Tale of the glorious Gradi. KUIT Grad Legend about the most mysterious city

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There was this Saint of the Blessed and Grand Duke Georgy Vsevolodovich Son of the Saint Blagovander and the Grand Prince Vsevolod, the Pskov Wonderworker, that Gabriel was nailed in Holy Baptism. This Saint of the Blessed and Grand Prince Vsevolod Son was the great prince of Mstislav, the grandson of the Holy and Equal-Apostles Great Prince Vladimir Kiev, the dealer of the Russian Earth. The Holy Prince of Great and Grand Duke Georgy Vsevolodovich - the great-grandfather of the Saint Blessed and Great Prince Vladimir.

And the holy burgher prince Vsevolod first rejected in Veliky Novgorod. But at one time, the Novgorod residents were taken to him and decided for themselves: the prince of ours, unresolved, owns us, baptized. And they created the advice, and came to him, and expelled out. He came to Kiev to the uncle to his Yaropolk and he told him everything, for which he was from Novgorod. And the one, having learned about it, gave him Vyshgorod. And here already begged his Pskovichi to prince them, and he came to them in the city of Pskov. And for some time I had perceived the grace of saint baptism, and was inflicted in the holy baptism of Gabriel. And stayed in great rugging and abstinence, and one year later, in the eternal peace went away, 6671 (1163) of the year, February of February in the eleventh day. And I was buried by the son of his faithful and great prince George. And there were many miracles from the saints of his power to glory and praise Christ, our God, and all the saints. Amen.

This holy burgher prince Georgy Vsevolodovich on the breakdown of the father of his faithful prince Vsevolod, who was named in the holy baptism of Gabriel, remained on his place in Moluba Pskovichi. It was in 6671 (1163) year. I learned the saint of the beloved and grand prince Georgy Vsevolodovich to go to the beloved prince Mikhail Chernigovsky. And when I came to the beloved prince Mikhail, the bold and Grand Duke of George, it bowed to the beloved prince Mikhail and told him: "Sat be, about the beloved and great prince Mikhail, for many summer, shining with piety and faithfully, in everything, in all the great-grandfather OUR, Blessed Great Princess, Christ Olga, who gained the most expensive and great treasure - Christ and the faith of his holy prophets and the apostles and the holy fathers, and the Blessed Christ-Christ-loving king and an equivalent Pradedi to our king Konstantin. " And he told him the blessed prince Mikhail: "Sat if you are, about the beloved and grand prince Georgy Vsevolodovich, came to me with the good advice and an unenclose ok. After all, what did you get due to the envy of our saint Svyatopolk, who was involved in the authorities and killed the brothers of his, the glory and great princes! Boris commanded a spear to pierce, garb should be expelled with a knife, during their princes them. After all, he deceived them flattering on the babysitting of Satan, as if their mother had to die. They, like the kind of default, became a good shepherd of her Christ, did not become a brother, her enemy. The Lord glorified the holy worshi of his, boring princes and great wonderworkers Boris and Gleb. "

And Prince George with Prince Mikhail gave each other kissing, and celebrated spiritually, and having fun; And said the boring and great prince of Georgy to the Blessed prince Mikhail: "Give me a diploma, in Russia, to build the cities of God in Russia at the fortified places of God. And he told him the beloved and grand prince Mikhail: "As you want, and create the Church of God to glory and praise the Holy Name of God. For such a good intention to accept the award on the Day of the coming of Christ. "

And they saw many days. And when the bold prince of Georgy decided to return to his lot, then the blessed prince Mikhail commanded a diploma to write and put his hand to a diploma. And when Georgy's beloved prince went to his fatherland and hail, then the beloved prince Mikhail with a great honor released him and accompanied him. And when there were already both prince on the way and bowed to each other for a farewell, Mikhail gave a diploma. The bold prince Georgy took a diploma in the beloved prince Mikhail and bowed to him, and then he is in response to him.

And he drove the prince of George in the cities, and when he arrived in Novgorod, she ordered the church in the name of the Assumption of the Blessed Lady of Our Virgin and Vestodel Mary per year 6672 (1164). From Novgorod went to Pskov, the city of his beloved prince was pressed out, and in the holy baptism of Gabriel, the Novgorod and Pskov Wonderworker. And I drove from Pskov-Grand to Moscow, and commanded the church in the name of the audit of the Blessed Lady of Our Virgin. and Vestodel Mary per year 6672 (1164). And I drove from Moscow to Pereslavl-Zalessky, and from Pereslavl-Grade to Rostov-Grad. At that time, Great Prince Andrei Bogolyubsky was in the city of Rostov. And the beloved prince of George in the city of Tom Rostov Church to build in the name of the Assumption of the Blessed Lady of Our Mother of God and Nestodle Mary per year 6672 (1164), May twenty-third day. During the days of the Grand Duke, George began to dig under the foundation of the church and found the buried relics of St. Justice Leonty, Bishop of Rostovsky, the Wonderworker, who drew people in the Rostov-Grad in faith to Christ and baptized them from Mala and to Velik. And rejoiced by the joy of the Grand Prince of Georgy, and glorified God, who gave him such a multi-specific treasure, and was sanguned to be prayer. And she commanded Andrei, Prince Bogolyubsky, in the city of Murom and build a church in the city of Murom in the name of the Assumption of the Blessed Lady of Our Mother of God and Naznodel Mary.

The very beloved and great prince drove from the city of Rostov and came to the city of Yaroslavl that on the banks of the Volga river stands. And sat down in a row, and went down the Volga, and stuck to the shore from a small division, that on the banks of the Volga stands, and rebuilt it, and began to pray all the people of Togo Prince Georgia, so that the image of the miraculous icon of the Blessed Virgin Fedorovskaya suffered to the city to them. He performed a petition. Began to sing prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mary. And when they ended and wanted the image that to carry into the city, then the image did not come off the place of that time did not move. The Blessed Prince of George, having seen the Most of the Blessed Virgin, who left the place here, commanded to build on the place of the monastery in the name of the Most Holy Virgin Fedorovskaya.

The most bold prince Georgy went from the place of that dry path, and not on the water. And he moved the river to the Uzol, and the second river, the name Sanda, and the third river moved, with the name Santogt, and the fourth moved, the name Kergenets, and came to the lake, named Svetloyar. And saw the place, the extraordinarily beautiful and crowded; And in the default of its inhabitants, the blessing prince Georgy Vsevolodovich was ordered on the shore of the Lake of that Svetloyar city, the name of the big kite, for the place was unusually beautiful, and on the other shore of the lake there was a oak grove.

And the advice and command of the Blessed and Grand Prince Georgy Vsevolodovich began to dig to dig to strengthen the place of this. And they began to build a church in the name of the Exaltation of the Honest Cross of the Lord, and the second church - in the name of the Assumption of the Blessed Lady of Our Virgin and Naznodeli Mary, and the Third Church - in the name of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Lady of Our Mother of God and Naznodeli Mary. In the same churches commanded the prince of Georgius to make and in honor of other holidays of the Lord and Virgin. Also, the images of all saints have commanded command.

And the city is the big kite, a hundred seeded in length and width was, and this first measure was Mala. And the bold prince of Georgy has led a hundred more seats to add a length, and there was a measure of hail in length - two hundred seven, and in width - a hundred seeded. And the city began to build in the year 6673 (1165), May the month of May on the first day, for the memory of the Holy Prophet Jeremiah and others like him. And the city was built by that three years, and built it in the year 6676 (1167), the month of September on the thirtieth day, the memory of the Holy Sacred Martyr Gregory, Bishop of the Great Armenia.

And I went to a small mile that on the banks of the Volga stands, the blessing prince Georgy Vsevolodovich. And on the construction of cities of those small and big, he commanded to measure in the field, how much they have a distance between their distances. And on the command of the blessed prince George, one hundred travelers targeted. And the blessed prince Georgy Vsevolodovich, having learned this, gave the glory to God and the Most Holy Virgin and also commanded the chronicler book. And the bold and grand prince Georgy commanded the whole service serve. And prayer sangs to the Most Holy Virgin Fedorovskaya, by the service of the service, sailed his Pskov in the past the city before the city. The people accompanied him with the Great Honor; And, saying goodbye to him, let go.

This holy burgher prince Georgy Vsevolodovich on the breakdown of the father of his faithful prince Vsevolod, who was named in the holy baptism of Gabriel, remained on his place in Moluba Pskovichi. It was in 6671 (1163) year. I learned the saint of the beloved and grand prince Georgy Vsevolodovich to go to the beloved prince Mikhail Chernigovsky. And when I came to the beloved prince Mikhail, the bold and Grand Duke of George, it bowed to the beloved prince Mikhail and told him: "Sat be, about the beloved and great prince Mikhail, for many summer, shining with piety and faithfully, in everything, in all the great-grandfathers OUR, Blessed Great Princess, Christ Olga, who gained the most expensive and great treasure - Christ and the faith of his holy prophets and the apostles and the holy fathers, and the Blessed Christ-Christ-loving king and an equivalent Pradedi to our king Konstantin. " And he told him the blessed prince Mikhail: "Sat if you are, about the beloved and grand prince Georgy Vsevolodovich, came to me with the good advice and an unenclose ok. After all, what did you get due to the envy of our saint Svyatopolk, who was involved in the authorities and killed the brothers of his, the glory and great princes! Boris commanded a spear to pierce, garb should be expelled with a knife, during their princes them. After all, he deceived them flattering on the babysitting of Satan, as if their mother had to die. They, like the kind of default, became a good shepherd of her Christ, did not become a brother, her enemy. The Lord glorified the holy worshi of his, boring princes and great wonderworkers Boris and Gleb. "

Prince of Georgy Vsevolodovich, having arrived in his city, before the named Pskov, had been in prayer for many days, and in post, and in the Division, and distributed a lot of alms with the widow, and orphans. And on building cities, those lived seventy five years.

It was in the year 6747 (1239). The easiest of God, sins for our sake, came to Russia, the wicked and godless king beyond. And he ruined the city, and fired them with fire, and the Churches of God also ruined, and devoured fire. The people of the sword betrayed the sword, and smaller children lay a knife, the young Virgin flashed. And there was a great cry.

The Blessed Prince Georgy Vsevolodovich, hearing all this, cried bitterly. And, praying to the Lord and the Mother of Mother of Mother, gathered his own military, and went against the wicked king of Batya with warriors. And when both craftsmen joined the battle, there was a grade of the Great and bloodshed. At that time, the Blessed Prince Georgy had little warriors, and the bold prince of Georgy ran from the wicked king of Batya down the Volga in the Small Kitege. And for a long time, the blessing prince of George with the wicked king of Batym, not put it in his city.

When the night came, then the blessed prince Georgy went secretly from this city to the Great Grad Kitege. In the next way, when that wicked king woke up, I began a attack with the warriors with my city and captured it. And all people in this beat this and quarrel. And, not finding the blessed prince in the city of Tom, began to torment one of the inhabitants, and he, not suffering a flour, opened his way. The same wicked chased in front of the prince. And when it came to the city, attacked him with a lot of his warriors and took the city of the big kite that on the shore of Lake Svetloary, and killed the Blessed Prince George, the month of February on the fourth day. And he left the city of that wicked one king Bati. And after him they took the relics of the Princely Prince Georgy Vsevolodovich. And after that ruisle, the city was launched by the city, the small kite, that on the banks of the Volga costs, and the big thing on the shore of Lake Svetloyar.

And the invisibility will be a big ship right up to the coming of Christ that in previous times it happened, as evidenced by the lives of the Holy Fathers, the Candan Monasiki, and the Candy Skitsky, and the grazing candyma, and the Candidage of Jerusalem, and the Candidage of the Holy Mountain, and these holy books in which The lives of the Holy Fathers, they agree that the hidden abode is not united, but there are many monasteries, and in those monasteries a lot of holy fathers, for sure stars of heaven who have given their lives. Like the sand of the sea is impossible to make intent, it is impossible to describe everything. It is about them, presented by the Holy Spirit, the Blessed Prophet David-King, wondering, shines the Holy Spirit, he says his psalti in the Book of his Psalrty: "The righteous, like a palm tree, blooms and, like Cedar Lebanese, is towers; Lost in the house of the Lord, they bloom in our god yards. " And also the same prophet King David: "Your thoughts are elevated for me, God, as a great number of them; Will it be calculated, but they are numerous sand. " About them, holy by the Holy Spirit, the Blessed Apostle Paul in his message says, providya; Such a word draws us: "Wrapped in sheepskin and goat skin, suffering, sorrow, bite, those who were not worthy of the whole world." The same word of the shit and St. John Zlatoust, in the teaching of his own, speaks the third post in a week. The same word draws to us, providya, Holy Anastasi from the Sinai mountain. This is the word Apostolic draws to us, providya, and the Rev. Father, our Hilarion is great, about the saints he writes: "And in recent times there will be: hails and monasteries will be in the world, because the Antichrist will begin in the world, then run to the mountains, then And in the verteps, and in the abyss of the earth. " And a human-loving God will not leave then to escape. Urged, and as a moutigation, and tears all receive a person from God. The Savior himself, the divine mouths were announced in the Municipal Gospel, that "everything in a brief and attend to be saved."

And on the killing of St. George Vsevolodovich's Grand Prince, and on the burial of honest relevance, he came to the Russian kingdom in the Russian kingdom per year. I went against the Batya-Tsar, the bold prince Mikhail Chernigovsky with a boyarian by his feudore. And when both craftsmen fought, there was a great bloodshed. And he killed that wicked king Bati of the Benther and Grand Duke Mikhail Chernigovsky with a boyar feodorm in the year 6750 (1241), the month of September on the twentieth day. And after the killing of the Blessed Prince, Mikhail Chernigovsky, two years later killed the Blessed Prince Mercury Smolensky, that wicked king Bati in the year 6755 (1246), month of November at the age of twenty-fourth day. And it was the launch of the Moscow kingdom, and other monasteries, and the Grand Divine in the year 6756 (1248).

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The legend of concealing the sacred habitat is the pearl of the Slavic epic. Many studies, the poems, Opera Roman-Kororsakov ... What is hiding behind a beautiful legend about the city, "Lesshey" in Lake Sveloyar, without conquering Tatar-Mongolian IGU?

Root Legends

The story of Gradi dates back to the times of the Tatar-Mongolian invasion, that is, by the XIII century. However, according to Alexander Assov, the origins of this legend should be sought in an even earlier period - the Doharistian history of Russia. This is not so simple, because in the Orthodox religious tradition, paganism so closely intertwined with Christianity, which is divided, what the legends belong to one, and what myths are different, quite difficult.

Lake Svetloyar, in which, according to legend, hid the sacred town of Kitem, is located in the Volga region, and from very long time it is known as the center of the pagan faith. The name of the lake occurs from two old-Russian words: "light", that is, clean, righteous, and "Yar", which is the root name of the pagan solar deity of Yaril, who worshiped the ancient tribes of Slavs. Many legends of the pre-Christian period are connected with Lake Svetloyar. Grad is mentioned in them. He is referred to in the ancient sacred source of the pagan faith - the "Star Book of the Kolyady".

According to one of the legends, the magic semi-competitor of Kitomras, which was a powerful wizard and the builder of ancient temples, as well as the God of wisdom and Khmeley Kvasura, were born in the area of \u200b\u200bLake Svetloaryar. From their names and the name of the city is the name.

In the area of \u200b\u200bLake Svetloyar, the Slavic tribe of Berendev lived. The more of their descendants have retained the legend that since ancient times in Kitege was one of the largest religious centers of the cult of Yarily. This place was considered sacred for Russian princes.

With the baptism of Russia, the kite, like many other major centers of the pagan cult, was turned into the center of Orthodox faith, and the princes continued to visit him, as if nothing had changed.

Many Orthodox churches were built on the site of the region, as it was believed that such places are special - they are sources of severe positive energy. The names of the ancient gods were gradually replaced by the names of the saints, but the very place of worship of the highest forces with truly magic energy remained the same. That is why Lake Lake Svetloyar since ancient times is located in the legends and mysticism.

Treacia of the mushy of Kuterema

Now we will be transferred to later times. According to the Christian chronicles, Grad is a big kite on the shores of Lake Sveloyar was built by Prince Yuri Vsevolodovich, the son of Vsevolod is a big nest. In addition to him, there was also a small kite who grew up at his grandfather - the famous Yuria Dolgoruk. The big boil was found as a majestic city. It stood many churches, and he was erected all of the white stone, which was at the time the sign of wealth and purity. However, the legends united these two different cities, and so a mystical and mysterious ship-hail appeared.

Alexey Ass, guided by the legends and chronicles of that time, was able to recreate the true picture of the events of those distant times. In 1238, after the ruin of the Vladimir-Suzdal Principality, Khan Bati broke the camp on the City River. After the next unequal battle, Prince Yuri Vsevolodovich with the remnants of his troops retreated into a small kite. However, Baty took him an attack, and the prince with the remnants of the troops miraculously managed to hide in a large quay.

At that time, on Earth, Russian Yuri Vsevolodovich remained almost the only organized force opposing the Tatar-Mongolian invasion. The battered eager for the world and rushed as soon as possible to go further - to the Mediterranean Sea, but to leave in the rear of proud and unresponsible Russian prince was afraid. And then he ordered torturing all prisoners of Rusch, so that the protected roads leading to the kite. The warriors were silent because they knew: to give a sacred city - it means to obrace myself and their genus to the eternal curse. Only one could not stand torture - Grishka Courtyard. He was afraid of torment and death and agreed to the enemies to the Russian shrine.

The path was not easy and lay among impassable swamps and forests. But the traitor knew secret trails and was able to bring the Tatar-Mongol army to the sacred city.

Seeing the coming enemies of Rati, the inhabitants of Big Divine and Warriors Yuri Vsevolodovich began to pray to God. Surrection of the suffering of Rusichi from the invaders, God cleared over the deposited. In the eyes of Batya and his troops, the sacred city plunged into Lake Svelolyar and did not get to looting, dishonor and death with a merciless enemy.

City-Temple.

However, some facts in this legend cause doubts. The remains of the troops of Prince Yuri Vsevolodovich actually did not imagine a real military threat to Batiya. Yes, and what could the prince on the ground, on which they twice rolled the fire and the sword countless hordes of nomads? Then the question arises: why did Batya need to lead the army through the swamps to the city, which even in those days was considered half-phth? The fact is that the ship represented precisely spiritual value. He did not stand on the trading paths, did not play any significant military or political role in the life of ancient Russia. But he was a great spiritual center! No wonder in the chronicles telling about the curtain, the greatest place was given a description of the temples.
According to these chronicles, almost the whole city consisted of some churches, being essentially one of the largest temple complexes of Orthodoxy.

Historians of the most common version seemingly illogical from the point of view of the military strategy of the Batiya's campaign to the kite is the following. By questioning the captives, Bati concluded that this city is not so much political as the spiritual center of Slavs.

Therefore, Mongolian Khan decided to go to the kite and thereby finally destroy all the hope of Slavs for rebirth. After all, many nations existed belief that the people himself die with the destruction of them, because the shrine is the soul of the people. However, the kite did not get the enemy.

Hidden prayer

According to legend, the Kitege plunged into the water of the sacred lake Svetloyar. The holiness of its waters was spread to the degree and its inhabitants. Therefore, the image of the city, inhabited by the righteous, who passed unsaturable through the sacred water and switched to the best world. The legend says that the lake has falched the kite to the conclusion of times, and only before the end of the world he will again rise from the water, and the army of Yuri Vsevolodovich will come from the gate of the sacred city to come to the court of God with all Christian souls.

In Soviet times, naturally, such a look at the story was adopted, and the version was put forward, which de legend about the Chinese reflects the natural cataclysm, as a result of which there was a rapid lowering of the soil and the immersion of the city under the water. Consequently, the conclusion was made, the remnants of the legendary city can be found at great depths. Expedition was organized for Lake Svetloyar.

In the course of underwater research, archaeologists found out that it consists of three layers of soil. The first layer - at a depth of 30 meters - very ancient, the second - on a 20-meter mark - was exactly due to the XIII century, well, and the third - deposit of late times. At a depth of 30 meters, archaeologists have found objects that can be attributed to the period of the XIII century. However, these were just small things made of wood and metal. These findings were just allowed to push the hypothesis that the city, gradually plunging into the water, went to another reality layer. And individual things remained in our world due to the strong oscillations of the Earth or simply were washed with water.

But where are the kite? Only modern scientists can answer this question. There is an assumption that at certain times and under certain circumstances, different measurements may contact. In this case, according to a number of investigors of the mystery of the Russian, the displacement of reality reservoirs occurred as a result of the collective prayer deposited. After all, this prayer was made in an extreme situation and at the same time a large number of people. Let's not forget that in addition to the townspeople in the city there were army. Plus, since ancient times the sacred place.

The time of prayer was probably also not chosen by chance. Scientists have repeatedly appealed to the oldest astrological source of our ancestors - the "Star Book of the Kolyady", the detailed comment to which Alexander Asov leads. It turns out that all modern Orthodox holidays coincide with the ancient pagan. These are special days in which heavenly shine occupy this situation that parallel worlds come into contact, and we can see them. Thus, scientists concluded that the kite was simply transferred to another dimension.

The alien from the past

The expedition involved in the study of Lake Svetloyar and its surroundings, not only archaeologists, but also philologists and ethnographers, that is, gatherers of folklore. It turned out that local residents over the centuries transmit the legend about the concealment of a division, supplemented by events occurring in our time. So, the locals say that in the days of Orthodox holidays from Lake Svetloyar, a bell ringing is heard. Such a phenomenon was observed and scientists, but could not explain it.

However, the kite can not get to the Holy Grad. Only a person is capable of entering there, an absolutely pure spirit. Even the monks from the neighboring Orthodox abode, which regularly come to Svetloor, they hear only the bell ringing, and only a little manages to see in the waters of the lake outline of the beautiful white-named churches of the divine. According to the locals, the lake has healing properties and can heal from many ailments, and the reflection of the golden domes of churches will be happy in it.

However, residents themselves are often visible in our world. Old-timers say that, it happened, an old man with a long gray beard in ancient Slavic clothing came to an ordinary rural store in an old Slavic clothing. He requested to sell bread, and paid by the old Russian coins of the times of Tatar-Mongolian yoke. And the coins looked like new ones. Often, the elder asked the question: "How is Russia now? Is it time to rebel a cite? " However, the locals answered that it was still early. They know better, because the place around the lake is special, and people live here in constant contact with a miracle. Even those who came from other areas feel unusual halo.

The legend of the Kitege is the most famous legend of the city, hidden from the enemy. However, such stories are quite a lot. In a number of regions of Russia, there are still myths about how endangered the plundering of the monasteries or whole cities went under water or hid in the mountains. It was believed that only the favorites can get from our world. In the book "Brotherhood of Grail", Richard Rudzitis leads a letter to one Russian monk who sends his relatives to his loved ones and asks not to consider him dead. He says that he just went to the hidden monastery to the ancient elders.

However, scientists did not come to the final conclusion: about one or several hidden cities or monasteries there is a question in the question of the cyinga. One way or another, the prevalence of such legends and their undoubted similarity once again proves the accuracy of this story. However, the larger the research on Lake Svetloyar is being conducted, the more scientists have questions that have yet to find the answer.
The material is taken from the author.

From the cycle "Pages of the History of the Nizhny Novgorod province"
The Nizhny Novgorod land is rich in minerals, except for oil and diamond places in it until the time did not find geologists. However, three and a half decades ago, the geological exploration party from Yaroslavl during the drilling of the well not far from the village of Vorothilovo (Kherninsky district) discovered "pebbles"! On the semi-kilometer depth, black crystals of the wrong shape were filtered. They turned out to be technical diamonds. Such are found in Polar and Yakutia. These precious stones are lamellar, which does not happen in traditional diamonds. And scientists are still incomprehensible how they arose. One thing is clear: without the effects of high temperatures and geological underground shifts it did not cost. Crownnish diamonds can not be turned into diamonds, they are not amenable to cut from behind their lamellar structure. But the strength of these stones are the same as conventional minerals, and they can be used in production or in jewelry for grinding cubic diamonds. Experts believe that geological exploration in the north of the region needs to continue, because perhaps these places are included in the diamond belt of Russia.

City near the volcano

Where would it be diamonds with oil to take in the Volga forests? Their appearance depended on the temperature change in the depths of the Earth, in the displacements of the formation and rocks that took place in time immemorial. Nedra and this is not dreed.

Geological explorations a lot of interesting things can tell about the phenomena, which today affect our life. So specialists of "Volgogology" from Yaroslavl along with diamonds found a volcano in the Krunetninsk wilderness. More precisely, the volcanic crater at the fifty-meter depth.

Studies of breed samples have told that this fire-drying giggle is even when the territory of our area was raised. And before the death of "Dragon", Lava's streams that were added to today's Balakhna. After the giant exploded, such a number of breed broke out of his bowels that she fell asleep Zhero.

Did you know?

The only hints of the real existence of the daytime can be found in the book "The Shopperist". This book, according to scientists, was written at the end of the seventeenth century.

Vortilovsky ledge

It is difficult to imagine this picture: huge stones weighing a few tons and a diameter of up to one hundred meters rolled from the top. Then they turned out to be scattered around the territory of Chkalovsky, Kovernan, Sokolsky and Gorodetsky districts.

All of them are reliably buried under the layers of the soil along with the crater of the volcano. This formation is called the crowdilovsky protrusion. According to geologists, the protrusion is very similar to the African Volcano Cameroon. It is there that the largest diamond field on the planet is located.

Suddenly and we will find something similar? Cameroon is also located on the plain, and not in the mountainous area, like most of the fire-haired mountains. Is there any likelihood that the volcano wakes up?
- Not! - Geologists answer. The giant fell asleep millions of years ago by eternal sleep.

Did you know?

Lake Lake Svetloyar - 210 meters, width - 175 meters, and the total area of \u200b\u200bthe aqueous mirror is about 12 hectares

Shaking chandeliers dancing a house

Geologists find an explanation and a strange underground push in the "sustainable" regions of the Midnight Russia. Forty back, Nizhny Novgorod with surprise and fear looked at the rattling dishes in their cabinets and swinging chandeliers.

Especially strong Poltergeist was noticeable in Sormovo and Shcherbinka. As it turned out, at that moment the earthquake was recorded in the city. Fortunately, the shocks turned out to be weak, more similar to the szvuk of some far. And no one then thought, why did you shake us (by the way, for the second time lately), what kind of cataclysm sent their Terrible Echo to our region? It turned out in vain did not think. There are no accidents in nature. According to geologists, the repetition of underground jolts is very likely in the future.

Version

There is still no consensus, as Lake Sveloyar arose. Someone insists on the glacial theory of origin, someone defends the karst hypothesis. There is a version that the lake arose after the fall of the meteorite

Lithospheric plates slowly move on the surface of the mantle

In general, the Nizhny Novgorod steps in their streets, roads, fields, confident, considering that there is nothing harder under their feet. After all, at one time, each read in the textbook of geography on the stability of the platform, on which our area is located.

However, geologists know: it is inexorably falling at 3-4 millimeters per year. It is similar to this platform on a giant block wall, which lies horizontally and falling asleep with a thick layer of soil. The joint of its lithospheric plates is passed under the Nizhny Novgorod region, along the line of the Volga and Oka.

It is well markedly an ordinary eye: the right bank of the water arteries is high, and the left low, flat. This joint gradually diverges, very slowly turning into a crack. Lithospheric slabs themselves are made by small cracks. The whole design moves and causes light earthquakes in our areas. Many years ago, these natural phenomena were destructive.

Legend

The version of the legend says that George himself the victorious descended to the ground to help the defenders of the divine. But horse George stumbled. Then the saint realized that the salvation of the division was not his task and retreated

After one of them, which happened in 493, frightened people left the territory of the Volga-Vyati region.

Now the earthquakes are much weaker, but still noticeable, judging by the events of the beginning of the century. During the new century, Nizhny Novgorod threaten only - in the extreme case - blasting glasses clapping the doors themselves, stopping the clock. No more.

However, even mastic scientists do not know all the secrets of nature, which presents unexpected surprises to people. We are not needed strong oscillations of subsoil and because of landslides. Many Nizhny Novgorod remember how one of the clay slopes of the Dyatlovy Mountains collapsed in 1974. The earth completely blocked the Oksky Congress.

Svetloyar Lake. Resurrection District

Neighboring-Kirovs have long been problems associated with earthquakes. Natural cataclysms did not give them peace five times over. One of the earthquakes was the force of six points on the Richter scale!

Legend

And this hail is the big kite in the invisible and guarded by the hand of God, - so at the end of the century of our multi-stage and tears worthy covered the Lord that hail of the foreman. "The story and recovery of the city of the innermost curtain"

And such shocks are not limited to the swinging of the chandelier, they move the furniture in the room, draw on the surface of the earth deep cleft and ravines, destroy at home. And this is no longer at all like a silent shock wave, which, allegedly, rushed to the northern regions of the southern latitudes in seismic relations.

Inseparably comes the thought that the focus of underground shocks is somewhere nearby. By the way, I walked the territory of the middle strip of Russia and before.

Chronicles not once noted such facts. Some hydrobiologists today even believe that the famous Lake Svetloyar was formed as a result of the earthquake of 1230.

Kitece Grad. Legend, interesting facts

The legends of the city of Kitty, in the place of which today is Lake Svetloyar Plot Mass. According to one of them, he was built in just three years, he was completely stone that for Russia the years was unprecedented. There were no merchants in the city, nor artisans, nor know, but lived behind his stone walls, people are extremely righteous, philosophers, spiritual teachers. The shrines of the land of Russian were kept here.

Legend

According to the legend, the Kitem must "manifest themselves" on the day of the terrible court. On that day, when the dead will rise from the grave, rises from the water and the kite

Prince Vladimiro-Suzdal Yuri Vsevolodovich

In the thirteenth century, Prince Yuri Vsevolodovich collided with the Tatars Horde and entered them into battle near another city with a similar name of a small kite. The battle of Knyaze was lost, and he with a small detachment by secret paths sneaks into a large kite. According to the official version, he was killed by the enemy who caught him. However, the client chronicle claims that the prince survived. He entered the city, after which he was called bells.

According to another version, the kite did not dissolve, but sank to the bottom of Svetloaryar, where it is still located.

The third legend says that before the place of the lake was the settlement of the people who worshiped the goddess of the Turk. But after the Turk has nourished, her horse struck the ground about the Earth. In this place, the spring was immediately scored, from which the lake was formed.

Did you know?

The legend of the city of Kitty was worried about the minds of the writers, musicians and artists. The writer Melnikov-Pechersky, told his legend in the novel "in the forests". The lake attended and wrote about him Maxim Gorky, Vladimir Korolenko, Mikhail Svtain

Another option of the disappearance of the city is such. He was glad to Khan Bati and caught fire to conquer him. From the prisoner of the Russian warrior, Tatars learned about secret trails leading to a wonderful hail. When the tower of Bata approached the place, they saw that the city was not fortified. In anticipation of the rapid and light victory, Khan moved the Horde to the walls. But the jets of water broke out from under the ground, under which the magic city was hidden.

People from parallel worlds. Facts

Later and promoted versions say that a tunnel has been formed in the lake, which leads to. In proof, they lead the stories of local residents who have seen and more than once here are people in strange clothes. The last such case was recorded in 2015. Some of them even went to the store, surprised in bright packages with pictures, but to buy only bread and cereals, trying to pay with antique silver coins.

They also argue that the lake is mysteriously associated with Shambal. One way or another, but every summer thousands of people from different countries and different cities arrive here. It is said that the water here is holy, cures from many diseases.

Did you know?

Lake Svetloyar painted artists Nikolay Romadin, Ilya Glazunov and many others. The poets of Akhmatova and Tsvetaeva mention in their work Grad Kitem.

But according to the system of hydrobiologists, the townships were killed (if it was) not evil intentions of Khan Batya, but two depth faults of the soil. On their node, the most mysterious reservoir of the Nizhny Novgorod region is located.

This version sounds very believable. Everyone knows that with a strong earthquake, the failures absorb entire quarters of modern cities. And a small settlement with wooden houses as a result of a natural disaster could easily disappear from the surface.

Legends say that during the Mongol-Tatar invasion under the water of Lake Svetloyar, the whole city was gone - all, along with his defenders, together with the old men and children. It is believed that the divine intervention hid him from the eye of the enemy for hundreds, and maybe thousands of years. If you believe legend, sooner or later, another settlement will appear in the Nizhny Novgorod region - the ancient city of KUIT.

Remember the tale of Atlantis? About the mainland who plunged into the ocean, punished by the gods for the fact that the inhabitants were mired into sins. There is a similar legend in Russia - however, it has nothing to do with sins. Rather, even on the contrary, the reasons for the flooding of this city should be sought in the spiritual purity of its inhabitants.

Only the righteous and saints can see this city. Only truly believes to hear his bells chime. Grad kite. Legend city. Until now, many Orthodox Christians are going to make a pilgrimage to the lake, in the depths of which allegedly rests the legendary city. Passed century, but people still seek here. They believe that the kite stands at the bottom of the lake, and the faith of their unshakable.

So why is the legend of the county of the curtain? Why can't people forget about this place?

KUIT in the representation of Ivan Bilibina

The appearance of the city

The only hints of the real existence of the daytime can be found in the book "The Shopperist". According to scientists, this book was written at the end of the 17th century.

If you believe in her, Grad Kijite built the Grand Russian Prince Yuri Vsevolodovich Vladimirsky at the end of the 12th century. According to the legend, the prince, returning from a trip to Novgorod, on the way he stopped near Lake Svetloyar - relax. But he could not really rest: the prince was captive by the beauty of those places. Immediately commanded him to build a large kite on the shore of Lake.

Yuri Vsevolodovich, Founder of the Divine, depicted at the entrance to the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin

Decided immediately. The length of the constructed city was 200 seedlings (direct soap - the distance between the ends of the fingers, stretching in different directions of the hands, approximately 1.6 meters), width - 100. Also built several churches, and on the occasion the best masters began to "write images".

Many churches, icons too - What else do you need a simple Russian person? The city did not slow down to nick the "holy", and the people reached the lake bright Yar.

Svetloyar

Lake Svetloyar is located in the Nizhny Novgorod region. It is located near the village of Vladimir Resurrection District, in the Lunda basin, the influx of the Wetcil River. The length of the lake is 210 meters, the width is 175 meters, and the total area of \u200b\u200bthe aqueous mirror is about 12 hectares.

Until now, there is no consensus, as the lake arose. Someone insists on the glacial theory of origin, someone defends the karst hypothesis. There is a version that the lake arose after the fall of the meteorite. The word "Svetloyar" can be translated as a "bright lake".

The invasion of Batiy

That there were times far from peaceful and not idyllic. Concepts between principalities, raids of the Tatars and Bulgarians, forest predators - for urban walls a rare person decided to get out without weapons. And in 1237, Mongol-Tatars were invaded on Rus under the leadership of Khan Batiya.

Now forget for a while about legend and remember the story.

Dioram "Heroic Defense of Old Ryazan"

Ryazan princes underwent the first attack. They tried to ask for help by the prince of Yuri Vladimir, but received a refusal. Tatars ruined Ryazan without difficulty; Then moved to the Vladimir Principality. Son sent to Yuri Son Vsevolod was broken by Kolomna and fled to Vladimir. Tatars captured Moscow and captured the other son of Yuri - Prince Vladimir.

Prince Yuri, when he learned about it, left the capital on the sons of Mstislav and Vsevolod. I went to collect troops. He broke the camp near Rostov on the River Sit and began to wait for his Brothers Yaroslav and Svyatoslav. In the absence of the Grand Duke on February 3-7, Vladimir and Suzdal were taken and ruined, the family of Yuri Vsevolodovich was killed in fire fire.

The prince managed to learn about the death of the family. Its fate was even more unpaid: Yuri died on March 4, 1238 in the battle with the troops of Batya on the River. Rostov bishop Kirill found the declined body of the prince on the battlefield and took it into Rostov. Later they found and attached to the body.

The death of Yuri Vsevolodovich

Here are the facts that are confirmed by scientists. Let's go back to the legend.

Bati allegedly heard about wealth, which was kept in Grada, and sent part of the troops to the Holy City. The detachment was small - Bat did not expect resistance. The troops walked to the kite through the forest, and along the way looked at the bottom. Tatars led a traitor Grishka Kurthma. He was taken in the neighboring city, a small keeper (the current city). Grishka could not stand torture and agreed to specify the path to the Holy Grad. Alas, Susanina did not work out: the Grishka led the Tatar to the kite.

In that terrible day, a visit to the town of China's heroes near the city. They were the first to see enemies. Before the battle, one of the warriors told his son, so that he fled to the kite and warned the townspeople. The boy rushed to the city gate, but the evil arrow of Tatarin caught up with him. However, the brave guy did not fall. He fought with an arrow in his back to the walls and managed to shout: "Enemies!", And only then fell dead.

Bogati in the meantime, they tried to hold back the khan. Nobody survived. According to legend, on the place where three heroes were killed, the holy key of Cibelek appeared - he hits until now.

The version of the legend says that George himself the victorious descended to the ground to help the defenders of the divine. But horse George stumbled. I understood the holy then that the salvation of the day is not his task. And retreated. And in the place where the horse's hoof fails, and scored the holy source of Cybelek.

Vasily Maksimov "Mongols near the walls of Vladimir"

Mongol-Tatars besieged the city. The townspeople understood that there was no chance. The handful of the people against the well-armed and organized Army of Batya is faithful death. Nevertheless, without a fight, the citizens were not going to surrender. They went to the walls, with weapons, as well as icons and crosses in their hands. People prayed from the evening and all night long. Tatars were waiting for the morning to start an attack.

And a miracle was accomplished: suddenly the church bells rang, the Earth shook, and in the eyes of the amazed Tatars, the Kiev began to dive into the waters of Lake Sveloyar.

And this hail is the big kite in the invisible and guarded by the hand of God, - so at the end of the century of our multi-stage and tears worthy covered the Lord that hail of the foreman.

"The story and recovery of the city of the innermost curtain"

K. Gorbatov. "Invisible hail kite"

The legend is ambiguous. And people interpret it in different ways. Someone claims that the kite went under the water, someone - that he plunged into the ground. There are adherents of the theory, as if the city from the Tatars closed the mountains. Others believe that he rose into the sky. But the most interesting theory says that the Kite is simply invisible. It is not clear, however, why then no one has come across the city by chance.

Amazed by the power of the "Russian Miracle", Tatars rushed to run who where. But God's anger will overtake them: whom the animals were filled, who got lost in the forest or just disappeared, led by a mysterious force.

The city disappeared. According to legend, he must "manifest themselves" on the day of a terrible court. On that day, when the dead will rise from the graves, raises from the water and the kite. But you can even achieve it now. A person in which there is no sin will distinguish the reflection of church poppies and white-stone walls in the waters of Lake Svetloyar.

Kite modern

We now move into times close to our century.

The legend of the city of Creek agitated the minds of the intelligentsia. First of all, writers, musicians and artists. The writer of the 19th century Paul Melnikov-Pechersky, inspired by Lake Svetloyar, told his legend in the novel "in the forests", as well as in the story "Grisha". The lake attended Maxim Gorky (Essay "Bugrov"), Vladimir Korolenko (essay cycle "in deserted places"), Mikhail Svtain (Essay "Light Lake").

A mysterious city was written by Opera "Tale of the Invisible Grade Kitezh" Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Lake painted artists Nikolay Romadin, Ilya Glazunov and many others. The poets of Akhmatova and Tsvetaeva mention in their work Grad Kitem.

Decoration of Ivan Bilibina to Opera Roman Corsakov

Nowadays, science fiction and especially the authors of Fantasy were interested in the legend. It is clear why: the image of the hidden city is romantic and how it is impossible to fit into a fantastic work. From the works of such a sense, it is possible to name, for example, the story of the "Molota of Divine" Nika Perumova and the "Red Displacement" of Evgenia Gulyakovsky.

In the Soviet TV film "Wizard", which was removed based on the novel Strugatsky, "Monday begins on Saturday", the worker of the musical instrument factory is going to the fictional Shipgrad. He wants to save from the evil char of the bride, and it turns out in the kingdom of good and evil wizards.

Lake Svetloyar today

Naturally, the mystery and scientists did not pay attention. Expedition sent to Lake Svetloyar, and more than once. Drilling off the shores of the lake did not give anything. They ended with the search for archaeologists. On the approaches to the lake of traces of the mysterious city was not. In the 70s of the last century, the expedition was equipped with a "literary newspaper": prepared divers descended on the bottom. Their work was not easy, as the depth of the lake is more than 30 meters. On the bottom there are a lot of corporate and sunken trees.

Unfortunate evidence of the city's existence, unfortunately, they did not find. For believers, this fact, of course, does not mean anything. It is known that the wicked kite will not open its secrets.

Hypotheses appeared that the kite was not at all on Lake Svetloyar. Immediately there were other estimated areas of "habitat" of St. Grad. It was even rumored about China, allegedly, the kite and the legendary shambal - the same place.

Nikolai Roerich "Song about Shambal"

In our times, scientists forgot about the cyinga - not before it became. But the legend one time was speculated by businessmen who hoped to turn the legend to the source of self-financing.

Currently, the territory of the lake is protected by the state. The lake and the surroundings are included in the reserve, who is protected by UNESCO. Every year on July 6, on the day of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, Orthodox believers make a congestion from the Vladimir Temple in the village of Vladimir to the chapel in the name of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. The chapel was built near Lake Svetloyar in the late 1990s.

Orthodox pray on the shore of the lake. Someone is secretly looking at his reflection in the lake - will the kite flashed? Some believe that the Earth, collected in the holy place, treats ailment. They take her on the graves of the "killed warriors", and then attribute home together with plastic bottles, in which water splashes from the holy source. There is a belief that water from Svetlorian will not deteriorate, even if he just gives a bottle for several years.

Chapel of the Kazan Mother of God on the shores of Svetloar

Russian Utopia.

Grad kite - a symbol of something inaccessible, but welcome. This is a paradise place where the righteous can run from the adversity of the cruel world. It doesn't matter whether the Kitem has existed - a beautiful legend gives hope desperate. And in the past, the peasants of the laptop fled the female land in the search, and now there are fanatics that go to Nizhny Novgorod forests, where they are hiding from modern life.

The kite is Russian utopia. This is a place where dairy rivers flow in ribbons. For many, this is a fantasy country, a fabulous state in which good and justice rule. The most important thing in the client utopia is that people in any case need such a city. And if it were not this legend, they would have invented another. People need faith in what can be escaped from this, full pain and despair, peace. People need a place where you can run. At least in thoughts. And this place was the sacred Russian town of Kit.

Konstantin Gorbatov "Potted City"

Belovodye

Many medieval legends are narrated about the kingdoms of good and justice, like a day. In these "hidden places" as if you can hide, escape from the discontinuities of evil. One of these places is the magic country of Belovodye. This is a fabulous land where wise men live, who give eternal life and the innermost knowledge of the past. According to legends, the country is somewhere in Altai.

After the introduction of serfdom in Russia, many peasants went east. In the 17th century, Russian migrants moved to Altai. The reason for this was not only the "close" of central Russia and poverty, but also the hope of finding Belovodye. At about the late 18 - early 19th century, "Traveler Mark Topozersky" was created, which described the road to Belovodye. The "traveler" pointed out the way through Krasnoyarsk and China in the "Opony" (Japanese) kingdom, which lies in the middle of the "Okian Sea" of Belovodia.

Vladimir Daninov