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# When Catherine II Was Giving Birth to Her Bastard Alexei Bobrinsky, Her Valet Vasily Shkurin Set Fire to His Own House to Distract Peter III, Who Loved to Run to Fires
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/kogda-ekaterina-ii-rozhala-svoego-bastarda-alekseia-bobrinskogo-ee-kamerdiner-vasilii-shkurin-podzhog-sobstvennyi-dom-chtoby-otvlech-petra-iii-kotoryi-liubil-begat-na-pozhary/
- Published: 2018-05-17T19:14:49.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:44:35.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Monarchies, Mores, Saint Petersburg, Humour

When Catherine II was giving birth to her bastard Alexei Bobrinsky, her valet Vasily Shkurin set fire to his own house to distract Peter III, who loved to run to fires. Now that is devotion!