The year 1492 came - quite remarkable in Russian history. The year 7000 from the creation of the world, which began on September 1, 7000 - as was commonly believed in Rus' - according to popular ideas at that time, was fraught with the End of the World. All sorts of theories were brought up under this - as, however, they were brought up before under other dates and as they will be brought under later ones: say, corresponding to the year 7007 (1500). The apocalypse, however, did not happen.