A 4.5-thousand-year-old discovery near Moscow could revolutionize the history of Europe and Russia

In the Istrinsky district of the Moscow region, archaeologists from the Russian Academy of Sciences have discovered a necropolis belonging to the Fatianovo culture - the first shepherds and farmers in the Russian plain, who, in all probability, thousands of years before Chril and Methodius, invented the common writing for the peoples of Central Europe to the Urals. The objects of use found during the excavations date from 2600-2500 BC, ie they are at least 4.5 thousand years old.

Nowadays, when the word "West" became a curse for Russians, few believe that the ancestors of today's Germans, Privaltics and Slavs spoke the same language, they belonged to a common culture - the so-called "battle axes". Scientists have called this civilization "Fatianovo", after the tomb discovered in 1873 near the village of Fatianovo. The Fatianovo tribes lived in a vast territory: from Denmark in the west to Kama in the east, from Vologda in the north to the Oka and Dnieper springs in the south. The discoveries made in recent years by scientists are able to produce a real revolution in modern imaginations about the period of "dark" Russia, which is supposed to have no written language and which took the path of enlightenment with the adoption of Christianity.

The necropolis in the Moscow suburb was found by employees of the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences while exploring the territory of a private school. During the excavations were found battle and ritual axes, dart tips, knives and burial vessels. These discoveries are in excellent condition, although they are considered very old - they are the same age as the pyramids of Cheops and the royal tombs of Ur in ancient Mesopotamia.

I would like to hope that the discoveries will not only help to better understand the life of the ancients, but will also shed light on one of the main mysteries of Russian history - its ancient writing. We have been taught since childhood that writing in Russia appeared after the baptism of Prince Vladimir. And the alphabet was created for us by Chril and Methodius. Until then, our ancestors had "marks and cuts", incomprehensible lines that could not be deciphered.

It remains to be hoped that the discovery of the ancient cemetery in Istra will contribute to an even better understanding of the Fatianovo secret culture.

Sergei Putilov