Good time, our dear readers, subscribers and casual visitors. Have you ever heard about the ancient city of Arkaim? Imagine this place: steppe, windy and noisy all around, rooks and people clamoring. The pilgrims are walking in a line. What draws them here? They look like vacationers - they sunbathe and swim, they still wander barefoot in a spiral, what is it - fashionable entertainment or an unconscious craving for the earth?

And in the Men's Forest, which is not far from Arkaim, there are rook nests. Pilgrims add up legends and beliefs, they say that if a woman with childbearing problems walks through this forest at night, she will definitely become pregnant. No wonder. In rook nests, not one, but 5-7 long-nosed noisy rooks ...

Read on and find out what the mysterious Arkaim is and what secrets it is.

It is known that every nation has its own sacred place of power on earth. Such places are closely connected with the memory and wisdom of ancestors in centuries of history. The times of the appearance of such places sometimes go back to ancient times, much older than even the period of construction of the Egyptian pyramids.

Such places, once you find yourself in them, make a person rethink his attitude to the world around him, realize that life is just a grain in the ocean of time and feel their special influence. According to esotericists, here everyone can enter into a spiritual connection with the heritage of their ancestors, whose experience did not disappear without a trace, but was preserved in a single energy-information field, as if recorded in the memory of the computer of the Universe.

For Russia, such a place is Arkaim - an ancient Aryan city found by chance, it almost turned out to be buried under water. The discovery of this ancient city has presented scientists with a new mystery, the meaning of which has not been fully deciphered to this day.

How the ancient city of Arkaim was found

For the first time (according to the official version) Arkaim was discovered in 1952, when military cartographers carried out aerial photography. Later, a photograph of several strange circles located in the area was obtained via a reconnaissance satellite. But then this find was not paid due attention.

And according to one of the unofficial versions, Adolf Hitler knew about the existence of Arkaim, allegedly, in his materials, after the defeat of Nazi Germany, Soviet intelligence officers found photographs of this place.

And only in 1987, when the territory was explored in order to build a dam on it, members of the archaeological expedition worked there, who checked the area. Nothing in particular was found, and the construction of the dam was approved. Two surprising accidents made it possible to discover:

• Early in the morning, a schoolboy from the neighboring village of Alexandrovka (according to one version) told the expedition members that there were some mounds upstream of the river, they would have to look. However, archaeologists were not eager to continue the search, it was clear to them: the area was deserted.

• But then a second accident came to the rescue: in a neighboring field, due to a malfunction of the oil pipeline, a collective farm corn grower made an emergency landing. After fixing the breakdown, the expedition members asked the pilot to fly a small circle "over the mounds" in order to make sure that these were just silt drifts or wind embankments. However, an amazing sight appeared before their eyes, namely: the outlines of the ancient city in the form of a cluster of strange barrows, placed according to a certain pattern.

When archaeologists flew over these mounds on a collective farm maize plant, they were amazed. There was an unusual structure on the ground. These were two circles, one of which was inscribed in the other, about 170 meters in diameter, and between them there were walls-lintels. It became clear: traces of an ancient, unknown to anyone, city were discovered.

In agreement with the authorities, the construction of the dam was delayed for a year. During this year, scientists had to determine the value of this find. After all, if the dam had been built, then these unique artifacts would have been buried under water.

Already the first excavations made it possible to make a number of incredible discoveries. Then the construction of the dam was canceled completely. This decision helped to fill in blank pages in the history of antiquity.

Secrets of the ancient city

Arkaim is called the City standing by the sun. It is the most mysterious Russian archaeological site. Let's see where it is on the map. The ancient city was discovered in the south of the Chelyabinsk region.

Archaeologists and scientists studying the phenomenon of Arkaim are of the opinion that the city was built by the ancient Aryans (ancestors of the Indo-Europeans). It is one of the links in the so-called Land of Cities - the remains of one of the oldest civilizations of mankind that existed on the territory of modern Russia.

The famous satirist - Mikhail Zadornov is very fond of this topic. Ever since he read an article in one of the magazines in the early 90s about the discovery of a new city in the Southern Urals, which is called Arkaim, he considers this event one of the three most important events of the 20th century: Gagarin's flight into space, Victory in the Great patriotic war and the discovery of Arkaim.

Zadornov says that American archaeologists, flying over Arkaim, admired and resented at the same time. They said that this could change the whole story, so they will try not to leak information about it to the world. But information has leaked out.

Arkaim is called the city of the era, let's see what it was like. Scientists answer:

• This is a fortress city, the thickness of the walls reached 5 meters, and the height was more than 8 meters.
• City-workshop foundry, where bronze was produced;
• Temple city created to worship the sun and other heavenly bodies.
• A city with complex engineering structures (we will talk about them below).

Our planet keeps many secrets, gradually revealing them to mankind. Not so long ago, in 1987, a rather unusual place was found - the ancient city of Arkaim. The settlement was discovered in the Chelyabinsk region by an archaeological expedition, and it was accidentally found by a schoolboy who was part of the expedition.

The history of the find itself is rather unusual. There is a version that the historical monument was discovered three times. At different times, under various circumstances, the settlement was found by cartographers, but for what reason the archaeological value was not given importance, is unknown. One point is noteworthy, the buildings were clearly visible from the air, but no one paid attention to this, taking the unusual landscape of the area for some modern buildings. Different opinions are expressed, but how much everything corresponds to reality is difficult to say.

What is so unusual in the find and why Arkaim stands out

There are many differences, in fact. Of interest is the type of settlement. Arkaim is a city, in the truest sense of the word. You should know that not so many settlements-cities have been found on our planet, literally a few. According to the official version, the age of the find is about four thousand years, which is comparable to the age. The very shape of the city is unusual. It is built radially and is a defensive fortification. Ancient settlements of a similar plan have not been found anywhere else. It is curious that in the south, other historical monuments built according to a similar project were found, and it seems that the development plan for the territory was worked out in detail. Ancient architects built cities in a complex. The bottom line is that a city was built right away, and a small settlement did not gradually develop. These archaeological finds are called "Country of Cities".

Scientists continue to study this ancient monument. There are quite a few opinions and theories, but there are also unofficial versions. According to one of them, the city, among other things, served as an observatory. This is evidenced by the accurately verified astronomical and geographical location of the settlement.

In addition, Arkaim has a certain similarity with Stonehenge in some respects, however, scientists have not come to a consensus about the purpose of the structures as astronomical laboratories. Assumptions about the observatory city are based on circumstantial facts.

Arkaim is a fortified settlement of the Middle Bronze Age at the turn of III-II millennium BC. e. It is located on an elevated cape formed by the confluence of the Bolshaya Karaganka and Utyaganka rivers, 8 km north of the village of Amursky and 2 km southeast of the village of Aleksandrovsky, Kizilsky district, Chelyabinsk region.

The area where the ancient structure is located is considered a “place of power” in certain circles. However, one can only speculate what the “places of power” are, where they are located and what their purpose is. At present, such things are another mystery.

The inhabitants of Arkaim, for unknown reasons, left him, and the city itself was burned. Researchers have never determined what contributed to this. It is only known that the city was destroyed by its people themselves.

Many scientists put forward a large number of versions of the disappearance of Arkaim, but there is no direct evidence. At the moment, the mystery of this ancient city remains unsolved.

Compare the photo of Arkim and the photo of the city of Mari in . You will see two almost identical cities. this is where the people of Mari and Mari come from.

- one of the settlements of the "Country of Cities", a fragment of the most ancient civilizations of mankind, discovered in the south Chelyabinsk region as recently as 1987. Such discoveries of world significance happen very rarely, once in a century. During the excavations, a settlement was discovered, consisting of a bypass ditch, two rings of earthen ramparts, and a central square.

The ramparts are the remnants of powerful walls, complex defensive structures, inside each ring are dwellings, smelting furnaces, craft workshops, storehouses for supplies. These cities are original, unlike any previously known human settlements. Some scientists believe that this is the ancestral home of the ancient Aryans, which they have been looking for for so long, and it is here on the verge of the III - II millennium BC. there was a division of the Aryans into two branches - Indo-Iranian and Iranian.

But - not only an archaeological site and an open-air museum. There are reconstructions of a Cossack hut, a burial mound, ancient workshops, a large collection of ceramics, bone and stone products, and metal tools.

is a place of amazing concentration of energy, according to many. Following archaeologists, historians, ethnographers, numerous pilgrims, psychics, people who hope to find healing or enlightenment here come here. And indeed, it is difficult to remember another place that clears thoughts of fuss as much as. It is always crowded here - but no one bothers you to be alone with yourself. A special tradition is to meet the sunrise on the top of one of the surrounding hills.

This place was supposed to go under water as a result of construction Bolshekaragan reservoir. With great efforts, scientists led by Gennady Zdanovich managed to defend the found archaeological site from imminent flooding. In 1991, this territory was declared a protected area, formally formalized as a branch.

This is a fortified Bronze Age settlement. The archaeological site is dated to the third or second millennium BC. Don't expect much from a legendary settlement. In fact, only small tubercles remained of it, clearly visible only from the air.

The settlement has a ring shape. Diameter - 145 meters. In place of the walls of the settlement, only small ramparts remained. They represent two circles - external and internal. There were several dozen dwellings on the territory of the settlement. Once, for some unknown reason, local residents for some reason left their homes, burned the settlement and left forever. Southern Urals.

The finds were not rich. They did not find anything interesting and valuable here, in addition to clay shards, tools and coals. Nevertheless, they just don’t attribute anything. Scientists quite seriously talk about the origin of the Aryan race here, about the ancient observatory located here. Yes, and the first horse was allegedly domesticated here, a two-wheeled cart was invented here and a metallurgical furnace was invented. But the bold point of view of Chelyabinsk archaeologists, of course, is not shared by the entire scientific world.

historical park

Located on a high terrace Bolshaya Karaganka river, away from the noise of the tourist camp. This is a real open-air museum, in which the funerary theme prevails. Here you will see ancient grave stone monuments, as well as stone boxes surrounded by fences - family cemeteries. There are also mysterious menhirs, the purpose of which is still not entirely clear. Also in the historical park is a medieval Turkic complex Aksai.

Museum-reconstruction of the barrow "Temir"

Scientists have recreated here an exact copy of the family tomb of the steppe nomads. Based on the results of excavations of the Sarmatian burial mound in the Chesme region Chelyabinsk region, which has been dated to the 4th century BC. With perfect accuracy, scientists reproduced both the external and internal structure of the burial structure. It was customary to bury only the most noble representatives of the tribe and their relatives in mounds.

Copper-Stone Age settlement

A life-size re-creation of an old village based on the results of excavations Botai settlements in Northern Kazakhstan. Dwellings are a round semi-dugout. Such a rounded shape made it possible to withstand difficult climatic conditions as much as possible. In the reconstructed settlement of the Copper-Stone Age, you can see how our distant ancestors lived.

Ethnographic Museum "Cossack Estate"

All the exhibits and buildings of this museum were collected on Southern Urals and brought here by the staff of the reserve. The museum is based on the restored house of the turn of the 19th - 20th Orenburg Cossacks Dolgopolov from village of Varlamovo. The house contains household utensils from the beginning of the 20th century. The guides will tell you about the traditions of the ancestors. In general, everything is the same as in any ethnographic museum.

A much more interesting object is the "tented" windmill. She is standing next to the house. The mill was built in 1929 in the village of Paris, but soon it was moved to the Warsaw village. Until the 1960s, the mill worked properly. In 1999, employees became interested in her and transported a unique structure to the territory of the reserve.

IN "Cossack estate" master classes are held. Those who wish can do handicrafts - weave a belt-amulet or make a doll. A souvenir created with your own hands will remain as a keepsake.

Museum "Nature and Man"

The expositions of the museum are divided into several eras. The Age of Stone will introduce the history of human settlement of the steppes Southern Urals. Here are stone tools - scrapers, axes, knives.

The section of the exposition of the early metal era introduces the settlement and other archaeological sites. In the showcases you will see ancient jewelry, bronze items, crockery shards.

Finally, the section devoted to the era of the early Iron Age will tell about the history of the nomadic peoples of the steppes. In addition to weapons, horse harness and armor, pay attention to items related to the famous "animal" style.

Camp of the steppe nomad

More recently (in 2010), a new tourist site appeared on the territory of the Arkaim Museum - the camp of a sedate nomad. The camp consists of four yurts - Mongolian and Kazakh. And here you can not only get acquainted with the life of nomads, but also stay in one of the yurts.

Photo by: aralan1971

Museum of ancient industries

Located directly on the territory of the tourist camp. Tourists will see here reconstructed different types of furnaces - for firing ceramics, heating, smelting metal products. They are recreated in full size on the basis of research on the territory of the Arkaim reserve. Moreover, all furnaces are operational. The exhibits can not only be seen, but also touched. So it will certainly be interesting for children here. You can also take part in the workshops on modeling and other ancient crafts held here.

Mount Shamanka

Mount Shamanka (or Shamanikha) is an ancient paleovolcano. On this mountain, tourists like to watch sunsets and sunrises. At the top of the mountain there is a stone spiral of 13 circles, symbolizing the passage of the chain of incarnations. It is believed that if you walk barefoot in a spiral, you can reunite with a kind of tree and get rid of sins.

The ancient city of Arkaim (or rather, a whole system of cities) was located on the border of the modern Chelyabinsk, Orenburg regions, Bashkiria and Kazakhstan. Archaeologists discovered these cities and fortified settlements in the steppe in the summer of 1987 and immediately declared the find a sensation.

The ancient city, in terms of representing two rings of defensive structures inscribed one into the other, was called Arkaim - after the name of the nearest village.

Architecture of Arkaim

Radiocarbon analysis showed that the age of the buildings is 3600-3900 years. Archaeologists have also dated the monument to the second quarter of the 2nd millennium BC. e. (XVII-XVI centuries BC). Arkaim buildings have an amazing feature - they have conjugated walls in a circle, oval or rectangle. According to astrologer Pavel Globa, the ring structure of Arkaim resembles a giant horoscope (160 m in diameter), in which 12 signs of the zodiac and 28 lunar stations (according to the number of days) are clearly distinguished.

This orientation according to the stars was carried out extremely accurately, with an error of one forty-three thousandth of a full circle. Such a unique construction of the city once again confirms, according to scientists, its belonging to the ancient Aryan culture. In any case, it is clear that Arkaim was built according to a strict plan, orienting the fortress to the cardinal points and bringing all the radial lines of the city into a single center of the defensive ring.

In general, the orientation of Arkaim by the stars is so accurate that of all the ancient structures, only the Egyptian pyramids can compete with it.

As archaeologists have calculated, more than four thousand years ago, the inhabitants left the city at once for an unknown reason. And what's more, they burned it.

According to one version of scientists, this happened due to the fact that the explosion of the Greek volcano Santorin caused an ecological catastrophe, the climate of a part of the Earth changed, the natural anomalies that arose frightened the inhabitants of Arkaim and forced them to leave their city.

The researchers also remembered the legends of Siberia and the Urals, telling about the ancient Land of Cities, the homeland of the Aryans Aryan Vej, located in the center of the earthly world.

Ancient texts claim that at first the territory of the Volga, the Urals and Western Siberia was the place of settlement of the Aryans, and only then the Aryans penetrated into Persia and India.

It is believed that the prophet Zarathustra was also born in the Urals. In confirmation of this, archaeologists have unearthed a very real Country of Cities in the Southern Urals, dating back to the 18th-16th centuries. BC e.

This group of fortified settlements of two dozen complexes is located south of the Ui River, mainly in the watershed of the Ural and Tobol rivers. The Country of Cities stretched from north to south for 350-400 km, from west to east - for 120-150 km. Scientists have found that there was a distance of 50-70 km between the settlements that existed at the same time. In total, the developed territory occupied about two thousand square kilometers.

The remains of one of the oldest civilizations of mankind are original and do not look like anything familiar, already known: these settlements had not only powerful walls and complex defensive structures, but also artisan workshops, smelting furnaces, and a well-functioning communications system.

This suggests that on the territory of the Ural-Kazakhstan steppes in the Bronze Age there was a high level of development of metallurgy, which distinguished the region in the cultural space, which at that time stretched from the Mediterranean to the territory of present-day Kazakhstan and Central Asia.

Observatory Arkaim

Astroarchaeologists have calculated all the necessary parameters, indicating the similarity of Arkaim with the famous Stonehenge. Both of these mysterious monuments are located approximately at the same geographical latitude, in the center of a bowl-shaped valley with a relief horizon, which allows us to draw a very definite conclusion: Arkaim served as an observatory for ancient people.

Arkaim preserved the “relief of the mainland”, the horizon line turned out to be remote from the monument at a distance of 1.5 km in the west to 5 km in the east, and on the very horizon line, specialists in astroarcheology and archeogeodesy recognized the sights necessary for astroobservations - at least 38 objects used directly to the study of the luminaries.

The ancient viziers were natural or artificial details of the landscape, which clearly fixed a certain point of the event, so as not to confuse it with any other point on the horizon. Natural objects are, for example, the top of a mountain or hill, a detached rock, a large stone. Artificial - a high pillar, stones piled up in a hill, a forest clearing, a tree planted on a treeless horizon, a barrow (that is why archaeologists often look in vain for a burial chamber in these mounds - it could not have been there!).

Based on all this, Arkaim is an ancient near-horizon, or daytime astronomical, observatory. However, the conduct of astronomical observations is clearly not the only function that the settlement of the ancient Aryans performed in the valley in the east of the Ural Mountains. What were the other functions (and they, without any doubt, were), remains to be seen by scientists. Now foreign experts from the USA, Holland, and Germany have joined the study of Arkaim.

Museum-Reserve Arkaim

Now it is a natural landscape and historical and archaeological museum-reserve, and all excavations in Arkaim are temporarily prohibited. But enough material has already been accumulated for reflection and the birth of scientific theories and various hypotheses.

Immediately there was evidence that Arkaim itself and its environs were a giant anomalous zone. Energetically powerful Arkaim has become a place of pilgrimage for prophets of all stripes, psychics, contactees, sectarians.

Those who have visited Arkaim testify that a chronological anomaly is observed there - the clock is suddenly disturbed, the human body begins to experience strange effects: causeless anxiety seizes, a state of altered consciousness sets in, heart rhythm is disturbed, blood pressure and body temperature change.

Devices record inexplicable differences in electrical voltage and magnetic field strength in this area. Also, the air temperature can fluctuate within five degrees Celsius for five minutes.

And at night, flying lights moving along strange trajectories, luminous balls and mysterious glows in the atmosphere are observed over Arkaim.

Numerous curious people set up camps on the territory of Arkaim, trying to see the anomalies that they have heard so much about with their own eyes. There are many mountains and hills around the Arkaim valley, with which legends and traditions are associated.

". Slavic folk culture left a huge legacy, most of which has not been studied, which means that it is gradually being lost. And in order not to completely lose what our ancestors left us, we need to turn to folk customs, traditions, mythology more often and study them. It is important to help unite all cultural wealth and convey it to our people. After all, without knowing the past, you have no future!

"Rus' will wake up, remember its Gods, and then such a buildup will go around the world ...".
F.M. Dostoevsky.

Almost 40 centuries ago, our legendary militant Slavic-Aryan ancestors of Rus, moving from the north, stopped for several centuries in the Southern Urals at the confluence of the Utyaganka and Karaganka rivers, tributaries of the Ural River (south of Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk region). Until the middle of the twentieth century, nothing was known about this generation. According to legend, Shambhala, the legendary country where great souls - mahatmas - live and lead the spiritual evolution on the planet, has reliably hidden the remnants of civilization from prying eyes.

Scientific and occult circles heatedly argued about where to look for the homeland of the Slavic-Aryans, where is the source from where many peoples of Eurasia originated. At this time, many expeditions were equipped to Tibet, Altai, the Urals in search of the mysterious people of the “Ancient Aryans”. Many aspired to a true awareness of their origins, roots - to what the ancient Aryans owned. This ancient civilization of the Bronze Age kept many secrets and possessed great abilities. The whole world was shocked by a real sensation in 1987, when an archaeologist's spatula revealed several details of incomprehensible circles that turned out to be an ancient settlement. “Country of cities” is the conventional name for the steppe region of the Southern Urals, stretching along the eastern slopes of the Urals from north to south for almost 400 km. The sensation was called ARKAIM.

Arkaim is not only a fortified City, but also a Temple, an Astronomical Observatory, which has a concentric shape with outer and inner circles isolated from each other. Mysterious rituals were performed in the central square of a square shape. The city looked like a square inscribed in a circle - the universe in miniature, oriented to astronomical objects with the greatest precision. The place chosen for the construction of the city is considered non-random. According to the pilgrims of Arkaim, this place is one of the mysterious points on Earth, where different types of matter and energy come into contact. In this place, superpowers are opened, and a person can change his life in a short period of time.

To understand the meaning of the very name of the Old Slavic (Aryan) city of Arkaim, one should turn to the Old Russian ABC, since our ancestors left us all the spiritual heritage in the Word! Everything created by hands is destroyed: cities, temples, pyramids, mausoleums, artifacts - only the Word is indestructible. It is eternal because it was created by the Spirit!

Remember - as we think, so we speak. And as we speak, we form events in our lives and, as a result, our Destiny!

Previously, there was an ABC in Rus' and it had a deep encrypted meaning, which over time was cut down and almost lost, since the living Slavic-Aryan alphabet was deliberately turned into an empty alphabet that did not carry any spiritual component.

In a simplified notation, ABC looked like this:

"Az Buki Vedi

Verbs Good There Is

Zhivot Zelo Earth

Izhe Izhei Init Gerv

How People Think

Our On Chambers

Rytsy Solovo Tverdo

Uk Oak Fert Kher Ot

Qi Chervl Sha Shta Er

Ery Yer Yat Yun Ar Edo Om Yen Od Yota

Ota Xi Psi Fita Izhitsa Izha"

“Az Buki (Gods) Lead, The Verb Good Is (Among the Aryans, Buki are Gods). Translating into modern language: I Know (Know) Gods, Saying (Doing) Good Is (Showing), - or I know Gods Through Doing Good!

The most interesting ... Even (And) How (How) People Think Our Peace (Peace) - And How You, People, Think, such will be your Peace (Peace). That is, think what you are doing! …

In the books on the history of the Russian language "Five Sensations" by A. Dragunkin and "System Languages ​​of the Brain" by N. Vashkevich, the authors came to one conclusion based on a large amount of evidence: the Russian Language is the base, the main trunk, from which all other languages ​​have spun off! There is a serious opinion of various international experts, on the basis of which many linguists have already come to the conclusion that the Old Slavic (Aryan) parent language at a certain point in time was divided into two equally wide arms, one of which was Russian - Aryan, and the other - Mediterranean - Semitic version.

Also, the authors and researchers of the history of the Slavs and Rus' A. Fomenko and G. Nosovsky used a physical and mathematical technique in the study of these issues. It is known that the sound of words has a certain effect on DNA and human cells. Therefore, experiments were carried out with rice and water. They took 3 flasks with rice, they said an affectionate word to one flask - I love it, they didn’t pay attention to the other, they swore at the third. As a result, after a few days, the following happened to the rice in the flasks: the first flask smelled good, but fermented; the second - began to fade and smell bad; the third - rotted and smelled disgusting. And this despite the fact that the same rice was taken with water, at the same time. But different words were spoken!

Therefore, the Word has Power! And you need to follow this in your life: what words do you hear more in your address, how and what do you say. Because in the end - it will affect your Destiny.

To build a wonderful future, you need to know your past and take into account mistakes!

As for the name "Arkaim", the following is obtained.

Ah, Az - I; Human; Start; source; God who lives and creates.

R, R'tsi - speech, strength (energy), differentiation, separation.

K, Kako - volume, system, coverage, unification of a person with the Universe.

And, Izhe - connection, unity, balance, harmony, truth.

M, Think - movement, measurement, improvement.

Arkaim - Man, who lives and creates by force and energy, unites with the Universe as God in unity, balance and movement towards improvement, or God, who lives and creates by force and energy, unites with the Universe in unity, balance and movement towards improvement. In principle, both readings have the same meaning, pointing to the Vedic roots of our ancestors, since Man believes in God, knowing that he exists, and feels his presence in himself and in the world around him.

It is also known from Old Slavic mythology that Arkaim is the city of God Veles, since Ark is also a bear - a symbol of God Veles. It is also known from mythology that in 4000 BC. Arkaim was built by the Slavic Goddess Slavunya, the wife of Bogumir, the great-granddaughter of the very One God of the Slavs - the Family.

The Arkaimskaya or Bolshekeraganskaya valley is located on the eastern slopes of the Ural Mountains, just south of Magnitogorsk. This small area of ​​the steppe sheltered several dozen archaeological sites of all times and peoples - from the Mesolithic and Neolithic sites to the burial mounds of nomads of the 12th-14th centuries AD. In the Bronze Age, the Andronovo and Srubnaya tribes lived here. At the beginning of the Iron Age, the warlike Sarmatians roamed. After that, the Huns and Turkic-Mongolian tribes migrated from Altai and Central Asia. Finally, Bashkir winter huts and dwellings of Russian colonists appeared.

What is the unimaginable unearthed by the Ural archaeologists?! According to the usual concepts - almost nothing?! Archaeological finds - works of art, weapons, ritual objects, and traces of a huge fire...

The layout of Arkaim - that's what shocked, and most importantly - its dating, which turned over all the usual ideas about the migration of the Aryan tribes and the spread of culture and technology across our continent!

While the excavations continued, the unusualness of the monument came to light more and more clearly. Solid wood structure with an area of ​​20,000 square meters, three to four meters high, with a foundation, drainage sewerage, well-planned dwellings, was built immediately, from start to finish, according to a single plan. And only then populated. The entire building was completed without a single nail. Subsequent generations did not build crooked streets, houses, dug new ditches and wells. The whole city is subject to a single original plan.

The drawing of Arkaim, which is 4000 years old, on an aerial photograph looks like a drawing of a detail - its lines are so correct. By the way, that’s why they couldn’t open it for so long: on aerial photographs (top-secret), even lines of man-made buildings (as cartographers believed, also top-secret) were clearly visible.

The settlement was built on wooden piles (“chicken legs”), the outer fortified walls and the central platform were filled with lime-based cementing mortar. “Chicken legs” the Slavs called stumps, piles of the house, on which the hut was placed (that is, Baba Yaga’s house originally stood only on sooty stumps). "Chicken legs" - the piles of the house were burned on fires (fumigated) before installation. The fumigation of wood gave it resistance to decay and strength. Fumigation is now known as a technology for obtaining thermowood!

The city plan looks like this. The frame consists of two rings of powerful defensive walls inscribed one into the other. The outer wall is surrounded by a moat 2-2.5 m deep. A single circular pavement runs along the outer perimeter of the inner wall. In the center of the settlement there is a round platform with a diameter of 25-27 meters, carefully leveled, compacted and reinforced with cement mortar. The diameter of the outer wall is 150 meters, the thickness at the base is 4-5 m. From the bottom of the moat to the top, the wall is reinforced with blocks of raw brick and covered with clay. The diameter of the inner wall is about 85 m, the thickness is three or four meters. The dwellings were located in sectors in the outer and inner perimeters of the city. There are 35 of them in the outer circle, and 25 in the inner circle. The outer houses had access to the street, the inner ones - to the central courtyard. The length of each house is from 16 to 22 m, the area is from 100 to 180 square meters. meters. The only entrance to the city had a width of 6 m and was located in the northwestern part of the wall. The entrance to the courtyard was located one sector to the east. To get to the central platform, it was required to go around the entire pavement clockwise.

The settlement had a fairly perfect system of drainage sewerage. Water from the roofs of the dwellings of the outer ring flowed into the moat, but not completely. Part of it was diverted to special pits in the courtyard. In the ditch, at intervals of 5-6 meters, pits were dug, penetrating the hydraulic barrier clay layer to aquifer gravel, so that excess water would go into the ground. The central part of the settlement was built with an increase in the level, and the water flowed down the grooves.

“There is no doubt that here we are dealing with the results of preliminary design, which was carried out by the builders in nature. There can be no question that Arkaim was built in several stages, as needed, when new quarters are added to the already finished part. No, it was built at once, and it is clear that design work was preceded by thorough design surveys in terms of engineering hydrogeology and soil properties. Undoubtedly, the volumes of excavation work and the timber necessary for the construction were calculated in advance, and these are thousands of trunks of coniferous and deciduous trees! - writes archaeologist Konstantin Konstantinovich Bystrushkin, who has been working at the excavations since 1990.

But the Arkaimians were not only good at counting and building. They also worked bronze very well. There are traces of workshops. When it comes to the ancient technology of bronze processing, generally accepted ideas come into force that it originated on the shores of the Aegean Sea and migrated to the north. Now we can overturn the established views. It is only necessary to answer the question: How old is Arkaim?!

The oldest and most subjective method of archaeological dating is based on analogies. If we find objects similar in technology and appearance in different parts of the continent, then it is logical to attribute them to the same era. After all, back in the days of the ancient Sumerians, the first of the well-known civilization, there was a trade that distributed objects and technologies for their manufacture between different nations. This is how the terms “Stone”, “Bronze” and “Iron” Ages appeared. Arkaim, respectively, refers to the Bronze Age.

The Bronze Age of the Ural-Kazakhstan steppes, as it seemed relatively recently, was studied almost thoroughly. Settlements and burial grounds were combined into the so-called Andronovo culture, dated to the 2nd - early 1st millennium BC. The poverty of these settlements testified to a highly primitive tribal agricultural culture. The technology of smelting bronze in the settlements of the Andronovo culture was similar to that used in Troy-VI, an ancient fortified settlement in Asia Minor, off the coast of the Aegean Sea, and corresponded to the heyday of mainland Greek civilization. This confirmed the hypothesis that bronze technology, having developed in Hellas, migrated across the Eurasian continent, gradually reaching barbarian Asia. The layout of the settlements of the Andronovo era was linear. Relatively straight narrow and dirty streets and squalid huts...

Only Sintashta did not fit into the usual schemes - an ancient settlement located near Arkaim and having a similar layout. The remains of Sintashta, although very poorly preserved, testify to the presence of "high technologies" of the Bronze Age. And the monument dates back to the beginning of the Andronovo period! In the end, the researchers agreed that Sintashta was built by some kind of "stray" tribe and it represents an accidental progress against the backdrop of general barbarism.

The discovery of Arkaim forced us to reconsider this view! Radiocarbon dating is more objective than dating by analogy and by soil stratification. But even it gives far from brilliant accuracy, especially if the tree bears traces of a fire. Radiocarbon analysis shows that the age of Arkaim is 3600-3900 years. XVII century (II millennium) BC... But even this figure is not final!

Arkaim is an archaeological complex that includes a fortified settlement and adjacent economic sites, a burial ground, and a number of unfortified settlements. The monument-complex has been studied since 1987 by the archaeological expedition of the Chelyabinsk University.

The fortified settlement of Arkaim. Total area - 20000 sq. m. The area of ​​archaeological excavations - 9000 square meters. m. Geophysical surveys were carried out on an area of ​​7600 sq. m. m.

The settlement is fixed in the form of two, inscribed into each other, rings of earth ramparts with 4 passages of the outer moat, two circles of housing depressions and a central square. Shafts are the remains of defensive walls. The structure is geodesically strictly oriented to the cardinal points. Accurate to a minute of arc, signs are placed on the horizon marking the latitudinal (West-East) and meridional (North-South) lines passing through the geometric centers of the structure. The geometric centers of the outer and inner circles lie on the same latitude line and are 4 meters 20 centimeters apart, and the outer circle is shifted relative to the inner circle to the east. In terms of accuracy of orientation, only some pyramids of Egypt can compete with Arkaim in the entire ancient world, but they are two hundred years younger. There is an Arkaim measure of length - 80.0 centimeters. The outer circle is constructed using a circle with a radius of 90 Arkaim measures. The distance between the centers of the circles is 5.25 Arkaim measures, which is close to the value of the angle of inclination of the lunar orbit - 5 degrees plus or minus 10 minutes. The average radius of the inner circle is about 24 measures, in the ecliptic coordinate system it displays the trajectory of the celestial pole, which it describes around the ecliptic pole over a period of 25920 years (this is the known period of revolution solar system of our Yarila-Sun around the center of our galaxy, described earlier in the original material “On the Significance of Folk Mythology in the History of Rus'”). This also confirms that Arkaim, in addition to the Fortress City, was also a Star Observatory!

Arkaim burial ground. The Arkaim burial ground is located on the left bank of the Bolshaya Karaganka River, 1-1.5 km northeast of the Arkaim settlement. 5 burial mounds have been explored. The dominant position in the burial ground is occupied by large, 17-19 m in diameter, grave fields, uniting 12-20 pits. The peculiarity of the burial architecture is determined by deep - up to 3.5 m - grave pits with extensive hollow burial chambers, ledges, and several wooden ceilings. From above, the pits were covered with individual earth bulk structures, or false-vaulted domes made of adobe blocks. Burials in pits are single, double, group. The anthropological type of the buried is proto-European. The burials are accompanied by a rich inventory, especially in the central pits: bronze leaf-shaped knives, axes-adzes, chisels, awls, harpoons, spearheads, other bronze items, arrowheads made of stone and bone, a stone mace, horse harness accessories, jewelry, etc. .d. The ceramic complexes are dominated by sharp-ribbed pots decorated with geometric ornaments. There are numerous remains of sacrificial animals (horses, large and small cattle, dogs). Grave fields were also investigated, uniting 7-8 grave pits with relatively poor grave goods.

Country of Cities. The Arkaim cultural complex is part of the group of fortified settlements in the Southern Urals, called the "Country of Cities". It is located to the south of the Ui River, it occupies mainly the watershed of the Ural and Tobol rivers. "Country of cities" consists of two dozen complexes. The length of the occupied territory is 350-400 km in the North-South direction and 120-150 km - West-East. The distance between simultaneously existing fortified settlements was 50-70 km. The radius of the developed territory corresponded to 25-35 km (the area is about 2000 sq. km.). Cultural complexes of the Arkaim (Sintashta) type, with their hierarchy of settlements and burial grounds, should be considered as territorial formations with elements of early statehood.

The excavations of Arkaim - the Fortress City, called in the press "Ural Troy" and "Russian Stonehenge", unfortunately, are still going at a very low pace, so many questions regarding the goals and methods of building this structure have not yet been fully studied.

Yes, indeed, Arkaim is comparable to Stonehenge - the famous megalithic structure on the Salisbury Plain in southern England, in which the oldest observatory was guessed in the middle of the 17th century, however, this guess received quite convincing argumentation and was widely recognized only three hundred years later.

But only Arkaim turned out to be more difficult than Stonehenge! And one more detail: archaeologists estimate the age of Arkaim at 3600-3900 BC. And the famous Russian astronomer and archaeologist K. Bystrushkin, relying on his methodology, increased it by another thousand years. A monument of the highest culture, which is 4800 years old!..

Arkaim - an observatory of the Slavic-Aryans - Russ. Very interesting are the results of the work of the famous Russian astronomer and archaeologist K. Bystrushkin, who in 1990-1991. conducted research on Arkaim as an astronomical observatory. As Konstantin Bystrushkin himself describes: “Arkaim is not just a complex structure, but even subtly complex. When studying the plan, its similarity with famous monument Stonehenge in England. For example, the diameter of the inner circle of Arkaim is indicated everywhere as 85 meters, in fact, this is a ring with two radii - 40 and 43.2 meters (try to draw!). Meanwhile, the radius of the Aubrey hole* ring at Stonehenge is 43.2 meters! Both Stonehenge and Arkaim are located on the same latitude, both in the center of a bowl-shaped valley. And there are almost 4,000 kilometers between them.”

* Aubrey holes. John Aubrey (eng. John Aubrey, 1626-1697) - English writer and antiquary, known primarily as the author of entertaining biographies of the great Englishmen, and secondly - as the first explorer of many British antiquities, including Stonehenge. John Aubrey made the first scientific survey of Stonehenge. During the excavation of the earth around the stone ring, he discovered pits with crushed chalk underground. These pits were later called "Aubrey Holes". The wells are equally spaced from each other. Their total number is 56. Aubrey holes are of great importance in determining the functions of the structure as a whole.

The astronomical method applied by K. Bystrushkin aged Arkaim by another 1000 years - this is approximately the 28th century BC!

Summarizing all the facts obtained, we can say: Arkaim is a near-horizon observatory, because in measurements and observations, the moments of sunrise and sunset of the luminaries - the Sun and the Moon - were used over the horizon. Moreover, the moment of “separation” (or touching) of the lower edge of the disk was detected, which makes it possible to most accurately detect the place of this event. If we watch the sunrises, we will notice that the sunrise point will shift from the previous place every day. Reaching maximum north on June 22 (summer solstice), this point will then move south, reaching another extreme mark on December 22 (winter solstice). Such is the cosmic order! The number of clearly visible points of observation of the Sun is four. Two - points of sunrise on June 22 and December 22, and two of the same set points - on the other side of the horizon. Add two more points - the equinoxes of March 22 and September 22. This gave a fairly accurate definition of the length of the year! However, there are many other significant events throughout the year. And they can be marked with the help of another luminary - the Moon. Despite the difficulties in its observation, yet the ancient people knew the laws of its movement across the sky! Here are some: first - full moons close to June 22 are observed at the winter solstice (December 22) and vice versa; the second - the events of the Moon migrate at the solstice points with a cycle of 19 years ("high" and "low" Moon). Arkaim, as an observatory, also made it possible to track the Moon. In total, 18 astronomical events could be recorded on these huge circle walls! Six - associated with the Sun, and twelve - associated with the Moon (including the "high" and "low" Moons). For comparison, Stonehenge researchers were able to identify only 15 celestial events.

At present, many scientists identify Arkaim as the place where the forces of the Cosmos are most pronounced and define it as the spiritual center of ancient Siberia and the Urals described in the legends. Arkaim confirmed by its existence the occult ideas about the resettlement of our Slavic-Aryan ancestors! Tradition says that the white race to which they belonged came to Eurasia from the sunken mainland Arctida in the Arctic Ocean. In the Avesta - the holy book of Zoroastrianism - this continent is called Hairat. According to ancient texts, the Aryans initially settled in the Volga, the Urals and Western Siberia, and from there they came to the territory of Persia and India. Thus, our territory was the cradle of two world religions: Zoroastrianism and Hinduism, and the Vedas with the Avesta were brought to India and Iran from here. According to the Avestan tradition, the prophet Zarathushtra was born in the Urals.

Arkaim is a near-horizon observatory! It was possible to observe sunrises from two points in the western part of the annular wall of the inner circle. These places have been discovered. Astronomical calculations on the precession gave the age of Arkaim at 4800 years! Therefore, the conclusion is obvious: the bronze culture came not from the civilized south, but from the north, from the Ural-Kazakhstan steppes, long before, perhaps, in turn, “came from the civilized south”! The revolution in our knowledge about the spread of cultures and peoples is probably the most basic, but far from the only surprise presented by Arkaim.

Why do they need precession? It is generally accepted that observations of the solstice and equinox points were necessary in the agricultural and livestock culture: there is no other way to create a reliable calendar of sowing and reaping. But, apparently, Arkaim - the observatory was used for much more complex astronomical observations. In a near-horizon observatory, the movement of the moon can also be observed. It makes sense to observe the Moon on the horizon only on full moon days. Moreover, of all the days of the full moon, the most significant (in the view of the calendar and astronomical patterns) are those that occur immediately after the solstices and equinoxes. Then you can see that on the first full moon after the winter solstice, the Moon rises near the winter solstice and vice versa. Points of "significant" moonrise migrate relative to the points of the solstice in a narrow (5º) sector. The migration cycle is 19 years.

When the points of the Moon are determined, you can begin to observe the precession - the displacement of the equinox points relative to the fixed stars and the points of the moon's rise. It's easy to say - you can! How to catch the shift in a short human life when it is 1 arc minute in 80 years?! There is no direct evidence that the Arkaimians observed precession, but we can guess about it.

At a distance of two to five kilometers from Arkaim, 38 "anthropogenic objects of unclear purpose" were found. Let's assume that some of them were used as long-range sights for astronomical observations. Then it is possible to reconstruct the scheme of observations. As we have already said, the highest point of the settlement was inner wall. It can be noted two workplaces for observing sunrises and two - for observing sunsets - special observation towers. These towers could also be used as close sights to observe a number of events. Their orientation to important sunsets and sunrises of the Sun and Moon (and to distant sights) is made with an accuracy of one minute of arc.

Knowing the main dimensions of the observatory, Konstantin Bystrushkin tried to calculate the Arkaim measure of length. These calculations are very complicated in order to present them in the article, but the result allows you to "read" the architecture of the city in a new way.

The Arkaim measure of length was obtained - 80.0 cm. The radius of the outer fence is 90 measures, and the inner one is 54 measures. The centers of the inner and outer fences are displaced by a distance of 5.25 measures - and this is nothing more than the angle of inclination of the lunar orbit in degrees. That is, the angle in which the Moon “walks” relative to the equinox point ... Maybe this is a coincidence, or maybe the ancient Arkaimians already divided the horizon into 360 parts, just like us. Central courtyard - 24 measures. This is almost certainly the length of the precession cycle in millennia.

Such a reading at first glance seems far-fetched! But the very architecture of Arkaim suggests that the plan of the city is a model of the Universe. The outer circle is the orbit of the Sun (in the opinion of an earthly observer, the Sun moves around the Earth), the inner circle is the orbit of the Moon, the central courtyard is the orbit of the Axis of the World, or the displacement of the Polar Star relative to the horizon. Debatable. But who knows?!

Speaking of the fire in Arkaim, it was not a "sudden fire". On the ashes, no human skeletons, domestic animals, or objects of any value to ancient man were found. Residents organizedly left the city, judging by the excavations, blazed immediately from all sides. There is an assumption that the inhabitants themselves set it on fire.

Researchers link the Exodus of the population from Arkaim with a global climate catastrophe. But if Arkaim existed for 200-300 years, where did the people who planned and settled it come from? People who brought with them architectural design, bronze technology, astronomical knowledge, culture... From the north?! And then they went further south?

Maybe we stumbled upon traces of the migration of the Aryan tribes to India?! The structure of Arkaim surprisingly resembles the Indian drawing of the Mandala - a symbol of the world order. In the oldest of the Indian Vedas - the Rig Veda - the word "vridzhana" is mentioned fifty times in the meanings: "enclosed place", "cattle corral", "dwelling", "village", "temple". All these functions were performed by Arkaim...

Another "living embodiment" of astrological principles in urban planning is, oddly enough, Moscow. The fact is that the existing radial-ring structure of the building was laid in the time of J. Bruce, who, as you know, was an outstanding astrologer. Therefore, the layout of Moscow has not only exclusively practical, but also astrological significance, dividing the capital into 12 sectors, each of which is associated with a certain sign of the Zodiac. So Moscow can be called both the successor of Arkaim, and all the ancient Slavic Aryan clans - the Rus.

The high culture of the inhabitants of Arkaim is proved by numerous archaeological finds - works of art, weapons, ritual objects. The Ruses owned not only exclusively agricultural technologies, design and construction technologies, but also highly developed metallurgy and metal processing techniques. However, Arkaim, like other excavations of the “Country of Cities”, is just the smallest part of the huge and mysterious culture of our ancestors, the ancient Aryans, which is still waiting for its Russian scientists.

The fortified centers of the "Country of Cities" were found mostly from aerial photographs. The most famous of them, Arkaim, has the shape of two circles inscribed in each other, the space between which is divided into separate sectors. Among the fortified centers of the "Country of Cities" there are round ones, like Arkaim, there are oval, square and diamond-shaped ones. There is no doubt that the ancient builders specially gave their structures the correct geometric shape.

In the Bronze Age, geometric symbolism permeated everything that man did. Unfolded into an ornament, these symbols cover almost all ceramic vessels found in Arkaim, they are found on nozzles, whorls, casting molds, bronze weapons and jewelry. One can hardly doubt that geometric symbolism also covered many objects that did not reach us due to the fragility of their material, and first of all - clothes.

The ancient cultures of the "Country of Cities", and first of all Arkaim, were characterized by a holistic perception of the world as a certain system that has its own beginning and end, its own meaning. Relations with the world were not built on the principle of "I-It", as in contemporary culture, but on the principle of "I-You". Man thought of himself as a Micromodel of the World and was in constant interaction with the World.

Interaction with the world involved the constant creation of models of the world. It was geometric symbols, thanks to their standardity and relative simplicity, that ensured stability and given accuracy in modeling world forces and structures. The geometric code was optimally suited for creating universal schemes that emphasize the unity of various spheres of being. Geometric symbols described the structure of the Cosmos in its vertical and horizontal aspects - the "Space Tree".

There is also no doubt that the geometric symbols that have come down to us are fragments of the universal language for describing the world. The interpretation of geometric symbolism as a universal symbolic complex helps to understand why our ancestors for millennia could be satisfied in the field of images with this way of modeling the world.

In ancient architecture, geometric symbols were embodied not only in proto-cities, but also in burial complexes. The burial site was surrounded, as a rule, by a round moat. Along this ditch peripheral grave pits were located in a circle, and in the center there were one or two large central grave pits of a rectangular shape. The resulting figure resembled a square inscribed in a circle - an ancient Indian mandala - a symbol of the entire universe.

When geometric symbols were combined in a rhythmic order, a geometric ornament was obtained. The main thing in the ornament is the rhythm that connects all its parts. Ornament as the art of order organizes the things of our practical world. He correlates the whole with its parts, divides the amorphous, which does not have its own structure.

The ornament raises the object above the limitations of its practical purpose, makes it the bearer of a certain general principle, a small model of a harmonious world order. He endows a thing with its ability to generate the rhythms of Time, to visibly embody the deep ideas of his era about the structure of the world. The universal inscription and conjugation of ornamental elements echoes the ancient idea of ​​the connectedness of all manifestations of being.

Most often in the Bronze Age, geometric symbolism is found in the ornamentation of ceramic vessels. The vessel generally occupied a very special place in ancient culture. He acted, on the one hand, as a micro-model of the world - the "Space Tree", on the other - as a model or even a substitute for the human body.

In the Old Slavonic (Aryan) language, as in Russian, the parts of the vessel are named according to the names of the parts human body- neck, shoulder, handle, body. At the same time, each part of the vessel corresponded to ideas about a certain zone of the universe. So, in one of the ancient Indian texts, each part of a three-part ritual vessel is compared with one of the three worlds that make up the universe. The ornament on the vessel was located in accordance with the idea of ​​the connection of individual parts of the vessels with different worlds. Each part of the vessel had its own ornament. In order to prevent mixing of different ornamental zones, they were separated by special strips of straight lines, notches, rows of impressions, or molded rollers.

For all Arkaim finds, with the dominance of rhythmic geometric ornament, the presence on ceramics of individual geometric signs and their groups that do not form rhythmic rows is characteristic. These icons have a specialized magical character. In some cases, they may be the beginnings of writing - that original writing, through which they perform magical actions, communicate with world forces and with other people.

Also on Arkaim objects there was geometric symbolism on weapons, tools and decorations. Ornamented bone cheek-pieces are widely represented - accessories of horse harness for harnessing horses to chariots. Quite often, individual geometric signs are found on stone casting molds. The metallurgical process was conceived as a mystical transformation of one substance of the world into another, and therefore its sacred component was especially “shaped”.

The ancient culture of our Slavic-Aryan ancestors, which left behind the fortified centers of Arkaim and the "Country of Cities", completely built its life in accordance with ideas about the structure of the universe. That is why she, the only one of all, created huge geometric symbols - her Cities, which can still be observed from a bird's eye view.

Further research will help answer the question about the meaning of the ancient symbols of Arkaim and the "Country of Cities".

And there are many such unique places on the territory of Russia - which will be discussed further.

The symbolism of the Rus sites - Sungir and Kostenki. Symbolism was not born today, not a thousand years ago, and not even ten thousand years ago.

Samples of Paleolithic symbolism and writing (magazine "Organizmika"):

1, 2 - statuette of Mokosh (Kostenki, Voronezh region, 42 thousand years BC);

3 - letter-like symbols from the back of the figurine (left column) and analogues (2nd column - notches from pre-Chinese

Pottery 5 - 3 thousand years BC, found on the territory of modern China, 3rd column - Phoenician letters

Alphabet, 1 thousand years BC);

4 - a fragment of an ornament from the chest of a figurine; 5 - Slavic swastika symbol "Makosh";

6 - Slavic swastika symbol "Unsown field" (also refers to the symbolism of Mokosh);

7 - bone discs with slots and dots (Sungir, Vladimir, 30 thousand years BC);

8 - an example of an ancient calendar ( Eastern Siberia, 20 thousand years BC);

9 - symbols of the Madeleine cave (France, 15 - 8 thousand years BC);

10 - a complete repertoire of characters in the Vinca script according to Antich (Vinca, 5000 BC);

11 - writing on tablets from Tartarin (Romania, 4 thousand years BC);

12 - clay bowls with symbols (Gradeshnitsa (12) and Karanovo (13), 6 - 3 thousand years BC).

Finds from all the sites of the Russian Plain, dated 40-30 thousand years BC, and there are dozens of such sites, categorically testify that the ancient Rus possessed knowledge of astronomy and mathematics. And, in addition, images of calendars, both solar and lunar, as well as combined, have been repeatedly attested.

Consequently, already in 40-30 thousand years BC. a man who lived on the Russian Plain, led research work in the field of timing, building an accurate calendar and had the necessary mathematical knowledge for this!

Ancient Slavic symbol "Space tree". "Cosmic tree" (world tree) is a Slavic image that embodies the universal concept of the world. The image of the "Space Tree" is attested almost everywhere and revealed on the basis of cosmological representations recorded in verbal texts, as well as in monuments of fine arts (painting, ornament, sculpture, glyptics, embroidery, etc.), architectural structures (primarily religious ), utensils in the broad sense of the word, ritual actions, etc. According to the academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences - V.N. Toporov, who thoroughly studied this topic: “... directly or indirectly, the image of the world tree is restored for different traditions in the range from the Bronze Age”, while he gives primacy to Europe, most of which was occupied by Slavic Rus in those days. This is clearly seen in the ornaments of the Tripoli culture (Rus, 5-4 thousand years BC). And in the ornaments of clay vessels of the Srubnaya culture (2 thousand years BC, Russia, the Volga region), the corresponding symbolism manifests itself in an already fully formed geometric form ”(about the Slavs of that time, you can see, for example, the works of B.V. Gornung, a scientist engaged in special training in those areas of philosophy that are necessary for theoretical linguistics and poetics, worked on philosophical, linguistic and aesthetic problems.Gornung translated the poems of I. Becher, E. Toller, the prose of P. Morand, E. Zola, etc.; B. A. Rybakova - Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and the Russian Academy of Sciences, etc.).

Ceramics and patterns of ornament (magazine "Organizmika"):

1 - 4 - Tripoli culture (south of Rus', 5-4 thousand BC) with snake motifs;

5 - 9 - log culture (Rus, 2 thousand BC) with the symbol "Sown field" (6), "Woman in labor" (7), etc.

Thus, if we look for any system of sacred knowledge left by our ancestors to us as a legacy, or any roots of systematized ancient knowledge, then the best subject and image for research is the “Space Tree”.

Images of the Space Tree (double version) in various cultures (magazine "Organizmika"):

1 - Tree of life (double version; sample - Slavic swastika symbol); 2 - an image of the Tree of Life on a Russian ring; 3 - World tree (Evenks); 4 - Celtic Tree of Life; 5 - Yggdrasil tree (Scandinavia); 8 - Bloody Kali (India; Kali = Ka = Ki = Kosh - Makosh); 9 - Tree of life on the spread of the pages of the book; 6, 7 - different versions of the image of the Tree of Life in the "crop circles".

Russian symbolism, born in Rus', is the basis of the Old Russian alphabet. Common to all the periods of life of our ancient Russian ancestors considered above: Sungir, Kostenki and Arkaim, of course, is that with the help of symbolism developed over many tens of millennia, thanks to their wisdom and versatility, they ensured stability and given accuracy in modeling world forces and structures, and the geometric code was optimally suited for creating universal schemes emphasizing the unity of various spheres of being. Geometric symbols described the structure of the Cosmos in its vertical and horizontal aspects in the form of a "Space Tree". The Old Russian alphabet, in the end, was the “Space Tree” and its symbols. There is also no doubt that the geometric symbols that have come down to us are a universal language for describing the world. The interpretation of geometric symbolism as a universal symbolic complex helps to understand why our ancestors for thousands of years could be satisfied in the field of images with this way of modeling the world, which has not lost its relevance to this day!

It has already been proven, and it was cited above, that Russian symbolism, born in Rus' tens of thousands of years ago, and being the basis of the Old Russian alphabet, forms the “Cosmic Tree” that connects us with our ancestors, our Family.

Therefore, on objects of 30-40 thousand years BC, found on Russian soil in Sungir, Kostenki and 4 thousand years BC. in Arkaim and others there is evidence of the vast knowledge of our ancient Slavic ancestors of the Rus - their symbols tell us a lot, first of all, they convey our true, true story!

From these positions, the found ancient Slavic pendant can serve as a typical example.

Slavic pendant.

In the center - examples of Slavic swastika symbols.

On the right is a reproduction of the symbolism of the pendant from samples.

The symbolism of the pendant is complex. The general symbolic meaning is made up of several separate well-known symbols: “Star of the Cross”, “Alatyr”, “ New life”, “Makosh”.

"The Star of the Cross" is a protective symbol, orienting the focus of the amulet on the four cardinal points - top, bottom and two sides. The human being always takes center stage. He seems to be placed in the center of this star.

"Alatyr" is a symbol, in this case, calling on the Universal Power, the Great Power to help the one whom the amulet serves. Along the edges of "Alatyr" there are two months - young and old - symbolizing the lunar influence, as well as stretching in time - a full month (that is, all the time).

The whole symbolism of the pendant means:

“The woman is pregnant and appeals to Destiny-Makosha with a request to protect her from evil influences from all four sides, and may this Power be of the Alatyr level - Universal Power.”

* Goddess Makosh - Goddess of the Universal Destiny, Goddess of the Law of Karma. Velesa complements Makosh, which personifies female wisdom, takes care of female fertility and productivity, thrift and prosperity in the house, and also patronizes female needlework on Earth.

Goddess Makosh - Main Goddess of Rus'! Thanks to this Goddess, in Rus' there is the concept of “unknown fate”, since all the threads of the Fates are in the hands of Mokosh (whose Will is known only to the Family). Patronizing entirely family happiness and prosperity - Makosh is a rather strict and demanding Goddess.

Rod created Makosh-mother - Mother Goddess, Fate inevitable.

She spins threads, winds them into a ball, Not simple threads - magic.

From those threads our life is woven - From the beginning-birth to the end, Until the last denouement and death.

Even the gods bow before her, Like everyone else, they obey Those unknown threads of Mokosh.

“Speaking of the original Slavic gods, we clearly imagine the dates of the birth of the cult of one or another god. God Ra - about 50 thousand years ago. God Veles - about 40 thousand years ago. The Slavic Goddess Makosh occupies the same ancient place in this series - about 40 thousand years ago, ”- B.A. Rybakov is the largest Russian archaeologist and historian of the 20th century, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and the Russian Academy of Sciences, winner of two State Prizes, Academician B.D. Grekova, Honored Professor of Moscow University. M.V. Lomonosov, Doctor of Historical Sciences.

Finds from all sites of the Russian Plain and the Southern Urals, dated 40-30 thousand years BC, as well as Arkaim - the Fortress City with the "Country of Cities", dated 4 thousand years BC. and others, of which dozens have been discovered on the territory of Russia, categorically testify that the ancient Ruses possessed knowledge of astronomy and mathematics. They conducted calendar calculus both according to solar, lunar, and combined calendars, had their own ancient Russian calendar. They possessed agricultural technologies, design and construction technologies, as well as highly developed metallurgy and metal processing techniques.

Thus, immersion in the history of our ancestors and the study of ancient Slavic symbols allows us to get closer to the true knowledge about our Family, which was recorded in the depths of millennia and is intended for us!

To be continued…

Evgeny Tarasov.