor to the light." About Tsar Feodor, son and heir of Ivan the Terrible, contemporaries wrote: "coming to him and strangers byst Thou father chadolyubiv by divine scripture revealed to the healer to those who suffer." In the reign of Fedor Ioanovicha in Rzhev was created frontier for protection against the penetration of the epidemic. At the same time he orders "in every city of ustroiti almshouse male and female, where lepers and prestarivshihsya that can not anywhere the same chapter podkloniti and bailiffs buried betray, and the add pominati in sacred services. Fulfilling orders sovereign, in many Russian cities opened the hospital and almshouse, which the king loved to visit. However, he severely punished those ministers who had been seen in the theft. Assuming that the case of public charity are matters of special importance to the state, the king passes control to one of their orders and strictly enforces laws. In the same period almshouse opened in Moscow. Save data about the rich contributions of Tsar Fyodor monasteries designated for the maintenance of the orphaned and the sick. Perhaps this contributed to the illness itself and Fedora Ioanovicha. The death of Tsar Fyodor Ivanovich ends, as is known, the dynasty of Rurik. In 1598, brother-in-law of Tsar Fyodor - Boris Godunov occupies the throne. Interestingly, when Boris was crowned on the throne, he declared: No one in the state will not tolerate the needs and poverty, while he shook his shirt and swore that he would give her, if the need is the people's will. Unlike many contemporary politicians Tsar Boris kept his word. Neurozhaynye1601-1602 years have brought famine. Mor swept Russia. Tsar Boris orders not to spare the treasury, to buy bread in the neighboring states and around the Volga. " Ordered all the monasteries to sell it "unnecessary" for half the price of bread for distribution to the poor. Every day, handed money to the poor alms, spending a day at 20,000 rubles in silver. And gave away all his personal coffers. He began to build stone houses and churches in the capital to provide jobs and, consequently, food impoverished population. Those who fail to have been working, placed in special homes for the old and infirm, contained at the expense of personal funds of the king.