its author, michel nostradamus, was a physician who fought the plague. a courtier. queen catherine de' medici's physician switched to astrology and horoscopes. one of his first predictions has already come true. nastradamus predicted the death of henry ii from a serious wound that he received at a knightly tournament. he added and updated his work, the book of prophecies, regularly publishing astrological almanacs. nostradamus owns 6,338 prophecies, set out in quatrains. most of them are vague and vague. some are very specific, about the great french revolution, the second world war, the collapse of hitler's germany. he correctly predicted the burning of moscow by the crimean khan in 1571, and even the formation and collapse of the soviet union. nostradamus also named the date of the end of the world - 3797 and foresaw his own death. scientists prove the invalidity of his prophecies, but they are still republished in different languages and are in great demand. on march 1, 1921, kronshtat rose up, a powerful a sea fortress that defended petrograd , unt