"Sex with Genghis Khan": the Russian media giant swung at the sacred! Borte. Behind every great man is a great woman A man should have obeyed

The whole life of Genghis Khan, the founder and first great khan of the Mongol Empire, was a history of conquering the lands of other peoples. The inhabitants of the territories occupied by him spoke of him with horror. And in life with his beloved wife Borte, he behaved in a way that not every modern man can behave ...

From the weapons of Temujin-Genghis Khan and his soldiers, thousands of those whom the khan declared his enemies died. But was Genghis Khan always and with everyone cruel? No. For example, in relation to women, he was able to show mercy.

gentle despot

Genghis Khan is often compared with another Asian conqueror - Timur-Tamerlane. The troops of the Iron Lame went through foreign cities and villages, destroying all life with fire and sword. Tamerlane committed atrocities in order to satisfy sadistic instincts and to intimidate those who had not yet reached the hands of his warriors. Genghis Khan was relatively careful with his enemies: the soldiers of the conquered armies sometimes surrendered and later fought on his side. He knew how to forgive what many consider unforgivable. It was flexibility that made him the master of the largest empire in the history of mankind with adjacent territory.

Genghis Khan loved women. We can say that he experienced aesthetic pleasure from their presence.

The commander had four headquarters (hordes), and in each of them one of the four main wives was waiting for him, whose names were Borte, Kulan, Yesui and Yesurgen. Borte was, of course, the very first and most beloved.

Even in the campaigns of Genghis Khan, beauties accompanied. The Chinese general Menghong narrates about the everyday life of the Mongol: “When our envoy, sent to the North, introduced himself to their king, at the end of the meeting ceremony he was ordered to sit down to drink wine with his wife, Princess Laiman, and eight concubines, who were called ladies; at every meal and after they were also present. These concubines are of dazzling whiteness and beautiful appearance…”. Khan loved music: about 20 beautiful musicians were also his companions. They made up a whole orchestra.

The presence of beautiful women in his life Genghis Khan considered a sign of power rather than his own male power. One day he asked one of his companions what could be considered the highest pleasure. The commander said: "Hunt." Genghis Khan did not agree: “No, the highest joy of a person lies in defeating his enemies, driving them in front of him, taking away from them what they owned, seeing the faces that were dear to them in tears, riding their horses, squeezing in the arms of their daughters and wives." Some of the Khan's concubines used to be the wives of representatives of the peoples he conquered.

However, contemporaries noted: the great khan was not a champion of excesses in the intimate sphere. He understood perfectly well: personal life is personal life, and the conquest of adjacent territories is the main thing in life. So, in many ways, the harem of Genghis Khan existed to satisfy the aesthetic preferences of the ruler ... Sometimes, as especially valuable gifts, he gave his wives and concubines as wives to his comrades-in-arms in conquests ...

Lovely Borte

Genghis Khan was born in 1155 on the banks of the Onon River. At birth, he was given the name Temujin. When the future commander was 9 years old, he was married to an 11-year-old girl Borte. Yesugei, Temujin's father, really liked the girl. What did she like about him? Apparently, Borte from childhood was distinguished by outstanding beauty. Yesugei took the boy to the family of the future bride and left it there so that the children could get to know each other better. On the way back, the father of the future ruler of the East was poisoned by enemies with whom he had long fought for cattle and pastures.

After the death of Yesugei, his two widows and offspring had a very hard time: they were expelled from their homes. Women and young children lived practically by gathering. I also had to stock up for the winter. It was during these days that the future conqueror began to grow in Temujin. Until his death, he had a terrible aversion to want and deprivation. And he wanted to take revenge on those who doomed his family to them.

The beautiful girl Borte became the brightest memory for Temujin. He dreamed of returning to the house where he lived happily, admiring her beauty.

And fate, meanwhile, prepared new tests. Targutai, the main enemy of Yesugei, began to fear for the pastures that once belonged to Temujin's father: no matter how the young heir wanted to return them to himself ... He caught the future great khan and chained him in stocks - two boards with a hole for the head and hands, thereby depriving him of not only sleep, but even an elementary opportunity, for example, to scratch. Temujin escaped and hid from the enemies in the lake, where he plunged, leaving only his nostrils on the surface.

The future khan was saved by a simple peasant. After this test, the future ruler of a vast country felt strong and independent. His first desire was to find the beautiful Borte, whose image did not go out of his head even in days of grave adversity.

He married the chosen one. As a sign of devotion, the mother presented Borta with a luxurious sable fur coat for the wedding.

History has not conveyed to us any information about the conflicts between Temujin and his elder wife. Apparently, the couple lived peacefully, despite the fact that Borte was far from the only woman of the khan.

The couple were waiting for other tests. The first serious enemies of Temujin were representatives of the Merkit tribe - the ancestors of modern Buryats. Of course, over time, the khan also captured their lands. But at first they did not just resist him - the Merkits behaved arrogantly.

Merkits as Greeks

In 1184, something resembling the story of Helen of Troy happened. The Merkits have kidnapped the beautiful Borte.

Temujin threw a whole horde after the kidnappers, in which there were four darknesses of 10,000 people. The army marched quickly along the Selenga River to the eastern shore of Lake Baikal. On the map, such a forced march looks quite competent from the point of view of military strategy. But only on the political map. The physical map shows: on the way of the Mongols there were abysses, fast rivers, swamps and rapids. It is terrible even to think about how the warriors led the horses along the narrow paths over the abysses. But Temujin was not the right person to abandon his plans. His troops in a short time came to the Merkits. And, of course, they recaptured the beautiful Borte from them. But then a juicy detail came to light: the Khan's wife was pregnant. And then Temujin behaved not like a despotic eastern ruler who would refuse an "unclean" wife and offspring from her, but like an understanding and deeply decent modern man. He stated that at the time of the abduction, Borte was already pregnant by him.

The scene of the meeting between Temujin and Borte entered the legend. The Merkits were put to flight. They fled headlong, without even taking a prisoner with them, because of which all the fuss flared up. Borte recognized her husband, silently approached his horse and meekly grabbed the stirrup.

In the same year, 1184, a son was born to Borte, who was named Jochi. Temujin recognized him as his child. In general, he considered his legal heirs to be only four sons, whom Borte bore him. From them came the aristocratic family of the so-called Genghisides. The conqueror's children from other wives and concubines have sunk into historical oblivion.

Jochi, on the other hand, became the father of Batu Khan - the same one who undertook several campaigns against Russia in the 13th century.

How did the fate of the "unclean" Borte develop further? She regularly gave birth to children from Temujin, who in 1206 at the kurultai declared himself Genghis Khan, which in free translation means "Lord of the Universe." According to the testimony of many contemporaries, the great khan treated his elder wife with unchanging devotion and respect.

But his relationship with Jochi was difficult. Some believe: Genghis Khan never actually felt him as his child, therefore he treated his son well only from a formal point of view. Jochi also became a famous commander. But in the heart of a parent, he could not compete with children, in whose paternity the khan was sure ...

Genghis Khan died in 1227, leaving his descendants a huge empire. Borte outlived him by 3 years.

Olga SOKOLOVSKAYA

If you've ever thought about it, you've probably assumed that life under Genghis Khan was pretty terrible for women. And this is not surprising. However, the Mongols had quite progressive ideas about women's rights, at least compared to many other cultures that existed at the time, including Western culture.

They, of course, had to fit into well-defined roles and meet certain expectations, they just enjoyed more freedom compared to ladies in other countries of the world. So how did women live during the time of Genghis Khan?

Husband should obey

In Mongolian society, women were really respected, and men had to listen to the advice of their wives. Sure, the Mongols were fierce fighters, but they weren't barbarians - at least not in every aspect of their lives. Mongolian women were respected, often served as leaders, and were highly valued members of society. Nobody respected a man who didn't listen to his wife - that was a sign of immaturity.

Could go to court

When you think about early historical relationships between men and women, you probably think of unpleasant things. After all, throughout history, a huge number of women have been abused by a huge number of men, so it's probably safe to say that men have ruled just about everything, both in and out of the bedroom.

However, this was not the case in Mongolian society. Mongolian young ladies controlled a lot both at home and in the bedroom. In fact, if you were a Mongolian woman and your husband wasn't about to do his male duties in the bedroom, you could actually be asking the government to intervene. Imagine walking into a local courthouse and providing documentary evidence of your husband's romantic failures and asking the court for a prescription for Viagra. If this is not enough to rein in the husband, most likely nothing will help.

No submission

Meanwhile, in China, south of the Mongol Empire, neo-Confucianism laid down strict rules for the behavior of women—they had to be chaste and obedient, and wives basically had to exist only to serve their husbands. In addition, girls in high school tied their legs from the age of six to stop them from growing in size. This is a real atrocity!

This was not the case in Mongolia. Mongolian women were tough - they rode horses, fought in battle and were just really cool. They didn't want to have tiny feet. Mongolian women were also not considered subordinates of their husbands - they had to be strong, cruel and hardworking. And when a culture places such expectations on ladies, it contributes to family dynamics.

wagon management

In Mongolia during the time of Genghis Khan, women were in charge of wagons, and men were strictly forbidden to ride them (unless they were sick). This was probably due to the fact that Mongol men had to be excellent horsemen (to become excellent warriors and robbers), and cart riding took precious hours from equestrian practice.

Wagons were not just a way to get to the grocery store, they were one of the most important components of the nomadic lifestyle. They carried the felt tents in which the Mongols lived, and most of their goods and supplies.

Women performed physically difficult tasks

In a nomadic society there is no place for idlers. Too much work to be done. Mongolian women had not only to bear great responsibility, but also to do hard work. It was to take down and put up tents, and they had to do it quickly and efficiently. They were also expected to be able to control the often huge herds of animal tribes and do all those stereotypical female things like raising children and cooking.

Thus, ladies, as well as men, had to do the kind of work that today we would call hard physical labor. So it's no surprise that Mongolian men had such respect for women - it's hard not to respect someone who is as hardworking and capable as you are, especially if you see it with your own eyes every day.

If the khan says "marry my daughter", you must do it

Genghis Khan had four sons, but most of his children were girls. And by most historical evidence, he valued his daughters as much as his sons. Once he killed a guy who refused his daughter's marriage.

Genghis Khan said that men and women are two important pieces of the cosmic puzzle - without one piece the whole cannot function.

Women in Mongolian society, on the other hand, had the right to refuse marriage if it was a man they did not like, and this in itself was quite progressive for a society that existed 800 years ago. But for the daughters of Genghis Khan, it almost didn't matter if their new husband liked them.

Not everyone's life was sugar

In peacetime under Genghis Khan it was wonderful. But what if you were a woman in one of the nations he conquered? Women, gold, horses, and other items were considered spoils of war, which meant that soldiers could do almost whatever they wanted with them.

On the other hand, if you happen to be born very beautiful, you could be forced into one of Genghis Khan's strange beauty pageants. As soon as the soldiers were finished with robberies and bullying, they brought the Khan the most beautiful girls they met. The winner among them received the honor of becoming one of the many wives of Genghis Khan, which was probably preferable to dying. However, it is clear that women deemed by the khan as not up to his standards of beauty were sent to the soldiers to be abused and then thrown away. So yes, it's great to be a woman in Mongolia during times of peace and not during times of war.

Evening with several women and children

Genghis Khan was not a particularly merciful conqueror - after he conquered a people, he delighted in kidnapping the wives of his enemies and either wooing them or treating them harshly. In fact, in one of his most famous quotes, he spoke poetically about the joys of conquering: "The greatest pleasure is to defeat your enemies, take away their wealth and see those who are dear to them in tears."

The khan also often spent evenings with several women. In addition, he did not control the birth rate, and he has a lot of descendants.

A huge number of wives

There was no male monogamy in Genghis Khan's Mongolia. Men could have several wives, but each of them had to have her own tent in which she would live with her children. The whole family usually got along well, so perhaps jealousy and monogamy are just constructs of our unenlightened western society (of course not).

The first wife of a man was considered to be his lawful wife. After the death of her father, her children received an inheritance.

Impossibility of remarriage

After the death of a husband, many women did not remarry. Well, why? If you were the first wife, you inherited everything and became the head of the family. After that, you should live largely autonomous and independent.

Genghis Khan wrote several pro-women's laws

Having completed his conquest of most of Asia, Genghis Khan decided that he needed to write some laws. The document, which he prepared with the help of his competent adviser Tatatunga, was called "Yasa", he was supposed to help keep the peace in the newly conquered lands.

Notable was the moratorium against wife kidnapping and the sale of women. Yasa also prohibited child soldiers and slavery (or at least the slavery of other Mongols), as well as discrimination based on religion. In fact it was one of the first known legal codes that allowed its citizens freedom of religion.

In the year of the victory of the Mongols over the Tatar tribes, the future great khan of the Mongol empire, Genghis Khan, was born in the family of the noble leader of the large tribe Yesugai-Baatur.

The father considered the birth of his son an omen and gave him the name Temujin (Temujin), which meant "blacksmith". When the child was 9 years old, in 1164, his father married him to a girl from a noble family from the Ungirat tribe, which was famous for the special beauty of girls. The girl was beautiful, smart, well-educated, three years older than the groom and was faithful to him until the end of her life. They lived in peace and harmony for more than 40 years. In 1206 Temujin assumed the name of Genghis Khan and became the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire.

Genghis Khan loved his wife Borte and did not want to bring other women into the house, although according to Mongolian traditions he had the right to have several wives. Over the years, Borte aged and was unable to have children. The wise Borte did not resist her beloved husband when, at the request of his entourage, he brought his second wife into the house. Later, Genghis Khan had about two thousand concubines, whom he brought from military campaigns. Some concubines he did not even see. Once a famous Mongol, exterminating and driving the Tatars from his native steppes, saw a beautiful young Tatar woman, whom he liked, and he decided to marry her. The girl, hearing his intentions, lowered her head and began to cry. Khan was surprised, annoyed and wanted to know the reason for her tears. Yesugan - that was the name of the girl, told about her older sister Yesui, whom she loved very much and was afraid that she would not die at the hands of the fierce and furious Mongols. Genghis Khan wanted to look at the girl and ordered his soldiers to find and bring her to him.

Seeing the girl, Genghis Khan was blinded by her beauty and ordered to immediately prepare for the wedding. A few days later, the beautiful Yesui became the wife of Genghis Khan. He expected from her passionate love, new sensations, but in vain. Yesui was closed, sad, sat for hours near the yurt and looked into the distance. Many times the khan tried to unravel the secret sadness of his wife and could not. One day, from his wife's sister, he learned that Yesui was in love with a young Tatar, to whom she promised to be a faithful wife, for whom she cried at night and waited for him to come for her someday. Enraged Genghis Khan ordered to protect the young wife and keep an eye on her even at night.

One day, the tired khan, resting at the yurt with his wives, noticed how Yesui suddenly shuddered. Genghis Khan immediately ordered his soldiers to stand up with their families. And when the order of the sovereign was carried out, everyone saw a strange young man. He behaved bravely, not being afraid of the wrath of the khan, declared that he was Yesui's fiancé. Surprised by the courage of the young man, the enraged Khan ordered his soldiers to cut off his head. Yesui lost consciousness and did not leave the yurt for several days, mourning her beloved, and only the younger sister Yesugan was next to her, consoled her, fearing for her life. The eldest wife of Khan Borte did not like the young wives of the Khan and remained indifferent to her grief.

Going on a new military campaign, Genghis Khan took Borte and Yesui with him. He felt guilty before Yesui and tried with his attention, frequent visits to her yurt, to mitigate his guilt. Yesui fulfilled all the whims of her husband, but was cold and silent. Out of grief and annoyance, desperate to conquer the girl, Genghis Khan increased his harem, in which he began to spend all his free time from hiking. And his twenty-six legitimate wives, left without the attention of the khan, complained that they did not have heirs (Genghis Khan had two sons - from Borte and Khulan). And only Yesui alone did not complain about anything.

A few years before the death of Genghis Khan, the always sad and silent Yesui asked who would rule the people after his death. Khan became alarmed and for the first time, realizing that he was mortal, spent several sleepless nights. Dreaming of gaining immortality, he remembered the Chinese monks who know how to prolong their lives, ordered them to be found and brought to him. The wise Taoist monk Qiu Chuji, who arrived in May 1222, told the khan about the teachings of Taoism. "There is no means of immortality, you can only extend your zhihulan." Genghis Khan was aware that he was living his last years. His health and strength were undermined by excessive sensual passions and frequent military campaigns. Genghis Khan appointed the brave and courageous Ogedei, the son of his elder wife Borte, as his heir.

In 1227, at the age of seventy-two, the great founder of the Mongol empire, Genghis Khan, died near the Yellow River. It is said that the devoted warriors of the khan killed everyone, even birds and animals, who witnessed the funeral procession. All close associates of the Khan, his jewelry, gold, war trophies were buried with him. No one knows the location of the tomb of the great khan. Many times historians tried to organize expeditions to excavate the tomb of Genghis Khan, but to no avail. The inhabitants of those places protest and believe that no one should know the secret of the great Mongol, and if the grave of the khan is found, then a terrible curse will fall on them.

"The Best Entertainment Edition of Russia" - the educational mass newspaper "AIDS-INFO", which has millions of copies in paper and electronic versions, recently published a "research" by Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Kirill Chernov. » sexual life. Often, “stars” of different scales talk about such here. Or information is presented about how IT happened to popular personalities in history, for example. This time, the hero of the "strawberry" publication was none other than Genghis Khan himself!

Professor Chernov's article titled "We all came out of the bed of Genghis Khan" describes the sexual habits of someone about whom - even about appearance, date and place of birth - little is known for certain. Although in his amusing study, the doctor of science does not particularly “bother” with references to authoritative sources. Unless he mentions a quote from Yasa as presented by Rashid ad-Din and a note by Paolo Caolini, where the Chinese are accused of "corrupting" the court of Genghis Khan.

However, we will not go the same way and will not retell the original text. We quote the professor in full. That is to say, up to you. Or at least something to think about...

We all came out of Genghis Khan's bed

The Guinness Book of Records is preparing to be replenished with a sensational article the other day. According to data obtained by a group of researchers at the Oxford Institute of Anthropology and Genetics (Great Britain), today there are 17 million 435 thousand 217 people living on Earth who have a common ancestor. His name is Genghis Khan. He will enter the Guinness Book of Records as the most prolific father in the history of mankind!

How, how did the ancient conqueror manage to leave such numerous offspring? Relationship history Genghis Khan with his numerous wives (and, according to researchers, there were about 7000 of them!) and the family secrets of the Genghisids for a long time were unknown to the general reader. Only now, thanks to the research of scientists from Mongolia, India, Japan and the USA, it became possible to find out the shocking details of the intimate life of the Shaker of the Universe.

Family life Genghis Khan was full of drama. The story of the capture of his first wife Borte by the neighboring Merkit tribe is widely known. With the help of the leader of the friendly Kerait tribe, Tooril Khan, Borte returned to the yurt. Genghis Khan but she is pregnant. The boy who was born soon was named Jochi, and Genghis Khan All his life he doubted whether this was his son.

However, few people know that later Genghis Khan terribly took revenge on the Merkits for his disgrace, completely exterminating their tribe. The daughter of the Merkit Khan, the beautiful Khulan, he made his wife. Chronicles indicate that Khulan "knew how to satisfy her master with the help of all the wells bestowed on her by nature."

Two sisters - two wives

More than one monograph has been written about the customs of the Mongols and their attitude towards women. But the most complete and clear picture is given by the chronicles and the ancient "Secret History of the Mongols". From them we learn that, for example, even during the unification of the Mongol tribes, Genghis Khan brutally cracked down on the Tatar tribe, who had once killed his father, Yesugei Bagatur.

After victory Genghis Khan married the daughter of the Tatar Khan, the moon-faced Yesugan. After spending the night with the winner, the next morning she told him: "Being your wife is a great honor for me, but my sister Yesui deserves this honor much more. She is more beautiful and more experienced in the art of love." Genghis Khan ordered to immediately search for Yesui. Subsequently, the great khan more than once retired to his yurt for the night with both sisters. Genghis Khan himself called it "riding two mares".

The sweet death

Borte, Yesugan, Yesui and Khulan were the so-called senior wives of the great khan. They participated in the decision of state affairs and gave advice to their master.

All other wives Genghis Khan can be roughly divided into several groups. The first included "political wives" - the daughters of khans and rulers, whom their fathers gave in marriage in order to seal the alliance with the conqueror. With many of them, the Shaker of the Universe met only once - on their wedding night.

The second group consisted of "experts", for the most part Chinese women, with whom Genghis Khan was a great hunter for love pleasures. It is known that the Great Khan liked the sophisticated Chinese sexual techniques that allowed him to repeatedly bring a man to a blissful state without ejaculation.

The third group - "beauties" - was, in modern terms, a living collection of the most beautiful girls from the conquered countries, who became the sex slaves of Genghis Khan. With them, he did not stand on ceremony. So, the Indian dancer Sami, captured during the storming of the city of Nashpur, a girl of unprecedented beauty and frenzied temperament, who dared to say Genghis Khan that the male attention that he pays to her is not enough for her, the Shaker of the Universe ordered to "feed her satiety." With the help of two jade phalluses-lingams, the court Taoist monk repeatedly brought Sami to orgasm in front of Genghis Khan for several hours. As a result, the dancer's heart could not stand it.

“Stick Meat in Meat”

Naturally, all the wives bore children to the Shaker of the Universe, but only the sons of Borte had the right to inherit the empire created by their father. Nevertheless, none of the numerous offspring were in poverty, and they all belonged to the imperial aristocracy - the Genghisides.

Oxford geneticist Brian Sykes of Oxford Ancestors has been doing research related to pedigree reconstruction for many years. According to his data, more than 17 million descendants now live worldwide. Genghis Khan. By the way, this corresponds to the population of such a country as, for example, Kazakhstan.

True, kinship can only be traced in men - it is in their genome that the Y-chromosome is present, the only one of 23 pairs of chromosomes in the human body, which is transmitted to children unchanged. How many women carry the genome of Genghis Khan, science cannot yet figure out, but it is clearly larger than the male population, if only because Genghis Khan had several times more daughters than sons.

The ancient Mongols are generally known in history as a sex-hungry people. It is believed that this is due to the fact that Mongolian men rode a lot, and this stimulates the prostate gland and the entire groin area. True, the increased libido of the Mongols manifested itself in the most barbaric way - when the next city was taken, the entire female population was raped en masse, fully confirming the well-known truth: "the Mongol loves to eat meat, ride meat and stick meat into meat." The fact that the world today is not inhabited by Mongols alone is explained simply - after mass rapes, women were killed. Genghis Khan did not want the lands he conquered to be inhabited by half-breeds-mangas.

Papal legate (envoy) Paolo Carpini, who lived at the court of his grandson Genghis Khan Great Khan Kublai, left detailed notes on the life and customs of the Mongols. From them we learn that the Mongol aristocracy is very corrupted, and the Chinese conquered by the Mongols should be blamed for this.

Paolo Carpini attributed the group sex practiced by the Chinese according to the scheme "one man and three women", anal sex, sex with animals to perversions. An interesting moment - the sodomy that flourishes in China, the Italian Carpini did not consider it a perversion.

How will we share?

Rashid ad-Din, a contemporary and biographer of Genghis Khan, quotes in his manuscripts the "Great Yassa", a code of laws written personally Genghis Khan: "The greatest pleasure and pleasure for a husband is to suppress the indignant and defeat the enemy, uproot him and seize everything that he has; make his married women sob and shed tears, sit on his good move with smooth groats of geldings, turn the bellies of his beautiful-faced spouses into a night-dress for sleep and bedding, look at their rosy cheeks and kiss them, and suck on their sweet lips the color of breastberries! Thanks to this temperament and given the lack of contraception, the genes of Genghis Khan spread widely throughout the world.

Lawyers also point to another important aspect that arises in connection with the general “Genghis Khanization” - the grave of the Shaker of the Universe (he was buried along with countless treasures) has not yet been found, and according to Mongolian laws, a direct descendant in the male line has the right to claim everything his ancestor's property.

Who knows, maybe this person will be one of the readers of "AIDS-info"?

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Kirill Chernov

ARD: Of course, this publication attracted everyone's attention. Is it a joke. Spicy details from the life of the Shaker of the Universe himself! One can even fully understand that a publication that has such a huge audience is not at all able to do without the theme of the Great Creator of Ikh Mongol Uls! Anyone can get bored with the constant long-term exploitation of the "strawberry" - and here ... A world-class brand! Man of the Millennium! Little is known for sure about his life. The easier it is to “dig up” something about him that no one can verify or disprove anyway.

Sexual culture, without a doubt, is an extremely necessary thing for humanity. But! As a result of the “popularization” of this kind of information about Genghis Khaan, an opinion is created among a multi-million audience not only about the life of the “father of the Mongolian nation”. But also about the sexual behavior adopted by the Mongolian peoples in general. And few people think that the habits of the aristocracy (even the steppe) are strikingly, if not completely different from the sexual culture of the "simple" people.

Although... maybe, after all... there are those among us who agree with the opinion of Professor Chernov? And maybe someone is not at all opposed to the fact that the Great Genghis Khaan (and all the Mongols) had just such an image in the world? Fortunately, the Mongolian nomads have never been particularly distinguished by excessive hypocrisy, characteristic, for example, of Christian culture. No false modesty...

But the most, probably, amusing thing is that almost the whole world is now ready to “sign up” as “relatives” to the Mongols!

Yesui - Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan was born in 1155, at the hour of the Mongols' victory over the Tatar tribes. His father, the noble leader of a large tribe, Yesugai-baatur, considered the birth of his son an omen and named the child Temuchin (Temujin), which meant "blacksmith". In 1164 Yesugai-Baatur married his son when he was barely nine years old. The girl came from a less noble family, but she was from the Ungirat tribe, which has long been famous for the special beauty of girls. Borte was three years older than her young fiancé, well-bred and beautiful. She became the first wife of little Temujin and remained devoted to him until the end of her life. They lived for over forty years. In 1206, Temujin became the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, giving himself the name of Genghis Khan.

According to ancient traditions, the Mongols could have several wives, but the khan did not want to bring other women into the house. He loved Borte, but she was already old and could no longer produce heirs. Therefore, the close circle of the Khan began to beg him to bring his second wife into the house, and the wise Borte did not resist and obeyed her beloved husband in everything. He brought young girls from military campaigns, made them concubines, and a few years later the lord had about two thousand women, some of whom, however, he had never even seen.

Once the famous Mongol decided to expel the Tatars from his lands. Exterminating and driving them from their native steppes, Genghis Khan saw a young Tatar Yesugan. She was so beautiful that the great ruler ordered his soldiers to bring her to the harem, making her a concubine, and decided to marry the girl. When Genghis Khan came to her and announced his intention, Yesugan, lowering her head, began to cry. The surprised khan immediately demanded an answer from the concubine, and she told the story of her elder sister, Yesui, whom she loved very much and did not want her to die at the hands of the furious and fierce Mongols. Genghis Khan ordered to find Yesui, wanting to look at the girl.

When the soldiers found her and brought her to the chambers of the great khan, he, blinded by the beauty of the young woman, immediately ordered to prepare for the wedding. Yesugan, embracing her sister, gave her her place, and a few days later the beautiful Yesui became the wife of the Mongol Khan. However, such love, which the great lord expected from the new khansha, did not follow. Yesui was silent, sad, and sat for hours near the yurt, peering into the distance.

More than once, the khan tried to unravel the secret sadness of the girl, but she never opened her heart. And only once the younger sister told her secret: Yesui had long been in love with a young Tatar, whom she wanted to become a beloved and faithful wife. The girl suffered, cried at night and waited for her lover, believing that he would someday come for her.

The enraged Genghis Khan, having learned about everything, ordered his two soldiers to keep an eye on the young wife and guard her even at night.

Once, after another military campaign, the tired khan was resting with his wives near the yurt. Yesui was sitting next to her and suddenly shuddered. The cunning Mongol ruler suspected something was wrong and ordered his close associates and soldiers to split into groups and stand with their families. And when several hundred people stood up as ordered by their master, he noticed a young youth aside, who turned out to be a stranger. He turned to the great lord and called himself the bridegroom of the beautiful Esui.
The enraged khan, surprised at the courage of the brave Tatar, ordered the servants to cut off the young man's head. The young khan turned pale and fell unconscious. She spent several days without leaving the khan's yurt, bitterly mourning her lover. Borte, disliking young wives, remained indifferent, and only Yesugan consoled her older sister and did not leave her, fearing that Yesui would commit suicide from grief.

Genghis Khan, meanwhile, was going on a new campaign. As always, he took his beloved wives with him, and this time Khanshi Borte and Yesui followed him. Trying to smooth over the guilt before his young wife, the khan came to her yurt every night, but left with a feeling of annoyance and bitterness. Yesui was cold and silent, although she submitted to any whim of her husband. Finally, desperate to break the girl, the Mongol ruler began to bring new wives to him, and in a few years there were already twenty-six of them. The Khan's harem also grew, in which Genghis Khan spent all his time, free from military campaigns. Lawful wives often complained that their master spends too little time with them and that the wives no longer have heirs (Genghis Khan had only two sons - from Borte and Khulan). Only Yesui remained, as always, silent, and never complained about her life.

Several years passed, and one day the sad Yesui asked the aged and gray-haired Khan about who would rule his people after his death. Genghis Khan thought for the first time and realized that he, the great ruler of the Mongols, was also mortal. Without closing his eyes, he spent several sleepless nights, thinking about the end and dreaming of gaining immortality. So, having long known about the Chinese monks who prolong their lives for a long time, the khan ordered that the Taoist monk Qiu Chuji be found and brought to him. He, arriving to Genghis Khan in mid-May 1222, told him about the teachings of Taoism. “There is no means for immortality, you can only prolong your life,” answered the wise monk.

However, having wasted his strength in military campaigns, and his health in excessive love for sensual hobbies, the khan realized that he was living out his last years. He appointed the son of his eldest wife Borte, the brave and courageous Ogedei, as his heir.

The great founder of the Mongol Empire, Genghis Khan, died in 1227 at the age of seventy-two near the Yellow River. The place of his burial is still unknown. It is believed that loyal warriors killed anyone who witnessed the funeral procession. They exterminated even animals and birds so that no one, even animals, could see where the tomb of the Mongol ruler was located. All his slaves and servants, gold, jewelry and trophies were buried in the grave along with the body of Genghis Khan. Historians have repeatedly tried to start expeditions to excavate the conqueror's grave, but local residents are still protesting, believing that no one should know the terrible secret of the great Mongol. According to legend, if the grave is found, a terrible curse will fall on the people who live in those lands.