Pre-Christian achievements of Slavic civilization

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

Here's what I would like to hear from "those who condemn paganism": WHAT (?) Do they have to present to paganism, except for the false and hypocritical concepts that have set the teeth on edge like: they pray to pillars … they bring human sacrifices …

It turns out that “those who condemn paganism” still have something “like that”: this is a generally accepted view among historically illiterate citizens, which reads something like the following: the pagan Slavs, allegedly, “were a wild and uncultured people, and only Christianity brought them a high culture and other achievements of civilization."

So, for everyone interested in ancient Slavic history (as well as for some historically illiterate citizens who, not wanting to study history, assert the absurdity about the "lack of culture of the Slavs") - we give a short list of the achievements of the Slavic pagan civilization …

History confirms the presence of the Slavs (pagans):

Pre-Christian Written Culture:

The Slavs had runic and semi-runic writing.

The inscriptions are subdivided as follows:

1. The North-Venedian group of Slavic writing monuments dating back to at least the 8th century. this includes:

- More than eighty bronze sculptures (with arms and legs, with heads and household items - this is the question of metallurgy) and other items from the Retrinsky Temple of Radegast with runic inscriptions on them. Found at the beginning of the 18th century.

- Mikorzhinsky stones with inscriptions on them. Found also on the land of Lyutichi in the thirties of the 19th century (three healthy blocks). And there and there - the runic system is identical and is not a futark. Among the inscriptions, the names Retra and Radegast are unambiguously read.

- Krakow medallion - a silver coin with runic inscriptions of the type of retrinsky, found on the territory of Poland.

- Czech Krolmus inscription.

- Small bracteate of Volansky in the middle of the last millennium.

- Inscriptions of Lecievsky on stones in Poland.

2. Central European group

- Velesturian runic rock inscription in several sentences found in South Slovakia.

- Eight rock runic inscriptions of Zhunkovic in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

3. Southern group (Bulgaria) both 5-6 in AD.

- Schuttgard (about five dozen characters).

- Small Schutgard inscription (about two dozen runes), dated 542 AD

4. Chernyakhovsky finds of Rybakov and Tikhanova:

- Inscriptions on ceramics near the village. Lepesovka.

- Ripnev fragment.

- Ogurtsovsky fragment.

- Bowl from the village. Military.

5. Belomorian group

- Petrozavodsk runic calendar.

6. Ladoga runic document from Derzhavin's archive (60 lines) - 860 (something between Velesovitsa and runes)

7. Selected sources:

- Runic inscriptions on the Tersk coast.

- Nedimov inscription.

- Alekanovskaya inscription.

- Inscription on a cow's rib from Novgorod 9th century AD

- Inscriptions on objects from Belarus - 6-8 centuries.

8. Additional sources, some PARTS of which are currently controversial:

- Boyanov anthem to Slovenian 4th c. AD

- "Velesov Book" - 8-9 centuries. AD

see: A. Platov, Monuments of the runic art of the Slavs / Myths and magic of the Indo-Europeans, issue 6, - M., Manager. 1998, pp. 90-130. It also contains the MOST COMPLETE LIST of sources about Slavic runic inscriptions of the 18-20th centuries. 36 rooms.

In the end, "a lump that no one noticed": THE SLAVIC ALPHABET ITSELF testifies to the most ancient writing!

"az", "beeches", "lead", "verb", "good" … There are NO Christian parallels to this text, because IT comes from the depths not of centuries, but of Millennia! Indeed, even a blind man understands that the letters are arranged in such a sequence as to form a sacred text, a kind of divine covenant: Know Buki, say good … and so on. History does not mention any Christian parallels to THIS.

Astronomical complexes:

There are known observatories of pagan Vyatichi on the famous Kulikovo field.

The huge sacred stones of the Kulikovo field are pierced through, and turned so that through the hole you can see the sunrise point. They date back no later than the fifth century A. D. I myself saw the photographs and spoke with people, surveyors by profession, including S. Ermakov. (see for example A. Platov. Sacred stones of the land Vantit / Myths and magic of the Indo-Europeans, issue 2, -M., Manager. 1996.)

There are known structures on a scale similar to Stonehenge - labyrinths for solar purposes on the Kola Peninsula in the area of modern Murmansk. In the Kandalaksha region, in the White Sea region, on the Solovetsky Islands, the oldest of them date back to at least the first millennium BC. There is something similar in Sweden. Naturally, the culture of their use belongs to ALL the peoples of Eastern and Northern Europe, INCLUDING the Slavs.

(see, for example: A. Perepelitsyn. Secrets of the Devil's Settlement. A monumental megalithic complex in the center of Russia, Myths and magic of the Indo-Europeans, issue 3, -M., Manager. 1997.)

Below are articles from Myths and Magic of Indo-Europeans, no.6, -M., Manager. 1998.)

A. Nikitin. Stone labyrinths of the north.

E. Lazarev. Sanctuary of the Solar Maiden. On the question of the symbolism of the labyrinths of the European north.

E. Lazarev, Forgotten culture of the Rassian North.

A. Platov. North Atlantis.

see V. Demin's works

Developed housing construction, the art of wood and stone processing:

Firstly, it was not Christians who came up with the idea of building houses of stone. Their prophet was not yet in the project.

Secondly, the Slavs built from stone where there was a lack of forest. those. on the islands (for example, Arkona on the island of Ruyan (Rugen)).

Ditmar, Saxon and Helmold describe the temples of Arkona, Retra and the Rugevite temple of Karenze (Kornitsa). Arkona and Vinetta (also taken by the Danes in 1173-1177) were built of stone (the ruins are still standing!). Since, as has long been known, (according to Gerard Mercator) Slovenian was spoken in Arkona (i.e., as in Holmgard - Novgorod), this is one culture.

It is no secret that the Scandinavian sagas call Russia "Gardarika" - the country of cities. For comparison: at a time when 5 thousand people lived in the largest Danish city of Hedeby, there were already several tens of thousands of inhabitants in Novgorod.

Developed pottery culture:

The cultural level of the pottery culture (even of very ancient times) is evidenced by the presence of annealed painted ceramics and the area of its distribution. Academician Rybakov in the book "Paganism of the Ancient Slavs" gives a description and reproductions of annealed painted ceramics in Tripillya, which is about 1400-1200 BC. at least! That is, not only in "late pagan times", but even in such distant times of the 2nd millennium BC. the art of pottery was at its perfect height. Further, this (not so difficult) art only improved. Look in any of the three volumes of Archeology of the USSR.

Developed metallurgy:

Numerous metal (bronze and iron) household and cult objects, weapons.

Look in any of the three volumes of Archeology of the USSR (edited by Rybakov - 1987-1988)

The art of soil cultivation and leather dressing:

Ancient Athens, developed in all respects, would have died without the Skolot bread, they themselves could not produce it and bought it from the Scythians through Olivia.

And the Scythians-Sarmatians in general provided all of Europe and its Roman Empire with rawhide belts.

Developed shipbuilding:

On what ships did Slovenia arrive to Rurik?

On what ships did the Rugii bring Rurik and his family to the Staraya Ladoga area?

And on what 200 ships did Oleg approach Constantinople? (9th century)

And how did the Novgorodians use Solovki and the Kola Peninsula even then?

And why then do the Slavs generally have cities on the rivers and the sea: Rerik - the port of the Vagrov-Slavs, Destroyed by the Danes in 830; the famous Arkona; Karenze (Rügen); Vinetta (modern. Volin); Vyzhba (Visby in Gotland); Novgorod (Volkhov and Ilmen), which, according to chronicle sources, was already in the 800s of trade with Lubeck and Hansa.

Look at any encyclopedia on naval affairs: the Normans went on augers and drakars, but the Slavs went on boats.

What else can be included in the concept of non-primitive material culture? Someone, perhaps, will notice that these are coins of their own minting as a means of payment?

However, this is not an indicator at all. Pagan society (Slavic in particular) is built on such principles that minting of coins is not needed! The minting of coins divides the tribes, destroys the very ancient SPIRIT of clan (veche) democracy. Therefore, the usual weight ratios of metals, products from them, as well as livestock were used. On this basis (minting of your own coins), one can indiscriminately and the Mayan culture, and the Aztec culture, and many ancient cultures of the East, be enrolled in the category of primitives. Different cultures have different paths and different values, different from those accepted today, or adopted in other neighboring cultures, where the material aspect has a more important role.