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Svetlana Vasilievna Zharnikova(December 27, 1945, Vladivostok, USSR - November 26, 2015, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation) - Soviet and Russian ethnographer and art historian, full member of the Russian Geographical Society.

Biography

Born into a military family. In 1970 she graduated from the Faculty of Theory and History fine arts in Leningrad. After graduating from the institute, she worked in Anapa and Krasnodar. In 1978-2002 she lived and worked in Vologda. In 1978-1990 - researcher at the Vologda Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve. In 1990-2002 - researcher, then deputy director for scientific work Vologda Scientific and Methodological Center of Culture. She taught at the Vologda Regional Institute for Advanced Training of Teaching Staff and at.

From 1984 to 1988 she studied at the graduate school of the Institute of Ethnography and Anthropology of the USSR Academy of Sciences, where she defended her dissertation on the topic “Archaic motifs of Northern Russian ornamentation (on the issue of possible Proto-Slavic-Indo-Iranian parallels)”, receiving a candidate of historical sciences degree. In 2001, she became a member of the International Club of Scientists (a non-academic organization with liberal conditions for entry).

In 2003 she moved from Vologda to St. Petersburg.

She died on the morning of November 26, 2015 at the Almazov Cardiology Center in St. Petersburg. She was buried in Sheksna, next to her husband, the architect German Ivanovich Vinogradov.

The main range of scientific interests is the Arctic ancestral home of the Indo-Europeans, the Vedic origins of North Russian folk culture, the archaic roots of North Russian ornament, Sanskrit roots in the topo- and hydronymy of the Russian North, rituals and ritual folklore, the semantics of folk costume.

Criticism

S. V. Zharnikova is a supporter of the non-academic Arctic hypothesis, which is currently not recognized by scientists around the world (with the exception of a small number, mainly from India). S. V. Zharnikova believes that this hypothesis is confirmed by the similarity of Sanskrit with Northern Russian dialects (although this similarity at the level of consonance of individual words is insignificant, it is explained by the fact that both languages ​​belong to the Indo-European group and, in general, does not exceed the similarity of Sanskrit with other dialects of the Russian language and with many other Indo-European languages ). In her assumptions, S.V. Zharnikova ignores the achievements of modern historical linguistics, which have quite accurately established the origin of the northern dialects of the Russian language from the much more southern Proto-Balto-Slavic languages.

S. V. Zharnikova finds in Sanskrit parallels an explanation for a large number of toponyms on the territory of Russia, even those whose origin has long been established and is in no way connected with Sanskrit. Toponymist A.L. Shilov, criticizing S.V. Zharnikova’s interpretation of the etymology of hydronyms, the origin of which has not yet been established, wrote: “...maybe recognizing “dark” names as fundamentally indefinable is still better than declaring them Sanskrit, as is done with other hydronyms of the Russian North - Dvina, Sukhona, Kubena, Striga [Kuznetsov 1991; Zharnikova 1996]".

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Author's publications

1. East Slavic pagan supreme deity and traces of his cult in the ornamentation of North Russian women's headdresses // All-Union session on the results of field ethnographic research in 1980−1981. Abstracts of reports: city of Nalchik 1982, pp. 147 −148 (0.1 p.p.)
2. About an attempt to interpret the meaning of some images of Russian folk embroidery of an archaic type. // Soviet ethnography 1983, No. 1, pp. 87 −94 (0.5 pp.)
3. About some archaic embroidery motifs of Solvychegodsk kokoshniks of the Severodvinsk type // Soviet ethnography 1985, No. 1 pp. 107−115 (0.5 pp.)
4. Archaic motifs of North Russian folk embroidery and their parallels in the most ancient ornaments of the population of the Eurasian steppes // Information bulletin of the AIKCA (UNESCO) Moscow: Nauka 1985, in 6–8 (Russian and English versions) pp. 12–31 (1 pp.)
5. Reflection of pagan beliefs and cult in the ornamentation of North Russian women's headdresses // Scientific and atheistic research in museums of the Leningrad State Museum of History and Art, 1986, pp. 96−107 (1 pp.)
6. On the question of the possible localization of the sacred mountains Meru and Khara of Indo-Iranian (Aryan) mythology // Information bulletin of AIKCA (Unesco) M. 1986, vol. 11 ( ) pp. 31−44 (1 p.p.)
7. Phallic symbolism of the North Russian spinning wheel as a relic of the Proto-Slavic-Indo-Iranian proximity // Historical dynamics of racial and ethnic differentiation of the population of Asia. M: Nauka 1987, pp. 330 −146 (1.3 p.p.)
8. On the possible origins of bird images in Russian folk ritual poetry and applied art // All-Union Scientific and Practical Conference. Folklore. Problems of conservation, study, propaganda. Abstracts of reports M. 1988, pp. 112 −114 (0.2 p.p.)
9. Archaic motifs of Northern Russian ornamentation (on the question of possible Proto-Slavic-Indo-Iranian parallels) Cand. Dissertation, Institute of Ethnography and Anthropology of the USSR Academy of Sciences, 1989 (10 pp.)
10. On the possible origins of the image of a horse-deer in Indo-Iranian mythology, Scythian-Saka and North Russian ornamental traditions // All-Union school-seminar on semiotics of culture. Arkhangelsk 1989, pp. 72 −75 (0.3 pp.)
11. Where are you, Mount Meru? // Around the World, No. 3 1989, pp. 38−41.
12. Tasks of ethnographic study of the Vologda region // Second local history scientific and practical conference. Abstracts of reports. Vologda 1989 (0.1 p.l.).
13. Possible origins of the image of the horse-goose and horse-deer in Indo-Iranian (Aryan) mythology // Information bulletin of the AIKCA (Unesco) M: Science 1990, v. 16 ( Russian and English options) pp. 84 −103 (2 pp.)
14. “Rigveda” about the northern ancestral home of the Aryans // Third Local History scientific and practical conference. Abstracts of reports, Vologda 1989 (0.2 p.p.)
15. Ritual functions of North Russian women's folk costume. Vologda 1991 (2.5 pages)
16. Patterns lead along ancient paths // Slovo 1992, No. 10 pp. 14 −15 (0.4 pp.)
17. Historical roots of North Russian folk culture // Information and practical conference on the problems of traditional folk culture of the North-Western region of Russia. Abstracts of reports. Vologda 1993, pp. 10 −12 (O, 2 pp.)
18. The mystery of Vologda patterns // Antiquity: Aryas. Slavs. B.I M: Vityaz 1994, pp. 40 −52 (1 pp.)
19. Ancient secrets of the Russian North // Antiquity: Aryan Slavs V.2 M: Vityaz 1994, pp. 59 −73 (1 pp.)
20. Images of waterfowl in Russian folk tradition(Origins and genesis) Culture of the Russian North Vologda Publication of the All-Russian State Pedagogical Institute 1994, pp. 108 −119 (1 pp.)
21. Patterns lead to antiquity // Radonezh 1995, No. 6 pp. 40−41 (0.2 pp.)
22. Ancient secrets of the Russian North // Antiquity: Aryas. Slavs. Edition 2 M: Paleya 1996, pp. 93 −125 (2 pp.)
23. Who are we in this old Europe // Science and Life No. 5 1997 (0.7 pp.)
24. Ancient secrets of the Russian North // Who are they and where are they from? The most ancient connections of the Slavs and Aryans M. 1998, pp. 101 −129, 209 −220 (3 pp.)
25. The world of images of the Russian spinning wheel, Vologda 2000 (3 pp.)
26. Slavs and Aryans in Vologda, Olonets (Karelia), Arkhangelsk and Novgorod provinces of Moscow. Economic newspaper No. 1, 2, 3, 2000 (3 pp.)
27. On the roads of myths (A.S. Pushkin and Russian folk tale) // Ethnographic Review No. 2 2000, pp. 128 −140 (1.5 pp.)
28. Where did our Santa Claus come from // World children's theater No. 2, 2000 pp. 94 −96
29. Is our Santa Claus so simple // Around the World No. 1, 2001, pp. 7 −8
30. Concept of the program “Veliky Ustyug - Homeland of Father Frost” Vologda 2000 (5n.p.)
31. Even the names of the rivers have been preserved (in collaboration with A.G. Vinogradov) // St. Petersburg - New Petersburg No. 18, 2001 (0.25 pp.)
32. Where are you, Hyperborea? (co-authored with A. G. Vinogradov) // St. Petersburg - New Petersburg No. 22, 2001 (0.25 pp.)
33. Reflection of Vedic mythologies in East Slavic calendar rituals // On the way to revival. Experience in mastering the traditions of folk culture of the Vologda region. Vologda 2001, pp. 36 −43 (0.5 p.p.)
34. Legends of deep antiquity (co-authored with A. G. Vinogradov) in the edition of New Petersburg (0.25 pp.)
35. Golden thread (The most ancient origins of folk culture of the Russian North)
36. Archaic roots of traditional culture of the Russian North, Vologda 2003 (11, 5 pp.)
37. Historical roots of calendar rituals. Vologda 2003 (5 p.p.)
38. Ferapontovskaya Madonna // Pyatnitsky Boulevard No. 7(11), Vologda 2003, pp. 6−9.
39. Eastern Europe as the ancestral home of the Indo-Europeans. (co-authored with A. G. Vinogradov) // Reality and the subject No. 3, volume 6 - St. Petersburg 2002, pp. 119 −121
40. On the Localization of the sacred mountains Meru and Khara // Hyperborean roots of Kalokagathia. - St. Petersburg, 2002, pp. 65−84
41. Rivers - repositories of memory (in collaboration with A. G. Vinogradov) // Russian North - the ancestral home of the Indo-Slavs. - M.: Veche 2003, pp. 253−257.
42. Ancient dances of the Russian North // Russian North - the ancestral home of the Indo-slavs. - M.; Veche 2003, pp. 258−289.
43. Vedas and East Slavic calendar rituals // Russian North - the ancestral home of the Indo-Slavs. M.; Veche 2003, pp. 290−299.
44. A. S. Pushkin and the most ancient images of Russian fairy tales // Russian North - the ancestral home of the Indo-slavs. M.: Veche 2003, pp. 300−310.
45. Aryana-Hyperborea - Rus'. (co-authored with A. G. Vinogradov). Manuscript. (50 autol.)

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“If you hadn’t called yourself a Witch, you would have been immediately christened a saint, Isidora!” This is wonderful! True, it’s a pity that your work was in vain... They’ll come for me soon, and I think after that I’ll need more serious treatment... You’re familiar with his methods, aren’t you?
– Are you really going to be tortured like everyone else, Monseigneur?.. You serve his beloved church!.. And your family - I’m sure it’s very influential! Will she be able to help you?
“Oh, I think they’re not going to kill me so easily...” the cardinal smiled bitterly. – But even before death, in the basements of Caraffa, they make you pray for her... Isn’t that right? Go away, Madonna! I'll try to survive. And I will remember you with gratitude...
I sadly looked around the stone “cell”, suddenly remembering with a shudder the dead Girolamo hanging on the wall... How long will all this horror continue?!.. Will I really not find a way to destroy Caraffa, and innocent lives will still end one after the other? another, destroyed by him with impunity?..
Someone's footsteps were heard in the corridor. A moment later, the door opened with a creak - Caraffa stood on the threshold....
His eyes sparkled with lightning. Apparently, one of the diligent servants immediately reported that I had gone to the cellars and now “Holiness” was clearly going, instead of me, to take out his anger on the unfortunate cardinal, who was sitting helplessly next to me...
– Congratulations, Madonna! You obviously liked this place, even if you come back here alone! - Well, let me give you pleasure - we will now show you a cute performance! – and smiling contentedly, he sat down in his usual large chair, intending to enjoy the upcoming “spectacle”...
I felt dizzy from hatred... Why?!.. Well, why did this monster think that he owned any human life, with every right to take it away whenever he pleases?..
“Your Holiness, is it really possible that among the faithful servants of your beloved church there are heretics?..,” I asked, barely restraining my indignation, mockingly.
- Oh, in in this case This is just serious disobedience, Isidora. There is no smell of heresy here. I just don't like it when my orders aren't followed. And every disobedience needs a little lesson for the future, isn’t it, my dear Morone?.. I think you agree with me on this?
Morone!!! Well, of course! That's why this man seemed familiar to me! I saw him only once at the Pope's personal reception. But the cardinal delighted me then with his truly natural greatness and the freedom of his sharp mind. And I remember that Caraffa then seemed very benevolent towards him and pleased with him. How did the cardinal manage to do so much wrong now that the vindictive Pope dared to put him in this terrible stone bag?..
- Well, my friend, do you want to admit your mistake and return back to the Emperor to correct it, or will you rot here until you wait for my death... which, as I know, will not happen very soon... .
I froze... What did that mean?! What has changed?! Caraffa was going to live long??? And he stated this very confidently! What could have happened to him during his absence?..
– Don’t try, Karaffa... This is no longer interesting. You have no right to torture me and keep me in this basement. And you know this very well,” Morone answered very calmly.
He still had that unfailing dignity that had once so sincerely delighted me. And then our first and only meeting came back very vividly to my memory...
This happened late in the evening at one of Caraffa’s strange “night” receptions. There were almost no people left waiting, when suddenly, a servant as thin as a pole announced that His Eminence Cardinal Morone had come to the reception, who, moreover, was “in a hurry.” Caraffa was clearly delighted. Meanwhile, a man entered the hall with a majestic step... If anyone deserved the title of the highest hierarch of the church, it was he! Tall, slender and fit, magnificent in his bright moire robe, he walked with a light, springy gait along the richest carpets, as if on autumn leaves, proudly carrying his beautiful head, as if the world belonged only to him. Thoroughbred from the roots of his hair to the very tips of his aristocratic fingers, he aroused involuntary respect for himself, even without knowing him yet.
– Are you ready, Morone? – Caraffa exclaimed cheerfully. – I hope that you will please Us with your efforts! Well, have a good trip to you, cardinal, greet the Emperor from Us! – and stood up, clearly planning to leave.
I couldn’t stand Caraffa’s manner of talking about himself as “we,” but this was the privilege of Popes and kings, and, naturally, no one ever tried to challenge it. I was very upset by such an exaggerated emphasis on one’s importance and exclusivity. But those who had such a privilege were, of course, completely satisfied with this, without causing any negative feelings in them. Not paying attention to Caraffa’s words, the cardinal easily knelt, kissing the “ring of sinners,” and, already rising, looked very intently at me with his bright cornflower blue eyes. They reflected unexpected delight and obvious attention... which Karaffa, naturally, did not like at all.
“You came here to see me, and not to break the hearts of beautiful ladies!” – Dad croaked displeased. - Bon voyage, Morone!
“I must talk to you before I begin to act, Your Holiness,” Morone said with all possible courtesy, without being embarrassed at all. “A mistake on my part could cost us a lot.” Therefore, I ask you to give me a little of your precious time before I leave you.
I was surprised by the shade of prickly irony that sounded in the words “your precious time”... It was almost elusive, but still – it was clearly there! And I immediately decided to take a closer look at the unusual cardinal, marveling at his courage. After all, usually not a single person dared to joke, much less ironize, with Karaffa. What in this case showed that Morone was not at all afraid of him... But what was the reason for such confident behavior - I immediately decided to find out, since I did not miss the slightest opportunity to recognize someone who could someday help I need at least some help in destroying the “Holiness”... But in this case, unfortunately, I was unlucky... Taking the cardinal by the arm and ordering me to wait in the hall, Caraffa took Morone to his chambers, without even allowing me say goodbye to him. And for some reason I was left with a feeling of strange regret, as if I had missed some important, even if very small, chance to receive someone else’s support...
Usually the Pope did not allow me to be in his waiting room when there were people there. But sometimes, for one reason or another, he suddenly “commanded” me to follow him, and to refuse him this, bringing upon myself even greater troubles, was simply unreasonable on my part, and there was no serious reason for it. That’s why I always went, knowing that, as usual, Dad would watch with some incomprehensible interest my reaction to certain invitees. I was completely indifferent to why he needed such “entertainment.” But such “meetings” allowed me to unwind a little, and for this alone it was worth not objecting to his strange invitations.
Having never met again with Cardinal Morone, who interested me, I very soon forgot about him. And now he was sitting on the floor right in front of me, all bloody, but still just as proud, and again made me admire his ability to maintain his dignity, remaining himself in any, even the most unpleasant life circumstances.
“You’re right, Morone, I don’t have a serious reason to torment you...” and then smiled. - But do We really need him?.. And besides, not all torment leaves visible traces, does it?
I didn’t want to stay!.. I didn’t want to watch how this monstrous “holiness” would practice his “talents” on a completely innocent person. But I also knew perfectly well that Caraffa would not let me go until he enjoyed my torment at the same time. Therefore, having gathered myself as best as my frayed nerves would allow me, I prepared to watch...
The mighty executioner easily lifted the cardinal, tying a heavy stone to his feet. At first I could not understand what such torture meant, but, unfortunately, the continuation was not long in coming... The executioner pulled the lever, and the cardinal’s body began to rise... A crunch was heard - it was his joints and vertebrae coming out of place. My hair stood on end! But the cardinal was silent.
- Shout, Morone! Give me pleasure! Perhaps then I will let you go early. Well, what are you doing?.. I order you. Shout!!!
Dad was furious... He hated it when people didn't break down. He hated it if they weren’t afraid of him... And therefore, for the “disobedient”, the torture continued much more persistently and angrily.
Morone became white as death. Large drops of sweat rolled down his thin face and, breaking off, dripped to the ground. His endurance was amazing, but I understood that he couldn’t go on like this for long - every living body had a limit... I wanted to help him, to try to somehow relieve the pain. And then a funny idea suddenly occurred to me, which I immediately tried to implement - the stone hanging on the cardinal’s feet became weightless!.. Caraffa, fortunately, did not notice this. And Morone raised his eyes in surprise, and then hastily closed them so as not to give it away. But I managed to see - he understood. And she continued to “conjure” further in order to relieve his pain as much as possible.
- Go away, Madonna! – Dad exclaimed displeased. “You’re preventing me from enjoying the spectacle.” I have long wanted to see whether our dear friend will be so proud after the “work” of my executioner? You are disturbing me, Isidora!
This meant that he nevertheless understood...
Caraffa was not a seer, but he somehow caught a lot of things with his incredibly sharp sense. So now, sensing that something was happening and not wanting to lose control over the situation, he ordered me to leave.
But now I no longer wanted to leave. The unfortunate cardinal needed my help, and I sincerely wanted to help him. For I knew that if I left him alone with Caraffa, no one knew whether Morone would see the coming day. But Karaffa clearly didn’t care about my wishes... Without even allowing me to be indignant, the second executioner literally carried me out the door and, pushing me towards the corridor, returned to the room where Karaffa was left alone with Karaffa, albeit a very brave, but completely helpless, good man. ..
I stood in the corridor, confused, wondering how I could help him. But, unfortunately, there was no way out of his sad situation. In any case, I couldn’t find him so quickly... Although, to be honest, my situation was probably even sadder... Yes, while Caraffa had not yet tormented me. But the physical pain was not as terrible as the torment and death of loved ones were terrible... I did not know what was happening to Anna, and, afraid to somehow interfere, I waited helplessly... From my sad experience, I am too good I understood that I had offended Dad with some rash action, and the result would only be worse - Anna would probably have to suffer.

Zharnikova Svetlana Vasilievna (1945-2015) - candidate historical sciences, ethnologist, art critic, full member of the Russian Geographical Society.

Born in Vladivostok, Primorsky Territory.

In 1970 she graduated from the Faculty of Theory and History of Fine Arts at the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. I.E. Repin in Leningrad. She worked in Anapa, Krasnodar Territory and Krasnodar.

From 1978 to 2002 she lived and worked in Vologda.

From 1978 to 1990 - researcher at the Vologda Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve.

From 1990 to 2002 - researcher, then deputy director for scientific work of the Vologda Scientific and Methodological Center of Culture. She taught at the Vologda Regional Institute for Advanced Training of Teaching Staff and the Vologda State Pedagogical Institute.

From 1984 to 1988 - postgraduate studies at the Institute of Ethnography and Anthropology of the USSR Academy of Sciences. She defended her dissertation “Archaic motifs of Northern Russian ornamentation (on the issue of possible Proto-Slavic-Indo-Iranian parallels).”

Candidate of Historical Sciences.

Since 2001 member of the International Club of Scientists.

Since 2003 he has lived and worked in St. Petersburg.

Main range of scientific interests: Arctic ancestral home of the Indo-Europeans; Vedic origins of North Russian folk culture; archaic roots of North Russian ornament; Sanskrit roots in topo and hydronymy of the Russian North; rituals and ritual folklore; semantics of folk costume.

Books (3)

Archaic roots of traditional culture of the Russian North

The collection includes selected articles from different years, written and published in scientific journals over 19 years - from 1984 to 2002.

The articles “Eastern Europe as the ancestral home of the Indo-Europeans” and “Veda means knowledge” were written in collaboration with A.G. Vinogradov.

Golden thread

Book by S.V. Zharnikova’s “Golden Thread” is dedicated to the ancient roots of Russian folk culture.

In the book offered to your attention, traditions and rituals, artistic creativity And song folklore the population of the Russian North are considered from the perspective of the “polar hypothesis”, formulated in 1903 by the outstanding Indian scientist B.G. Tilak.

The essence of this hypothesis is that in ancient period its history, up to the turn of the 4th millennium BC. e., the ancestors of almost all European peoples and some peoples of Asia (Indo-Europeans) lived on the territory of Eastern Europe - their ancestral home. Some of these peoples, who were the ancestors of the Iranians and Indians, or as they called themselves “Aryans,” lived in high latitudes - in the Subpolar and Arctic regions.

Nowadays, the “polar hypothesis” of B.G. Tilak is gaining more and more supporters among scientists from different countries.

Collection of articles

Veda means Knowledge
Great Mother Avina
Possible origins of the image of the Horse-Goose and Horse-Deer in Indo-Iranian (Aryan) mythology
Eastern Europe as the ancestral home of the Indo-Europeans
Hyperborean names preserved
The roads of fairy tales
Ancient secrets of the Russian North
Golden thread
Historical roots of the image of Father Frost in the Russian North
History and ethnography Eastern Slavs
On the question of the possible localization of the sacred mountains Meru and Khara of Indo-Iranian (Aryan) mythology
Who are you, children of Hellas?
Carnival. Or to your mother-in-law for pancakes
Interethnic relations in the light of the new Russian national idea
Who are we in this old Europe
On an attempt to interpret the meaning of some images of Russian folk embroidery of an archaic type (regarding the article by G.P. Durasov)
Images of waterfowl in Russian folk tradition
Reflection of Vedic mythologies in East Slavic calendar rituals
Reflection of pagan beliefs and cult in the ornamentation of North Russian women's headdresses
Russians and Germans. Northern ancestral home
Solar and Lunar Traditions
So who are you, Mother-in-law
Is Russian Santa Claus so simple?
At the feet of SAKH
Respect for the past
What does Russian land mean?

Reader comments

Dmitry/ 05/1/2019 A woman who, without any discounts or curtseys, can be called “Scientist with a capital S.”

Vladislav/ 05/30/2018 This woman is a great, smartest scientist. You have to have courage and faith in your research to protect nature and the toponymy of the North like that. I saw it on TV, but didn’t know anything about it. Now I know.

Margarita/ 04/23/2018 Svetlana Zharnikova - Light of Vedic Rus'

Alexandra/ 08/20/2017 An excellent school for a true understanding of the history of Russian heritage.

Sergey/ 04/30/2017 THE QUESTION IS WHO WILL TAKE UP HER CASE AND CONTINUE THE RESEARCH OF OUR HISTORY, ETERNAL MEMORY TO YOU SVETLANA VASILIEVNA...

Valle Ra/ 03.25.2017 Great woman! Beautiful woman!
She was able to voice my “inarticulate thoughts”....It’s a pity that she is no more....

Lyudmila / 13.02.2017 Thanks a lot Svetlana Zharnikova for her contribution to history! One of the best scientists who approached this issue objectively, without fanaticism, but with love for your work! This is worthy of great respect. I enjoy watching her lectures, reading her books, studying articles and publications. Sooner or later, everyone and not only Russians will catch up to the true story. There may not be many of us yet, but we can pass on this knowledge to our children. And don’t teach them that people are from monkeys and other things described in school history insanity.

Alexander/ 01/9/2017 Happy memory to a wonderful man! I listen excitedly to her lectures and speeches and understand that this is something without which the picture of the world could not be formed, a great woman

Andrey/ 12/3/2016 We need to move further towards historical justice regarding ourselves, together with the memory of S. Zharnikova and her enormous work in educating people that we are truly NATIONAL.

Andrey/ 01/31/2016 Great Clever Girl! Lomonosov of Russian modernity! We will remember, glorify Svetlana and elevate and purify ourselves to the great title of Russians.

Kuzmich/ 01/19/2016 Light a candle for the repose of the soul of S. Zharnikova. May her name always be in human memory.

IGORA Nikalaevich Bykov/ 01/13/2016 U Ra! I am SlavYanYin, Orthodox CrossYanYin! (At the Sun! I Glorify the Earthly beginning, I Glorify the Right intersection (rotation) of everything earthly! My mother’s name was YanIna (Earthly) to her the kingdom of heaven and to Svetlana Zharnikova - the great SlavYanIn ascetic!

Marina/ 12/21/2015 Everyone understands that you cannot build a house without a foundation, or it will crumble at the first “shake.” And when you see such a “wrong” house, you are seized with fear and “goosebumps” run down your skin from the understanding of a possible catastrophe.
About three years ago I became acquainted with the work of Svetlana Zharnikova. And since then, periodically mastering new videos and her printed works offered by the Internet, I see more and more clearly that unshakable FOUNDATION on which the historical Russian-Slovenian House that we can build in memory of this strong and brave SCIENTIST will never collapse. And a countless number of “goosebumps” begin to run through me from the enthusiastic anticipation of the meeting when I find on the Internet another article or video by Svetlana Zharnikova that I have not read before. Let yours be just as bright Space Path, Svetlana.

Velikoros/ 11/9/2015 Excellent author. For everyone interested in Slavic cultural heritage I recommend it. It is a pity that few Slavophile scientists are engaged in the same educational activities and their research remains in the scientific community, while the average person is often given into the hands of all sorts of charlatans and dreamers.

Consisting of 1509 pages, awaiting its publisher. Everything you previously read from S.V. Zharnikova, this is only a small fraction of what is collected in her main book.

This book has the following prospects today.

Option I: BEST

There is a philanthropist who allocates the necessary funds for its publication. This philanthropist goes down in the history of Russian Culture, and you and I get access to unique information about the heritage of our Hyperborean ancestors.

Option II: WORST

Nobody does anything, believing that the problem with publishing a book will somehow be solved on its own. Of course, nothing will be solved by itself, as a result, most of those reading these lines will be able to read this book only in their next life. Alas!

Option III: REAL

We are all over the world collecting the funds necessary for the publication of this priceless book already in this wonderfully sent life to us (as our Hyperborean ancestors said).

Which option will we choose, colleagues?

Send your suggestions to , and we, having filtered out the unconstructive ones, will pass them on to Svetlana Vasilievna’s family, as her heirs.

Respect for the past

After the discovery of the northern culture and clarification of the dating of several tens of millennia of the culture of the Voronezh Kostenki, the hottest topic in Russian historical research rapidly shifted into a significantly deeper past than that which until quite recently was considered a precisely established period of the emergence of civilization in Rus'. A new evidentiary historical chronology of Russia is presented, inseparable from the general Indo-European past of the peoples now inhabiting its territory.

On the question of the possible localization of the sacred mountains Meru and Khara of Indo-Iranian (Aryan) mythology

Among many unsolved mysteries ancient history of the peoples of Eurasia, not the last place is occupied by a problem that has been exciting the minds of researchers for more than a century and giving rise to more and more new, sometimes completely mutually exclusive hypotheses - this is the question of where were the legendary Khara and Meru, the sacred northern mountains of the Indo-Iranian (Aryan) epic and myths, with which, as a rule, the Scythian Riphean, or Hyperborean mountains of ancient authors are correlated.

How was Hyperborea discovered?

Archaic motifs of North Russian ornamentation

Based on the data of anthropology, archeology, linguistics, on the basis of a source that has preserved an exceptionally archaic source, such as Russian folk culture, we can conclude that the territory of the north of Eastern Europe was inhabited by Indo-European tribes in ancient times.

What does Russian land mean?

According to the geography of the Mahabharata, a huge country on the banks of the White and Barents seas was called Rasatala, which means Russian land.

Even the names have been preserved

Ancient Hyperborean names have been preserved in Russia to this day.

Interethnic relations in the light of the new Russian national idea

The growing interethnic tension in society cannot but be alarming. People are worried. But the authorities don’t seem to know what to do with all this. The wise ancients taught that most human ills have only one cause - human ignorance. Do you want to overcome any social problem? Get the missing knowledge and the problem will go away. Why? Because there are simply no problems.

This is an article that will help you understand the absurdity of many interethnic conflicts between fraternal peoples in modern Russia.

Golden thread

The symbolism of the body shirt in the Russian folk tradition is deep and interesting. In everyday life, the shirt was the main form of clothing; both men's and women's shirts were sewn from linen, decorating them with woven ornaments and embroidery...."

Russians and Germans: Northern ancestral home

The explosive beginning of the 21st century, fraught with numerous ethnic conflicts, perhaps makes people think more than ever about the age-old question: "Who are we and where are we from?"
But in order to answer this question with any clarity, we need to dive into the depths of thousands of years. And there, at the cradle modern peoples Europe, we will see a picture that is largely unexpected and instructive...

Veda means Knowledge

The Russian North... Its forests and fields were not trampled by hordes of conquerors, its free and proud people for the most part did not know serfdom, and it was here that the most ancient legends, rituals, epics, songs and fairy tales of Rus' were preserved in purity and integrity...

Who are we in this old Europe?

In North Russian dialects, words often carry a more archaic meaning than that which was preserved in a modified and polished form in the sacred language of the priests of Ancient India. In Northern Russian gayat means to clean, to process well, and in Sanskrit gaya means house, household, family.
In Vologda dialects, a karta is a pattern woven on a rug, and in Sanskrit, karta means to spin, cut off, separate. The word prastava, that is, a woven ornamental or embroidered strip decorating the hems of shirts, the ends of towels and generally decorating clothes, in Sanskrit means a song of praise: after all, in the hymns of the Rigveda, sacred speech is constantly associated with the ornament of the fabric, and the poetic creativity of the sages is compared with weaving - "the fabric of the anthem", "weave the anthem" and so on..."

Eastern Europe as the ancestral home of the Indo-Europeans or Rivers - repositories of memory

Among the many legends preserved in the memory of mankind, the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata is considered greatest monument culture, science and history of the ancestors of all Indo-European peoples. Initially, this was a story about the civil strife of the Kuru peoples, who lived more than 5 thousand years ago between the Ganges and the Indus. Gradually, new ones were added to the main text - and the Mahabharata has reached us, containing almost 200 thousand lines in 18 books. One of them, called “Forest”, describes sacred springs - rivers and lakes of the country of the ancient Aryans, that is, the land on which the events told in the epic unfolded...

Is Russian Santa Claus really that simple?

Restoring today the millennia-old traditions of our ancestors, half-forgotten by their descendants, on the eve of the New Year we simply cannot help but remember the winter Christmastide - this once largest, noisiest and very cheerful Russian holiday. And, of course, its most important character – Santa Claus. And remembering it, ask yourself the question: “Is this Russian Santa Claus really that simple? The answer turns out to be not at all as simple as it might seem at first glance.

Carnival. Or to your mother-in-law for pancakes

Carnival. Turning to this very beloved folk holiday, one cannot help but note one very strange, at first glance, circumstance - after all, the original name of this holiday is completely unknown to most of us. "Carnival". "Generous Maslenitsa" "Fat Maslenitsa" And so on. But all these names are just a statement of the presence of ritual food - pancakes and butter. And nothing more?

Reflection of Vedic mythologies in East Slavic calendar rituals

F. I. Buslaev in his famous speech “On folk poetry in ancient Russian literature”, pronounced in 1858, emphasized that “a clear and complete understanding of the fundamental principles of our nationality is perhaps the most significant question of both science and Russian life.” Trying to solve at least a small part of this problem today, we are obliged to turn to the still living folk tradition and try to consider it through the prism of the millennia-old past, in which “the basic principles of our nationality” are hidden. Let us note that in the East Slavic folk tradition in general, and in the Northern Russian in particular, such elements of culture have been preserved that are more archaic not only than the ancient Greek ones, but even those recorded in the texts of the most ancient monuments of Indo-European mythology - the Rig Veda, Mahabharata and Avesta.

Ancient secrets of the Russian North

The Russian North - its forests and fields were not trampled by hordes of conquerors, its free and proud people for the most part did not know serfdom, and it was here that the most ancient songs and fairy tales in Rus' were preserved in purity and integrity. It is here, according to many researchers, that archaic rites, rituals, and traditions have been preserved that are older not only than the ancient Greeks, but even those recorded in the ancient Indian “books of knowledge” - the Vedas, the most ancient cultural monument of all Indo-European peoples. A. N. Afanasyev wrote about the significant similarity of Slavic and Vedic mythology back in the 19th century, who attached great importance to the convergences in mythological plots and ritual practices among the Eastern Slavs and the ancients.

Solar and Lunar Traditions

Speaking about the foundations of the pan-Indo-European worldview, about the ancient moral foundations of the ancestors of almost all modern peoples of Europe and many peoples of Asia, we cannot help but recall the words of an outstanding thinker of the late 19th - early 20th centuries. Saint-Yves D'Alveidre, who wrote about the creators of these ideological and moral foundations - the "antediluvian patriarchs of the white race of the North Pole" the following: "These restorers of rivers, seas, flooded lands, tamers of fauna and wildlife were wise priests, military engineers, farmers and founders of cities such as were never seen again. They wrote about the North of Europe as the ancestral home of humanity: in the 18th century, academician Jean Sylvain Bailly, in the 19th century. the first rector of Boston University, William F. Warren, at the beginning of the twentieth century. Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Russian scientist E. Elachach.

Images of waterfowl in Russian folk tradition

Images of waterfowl - ducks, geese and swans - play an exceptional role in the Russian folklore tradition. Often it is a duck, a swan or a goose that marks the sphere of the sacred in the ritual songs of the calendar cycle.

History and ethnography of the Eastern Slavs

Perhaps what I am going to say now will turn your ideas about the history of our people upside down, take this relatively calmly. Any historical paradigm exists until a new paradigm appears. All our knowledge is a relative phenomenon. I do not claim to be the ultimate truth, but the data of many sciences related to ethnography provide us today with surprisingly interesting material, and allow us to look at the history of northeastern Europe from a different angle than we are used to looking at.

Gusli - a tool for harmonizing the Universe

Baba Yaga and more

Phallic cult in the Perception of Ancient Slavs and Aryans

Who are you, children of Hellas?

Everyone who has ever been to Greece, when asked what the locals look like, answers the same way: “typical Mediterraneans.” And it seems that it has always been this way. And two hundred, and five hundred, and a thousand, and five thousand years ago. However, the ancient Hellenes, apparently, were not at all similar to their distant descendants. And there are more than enough reasons to say this.

So who are you, Mother-in-law!

A new analysis of Vedic, Avestan, ancient Sumerian, Akkadian, Egyptian, Cretan, Greek, Etruscan and Northern Russian texts, myths and fairy tales made it possible to explain the most sacred of the ancient images of the Great Mother.

At the feet of SAKH

When we talk about the north-eastern European hills, which are part of a system of latitudinal uplifts dividing rivers into those flowing to the north and flowing to the south, named in the 2nd century by Claudius Ptolemy Hyperborean, we must clearly understand that these are very numerous geographical objects. Judge for yourself.

The roads of fairy tales

Common to all Indo-European languages ancient myths, preserved by the Russian people, became the basis of all poetic fairy tales of A.S. Pushkin, starting with “Ruslan and Lyudmila”.

Great Mother Avina

The attitude towards the barn and the owl in the Russian folk tradition was special. And here are examples of this.

The world of images of the Russian spinning wheel

It would seem that there is nothing special to talk about here. A spinning wheel is a simple device for obtaining thread and nothing more. It was decorated with carvings and paintings only so that its appearance would please the spinner and brighten up the boredom of monotonous winter work. Naive peasant art! But if we look just a little into the depths of the primordial meanings of the spinning wheel, a huge world of images created by our ancestors many thousands of years ago will open before us.

Possible origins of the image of the Horse-Goose and Horse-Deer in Indo-Iranian (Aryan) mythology

Among the images of ancient Aryan mythology, one of the most interesting and mysterious is the image of a horse-goose and a horse-deer, equally recorded in both the Vedic and Avestan traditions.

What is the Universe or the tale of Kashchei the Immortal

Judging by Russian folk tales, in ancient times people had a very good idea of ​​what the era of not very smart “knights and soldiers” would entail.

Chervona Rus - the heir of Hyperborea

The discovery of an ancient megalithic complex in the Volnovakha region of the Donetsk region of Ukraine, made by father and son Andrey and Artem Shulga, has already become a fact of history. We asked scientific expert on Hyperborea Svetlana Vasilievna Zharnikova to comment on this topic for a wide range of people actively interested in the history of Hyperborea.

Behind it live the Hyperboreans

Once, about 20 years ago, Natalya Romanovna Guseva told me a funny and instructive story.

Reflection of pagan beliefs and cult in the ornamentation of North Russian women's headdresses

One of the most important areas of work of historical and local history museums is the atheistic education of the population through museum means. While the Russian Orthodox Church is seriously and energetically preparing for the celebration of the 1000th anniversary of the introduction of Christianity in Rus', workers on the ideological front must counter this preparation with broad mass explanatory atheistic work involving bright, visual and convincing materials. You think that in such work the funds of works of folk applied art could be of great help, the monuments of which have preserved in their figurative structure the relics of the most ancient ideological schemes that had developed in the depths of early agricultural societies, i.e. those views, ideas, symbols that became to a large extent a component of a peculiar phenomenon called Russian Orthodoxy. We constantly trace traces of the most ancient totemic ideas in icon compositions and in ritual Orthodox Church, in its ritual.

THE NORTH IS THE OUR HOMELAND OF THE INDO-EUROPEANS

The problem of localizing the ancestral homeland of the Indo-European peoples has been facing science for quite some time. And only at the end of XX - beginning of XXI centuries managed to solve it.

Russian cultural code as a Comprehensive Idea of ​​Light

This is the most important thesis of the ethnologist Svetlana Vasilievna Zharnikova.

This topic was the main one at the scientific conference “Hyperborea. A view from the 21st century – 2015.”

Under Tsar Gorokh

The full text of the previously little-known work of Svetlana Vasilievna Zharnikova.

Interpretation of images of Russian folk embroidery of archaic type

The motif of the double-headed eagle, quite decorative, somewhat fabulous and at the same time laconic, was not alien in its structure folk ornament. And it organically fit into the ancient ornamental compositional schemes, occupying the very center of these compositions.

The Uncontrollable Science of Ornament

The fact that northern ornaments are the most ancient sacred language, symbolically reflecting the attitude of our ancestors to the world around them, has long been clear to ethnologists. But it is also clear to them that deciphering this message from antiquity is a matter of the future. Modern scientists do not yet have enough knowledge to understand it.

Fortunately there is Light and Order!

Home Russian Idea

About Holidays

We bring to your attention a report that was read by the main modern scientific expert on Hyperborea S.V. Zharnikova at the scientific conference of the MKU “Hyperborea - the source of the “classical” Holidays” in May 2014.

Svetlana Vasilievna Zharnikova(December 27, 1945, Vladivostok - November 26, 2015, St. Petersburg) - Soviet and Russian ethnographer and art critic. Candidate of Historical Sciences. Full member of the Russian Geographical Society.

Biography

Born into a military family.

In 1970 she graduated from the Faculty of Theory and History of Fine Arts at the I. E. Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in Leningrad.

After graduation, she worked in Anapa and Krasnodar.

In 1978-2002 she lived and worked in Vologda. In 1978-1990 - researcher at the Vologda Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve. In 1990-2002 - researcher, then deputy director for scientific work of the Vologda Scientific and Methodological Center of Culture. She taught at the Vologda Regional Institute for Advanced Training of Teaching Staff and at the Vologda State Pedagogical Institute.

From 1984 to 1988 she studied at the graduate school of the Institute of Ethnography named after N. N. Miklouho-Maclay of the USSR Academy of Sciences, where she defended her dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Historical Sciences on the topic “Archaic motifs of Northern Russian ornamentation (on the issue of possible Proto-Slavic-Indo-Iranian parallels)” ( specialty 07.00.07 - ethnography).

In 2001, she became a member of the International Club of Scientists (a non-academic organization with liberal conditions for entry).

In 2003 she moved from Vologda to St. Petersburg.

She died on the morning of November 26, 2015 at the Almazov Cardiology Center in St. Petersburg. She was buried in Sheksna, next to her husband, the architect German Ivanovich Vinogradov.

The main range of scientific interests is the Arctic ancestral home of the Indo-Europeans, the Vedic origins of North Russian folk culture, the archaic roots of North Russian ornament, Sanskrit roots in the topo- and hydronymy of the Russian North, rituals and ritual folklore, the semantics of folk costume.

Criticism

S.V. Zharnikova was a supporter of the non-academic Arctic hypothesis, which is currently not recognized by scientists around the world (with the exception of a small number, mainly from India). Following N.R. Guseva, she repeated the thesis about the close relationship of the Slavic languages ​​and Sanskrit and insisted that the ancestral home of the Aryans (Indo-Europeans) lay in the Russian North, where the legendary Mount Meru was supposedly located. S. V. Zharnikova considered this hypothesis to be confirmed by the alleged special similarity of Sanskrit with Northern Russian dialects.

In addition, Zharnikova explained using Sanskrit large number toponyms on the territory of Russia, even those whose origin has long been established and is in no way connected with Sanskrit. Toponymist A.L. Shilov, criticizing Zharnikova’s interpretation of the etymology of hydronyms, the origin of which has not yet been established, wrote: “...maybe recognizing “dark” names as fundamentally indefinable is still better than declaring them Sanskrit, as is done with other hydronyms of the Russian North - Dvina, Sukhona, Kubena, Striga [Kuznetsov 1991; Zharnikova 1996]"

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All his life, with his brilliant articles, he fought to strengthen the Russian state, bravely exposing corrupt officials, liberal democrats and revolutionaries, warning of the threat looming over the country. The Bolsheviks, who seized power in Russia, did not forgive him for this. Menshikov was shot in 1918 with extreme cruelty in front of his wife and six children.

Mikhail Osipovich was born on October 7, 1859 in Novorzhevo, Pskov province near Lake Valdai, in the family of a collegiate registrar. He graduated from the district school, after which he entered the Technical School of the Naval Department in Kronstadt. Then he participated in several long-distance sea voyages, the literary fruit of which was the first book of essays, “Around the Ports of Europe,” published in 1884. As a naval officer, Menshikov expressed the idea of ​​connecting ships and airplanes, thereby predicting the appearance of aircraft carriers.

Feeling a calling to literary work and journalism, in 1892 Menshikov retired with the rank of captain. He got a job as a correspondent for the Nedelya newspaper, where he soon attracted attention with his talented articles. Then he became the leading publicist for the conservative newspaper Novoye Vremya, where he worked until the revolution.

In this newspaper he wrote his famous column “Letters to Neighbors,” which attracted the attention of the entire educated society of Russia. Some called Menshikov a “reactionary and Black Hundred” (and some still do). However, all this is malicious slander.

In 1911, in the article “Kneeling Russia,” Menshikov, exposing the machinations of the Western backstage against Russia, warned:

“If a huge fund is being raised in America with the goal of flooding Russia with murderers and terrorists, then our government should think about it. Is it possible that even today our state guard will not notice anything in time (as in 1905) and will not prevent trouble?”

The authorities did not take any measures in this regard at that time. What if they accepted? It is unlikely that Trotsky-Bronstein, the main organizer of the October Revolution, would have been able to come to Russia in 1917 with the money of the American banker Jacob Schiff!

Ideologist of national Russia

Menshikov was one of the leading publicists conservative direction, speaking as an ideologist of Russian nationalism. He initiated the creation of the All-Russian National Union (VNS), for which he developed a program and charter. This organization, which had its own faction in the State Duma, included moderate-right elements of educated Russian society: professors, retired military officers, officials, publicists, clergy, and famous scientists. Most of them were sincere patriots, which many of them later proved not only by their struggle against the Bolsheviks, but also by their martyrdom...

Menshikov himself clearly foresaw the national catastrophe of 1917 and, like a true publicist, sounded the alarm, warned, and sought to prevent it. “Orthodoxy,” he wrote, “freed us from ancient savagery, autocracy freed us from anarchy, but the return before our eyes to savagery and anarchy proves that a new principle is needed to save the old ones. This is a nationality... Only nationalism is able to restore to us our lost piety and power.”

In the article “The End of the Century,” written in December 1900, Menshikov called on the Russian people to maintain their role as a nation-forming people:

“We Russians slept for a long time, lulled by our power and glory, but then one heavenly thunder struck after another, and we woke up and saw ourselves under siege - both from the outside and from the inside... We do not want someone else’s, but ours - Russian - land must be ours."

Menshikov saw the opportunity to avoid revolution in strengthening state power, in a consistent and firm national policy. Mikhail Osipovich was convinced that the people, in council with the monarch, should be governed by officials, and not by them. With the passion of a publicist, he showed the mortal danger of bureaucracy for Russia: “Our bureaucracy... has reduced the historical strength of the nation to nothing.”

The need for fundamental change

Menshikov maintained close relationships with the great Russian writers of that time. Gorky admitted in one of his letters that he loved Menshikov because he was his “enemy by heart,” and enemies “better to tell the truth.” For his part, Menshikov called Gorky’s “Song of the Falcon” “evil morality,” because, according to him, what saves the world is not the “madness of the brave” who bring about the uprising, but the “wisdom of the meek,” like Chekhov’s Linden Tree (“In the Ravine”).

There are 48 letters to him from Chekhov, who treated him with constant respect. Menshikov visited Tolstoy in Yasnaya, but at the same time criticized him in the article “Tolstoy and Power,” where he wrote that he was more dangerous for Russia than all the revolutionaries combined. Tolstoy answered him that while reading this article he experienced “one of the most desirable and dear feelings to me - not just goodwill, but straight love for you...”.

Menshikov was convinced that Russia needed fundamental changes in all areas of life without exception, this was the only way to save the country, but he had no illusions. “There are no people - that’s why Russia is dying!” – Mikhail Osipovich exclaimed in despair.

Until the end of his days, he gave merciless assessments of the complacent bureaucracy and the liberal intelligentsia: “In essence, you have long drunk away everything that is beautiful and great (below) and devoured (above). They unraveled the church, the aristocracy, and the intelligentsia.”

Menshikov believed that every nation must persistently fight for its national identity. “When it comes,” he wrote, “to the violation of the rights of a Jew, a Finn, a Pole, an Armenian, an indignant cry rises: everyone shouts about respect for such a sacred thing as nationality. But as soon as the Russians mention their nationality, their national values: indignant cries rise - misanthropy! Intolerance! Black Hundred violence! Gross tyranny!

The outstanding Russian philosopher Igor Shafarevich wrote: “Mikhail Osipovich Menshikov is one of a small number of insightful people who lived in that period of Russian history, which to others seemed (and still seems) cloudless. But sensitive people even then, at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, saw the main root of the impending troubles that later befell Russia and which we are still experiencing (and it is not clear when they will end). Menshikov saw this fundamental vice of society, which carries with it the danger of future deep upheavals, in the weakening of the national consciousness of the Russian people...”

Portrait of a modern liberal

Many years ago, Menshikov energetically exposed those in Russia who, as today, reviled it, relying on the “democratic and civilized” West. “We,” wrote Menshikov, “do not take our eyes off the West, we are fascinated by it, we want to live just like this and no worse than how “decent” people live in Europe. Under the fear of the most sincere, acute suffering, under the weight of a felt urgency, we need to furnish ourselves with the same luxury that is available to Western society. We must wear the same clothes, sit on the same furniture, eat the same dishes, drink the same wines, see the same sights that Europeans see. In order to satisfy their increased needs, the educated stratum is making ever greater demands on the Russian people.

The intelligentsia and nobility do not want to understand that the high level of consumption in the West is associated with its exploitation of a large part of the rest of the world. No matter how hard Russian people work, they will not be able to achieve the level of income that the West receives by siphoning off unpaid resources and labor from other countries for their benefit...

The educated stratum demands extreme effort from the people in order to ensure a European level of consumption, and when this does not work out, it is indignant at the inertia and backwardness of the Russian people.”

Didn’t Menshikov, more than a hundred years ago, with his incredible insight, paint a portrait of the current Russophobic liberal “elite”?

Courage for honest work

Well, aren’t these words of an outstanding publicist addressed to us today? “The feeling of victory and victory,” wrote Menshikov, “the feeling of domination on one’s land was not at all suitable for bloody battles. Courage is needed for all honest work. Everything that is most precious in the fight against nature, everything that is brilliant in science, the arts, wisdom and faith of the people - everything is driven precisely by the heroism of the heart.

Every progress, every discovery is akin to revelation, and every perfection is a victory. Only a people accustomed to battles, imbued with the instinct of triumph over obstacles, is capable of anything great. If there is no sense of dominance among the people, there is no genius. Noble pride falls - and a person becomes a slave from a master.

We are captive to slavish, unworthy, morally insignificant influences, and it is precisely from here that our poverty and weakness, incomprehensible among a heroic people, arises.”

Wasn't it because of this weakness that Russia collapsed in 1917? Isn’t that why the mighty Soviet Union? Isn’t that the same danger that threatens us today if we give in to the global onslaught on Russia from the West?

Revenge of the revolutionaries

Those who undermined the foundations Russian Empire, and then in February 1917 they seized power in it, did not forget and did not forgive Menshikov for his position as a staunch statesman and fighter for the unity of the Russian people. The publicist was suspended from work at Novoye Vremya. Having lost their home and savings, which were soon confiscated by the Bolsheviks, the winter of 1917–1918. Menshikov spent time in Valdai, where he had a dacha.

In those bitter days, he wrote in his diary: “February 27, 12.III. 1918. Year of the Russian great revolution. We are still alive, thanks to the Creator. But we are robbed, ruined, deprived of work, expelled from our city and home, doomed to starvation. And tens of thousands of people were tortured and killed. And all of Russia was thrown into the abyss of shame and disaster unprecedented in history. What will happen next is scary to think about - that is, it would be scary if the brain were not already sated and filled to the point of insensibility with impressions of violence and horror.”

In September 1918, Menshikov was arrested, and five days later he was shot. A note published in Izvestia said: “The emergency field headquarters in Valdai shot the famous Black Hundred publicist Menshikov. A monarchical conspiracy was uncovered, headed by Menshikov. An underground Black Hundred newspaper was published calling for the overthrow of Soviet power.”

There was not a word of truth in this message. There was no conspiracy and Menshikov no longer published any newspaper.

He was retaliated against for his previous position as a staunch Russian patriot. In a letter to his wife from prison, where he spent six days, Menshikov wrote that the security officers did not hide from him that this trial was an “act of revenge” for his articles published before the revolution.

The execution of the outstanding son of Russia took place on September 20, 1918 on the shore of Lake Valdai opposite the Iversky Monastery. His widow, Maria Vasilievna, who witnessed the execution with her children, later wrote in her memoirs: “Arriving in custody at the place of execution, the husband stood facing the Iversky Monastery, clearly visible from this place, knelt down and began to pray. The first volley was fired to intimidate, but this shot wounded the husband’s left arm near the hand. The bullet tore out a piece of meat. After this shot, the husband looked back. A new salvo followed. They shot me in the back. The husband fell to the ground. Now Davidson jumped up to him with a revolver and shot him point-blank twice in the left temple.<…>The children saw the shooting of their father and cried in horror.<…>Security officer Davidson, having shot him in the temple, said that he was doing it with great pleasure.”

Today, Menshikov’s grave, miraculously preserved, is located in the old city cemetery of the city of Valdai (Novgorod region), next to the Church of Peter and Paul. Only many years later did the relatives achieve rehabilitation famous writer. In 1995, Novgorod writers, with the support of the Valdai public administration, opened a marble memorial plaque with the words: “Executed for his beliefs.”

In connection with the anniversary of the publicist, the All-Russian Menshikov Readings were held at the St. Petersburg State Maritime Technical University. “In Russia there was and is no publicist equal to Menshikov,” emphasized Captain 1st Rank Reserve Mikhail Nenashev, Chairman of the All-Russian Fleet Support Movement, in his speech.

Vladimir Malyshev