Where the faceted glass came from is not known for certain. There are several versions on this score. According to one of them, this article of tableware began to be made in Russia in the time of Peter the Great. Allegedly glassmaker Efim Smolin from the glorious city of Vladimir presented the autocrat with his invention, assuring the emperor that the faceted glass does not break. Alekseich, taking a sip from the novelty of hop (the glass was not empty), grabbed him on the stone floor, shouting at the same time:
"Glass to be!". The glass container immediately shattered into a thousand fragments. True, the king at the same time had mercy and did not punish the glass-blower-trickster. And later, the rumor of the people changed the royal phrase, said drunk, to another: "To beat glasses.", , -. – . : , . ! , .
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Why is a faceted glass preferable to a round one? Well, firstly, it is really much stronger. So, the semi-mythical Yefim Smolin was not so wrong, having told the king that the glass was not breaking. Secondly, it is much less disposed to ride on the table, being laid on its side.
Supporters of the appearance of a faceted glass in Peter's time amicably appealing to this circumstance - they say that the tsar, famous for his sea hobbies, could not pass by such an invention, which was very useful during pitching. But it is not known exactly whether it was so in reality or in a slightly different way.Even if a faceted glass appeared in the last years of the Russian Empire, the novelty received a creative interpretation during the years of Soviet power, perhaps becoming even an element of Russian folklore. About the holiday "Two hundred years of faceted glass", I hope everyone heard?
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