“Rus' is not without good people!” Russian people can easily be considered one of the most responsive peoples in the world. And we have someone to look up to.
Okolnichy Fedor Rtishchev
During his lifetime, Fyodor Rtishchev, a close friend and adviser to Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, received the nickname “gracious husband.” Klyuchevsky wrote that Rtishchev fulfilled only part of the commandment of Christ - he loved his neighbor, but not himself. He was one of that rare breed of people who put the interests of others above their own “wants.” It was on the initiative of the “bright man” that the first shelters for beggars appeared not only in Moscow, but also beyond its borders. It was common for Rtishchev to pick up a drunk on the street and take him to a temporary shelter he organized - an analogue of a modern sobering-up station. How many were saved from death and did not freeze to death on the street, one can only guess.
In 1671, Fyodor Mikhailovich sent grain convoys to starving Vologda, and then money raised from the sale of personal property. And when I learned about the need of the Arzamas residents for additional lands, he simply donated his own.
During the Russian-Polish War, he carried out not only his compatriots, but also Poles from the battlefield. He hired doctors, rented houses, bought food and clothing for the wounded and prisoners, again using his own funds. After Rtishchev’s death, his “Life” appeared - a unique case of demonstrating the holiness of a layman, and not a monk.
Empress Maria Feodorovna
The second wife of Paul I, Maria Fedorovna, was famous for her excellent health and tirelessness. Starting the morning with cold douches, prayer and strong coffee, the Empress devoted the rest of the day to taking care of her countless pupils. She knew how to convince moneybags to donate money for construction educational institutions for noble maidens in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Simbirsk and Kharkov. With her direct participation, the largest charitable organization was created - the Imperial Humane Society, which existed until the beginning of the 20th century.
Having 9 children of her own, she especially cared for abandoned babies: the sick were cared for in orphanages, the strong and healthy were cared for in trustworthy peasant families.
This approach has significantly reduced child mortality. With all the scale of her activities, Maria Feodorovna also paid attention to the little things that were not necessary for life. Thus, in the Obukhov psychiatric hospital in St. Petersburg, each patient received his own kindergarten.
Prince Vladimir Odoevsky
A descendant of the Rurikovichs, Prince Vladimir Odoevsky, was convinced that the thought he sowed would certainly “come up tomorrow” or “in a thousand years.” A close friend of Griboyedov and Pushkin, the writer and philosopher Odoevsky was an active supporter of the abolition of serfdom, worked to the detriment of his own interests for the Decembrists and their families, and tirelessly intervened in the fate of the most disadvantaged. He was ready to rush to the aid of anyone who turned to him and saw in everyone a “living string” that could be made to sound for the benefit of the cause.
The St. Petersburg Society for Visiting the Poor, which he organized, helped 15 thousand needy families.
There was a women's workshop, a children's shelter with a school, a hospital, hostels for the elderly and families, and a social store.
Despite his origin and connections, Odoevsky did not seek to occupy an important post, believing that in a “minor position” he could bring “real benefit.” The “Strange Scientist” tried to help young inventors realize their ideas. The main character traits of the prince, according to contemporaries, were humanity and virtue.
Prince Peter of Oldenburg
An innate sense of justice distinguished the grandson of Paul I from most of his colleagues. He not only served in the Preobrazhensky Regiment during the reign of Nicholas I, but also equipped the first school in the history of the country at his place of service, in which soldiers’ children were educated. Later, this successful experience was applied to other regiments.
In 1834, the prince witnessed the public punishment of a woman who was driven through a line of soldiers, after which he petitioned for dismissal, saying that he would never be able to carry out such orders.
Pyotr Georgievich devoted the rest of his life to charity. He was a trustee and honorary member of many institutions and societies, including the Kyiv Home for the Poor.
Sergey Skirmunt
Retired second lieutenant Sergei Skirmunt is almost unknown to the general public. He did not hold high positions and failed to become famous for his good deeds, but he was able to build socialism on a single estate.
At the age of 30, when Sergei Apollonovich was painfully thinking about future fate, he received 2.5 million rubles from a deceased distant relative.
The inheritance was not spent on carousing or lost at cards. One part of it became the basis for donations to the Society for the Promotion of Public Public Entertainment, the founder of which was Skirmunt himself. With the rest of the money, the millionaire built a hospital and a school on the estate, and all his peasants were able to move to new huts.
Anna Adler
The whole life of this amazing woman was devoted to educational and pedagogical work. She was an active participant in various charitable societies, helped during the famine in the Samara and Ufa provinces, and on her initiative the first public reading room was opened in the Sterlitamak district. But her main efforts were aimed at changing the situation of people with disabilities. For 45 years, she did everything to ensure that blind people had the opportunity to become full-fledged members of society.
She was able to find the means and strength to open the first specialized printing house in Russia, where in 1885 the first edition of the “Collection of Articles for children's reading, published and dedicated to blind children by Anna Adler."
To produce the book in Braille, she worked seven days a week until late at night, personally typing and proofreading page after page.
Later, Anna Alexandrovna translated the musical notation system, and blind children were able to learn to play musical instruments. With her active assistance, a few years later the first group of blind students graduated from the St. Petersburg School for the Blind, and a year later from the Moscow School. Literacy and professional training helped graduates find jobs, which changed the stereotypical idea of their incapacity. Anna Adler just barely lived to see the opening of the First Congress of the All-Russian Society of the Blind.
Nikolay Pirogov
The entire life of the famous Russian surgeon is a series of brilliant discoveries, the practical use of which saved more than one life. The men considered him a wizard who attracted higher powers for his “miracles.” He was the first in the world to use surgery in the field, and his decision to use anesthesia saved not only his patients from suffering, but also those who lay on the tables of his students later. Through his efforts, the splints were replaced with bandages soaked in starch.
He was the first to use the method of sorting the wounded into those who were seriously injured and those who would make it to the rear. This reduced the mortality rate significantly. Before Pirogov, even a minor wound to the arm or leg could result in amputation.
He personally carried out operations and tirelessly ensured that the soldiers were provided with everything they needed: warm blankets, food, water.
According to legend, it was Pirogov who taught Russian academicians to conduct plastic surgery, demonstrating the successful experience of implanting a new nose on the face of his barber, whom he helped get rid of deformity.
Being an excellent teacher, about whom all the students spoke with warmth and gratitude, he believed that the main task of education is to teach how to be human.
P Remember the song of the old woman Shapoklyak from the cartoon about the crocodile Gena: " Good deeds You can't become famous." Unfortunately, in modern world attract more interest negative events and actions rather than good deeds. But the people from our article do good simply because they have a pure heart and this makes their souls happier. Do good no matter what!
About the victory of good
This story began when Glen James, a homeless man from Boston, found a backpack with a large sum in cash. He was very lucky, but the man did not lose his head and handed over the find to the police so that the money could be returned to the owner. The owner of the backpack was so shocked by what happened that he organized a campaign to raise money for the man. On this moment they collected twice the amount found. Glen James, who lost his home and job eight years ago, said he wouldn't take a penny from what he found even if he was desperate.
Friendship + car = good
Many girls dream of a little black dress, but Chandler Lacefield always dreamed of a big red car. But when her parents gave her a red jeep, she decided to sell her dream car in order to buy two: one for herself, and the second for a friend from a poor family.
Welcome to the subway
In the Canadian subway, the turnstile was broken and none of the workers were there. This is what passengers left at the entrance.
Valuable note
Entrance to a house in Helsinki. The inscription reads: “20 euros. Found in the entrance between the 1st and 2nd floors on September 11 at 18.30.”
Kindness in Russian
Kind-hearted grandmother
A Kolmyk grandmother knitted 300 pairs of warm socks for flood victims. As you know, there are no small good deeds, and once again we find confirmation of this in the wonderful news from Magadan. A local resident, pensioner Rufina Ivanovna Korobeinikova, knitted and donated them to flood victims in Khabarovsk three hundred pairs of warm socks.
Over the course of several years, the elderly woman knitted about two thousand woolen products, which were donated to the pupils orphanage and to a nursing home. Since things knitted by a merciful grandmother were usually given to those in need at Christmas, over time a very warm tradition of “woolen gifts” developed in local shelters, and Rufina Ivanovna was already knitting new socks for the upcoming holiday when the flood began in Khabarovsk.
Rufina Ivanovna, having heard in the news about the tragedy associated with the flood, decided that now her “woolen gifts” are more important to the victims, because many people were left not only without housing, but also without clothes.
Written gratitude to dad
How much does it take to be happy?
Farewell screensaver
The creators of The Simpsons said a touching goodbye to the late actress Marcia Wallans, who voiced Edna Krabappel. In the last intro for the cartoon, Bart is practicing his spelling as usual, but this time the reason is sad. The inscription on the board: "We will miss you very much, Mrs. K."
Kim Kjellstrom comforts an autistic boy
This happens before the start of the match with the German national team. Little Max was frightened by what was happening, and the football player supported him. Later, the boy's father wrote a touching letter of gratitude to Kim.
Pope Francis hugs a mutilated man
Many people love the new pope because he follows his motto and leads a modest lifestyle, refuses unnecessary honors and is truly open to all ordinary people who need his support. For the first time in long years this post was occupied by a man who is ready to share the sorrows of the world and console the weak.
The Scorpions singer sang the song Holiday to his fan over the phone
The Scorpions group was on tour in Moscow. At this time, a message from a charitable foundation appeared on social networks that a fan of the group, who was in a Moscow hospice with a serious diagnosis, dreamed of going to their concert. Within a day, the message received several thousand reposts, and Klaus Meine, vocalist of Scorpions, found a way out of the situation. If Alexey cannot attend the concert, he will hear his favorite band over the phone.
They know good, they remember good, good warms our hearts, but not everyone can do good deeds. It is impossible to say unequivocally who the kindest person in the world is. This article lists several famous people who through their actions helped those in need and did not ask for anything in return. They are the kindest people in the world, they should be looked up to and set as an example for children, and, quite possibly, there will be more such people in the future.
There is an expression “kind as Mother Teresa”, and these words speak for themselves. This woman helped the poor and sick, organized the monastic congregation “Missionary Sisters of Love”, was awarded the Nobel Prize in the category “For active help to a suffering person,” but she did not care about the awards.
On August 26, 1910, baby Agnes Gonxhe Bajaxhiu was born. Her parents visited Catholic Church and helped the poor. Even after her father’s death in 1919, the girl’s mother was not afraid and took six orphans into the family. It is not surprising that in such an atmosphere where harmony and kindness reign, a beautiful girl grew up, who later became Mother Teresa. From childhood, the girl knew her calling. Already at the age of 12, she dreamed of monastic service, heard about poor children in India and wanted to help them.
Mother Teresa did everything out of love for people and tried to help everyone
At the age of 18, Agnes went to live in Ireland, here her dream of becoming a nun came true, the girl was accepted into their ranks by the Irish Sisters of Loreto, and after 2 years she was tonsured as a nun under the name Teresa. The girl chose the name herself, inspired by the actions of a merciful Carmelite nun from Lisieux. In the direction of the order, Nun Teresa went to Calcutta. There was a girls' school called St. Mary's in the town, and it began teaching children to read and write. In 1946, the nun received official permission to help all the needy, poor and disadvantaged of Calcutta, and within 2 years she organized the “Missionary Sisters of Love” community. The monastic congregation began active work; they were engaged in the creation of new shelters and hospitals for seriously ill people, as well as schools for poor people. In each such institution they provided help to all those in need; here it did not matter what nationality or religion the person asking was.
Since 1965, the monastic congregation has been helping not only in India, but also abroad. Today this huge organization is known all over the world. There are 400 of its branches in 111 countries, and more than 700 houses of mercy in 120 countries. The main mission of the congregation is to help those in need, especially in disadvantaged areas or those affected by natural Disasters. Mother Teresa actively helped until last days own life. The nun died on September 5, 1997 in Kolkata.
At the time of her death, the nun was 87 years old; she left a huge mark on history and the hearts of many people.
Diana Francis Spencer possessed a certain magic since childhood; she gave joy and warmth, protected the weak, but at the same time she was modest and shy. Diana graduated private school With an average grade, she was always embarrassed to answer in front of the class and timid at the board, but this did not stop her from finding a job. The girl got a job as a teacher's assistant in kindergarten"Young England" and soon met Prince Charles of Wales. It was a fairy tale! Charles fell in love with a modest beauty with huge eyes and soon won her heart. After the wedding, Diana became a real princess, but the happiness was short-lived. After the birth of his sons William and Harry, Prince Charles began to cheat on his wife, and their marriage soon fell apart. It was during this period that Diana launched an active charitable activities.
Lady Di led more than 90 charitable foundations, helped the abandoned and disadvantaged. Her attention never ignored either children or old people who needed her help. Just by her appearance, she instilled hope in people.
Diana knew how to give warmth with just a smile
The Queen of Hearts, as Lady Di was dubbed, donated huge sums to treat AIDS patients and develop drugs against this disease. terrible disease. Thanks to her activities, numerous hospitals and hospices were built. Cooperation with the International Federation of the Red Cross saved the lives of many seemingly hopelessly ill people.
Princess Diana was friends with Mother Teresa. People called their first meeting "The Meeting of Angels." They teamed up and led several charitable projects together.
Shortly before her death, Princess Diana arrived in Angola on a peacekeeping mission, and what she saw there was horrifying. Because of civil war lands where they lived simple people, were stuffed with anti-personnel mines. Because of this, many children and old people were left crippled or even died. The country's hospitals were full, there were no beds, people were lying on bare floors.
Lady Di walked through a minefield in protest, and then made a film about anti-personnel mines. She organized a campaign against their use. Diplomats and ministers from most countries around the world supported this idea. The international movement to end the use of anti-personnel mines received Nobel Prize, but, unfortunately, the queen of hearts Diana did not see this.
At the ceremony in honor of the award, the audience honored the good Lady Di with a minute of silence
An old man, Dobri Doborev, or, as the children call him, grandfather Dobri, lives in Bulgaria. He lives 25 km from the city of Sofia and walks this distance every day to beg. The old man is dressed in not new, but clean homespun clothes, and has homemade leather shoes on his feet. So what is so kind and good about this person that he was included in the list of the kindest people?
For decades, Dobri Dobrev has been giving everything he earns on the street to orphanages that are unable to pay their bills, and he himself lives solely on his pension. This old man back in the years of the Great Patriotic War I lost my hearing, but didn’t even think about spending the money collected on my treatment. This is probably why they call him “The Saint of Bailovo”.
Even the name Dobri Dobrev speaks of the kindness of this man
In our seemingly cruel world there are still many kind people, it is impossible to list them all. This article talks about only three people who, through their actions, helped more than one person in need. These are the people who give good, and there are many of them! It is quite possible that one of them lives nearby. You just have to look around, and maybe even become one of them. Give kindness to people, and it will definitely come back to you!
Tasadean tribe
Are there people on our Earth who know neither wars, nor violence, nor murders? A startling discovery was made by anthropologists. In 1971, on the Philippine Islands, where, it would seem, everything had been explored far and wide, an unknown tribe of people was discovered. It lives separately and does not know that it exists the world, where there are also similar ones. This tribe was called the Tasadei. Tasadao is a mountain above the entrance to a cave on the slope of one of the hills in the wilds of the island of Mindanao. There the Tasadei spend the night.
These people have a very primitive life. Every day they live is not much different from the previous one. Waking up at sunrise, they go down to the stream to wash and have breakfast. Thanks to the rich flora and ponds teeming with tadpoles, small fish and crabs, they always have food at hand and do not need to stock up.
The Tasadei sit down on sun-warmed rocks and begin their meal, feeding each other their prey. At noon, the tribe moves into the shade and spends the rest of the day in peace and quiet.
Only at sunset they go in search of plant food and after a vegetarian dinner (lunch) they take refuge in a cave for the night. Their undisturbed sleep lasts about 12 hours.
Life of the Tasadeans
This is how the life of the Tasadeans passes in peace and harmony. They have neither enemies nor dangers (large predators are not found in the Philippines). These people do not farm or raise domestic animals. Instead of clothing, they wear a bandage made of orchid leaves, which they wear on their hips.
This tribe knows neither quarrels nor enmity. When making any decision, they quickly come to a common opinion, so there is no need to appoint chiefs and elders.
Due to the fact that Tasadeans do not have a very good memory, they do not remember random insults and do not hold grudges against their fellows. Couples are created only for love. One marriage for life. The feeling of jealousy is unknown to this amazing people, since they also don’t have betrayals.
In this group of people everyone is equal. After all, they have no property, and they don’t know what money is.
Another remarkable quality of the Tasadei is the absence bad habits(smoking and drinking alcohol). Scientists believe that these people are good-natured and forgiving from birth.
Svetlana Smirnova, Samogo.Net
True stories from the lives of people with different destinies, lives and worldviews, but united by one big heart.
1. Dima is a teenager, no different from other guys like him. Nothing but kindness and sensitivity to complete strangers. One day he needed to visit the military registration and enlistment office. He didn’t have money for the bus, so he had to walk. It was in February. Having walked quite a bit from the house, from a distance he saw a woman lying in the snow. At first Dima thought that she was drunk, but when he approached her, he saw an elderly woman. Although there were many passers-by on the street, no one except Dima paid attention to her. The teenager came up and slowly picked her up. She said she was walking to church when she slipped and fell. Dima brought the woman home, although he had to deviate from the given route by two stops. As a sign of gratitude, she tried to give the guy money for travel. But Dima refused - that’s not why he helped her.
2. Love for animals can be limitless. Steve Craig, an accountant from Denver, knows this firsthand. A month after the death of his beloved dog, he began to feel depressed. Then Steve decided to take old, sick dogs from the shelter, who are unlikely to attract anyone's attention and whose fate, alas, is predictable. First, he adopted a twelve-year-old Chihuahua with a heart murmur and painful joints. Now he has 10 elderly dogs living at home. “I’m very happy that I was able to make these animals happy,” says Steve.
3. It’s no secret what exotic food they eat in South Korea. At their meat market you can find any animal, including dogs. Two-year-old dog Chi-Chi, hanging upside down in a dark room, was constantly beaten to make her meat more tender. However, for unknown reasons, it did not become another delicacy on someone’s table. She was simply left to die in a garbage bag. Fortunately, Chi-Chi was saved, but all of her legs had to be amputated. And after two months at the veterinary clinic, the dog found a family in Phoenix, Arizona.
4. Dreams tend to come true. It also came true for twelve-year-old Emily Tammen, who suffers from autism, attention deficit disorder and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. The girl's joints suffer due to this disease. Emily came to the concert of her favorite singer Adele with a poster “My dream is to sing with Adele.” The singer noticed this ad and invited the girl to the stage, offering to perform the hit “Someone Like You.”
5. You don't need to be a superhero to save lives. At one of the baseball games, player Andrew McCutcheon from the Pirates team slipped his bat. It flew straight into the boy's forehead. An unknown “superhero” wearing glasses deflected the blow of the bat by putting up his hand. Having flown around the boy's head, the bat still hit him on the back of the head. But this was not at all the blow that the unfortunate guy could have received.
6. Friendship between a penguin and a human is possible. In 2001, a pensioner saved a tiny penguin. He lay dying on the rocks, covered in oil. The man picked up the poor animal, cleaned its feathers of oil and fed it fish every day until the penguin gained strength. This was the beginning of their long and strong friendship.
7. There are also firefighters among dogs. Burnt puppy Jake, rescued from a fire by Bill Linder, became a firefighter. Baby Jake was just a few weeks old when he found himself in a burning barn. He received burns on 75% of his body, which forced his owners to abandon him. Then Bill's family decided to take him for themselves. Now Jake teaches lessons with his owner fire safety in schools.
8. “You can’t see the most important things with your eyes,” said Exupery. Mr. Kuroki, a Japanese dairy farmer, spent two years trying to lift his blind wife out of depression. Having planted a giant flower bed, he pulled her outside, thereby making her smile.
9. Sometimes even a fire can end a wedding. A firefighter rescued a girl from a burning house. Unfortunately, he suffered a leg injury; doctors said that the man would no longer be able to walk normally. But 28 years later, he walked their daughter down the aisle.
10. “Five years ago I adopted a dog from a shelter that was about to be euthanized. Now this dog saves my life every day. I suffer from a neurological condition that causes seizures. My dog knows in advance next attack and warns me about it."
Maria Ryzhova
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