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✨ Have you ever witnessed this wonder of nature?
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✨ Our latest publication on the indigenous peoples of the Russian North has garnered great interest and positive feedback! Let's continue exploring this mysterious region and its ancient sanctuaries, which still draw visitors seeking spiritual support.
🔮 Sacred Lake Lama
Located in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Lake Lama is uninhabited but serves as a base for tourism. Its eastern end is considered a site of ancient power, with Evenk wooden idols found there. Local lore suggests that the last Evenk shamaness lived there in the late 1930s. The lake’s waters are sacred to northern peoples, believed to grant wishes, and ancient bronze artifacts from the 18th century B.C. have been discovered.
🔮 Whale Bone Alley, Chukotka
Yttygran Island, an ancient settlement of Eskimo hunters, features the Whale Bone Alley, discovered in the 1970s. Dating back to the 14th-16th centuries, this impressive structure consists of rows of gray and bowhead whale bones, believed by some to be a sacred site, while others think it was used for drying boats.
🔮 Idols of Vaygach Island
In the Nenets Autonomous Area, Vaygach Island houses approximately fifteen surviving stone idols, once used for spiritual offerings by northern peoples. Although uninhabited until the 1930s, it became a mining settlement named Varnek, primarily worked by prisoners. Today, around one hundred residents remain.
🔮 Stolb Island, Yakutia
Stolb Island, in the Lena River delta, is sacred to the Yukaghir people. Local legend holds that it was created by a shaman grieving his daughter. Visitors traditionally leave offerings like candy or coins, a practice that continues among rare tourists.
🔮 Labyrinths of the Russian North
The largest stone labyrinths, known as "Babylons," are found on the Solovetsky Islands and elsewhere in the Russian North, often near water. Systematic reports began in the 19th century, but mentions date back to the 16th century. Their exact purpose remains unclear, though many believe they had ritual significance.
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🔮 Sacred Lake Lama
Located in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Lake Lama is uninhabited but serves as a base for tourism. Its eastern end is considered a site of ancient power, with Evenk wooden idols found there. Local lore suggests that the last Evenk shamaness lived there in the late 1930s. The lake’s waters are sacred to northern peoples, believed to grant wishes, and ancient bronze artifacts from the 18th century B.C. have been discovered.
🔮 Whale Bone Alley, Chukotka
Yttygran Island, an ancient settlement of Eskimo hunters, features the Whale Bone Alley, discovered in the 1970s. Dating back to the 14th-16th centuries, this impressive structure consists of rows of gray and bowhead whale bones, believed by some to be a sacred site, while others think it was used for drying boats.
🔮 Idols of Vaygach Island
In the Nenets Autonomous Area, Vaygach Island houses approximately fifteen surviving stone idols, once used for spiritual offerings by northern peoples. Although uninhabited until the 1930s, it became a mining settlement named Varnek, primarily worked by prisoners. Today, around one hundred residents remain.
🔮 Stolb Island, Yakutia
Stolb Island, in the Lena River delta, is sacred to the Yukaghir people. Local legend holds that it was created by a shaman grieving his daughter. Visitors traditionally leave offerings like candy or coins, a practice that continues among rare tourists.
🔮 Labyrinths of the Russian North
The largest stone labyrinths, known as "Babylons," are found on the Solovetsky Islands and elsewhere in the Russian North, often near water. Systematic reports began in the 19th century, but mentions date back to the 16th century. Their exact purpose remains unclear, though many believe they had ritual significance.
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