On the territory of the Rostov region there are several large reserves, one of them we visited. It’s almost perfect preserved archaeological museum Tanais, ancient antiquity hillfort, excavations of which are ongoing to this day. And our trip to This place has made an indelible impression on us. And not only because this place is very significant in historical and culturally, but also because we have a wonderful opportunity to talk a little bit there with an amazing person Valery Fedorovich Chesnok, whose thoughts and life in general the position was forced to take a different look at many of us questions
The route of our trip and its concept can be seen here: We participate in the project “Russia for 365 days”
We stayed in the camp of archaeologists
Night flying worms
The content of the article
- 1 Tanais Rostov region
- 2 Tanais – a developing structure
- 3 We are all one.
- 4 Travel, as knowledge of the truth
- 5 Visiting information
- 6 Videos
Contents
Tanais Rostov region
To appreciate the importance of Tanais, you need to read historical Help and walk through the museums (after all, in many museums of the world are kept exhibits from these excavations), but for us this ancient settlement turned out to be meaningful its symbolism. And the former helped us understand this. Director of the Archaeological Museum Valery Fedorovich Chesnok, worked here for 30 years. He gave us a short tour of the museums of the ancient city and the sites of the excavation itself. Told that the first buildings date back to the 3rd century BC. This city was at the same time at the mouth of the river and on the shores of the Azov Sea, was major economic and commercial center and port. Existed Tanais about 8 centuries, but due to the fact that the sea began to shallow and retreat, trade faded away, and the city, respectively, slowly is dead.
How Tanais looked so many years ago
Excursion at Tanais Museum
Entrance to the archaeological reserve
Tanais – ancient amphora
Signs on the territory of the archaeological reserve
Tanais Museum
Ancient amphoras in the museum
Demonstration of the work of Strelomet
Skeleton Tanaita
Terracotta statuette of the goddess
Ancient woman – before going to war you need to touch the chest
Ancient amphoras in the museum
Paper figures
Ancient settlement Tanais
Once a deep ditch around the fortress wall
Ancient settlement Tanais
Cyclists from Rostov
Reconstruction of the hut of those times
Ruins of the ancient city of Tanais
Ancient wells
Walking through the ruins
Walking through the ruins
Remains of the fortress wall
Remains of the city of Tanais
Former Sea of Azov
Dead Donets River and the Gulf of Taganrog in the distance
Tanais – a developing structure
Valery Fedorovich has repeatedly emphasized that Tanais is a developing structure, not just an open-air museum. There are also mugs for children are organized, and theatrical festivals are held, and a large reconstruction of the city is planned, and new excursion routes will be developed. For example, the Olympic route Tanais-Sochi, in which we were also invited to participate.
Children’s Corner
Children’s creative corner
House of the poet Zhukov in the reserve
We are all one
But what attracted our attention most of all in the stories of Valery Fedorovich, so this is that in ethnicity Tanais is very complicated monument. This is not just a Greek city, this Greco-Scythian-Sarmatian-Miotsky monument, and it turned out that residents formed their own community, a special ethnos – Tanaits. And so it was here that the most exciting thing for Oleg and I began in the narration of our interesting companion. If to express this thought of Valery Fedorovich in a nutshell, then in the historical we are all mixed up in space, there are many moments in history which united different nationalities and ethnic groups. And if really be able to feel it, then all sorts of modern social ills, such as chauvinism, nationalism, etc., begin seem ridiculous and useless. You knew, for example, that Vladimir region was found the whole ancient settlement of Sunghir, and from the remains they noticed that the settlers who lived there possessed brightly pronounced Negroid features? It turns out, we are all a little bit. Negroids, somewhere Mongoloid, in some Asians – And how many excavations not yet produced, how much we still have to find and what unexpected discoveries about ourselves we still have to find out! Maybe archeology can reconcile and prove us all. clearly that we are all brothers and sisters, in all of us one and the same flows same blood.
We with Valery Fedorovich Chesnok in the museum
Excursion to the Tanais Museum-Reserve
Travel, like the knowledge of truth
I never in my life compared archeology and travels, I never thought about how much in common in these two phenomena. BUT Valery Fedorovich, a famous and respected archeologist, with such easily draws analogies between them, telling us how it is important to travel, to see the life, customs of other people penetrate into another culture. And not only because “everything is known in comparison “, but also because other nations always have what to learn, there is something to learn from them. And maybe not worth it worry that we are adopting some of the other culture countries that we consider to be fashionable something that was not inherent in us before: “Close the door to delusion. – And how will the truth come in?”
Information to visit
Located Tanais in the Rostov region on the outskirts of the farm Nedvigovka 30 km from Rostov-on-Don.
Tanais mode of operation: from 9 to 17 hours without weekends and breaks. Cost of attendance Museum Reserve: depends on whether you will visit museums or just walking around the settlement (all prices are in the photo). How to get to Tanais: by train Rostov-Taganrog to the station Tanais, buses 158 and 158A from Rostov (Central market).
The cost of visiting the museum Tanais
Map of Modern Tanais
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