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character "卐" or "卍", Skt.. स्वस्तिक from स्वस्ति match- greeting, wish of good luck, prosperity) - a cross with curved ends ("rotating"), directed either clockwise or against it. - THE SWASTIKA HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FASCISM UNTIL 1941

The Swastika was popular among the Slavic peoples, undoubtedly the most prosperous in the ancient world. The possession of the most vast and richest lands and the largest population are the legacy of this prosperity. The swastika accompanied the Slavs from the first to the last day of their life, showing off on amulets, clothes, cradles, religious objects and structures, weapons, banners, coats of arms, etc. It takes its form from the most global, most impressive human substance - cosmic, copying the profile of galaxies (our galaxy is called Swati), comets and the trajectory of the polar constellation - Ursa Minor.

The swastika reflects the main type of movement in the Universe - rotational with its derivative - translational, is able to symbolize any philosophical categories and, most importantly - don't offend yourself .

Therefore, the Slavs used at least 144 varieties of the Swastika. Here are some of them followed by a brief description:

	SYMBOL OF KIND- Heavenly sign of the Genus-Parent. They decorate the Idol of the Family, as well as amulets and amulets. If a person wears the Symbol of the Family on his body and clothes, then no force can overcome him.
	SWASTIKA- Symbol of the eternal cycle of the Universe; it symbolizes the Highest Heavenly Law, to which all things are subject. People used this Fire Sign as a Charm that protected the existing Law and Order. Life itself depended on their inviolability.
	SUASTI- A symbol of movement, the cycle of Life on Earth and the rotation of Midgard-Earth. The symbol of the four corners of the world, as well as the four northern rivers, dividing the ancient Sacred Daaria into four “regions” or “countries”, in which the four Clans of the Great Race originally lived.
	SOLON- An ancient solar symbol that protects a person and his goodness from dark forces. It was depicted, as a rule, on clothes and household items. Very often, the image of Soloni is found on spoons, pots and other kitchen utensils.
	YAROVIK- This symbol was used as a Charm to preserve the harvested Harvest and to avoid the loss of livestock. Therefore, he was very often depicted above the entrance to barns, cellars, sheepfolds, rigs, stables, cowsheds, barns, etc.
	YAROVRAT- The Fiery Symbol of the Yaro-God, who controls the spring flowering and all favorable weather conditions. The people considered it mandatory to draw this symbol on agricultural implements: plows, sickles, scythes, etc. to get a good harvest.
	SWATI- Galaxy, in one of the arms of which our Midgard-Earth is located. The structure of the galaxy is viewed from the Earth in the form of Perunov, or the Milky Way. This star system can be represented as a left-sided swastika, which is why it is called Swati.
	SOURCE
	HOLY DAR- Symbolizes the Ancient Sacred northern ancestral home of the white peoples - Daaria, now called: Hyperborea, Arctida, Severia, Paradise Land, which was in the Northern Ocean and died as a result of the First Flood.
	MARICHKA
	It symbolizes the Light Power of the Parent Clan, helping the peoples of the Great Race, provides constant support to the Ancient Many Wise Ancestors to people who work for the good of their Clan and create for the descendants of their Clan.
	The symbol of the Universal Power of the Genus-Parent, preserving in the Universe in its original form the Law of Succession of Knowledge of the Wisdom of the Genus, from Old Age to Youth, from Ancestors to Descendants. Symbol-Amulet, which reliably preserves the Ancestral Memory from generation to generation.
	It symbolizes the Universal Frontier, dividing the earthly life in the world of Reveal and the afterlife in the Higher Worlds. In worldly life, he is depicted on the entrance gates to the Temple and the Sanctuary, indicating that these gates are the Frontier, beyond which not earthly laws, but Heavenly laws operate.
	It is depicted on the walls of Temples and Sanctuaries, on altar and sacrificial stones and on all other buildings, as it has the greatest protective power against evil, darkness and ignorance.
	ODOLEN - GRASS- This symbol was the main Amulet for protection against various diseases. It was believed among the people that evil forces send diseases to a person, and the double Fire sign is able to burn any illness and disease, cleanse the body and Soul.
	Symbol of Fiery Renewal and Transformation. This symbol was used by young people who joined the Family Union and expected the appearance of healthy offspring. At the Wedding, the bride was given jewelry with Colard and Solard.
	The symbol of the Greatness of the Fertility of the Mother of the Raw Earth, receiving Light, Warmth and Love from the Yarila-Sun; A symbol of the prosperity of the land of the Ancestors. The symbol of Fire, which gives prosperity and prosperity to the Clans that create for their descendants, to the Glory of the Light Gods and the Many Wise Ancestors.
	The symbol of God Kolyada, who makes updates and changes for the better on earth; it is a symbol of the victory of Light over darkness and Bright Day over night. In addition, Kolyadnik was used as a male amulet, giving men strength in creative work and in the battle with a fierce enemy.
	A symbol of Love, Harmony and Happiness in the family, the people called it LADINETS. As an amulet, it was mainly worn by girls in order to have protection from the “evil eye”. And so that the strength of the power of Ladin was constant, he was inscribed in the Great Kolo (Circle).
	MATCHMAKER- A sacrifice to the ancestors, as well as a sacrificial exclamation uttered during such a sacrifice. In this meaning Swaha is already found in the Rig Veda.
	The most powerful Family Amulet, symbolizing the unification of two Clans. The merging of two Elemental Swastika Systems (Body, Soul, Spirit and Conscience) into a new Unified Life System, where the Masculine (Fiery) principle is combined with the feminine (Water).
	A fiery protective sign through which the Heavenly Mother of God grants married women all kinds of help and effective protection from dark forces. It is embroidered and woven on shirts, sundresses, ponies, belts together with other amulets.
	Heavenly guardian of babies. Depicted on cradles and cradles, used in the embroidery of their clothes. He gives them Joy and Peace, protecting them from the evil eye and ghosts.
	A heavenly image that bestows and protects the health of girls and women. He helps married women give birth to healthy and strong children. Therefore, all girls and women use Slavets in embroidery on their clothes.
	A fiery protective sign that protects Family Unions from heated disputes and disagreements, Ancient Clans - from quarrels and civil strife, granaries and dwellings - from fires. Vseslavets brings Family Unions and their Ancient Clans to harmony and Universal Glory.
	A symbol of the connection of the Earthly and Heavenly Living Fire. Its purpose is to preserve the Ways of the Constant Unity of the Genus. Therefore, all the Fiery Altars for bloodless Treasures brought to the glory of the Gods and Ancestors were built in the form of this symbol.
	Course, passage for ships, core, channel, depth, gate, fairway - (Dal's Dictionary).
	The symbol of Vahana (Carrier) Vishnu - a mystical bird of enormous size that ate elephants.
	The symbol of God, who controls all the Winds and Hurricanes - Stribog. This symbol helped people protect their homes and fields from bad weather. Sailors and fishermen gave a calm water surface. The millers built windmills, reminiscent of the Stribog sign, so that the mills would not stand.
	Fiery Symbol of the God of the Kind. His image is found on the Idol of the Family, on the architraves and “towels” along the slopes of the roofs on the houses and on the shutters of the windows. As an amulet, it was applied to the ceilings. Even in St. Basil's Cathedral (Moscow), under one of the domes you can see the Fireman.
	This symbol represents the union of two great fiery streams: Earthly and Divine (Extraterrestrial). This connection gives rise to the Universal Whirlwind of Transformation, which helps a person to reveal the essence of the Multidimensional Existence through the Light of Knowledge of the Ancient Foundations.
	It symbolizes the endless, constant Heavenly Movement, called Svaga and the Eternal Cycle of the Vital Forces of the Universe. It is believed that if Svaor is depicted on household items, then there will always be prosperity and happiness in the house.
	It symbolizes the constant Movement of the Yarila-Sun across the Firmament. For a person, the use of this symbol meant: Purity of Thoughts and Actions, Goodness and Light of Spiritual Illumination.
	The symbol of the setting, i.e. retiring Yarila-Sun; A symbol of the completion of Creative Labor for the benefit of the Family and the Great Race; A symbol of the Spiritual Fortitude of man and the Peace of Mother Nature.
	An amulet symbol that protects a person or object from casting Black Charms on him. Charovrat was depicted as a Fiery rotating Cross, believing that Fire destroys dark forces and various spells.
	Symbol of the Protective Guardian Spiritual Fire. This Spiritual Fire purifies the human Spirit from selfishness and base thoughts. This is a symbol of the power and Unity of the Warrior Spirit, the victory of the Light Forces of the Mind over the forces of Darkness and ignorance.
	The symbol of the Sacred Fire of the Altar and the Hearth. The Guardian Symbol of the Highest Light Gods, Protecting dwellings and temples, as well as the Ancient Wisdom of the Gods, i.e. Ancient Slavic-Aryan Vedas.
	Unquenchable fire, source of life.
	Multiplies the power of the guiding word, enhances the effect of orders.
	It symbolizes the Primary Life giving birth to the Divine Fire of Creation, from which all the Universes and our Yarila-Sun system appeared. In amulets, Inglia is a symbol of the Primordial Divine Purity that protects the World from the forces of Darkness.
	Symbol of the rising Yarila-Sun; a symbol of the eternal victory of Light over darkness and Eternal Life over death. The color of Kolovrat is also important: Fiery symbolizes the Rebirth; Celestial - Update; black - change.
	Fiery God's Sign, meaning the internal and external dispensation of man. It denotes four main components, which are bestowed by the Gods-Creators and which are inherent in every person of the Great RACE: body, Soul, Spirit and Conscience.
	Ancient Amulet protecting Wisdom, Justice, Nobility and Honor. This sign is especially revered by the warriors who defend their native land, their Ancient Family and Faith. As a security symbol, it was used by the Priests to preserve the Vedas.
	The symbol of the Spiritual Power of the Yarila-Sun and the prosperity of the Family. It was used as a body amulet. As a rule, the Solar Cross endowed with the greatest power: the Priests of the Forest, Gridney and Kmetey, who depicted him on clothes, weapons and religious accessories.
	A symbol of Heavenly Spiritual Power and the Power of Tribal Unity. It was used as a wearable Amulet, protecting the one who wears it, granting him the help of all the Ancestors of his Family and the help of the Heavenly Family.
	Heavenly Symbol of God Indra, guarding the Ancient Heavenly Wisdom of the Gods, i.e. Ancient Vedas. As an amulet, it was depicted on military weapons and armor, as well as over the entrances to the Vaults, so that anyone entering them with evil thoughts would be struck by Thunder (infrasound).
	The fiery symbolism, with the help of which it became possible to control the Natural Elements of the Weather, as well as the Thunderstorm was used as a Charm, protecting the dwellings and temples of the Clans of the Great Race from bad weather.
	The symbol of the Heavenly Power of God Svarog, preserving in its original form all the diversity of Life forms in the Universe. A symbol that protects various existing Intelligent Life Forms from Mental and Spiritual degradation, as well as from destruction as an Intelligent species.
	A symbol of the eternal relationship between Earthly Waters and Heavenly Fire. From this connection, new Pure Souls are born, who are preparing for incarnation on Earth in the Explicit World. Pregnant women embroidered this Amulet on dresses and sundresses so that healthy children would be born.
	The Symbol of the Priest-Guardian, which keeps the Ancient Wisdom of the Clans of the Great Race, because in this Wisdom are preserved: Traditions of the Communities, the Culture of relationships, the Memory of the Ancestors and the Patron Gods of the Clans.
	The symbol of the Priest-Keeper of the Ancient Faith of the First Ancestors (Kapen-Ynglinga), which keeps the Shining Ancient Wisdom of the Gods. This symbol helps to learn and apply the ancient Knowledge for the benefit of the Prosperity of the Clans and the Ancient Faith of the First Ancestors.
	It embodies the Eternal power and patronage of the Light Gods to a person who has embarked on the Path of Spiritual development and perfection. The mandala with the image of this symbol helps a person to realize the Interpenetration and Unity of the Four Primary Elements in our Universe.
	Sign of the Hall on the Svarog Circle; The symbol of the God-Patron of the Hall - Ramhat. This sign denotes the connection of the Past and the Future, Earthly and Heavenly Wisdom. In the form of a Charm, this symbolism was used by people who embarked on the Path of Spiritual Self-Improvement.
	Used to concentrate the Higher Powers of Healing. Only Priests who had risen to a high level of Spiritual and Moral perfection had the right to include the Soul Swastika in the ornament of clothes.
	The process of intensive spiritual self-improvement.
	It enjoyed the greatest attention among the Magi Magi, Veduns, it symbolizes Harmony and Unity: Teles, Soul, Spirit and Conscience, as well as Spiritual Power. The Magi used Spiritual Power to control the Natural Elements.
	The fiery symbol of the purity of the Spirit, has powerful healing powers. The people call him Perunov Tsvet. It is believed that he is able to open treasures hidden in the earth, to fulfill desires. In fact, it gives a person the opportunity to reveal the Spiritual Forces.
	A symbol of the constant transformation of the human spirit. It is used to strengthen and concentrate the Mental and Spiritual forces necessary for a person for creative work for the benefit of all.

Nowadays, the Swastika is a negative symbol and is associated only with murder and violence. Today, the Swastika is strongly associated with fascism. However, this symbol appeared much earlier than fascism and has nothing to do with Hitler. Although it is worth recognizing that the Swastika symbol has discredited itself and many people have a negative opinion about this symbol, except perhaps the Ukrainians, who revived Nazism in their land, which they are very happy about.

History of the Swastika

According to some historians, this symbol arose several thousand years ago, when there was no mention of Germany. The meaning of this symbol was to designate the rotation of the galaxy, if you look at some space images, you can see spiral galaxies that somehow resemble this sign.

Slavic tribes used the Swastika symbol to decorate their dwellings and places of worship, wore embroidery on their clothes in the form of this ancient symbol, used it as amulets against evil forces, applied this sign to exquisite weapons.
For our ancestors, this symbol personified the heavenly body, represented all the brightest and kindest that is in our world.
Actually, this symbol was used not only by the Slavs, but also by many other people in whom it meant faith, goodness and peace.
How did it happen that this beautiful symbol of goodness and light suddenly became the personification of murder and hatred?

Thousands of years have passed since the sign of the Swastika was of great importance, it gradually began to be forgotten, and in the Middle Ages it was completely forgotten, only occasionally this symbol was embroidered on clothes. And only by a strange whim at the beginning of the twentieth century this sign saw the light again. at that time in Germany it was very restless and in order to gain faith in oneself and instill it in other people, various methods were used, including occult knowledge. The Swastika sign first appeared on the helmets of German militants, and just a year later it was recognized as the official symbol of the Nazi Party Much later, Hitler himself liked to perform under the banners with this sign.

Types of swastika

Let's dot the "i" first. The fact is that the Swastika can be depicted in two forms, with the tips bent counterclockwise, and clockwise.
Both of these symbols contain a completely different opposite meaning, thus balancing each other. That Swastika, the tips of the rays of which are directed counterclockwise, that is, to the left, mean goodness and light, denoting the rising sun.
The same symbol, but with the tips turned to the right, carries a completely opposite meaning and means misfortune, evil, all kinds of troubles.
If you look at what kind of Swastika Nazi Germany had, you can make sure that its tips are bent to the right. This means that this symbol has nothing to do with light and goodness.

From the foregoing, we can conclude that not everything is as simple as it seemed to us. Therefore, do not confuse these two completely opposite in meaning Swastikas. This sign can still serve as an excellent protective amulet in our time, if only it is depicted correctly. If people will fearfully pointing at this amulet with your finger, you can explain the meaning of the Swastika symbol and make a short digression into the history of our ancestors, for whom this symbol was a sign of light and goodness.

The swastika symbol is a cross with curved ends pointing clockwise or counterclockwise. As a rule, now all Swastika symbols are called in one word - SWASTIKA, which is fundamentally wrong, because. each Swastika symbol in ancient times had its own name, Guardian Power and figurative meaning.

During archaeological excavations, Swastika symbols were most often found on various details of architecture, weapons, clothing, and household utensils of many peoples of Eurasia. Swastika symbolism is ubiquitous in ornamentation as sign of Light, Sun, Life. The oldest archaeological artifacts depicting the swastika date back to approximately 10-15 millennium BC. According to the materials of archaeological excavations, the richest territory for the use of the swastika, both a religious and a cultural symbol, is Russia - neither Europe nor India can compare with Russia in the abundance of swastika symbols covering Russian weapons, banners, national costume, houses, everyday items and temples. Excavations of ancient mounds and settlements speak for themselves - many ancient Slavic settlements had a clear shape of the Swastika, oriented to the four cardinal points. Swastika symbols denoted calendar signs back in the days of the Great Scythian Kingdom ( depicts a vessel from the Scythian Kingdom 3-4 thousand BC.)

The swastika and swastika symbols were the main and, one might even say, almost the only elements of the most ancient Proto-Slavic ornaments. But this does not mean at all that the Slavs and Aryans were bad artists. Firstly, there were a lot of varieties of images of the Swastika symbols. Secondly, in ancient times, not a single pattern was applied just like that, each element of the pattern corresponded to a certain cult or security (amulet) value.

But not only Aryans and Slavs believed in the magical power of this pattern. This symbol was found on clay vessels from Samarra (the territory of modern Iraq), which date back to the 5th millennium BC. Swastika symbols in left-handed and right-handed form are found in the pre-Aryan culture of Mohenjo-Daro (Indus River basin) and ancient China around 2000 BC. In Northeast Africa, archaeologists have found a burial stele of the Meroz kingdom, which existed in the 2nd-3rd centuries AD. The fresco on the stele depicts a woman entering the afterlife, and the Swastika flaunts on the clothes of the deceased. The rotating cross also adorns the golden weights for scales that belonged to the inhabitants of Ashanta (Ghana), and the clay utensils of the ancient Indians, beautiful carpets woven by the Persians and Celts.

Swastika in beliefs and religions

The swastika symbolism was Oberegovo among almost all peoples in Europe and Asia: among the Slavs, Germans, Pomors, Skalvians, Curonians, Scythians, Sarmatians, Mordovians, Udmurts, Bashkirs, Chuvashs, Indians, Icelanders, Scots and many other peoples.

In many ancient Beliefs and religions, the Swastika is the most important and brightest cult symbol. Thus, in ancient Indian philosophy and Buddhism(Fig. Buddha's foot on the left) The swastika is a symbol of the eternal cycle of the universe, a symbol of the Buddha's Law, to which everything that exists is subject. (Dictionary "Buddhism", M., "Republic", 1992); V Tibetan Lamaism The swastika is a security symbol, a symbol of happiness and a talisman. In India and Tibet, the Swastika is depicted everywhere: on the gates of temples, on every residential building, on the fabrics in which all sacred texts are wrapped, on burial covers.

Lama Beru-Kinze-Rimpoche, in our time one of the greatest teachers of official Buddhism. The photo shows the rite of his creation of a ritual mandala, that is, pure space, in Moscow in 1993. In the foreground of the photograph is a tanka, a sacred image drawn on cloth, depicting the Divine Space of the mandala. In the corners there are Swastika symbols protecting the sacred Divine space.

As a religious symbol (!!!) the swastika has always been used by followers Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism in the East, Druids of Ireland, Scotland, Scandinavia, representatives Natur-religious denominations Europe and America in the West.

On the left is Ganesha, the son of God Shiva, God from the Hindu Vedic pantheon, his face is illuminated by two Swastika symbols.
On the right is a Mystic Sacred Diagram taken from a Jain Prayer Book. In the center of the diagram, we can also see the Swastika.

In Russia, Swastika symbols and elements are found among supporters of the Ancient Ancestral and Vedic cults, as well as among the Orthodox Old Believers-Ynglings, who profess the Faith of the First Ancestors - Ynglism, in the Slavic and Aryan communities of the Family Circle and, wherever you think, Christians…

Swastika on the shield of Prophetic Oleg

For many, many millennia, the Slavs have used the Swastika symbol. Our Ancestors depicted this symbol on weapons, banners, clothes, household items and worship. Everyone knows that Prophetic Oleg nailed his shield to the gates of Constantinople (Constantinople), but few of the modern generation know what was depicted on the shield. However, a description of the symbolism of his shield and armor can be found in historical chronicles. Prophetic people, i.e., possessing the Gift of Spiritual Foresight and knowing the Ancient Wisdom, which the Gods and Ancestors left to people, were endowed by the Priests with various symbols. One of these most notable people in history was the Slavic prince - Prophetic Oleg. In addition to being a prince and an excellent military strategist, he was also a Priest of High Initiation. The symbolism, which was depicted on his clothes, weapons, armor and the princely banner, tells about this in all the detailed images.
Fire Swastika(symbolizing the land of the Ancestors) in the center of the nine-pointed Star of Inglia (a symbol of the Faith of the First Ancestors) was surrounded by the Great Kolo (Circle of Patron Gods), which radiated eight rays of Spiritual Light (the eighth degree of Priestly initiation) to the Svarog Circle. All this symbolism spoke of the enormous Spiritual and physical strength that is directed to protect the Native Land and the Holy Faith. When the Prophetic Oleg nailed his shield with such symbols on the gates of Constantinople, he wanted to figuratively, clearly show the insidious and two-faced Byzantines that later another Slavic prince Alexander Yaroslavovich (Nevsky) would explain to the Teutonic knights in words: “ Whoever comes to us with a sword will die by the sword! On that stood, stands, and will stand the Russian Land!»

Swastika on money and in the Army

Under Tsar Peter I, the walls of his country residence were decorated with swastika patterns. The ceiling of the throne room in the Hermitage is also covered with these sacred symbols.

At the end of the 19th, beginning of the 20th century, among the upper classes of European states in Western and Eastern Europe, as well as in Russia, Swastika(left) has become the most common and even fashionable symbol. This was influenced by the "Secret Doctrine" of H.P. Blavatsky and her Theosophical Society; The occult-mystical teachings of Guido von List, the German knightly Order of Thule and other spiritualistic circles.

The common people, both in Europe and in Asia, have been using Swastika ornaments in everyday life for thousands of years, and only at the beginning of this century, interest in Swastika symbols appeared among those in power.

In young Soviet Russia sleeve patches fighters of the Red Army of the South-Eastern Front since 1918 were decorated with a swastika, with the abbreviation R.S.F.S.R. inside. For example: the sign for the command and administrative staff was embroidered with gold and silver, and for the Red Army it was screen-printed.

After the overthrow of the autocracy in Russia, the Swastika ornament appears on the new banknotes of the Provisional Government, and after the coup on October 26, 1917 on the banknotes of the Bolsheviks.

Now few people know that the matrices of a banknote in denominations of 250 rubles, with the image of the Swastik symbol - Kolovrat against the background of a double-headed eagle, were made by special order and sketches of the last Russian Tsar - Nicholas II.

Starting from 1918, the Bolsheviks introduced new banknotes into circulation, in denominations of 1000, 5000 and 10,000 rubles, which depict not one Kolovrat, but three. Two smaller Kolovrats in side ties are intertwined with large numbers 1000 and a large Kolovrat in the middle.

Money with the Swastika-Kolovrat was printed by the Bolsheviks and was in use until 1923, and only after the formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics were they withdrawn from circulation.

In national: Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian costumes, on sundresses, towels and other things, the Swastika symbolism was the main and, practically, the only one of the oldest existing amulets and ornaments, until the first half of the 20th century.

Our ancestors were very fond of gathering on the outskirts of the village sometime on a summer evening and listening to lingering tunes dance ... the swastika. There was also an analogue of the symbol in Russian dance culture - the Kolovrat dance. On the holiday of Perun, the Slavs drove, and still drive, round dances around two burning swastikas: "Fash" and "Agni" laid out on the ground.

Swastika in Christianity

"Kolovrat" richly decorated churches in the Russian lands; it shone brightly on the sacred objects of the Ancient Solar Cult of the First Ancestors; as well as on the white robes of the clergy of the Old Faith. And even on the robes of the ministers of the Christian cult in the IX-XVI centuries. Swastika symbols were depicted. They decorated the Images and Kummirs of the Gods, frescoes, walls, icons, etc.

For example, on a fresco depicting Christ Pantocrator - the Almighty, in the St. Sophia Cathedral of the Novgorod Kremlin, the so-called left and right Swastikas with short curved rays, but correctly "Charovrat" and "Salting", placed directly on the chest of the Christian God, as symbols of the beginning and end of all things.

On the hierarchical rank in the St. Sophia Cathedral in the city of Kyiv, in the oldest Christian church built on Russian land by Yaroslav the Wise, belts are depicted in which alternate: "Swastika", "Suasti" and straight Crosses. Christian theologians in the Middle Ages commented on this painting in this way: “Swastika” symbolizes the first coming into the world of the son of God Jesus Christ, to save people from their sins; further on, the direct Cross is his earthly path, ending in suffering at Golgotha; and finally, the left Swastika - "Suasti", symbolizes the resurrection of Jesus Christ and his second coming to Earth in Power and Glory.

In Moscow, in the Kolomna Church of the Beheading of John the Baptist, on the day of the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II from the throne, was discovered in the basement of the temple icon "Our Lady of the Sovereign"(fragment on the left) on the headdress of the Christian Mother of God is depicted the Swastika Amulet symbol - “Fash”.

Many legends and rumors were invented about this ancient icon, for example: allegedly on the personal order of I.V. Stalin, a prayer service was performed on the front line, a religious procession, and thanks to this, the troops of the Third Reich did not take Moscow. Complete absurdity. German troops did not enter Moscow, for a completely different reason. They blocked the road to Moscow by the people's militia and divisions of Siberians, filled with Spiritual Strength and Faith in Victory, and not by severe frosts, the leading force of the party and government, or some kind of icon. The Siberians not only repulsed all the attacks of the enemy, but also went on the offensive and won the war, because the ancient principle lives in the heart: "Whoever comes to us with a sword, will die by the sword."

In medieval Christianity, the Swastika also symbolized Fire and Wind.- elements that embody the Holy Spirit. If the Swastika, even in Christianity, was really considered a divine sign, then only unreasonable people can say that the Swastika is a symbol of fascism!
* For reference: Fascism in Europe existed only in Italy and Spain. And the fascists of these states did not have Swastika symbols. The swastika was used as party and state symbols by Hitler's Germany, which was not fascist, as it is now interpreted, but national socialist. For those who doubt, read the article by I.V. Stalin "Hands off Socialist Germany". This article was published in the newspapers Pravda and Izvestiya in the 1930s.

Swastika as a talisman

They believed in Swatika as a talisman, "attracting" good luck and happiness. In ancient Rus', it was believed that if you draw Kolovrat on the palm of your hand, you will definitely be lucky. Even modern students draw the Swastika on the palm of their hand before exams. The swastika was also painted on the walls of the house, so that happiness reigned there, and in Russia, and in Siberia, and in India.

In the Ipatiev House, where the family of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II was shot, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna painted all the walls with this divine symbol, but the Swastika did not help the Romanovs against the atheists, this dynasty created too much evil on Russian soil.

Today, philosophers, dowsers and psychics offer build city blocks in the form of Swastika- such configurations should generate positive energy, by the way, these conclusions have already been confirmed by modern science.

Origin of the word "Swastika"

The generally accepted name of the Solar symbol - Swastika, according to one version, comes from the Sanskrit word Suasti. Su- beautiful, good, and asti- to be, that is, “Be good!”, Or, in our opinion, “All the best!”. According to another version, this word has Old Slavic origin, which is more likely (which is confirmed by the archives of the Old Russian Ynglistic Church of the Orthodox Old Believers-Ynglings), since it is known that the Swastika symbolism in various variations, and its name, was brought to India, Tibet, China, Europe by the ancient Aryans and Slavs. Tibetans and Indians still claim that the Swastika, this universal symbol of prosperity and happiness, was brought to them because of the high northern mountains (Himalayas) by the White Teachers.

In ancient times, when our Ancestors used the Kh'Aryan Runes, the word Swastika ( see left) was translated as Coming from Heaven. Since the rune SVA meant Heaven (hence Svarog - Heavenly God), WITH- Rune of direction; Rune TIKA[last two runes] - movement, advent, flow, run. Our children still pronounce the word tick, i.e. run away, and we meet him in the words Arctic, Antarctic, mystic, etc.

Ancient Vedic sources tell us that even our galaxy has the shape of a Swastika, and our Yarila-Sun system is located in one of the arms of this Heavenly Swastika. And since we are in the galactic arm, our entire galaxy, its ancient name of the Swastika, is perceived by us as the Perunov Way or the Milky Way.

The ancient names of the Swastika symbols in Russia are mainly preserved in the everyday life of the Orthodox Old Believers-Ynglings and Righteous Old Believers-schismatics. In the East, among the followers of the Vedic Religion, where Ancient Wisdom is recorded in the Holy Scriptures in ancient languages: and Kh'Aryan. The Kh'Aryan script uses Runes in the shape of a Swastika(see text on the left).

Sanskrit, more correct Samhidden(Samskrita), i.e. The independent secretive used by modern Indians originated from the ancient language of the Aryans and Slavs, it was created as a simplified version of the Kh'Aryan Karuna, for the preservation of the Ancient Vedas by the inhabitants of Dravidia (ancient India), and therefore ambiguous interpretations of the origin of the word "Swastika" are now possible, but after reading the materials given in this article, a smart person, whose consciousness has not yet been completely filled with false stereotypes, will be convinced of the undoubted ancient Slavic and ancient Aryan, which is actually the same, the origin of this word.

If in almost all foreign languages ​​​​the various inscriptions of the Solar Cross with curved rays are called the same word Swastika - “Swastika”, then in the Russian language for various variants of the Swastika symbols existed and still exists 144 (!!!) titles, which also indicates the country of origin of this Solar symbol. For example: Swastika, Kolovrat, Salting, Holy Gift, Svasti, Svaor, Svaor-Solntsevrat, Agni, Fash, Mara; Inglia, Solar Cross, Solard, Vedara, Svetolet, Fern Flower, Perunov Color, Swati, Race, Bogovnik, Svarozhich, Yarovrat, Odolen-Grass, Rodimich, Charovrat etc. Among the Slavs, depending on the color, length, direction of the curved ends of the Solar Cross, this symbol was called differently and had different figurative and protective meanings (see).

Swastika Runes

Various variations of the Swastika symbols, with no less different meanings, are found not only in cult and protective symbols, but also in the form of Runes, which, like letters in ancient times, had their own figurative meaning. So, for example, in the ancient Kh`Aryan Karuna, i.e. Runic alphabet, there were four Runes depicting Swastika elements.

Rune Fash- had a figurative meaning: a powerful, directed, destructive Fiery stream (thermonuclear fire) ...
Rune Agni- had figurative meanings: the Sacred Fire of the hearth, as well as the Sacred Fire of Life in the human body, and other meanings ...
Rune Mara- had a figurative meaning: the Ice Flame guarding the Peace of the Universe. The rune of the transition from the World of Reveal to the World of Light Navi (Glory), incarnation in the New Life ... The symbol of Winter and Sleep.
Rune Inglia- had a figurative meaning of the Primary Fire of the Creation of the Universe, from this Fire a lot of various Universes and various forms of Life appeared ...

Swastika symbols carry a huge secret meaning. They have great wisdom. Each Swastika symbol opens before us the Great picture of the universe. Ancient Slavic-Aryan Wisdom says that our galaxy is shaped like a swastika and is called SWATI, and the Yarila-Sun system, in which our Midgard-Earth makes its way, is located in one of the arms of this Heavenly Swastika.

Knowledge of the Ancient Wisdom does not accept a stereotypical approach. The study of ancient symbols, Runic writings and ancient Traditions must be approached with an open heart and a pure Soul. Not for self-interest, but for knowledge!

Is the swastika a fascist symbol?

Swastika symbols in Russia, for political purposes, were used not only by the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks, much earlier than them, representatives of the Black Hundred began to use the Swastika. Now, the Swastika symbolism is used by the Russian National Unity. A knowledgeable person never says that the Swastika is a German or fascist symbol.. So they say only the essence of unreasonable and ignorant people, because they reject what they are not able to understand and know, and also try to wishful thinking. But if ignorant people reject any symbol or any information, this still does not mean that this symbol or information does not exist. Denial or distortion of truth for the sake of some, violates the harmonious development of others. Even the ancient symbol of the Majesty of the Fertility of the Mother of the Raw Earth, called in ancient times - SOLARD (see above), and now used by the Russian National Unity, some incompetent people rank as German fascist symbols, a symbol that appeared many hundreds of thousands of years before the rise of German National Socialism. At the same time, it does not even take into account the fact that the SOLARD of the Russian National Unity is combined with an eight-pointed Star of Lada-Virgin Mary (image 2), where the Divine Forces (Golden Field), the Primary Fire Forces (red), the Heavenly Forces (blue) and the Forces of Nature (green) united together. The only difference between the original Symbol of Mother Nature and the sign used by the public movement "Russian National Unity" is the multicolor of the Initial Symbol of Mother Nature and the two-color one for representatives of Russian National Unity.

Swastika - feather grass, hare, horse ...

Ordinary people had their own names for Swastika symbols. In the villages of the Ryazan province, she was called " feather grass"- the embodiment of the Wind; on the Pechora hare"- here the graphic symbol was perceived as a piece of sunlight, a ray, a sunbeam; in some places the Solar Cross was called " by horse”, “horse shank” (horse head), because a long time ago a horse was considered a symbol of the Sun and Wind; were called Swastikas-Solarniks and " flintlocks", Again, in honor of Yarila-Sun. The people very correctly felt both the Fiery, Fiery Nature of the symbol (Sun) and its Spiritual essence (Wind).

The oldest master of Khokhloma painting Stepan Pavlovich Veselov (1903-1993) from the village of Mogushino, Nizhny Novgorod region, observing traditions, painted the Swastika on wooden plates and bowls, calling it " camelina”, the Sun, and explained: “This is the wind of a blade of grass shakes, stirs.” On the above fragments, you can see Swastika symbols even on such household appliances used by Russian people as a spinning wheel and a cutting board.

To this day, in the countryside, women wear smart sundresses and shirts for holidays, and men wear blouses embroidered with swastika symbols of various shapes. Lush loaves and sweet cookies are baked, decorated on top with Kolovrat, Salting, Solstice and other swastika patterns.

Prohibition of the use of the Swastika

As mentioned earlier, before the second half of the 20th century, the main and almost the only patterns and symbols that existed in Slavic embroidery were Swastika ornaments. But the enemies of the Aryans and Slavs in the second half of the 20th century, they began to decisively eradicate this Solar symbol, and eradicated it in the same way as they had previously eradicated: the ancient folk Slavic and Aryan; Ancient Faith and Folk Traditions; The true history, undistorted by the rulers, and the long-suffering Slavic People itself, the bearer of the ancient Slavic-Aryan Culture.

And even now, in the government and locally, many officials are trying to ban any kind of rotating Solar Crosses - in many respects the same people, or their descendants, but using different pretexts: if earlier this was done under the pretext of class struggle and anti-Soviet conspiracies, then now they are opponents of everything Slavic and Aryan, called fascist symbols and Russian chauvinism.

For those who are not indifferent to the ancient Culture, there are several (a very small number of pictures, due to the limitation of the volume of the article) typical patterns in Slavic embroidery, on all enlarged fragments you can see the Swastika symbols and ornaments for yourself.

The use of swastika symbols in ornaments in the Slavic lands is simply incalculable. Academician B.A. Rybakov called the Solar symbol - Kolovrat, a link between the Paleolithic, where it first appeared, and modern ethnography, which provides innumerable examples of swastika patterns in fabrics, embroidery and weaving.

But after the Second World War, in which Russia, as well as all the Slavic and Aryan peoples suffered huge losses, the enemies of the Aryan and Slavic Culture began to equate fascism and the Swastika. At the same time, they completely forgot (?!) that fascism, as a political and state system in Europe, existed only in Italy and Spain, where the Swastika symbol was not used. The swastika, as a party and state symbol, was adopted only in National Socialist Germany, which at that time was called the Third Reich.

The Slavs used this Solar sign throughout their existence (according to the latest scientific data, this is at least 15 thousand years), and the President of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler, was only about 25 years old. The flow of lies and fictions regarding the Swastika overflowed the cup of absurdity. "Teachers" in modern schools, lyceums and gymnasiums in Russia teach children complete nonsense that the Swastika and any Swastika symbol are German fascist crosses, made up of four letters "G", denoting the first letters of the leaders of Nazi Germany: Hitler, Himmler, Goering and Goebbels (sometimes he is replaced by Hess). Listening to such "teachers", one might think that Germany during the time of Adolf Hitler used exclusively the Russian alphabet, and not at all the Latin script and the German Runic. Is there at least one Russian letter “G” in German surnames: HITLER, HIMMLER, GERING, GEBELS (HESS) - no! But the flow of lies does not stop.

Swastika patterns and elements are used by peoples, which is confirmed by archaeologists over the past 5-6 thousand years. And now, to a person wearing ancient Slavic amulets or mittens with the image of Swastika symbols, a sundress or a blouse with Swastika embroidery, people who have been trained by Soviet "teachers" are ignorantly wary, and sometimes even aggressively. Ancient thinkers did not say in vain: Human development is hindered by two troubles: ignorance and ignorance". Our Ancestors were knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and therefore used various Swastika elements and ornaments in everyday life, considering them as symbols of the Yarila-Sun, Life, Happiness and prosperity.

Only narrow-minded and ignorant people can denigrate everything pure, bright and good that remains among the Slavic and Aryan peoples. Let's not be like them! Do not paint over the Swastika symbols in the ancient Slavic temples and Christian temples, on the Kummirs of the Light Gods and the Images of the Wise Ancestors, as well as on the oldest Christian icons of the Mother of God and Christ. Do not destroy, at the whim of the ignoramuses and Slav-haters, the so-called "Soviet staircase" and the ceilings of the Hermitage, or the domes of the Moscow St. Basil's Cathedral, just because they have been painted for hundreds of years various versions of the Swastika.

One generation replaces another, state systems and regimes collapse, but as long as the People remember their ancient roots, honor the traditions of their Great Ancestors, preserve their Ancient culture and symbols, until that time the People are ALIVE and will LIVE!

Swastika (Skt. स्वस्तिक from Skt. स्वस्ति , match, greeting, good luck) - a cross with curved ends ("rotating"), directed clockwise (卐) or counterclockwise (卍). The swastika is one of the most ancient and widespread graphic symbols.

The swastika was used by many peoples of the world - it was present on weapons, everyday items, clothes, banners and coats of arms, and was used in the design of churches and houses. The oldest archaeological finds with the image of the swastika date back to approximately 10-15 millennium BC.

The swastika as a symbol has many meanings, for most peoples they were all positive. The swastika among most ancient peoples was a symbol of the movement of life, the Sun, light and prosperity.

Occasionally, the swastika is also used in heraldry, mainly English, where it is called fylfot and is usually depicted with shortened ends.

In the Vologda region, where swastika patterns and signs are extremely widespread, village old people in the 50s said that the word swastika is a Russian word that comes from sva- (one’s own, following the example of a matchmaker, brother-in-law, etc.) -isti- or there is, I exist, with the addition of a particle -ka, which must be understood as a diminutive meaning of the main word (river - river, stove - stove, etc.), that is, a sign. Thus, the word swastika, in such an etymology, means the sign "one's own", and not someone else's. What was it like for our grandfathers, from the same Vologda region, to see the sign “there is one” on the banners of their worst enemy.

Near the constellation Ursa Major (dr. Makosh) allocate a constellation swastikas, to date not included in any astronomical atlas.

Constellation swastikas in the upper left corner of the image of the map of stars in the sky of the Earth

The main human energy centers, called in the East chakras, earlier - on the territory of modern Rus' were called swastikas: the oldest amulet symbol of the Slavs and Aryans, a symbol of the eternal cycle of the Universe. The swastika reflects the Highest Heavenly Law, to which everything that exists is subject. This fiery sign was used by people as a talisman that guards the existing order in the universe.

Swastika in the cultures of countries and peoples

The swastika is one of the most archaic sacred symbols, already found in the Upper Paleolithic among many peoples of the world. India, ancient Rus', China, Ancient Egypt, the Mayan state in Central America - this is the incomplete geography of this symbol. Swastika symbols denoted calendar signs back in the days of the Scythian kingdom. The swastika can be seen on old Orthodox icons. The swastika is a symbol of the Sun, good luck, happiness, creation (the "correct" swastika). And, accordingly, the swastika of the opposite direction symbolizes darkness, destruction, the “night Sun” among the ancient Russians. As can be seen from ancient ornaments, in particular, on jugs found in the vicinity of Arkaim, both swastikas were used. This has deep meaning. Day replaces night, light replaces darkness, new birth replaces death - and this is the natural order of things in the Universe. Therefore, in ancient times there were no "bad" and "good" swastikas - they were perceived in unity.

This symbol was found on clay vessels from Samarra (the territory of modern Iraq), which date back to the 5th millennium BC. The swastika in the left-handed and right-handed form is found in the pre-Aryan culture of Mohenjo-Daro (Indus River basin) and ancient China around 2000 BC. In Northeast Africa, archaeologists have found a burial stele of the Meroz kingdom, which existed in the 2nd-3rd centuries AD. The fresco on the stele depicts a woman entering the afterlife, and a swastika also flaunts on the clothes of the deceased. The rotating cross also adorns the golden weights for scales that belonged to the inhabitants of Ashanta (Ghana), and the clay utensils of the ancient Indians, and the carpets of the Persians. The swastika was on almost all amulets among the Slavs, Germans, Pomors, Skalvians, Curonians, Scythians, Sarmatians, Mordovians, Udmurts, Bashkirs, Chuvashs and many other peoples. In many religions, the swastika is an important religious symbol.

Children light oil lamps on New Year's Eve Diwali.

The swastika in India has traditionally been seen as a solar sign - a symbol of life, light, generosity and abundance. It was closely associated with the cult of the god Agni. She is mentioned in the Ramayana. In the form of a swastika, a wooden tool was made to produce the sacred fire. They laid him flat on the ground; the recess in the middle served for the rod, which was rotated until the appearance of fire, kindled on the altar of the deity. It was carved in many temples, on the rocks, on the ancient monuments of India. Also a symbol of esoteric Buddhism. In this aspect, it is called the "Seal of the Heart" and, according to legend, was imprinted on the heart of the Buddha. Her image is placed on the hearts of the initiates after their death. Known as the Buddhist cross (it resembles a Maltese cross in shape). The swastika is found everywhere where there are traces of Buddhist culture - on rocks, in temples, stupas and on Buddha statues. Together with Buddhism, it penetrated from India to China, Tibet, Siam and Japan.

In China, the swastika is used as a sign of all the deities worshiped in the Lotus School, as well as in Tibet and Siam. In ancient Chinese manuscripts, it included such concepts as "region", "country". Known in the form of a swastika are two curved mutually truncated fragments of a double helix, expressing the symbolism of the relationship "Yin" and "Yang". In maritime civilizations, the double helix motif was an expression of the relationship between opposites, a sign of the Upper and Lower Waters, and also meant the process of becoming life. Widely used by Jains and followers of Vishnu. In Jainism, the four arms of the swastika represent the four levels of existence. On one of the Buddhist swastikas, each blade of the cross ends in a triangle indicating the direction of movement and crowned with an arch of a flawed moon, in which, like in a boat, the sun is placed. This sign represents the sign of the mystical arba, the creative quaternary, also called Thor's hammer. A similar cross was found by Schliemann during the excavations of Troy.

Greek helmet with swastika, 350-325 BC from Taranto, found at Herculanum. Cabinet of medals. Paris.

Swastika in Russia

A special kind of swastika, symbolizing the rising Sun-Yarilu, the victory of Light over Darkness, Eternal life over death, was called brace(lit. "wheel rotation", Old Church Slavonic form kolovrat was also used in Old Russian).

The swastika was used in rituals and construction. So, in particular, many ancient Slavic settlements had the form of a swastika, oriented to the four cardinal points. The swastika was often the main element of Proto-Slavic ornaments.

According to archaeological excavations, some ancient cities in Russia were built in this way. Such a circular structure can be observed, for example, in Arkaim, one of the most famous and oldest structures in Russia. Arkaim was built according to a pre-designed plan as a single complex complex, moreover, oriented to astronomical objects with the greatest accuracy. The pattern formed by four entrances in the outer wall of Arkaim is a swastika. Moreover, the swastika is “correct”, that is, directed towards the Sun.

The swastika was also used by the peoples of Russia in homespun production: in embroideries on clothes, on carpets. The swastika was used to decorate household utensils. She was also present on the icons.

In the light of the stormy and controversial discussions that often arise now around the most ancient symbol of Russian National Culture - the Gamma Cross (Yarga-Swastika), it is necessary to recall that it was she who was one of the symbols of the struggle against the age-old oppression of the Russian people. Not many people know that many centuries ago, “The Lord God pointed out to Emperor Constantine the Great that with the Cross he would win… only with Christ, and precisely with the Cross, the Russian People would defeat all their enemies and finally throw off the hated yoke of the Jews! But the Cross with which the Russian People will win is not simple, but, as usual, golden, but for the time being it is hidden from many Russian Patriots under the rubble of lies and slander. In news reports made according to the books of Kuznetsov V.P. "The history of the development of the shape of the cross." M.1997; Kutenkova P. I. "Yarga-swastika - a sign of Russian folk culture" St. Petersburg. 2008; Bagdasarov R. "Mysticism of the Fiery Cross" M. 2005, tells about the place in the culture of the Russian People of the most fertile cross - the swastika. The swastika cross has one of the most perfect forms and contains in graphic form the whole mystical mystery of God's Providence and the whole dogmatic fullness of the Church's doctrine.

Icon "Symbol of Faith"

Swastika in the RSFSR

It is necessary to remind and remember in the future that "Russians are the third God's Chosen People ( "Third Rome - Moscow, Fourth - do not happen"); the swastika is a graphic representation of the entire mystical mystery of the Providence of God, and the entire dogmatic fullness of the Church's doctrine; The Russian People under the sovereign hand of the Victorious Tsar from the Royal House of the Romanovs, who swore to God in 1613 to be faithful until the end of time and this people will defeat all their enemies under banners on which, under the face of the Savior Not Made by Hands, a swastika will develop - a gamma cross! In the State Emblem, the swastika will also be placed on a large crown, which symbolizes the power of the God-Anointed Tsar both in the earthly Church of Christ and in the Kingdom of the God-chosen Russian People.

In 3-2 millennia BC. e. a swastika braid is found on the ceramics of the Eneolithic of the Tomsk-Chulym region and on the gold and bronze products of the Slavs found in the barrows of Stavropol in the Kuban. In the second half of the 4th millennium BC. e. swastika symbols are common in the North Caucasus (where the Sumerians come from - Proto-Slavs) in the form of huge models of the Sun-mounds. In terms of mounds, they are already known varieties of swastikas. Only magnified a thousand times. At the same time, a swastika ornament in the form of a braid is often found in the Neolithic sites of the Kama region and the Northern Volga region. The swastika on a clay vessel found in Samara has also been dated to 4000 BC. e. At the same time, a four-pointed zoomorphic swastika is depicted on a vessel from the area between the Prut and Dniester rivers. In the 5th millennium BC. e. Slavic religious symbols - swastikas - are common everywhere. Anatolian dishes feature a centripetal rectangular swastika surrounded by two circles of fish and long-tailed birds. Spiral-shaped swastikas were found in Northern Moldavia, as well as in the area between the Seret and Strypa rivers and in the Moldavian Carpathian region. In the 6th millennium BC. e. swastikas are common on whorls in Mesopotamia, in the Neolithic culture of Trypillya-Kukuteni, on the bowls of Samara, etc. In the 7th millennium BC. e. Slavic swastikas are inscribed on the clay seals of Anatolia and Mesopotamia.

An ornamental swastika grid was found in stamps and on a bracelet made of mammoth bone in Myozyn, Chernihiv region. And this is a find from the 23rd millennium BC! And 35-40 thousand years ago, the Neanderthals inhabiting Siberia, due to two to three million years of adaptation, acquired the appearance of Caucasoids, as evidenced by the teeth of adolescents found in the Altai caves of Denisov, named after Okladchikov and in the village of Sibiryachikha. And these anthropological studies were carried out by the American anthropologist K. Turner.

The swastika in post-imperial Russia

In Russia, the swastika first appeared in official symbols in 1917 - it was then, on April 24, that the Provisional Government issued a decree on the issuance of new banknotes in denominations of 250 and 1000 rubles. The peculiarity of these banknotes was that they had an image of a swastika on them. Here is the description of the front side of the 1000-ruble banknote, given in paragraph No. 128 of the Senate resolution of June 6, 1917:

“The main pattern of the grid consists of two large oval guilloche rosettes - right and left ... In the center of each of the two large rosettes there is a geometric ornament formed by cross-intersecting wide stripes bent at right angles, at one end to the right, and at the other - to the left ... The intermediate background between both large rosettes is filled with a guilloche pattern, and the center of this background is occupied by a geometric ornament of the same pattern as in both rosettes, but of a larger size.

Unlike the banknote of 1000 rubles, on the 250-ruble banknote there was only one swastika - in the center behind the eagle. From the banknotes of the Provisional Government, the swastika also migrated to the first Soviet banknotes. True, in this case this was due to production necessity, and not ideological considerations: it was just that the Bolsheviks, who were preoccupied with issuing their own money in 1918, simply took ready-made, created by order of the Provisional Government, clichés of new banknotes (5,000 and 10,000 rubles) that were being prepared for release in 1918. Kerensky and his comrades could not print these banknotes, due to certain circumstances, but the clichés were useful to the leadership of the RSFSR. Thus, swastikas were also present on Soviet banknotes in denominations of 5,000 and 10,000 rubles. These banknotes were in circulation until 1922.

Not without the use of the swastika in the Red Army. In November 1919, the commander of the South-Eastern Front, V.I. Shorin, issued order No. 213, which introduced a new sleeve insignia for the Kalmyk formations. The appendix to the order also included a description of the new sign: “Rhombus measuring 15x11 centimeters made of red cloth. In the upper corner there is a five-pointed star, in the center - a wreath, in the middle of which is "LYUNGTN" with the inscription "R. S. F. S. R. "The diameter of the star is 15 mm, the wreath is 6 cm, the size of the "LYUNGTN" is 27 mm, the letter is 6 mm. The sign for the command and administrative staff is embroidered in gold and silver, and for the Red Army soldiers it is screen-printed. The star, "lyungtn" and the ribbon of the wreath are embroidered with gold (for the Red Army - with yellow paint), the wreath itself and the inscription - with silver (for the Red Army - with white paint). The mysterious abbreviation (if, of course, it is an abbreviation at all) LYUNGTN just denoted the swastika.

Over the course of a number of years, the author's collection was replenished, and in 1971 a full-fledged book on vexillology was prepared, supplemented by historical reference information explaining the evolution of flags. The book was provided with an alphabetical index of country names in Russian and English. The book was designed by artists B. P. Kabashkin, I. G. Baryshev and V. V. Borodin, who painted flags especially for this edition.

Although almost two years had passed from putting it into typesetting (December 17, 1969) to signing for publication (September 15, 1971), and the text of the book was as ideologically verified as possible, a disaster struck. Upon receipt from the printing house of signal copies of the already finished circulation (75 thousand copies), it was found that the illustrations on a number of pages of the historical section contain images of flags with a swastika (pages 5-8; 79-80; 85-86 and 155-156). Emergency measures were taken to reprint these pages in an edited form, that is, without these illustrations. Then, manual (for the entire print run!) Cutting out ideologically harmful, “anti-Soviet” sheets was made and new ones pasted in the spirit of communist ideology.

The Ynglings claim that the ancient Slavs used 144 swastika symbols. Also, they offer their interpretation of the word "Swastika": "Sva" - "arch", "heaven", "C" - the direction of rotation, "Tika" - "running", "movement", which determines: "Coming from the sky" .

Swastika in India

Swastika on Buddha statue

In pre-Buddhist ancient Indian and some other cultures, the swastika is usually interpreted as a sign of auspicious destinies, a symbol of the sun. This symbol is still widely used in India and South Korea, and most weddings, holidays and festivities cannot do without it.

Swastika in Finland

Since 1918, the swastika has been part of the state symbols of Finland (now it is depicted on the presidential standard, as well as on the banners of the armed forces).

Swastika in Poland

In the Polish army, the swastika was used in the emblem on the collars of the Podhalian Riflemen (21st and 22nd Mountain Rifle Divisions

Swastika in Latvia

In Latvia, the swastika, which in the local tradition had the name "fiery cross", was the emblem of the air force from 1919 to 1940

Swastika in Germany

• Rudyard Kipling, whose collected works were always decorated with a swastika, ordered that it be removed in the latest edition in order to avoid association with Nazism.

After the Second World War, the image of the swastika was banned in a number of countries and can be criminalized.

Swastika as an emblem of Nazi and fascist organizations

Even before the Nazis entered the political arena of Germany, the swastika was used as a symbol of German nationalism by various paramilitary organizations. It was worn, in particular, by members of the detachments of G. Erhardt.

Nevertheless, I was forced to reject all the countless designs sent to me from all over by young supporters of the movement, since all these projects boiled down to only one theme: they took the old colors [of the red-white-black German flag] and painted against this background in different variations hoe cross.<…>After a series of experiments and alterations, I myself drew up a completed project: the main background of the banner is red; a white circle inside, and in the center of this circle is a black hoe-shaped cross. After long alterations, I finally found the necessary ratio between the size of the banner and the size of the white circle, and finally settled on the size and shape of the cross.

In the view of Hitler himself, she symbolized "the struggle for the triumph of the Aryan race." This choice combined both the mystical occult meaning of the swastika, and the idea of ​​the swastika as an "Aryan" symbol (due to its prevalence in India), and the already established use of the swastika in the German extreme right tradition: it was used by some Austrian anti-Semitic parties, and in March 1920 During the Kapp putsch, it was depicted on the helmets of the Erhardt brigade that entered Berlin (here, perhaps, there was the influence of the Baltic states, since many fighters of the Volunteer Corps encountered the swastika in Latvia and Finland). In 1923, at a Nazi congress, Hitler reported that the black swastika was a call for a merciless fight against communists and Jews. Already in the 1920s, the swastika became increasingly associated with Nazism; after 1933, it finally began to be perceived as a Nazi symbol par excellence, as a result of which, for example, it was excluded from the emblems of the scouting movement.

However, strictly speaking, not any swastika was a Nazi symbol, but a four-pointed one, with the ends pointing to the right side and rotated by 45 °. At the same time, it should be in a white circle, which in turn is depicted on a red rectangle. It was such a sign that was on the state banner of National Socialist Germany in 1933-1945, as well as on the emblems of the civil and military services of this country (although, of course, other options were used for decorative purposes, including by the Nazis).

In 1931-1943, the swastika was on the flag of the Russian Fascist Party, organized by Russian emigrants in Manchukuo (China).

The swastika is currently used by a number of racist organizations.

Swastika in transcripts of Soviet teenagers

The acrophonemic convention of the meaning of the Nazi swastika of the Third Reich, - common in deciphering among Soviet children and adolescents from films and stories about the Great Patriotic War (WWII), - the encrypted name of state political figures, leaders and members of the Social Socialist German Workers' Party in Germany, according to the first letters of famous names in history: Hitler ( German Adolf Hitler), Himmler ( German Heinrich Himmler), Goebbels ( German Joseph Goebbels), Goering ( German Hermann Goring).

Swastika in the USA

Encyclopedia of delusions. Third Reich Likhacheva Larisa Borisovna

Swastika. Who Invented the Fascist Cross?

They don't even need crosses on their graves -

Crosses will descend on the wings ...

Vladimir Vysotsky "Two songs about one air battle"

Many believe that the main symbol of the Third Reich - a black swastika on a red background - was invented by Hitler himself or people from his inner circle. But in fact, such an opinion is nothing but a delusion. The Nazi shrine, as well as other attributes of Nazi Germany, existed long before the demoniac Fuhrer came to power and initially did not carry such a sinister meaning.

The main emblem of the Third Reich has a long history. It was widespread in Iran already in the VI millennium. BC e. Later, the swastika was found in the Far East, in Central and Southeast Asia, in Tibet and Japan. It was also widely used by pre-Hellenic Greece. In Kievan Rus, this sign, called "Kolovrat", was also very popular. The swastika did not bypass the indigenous inhabitants of the American continents. And the peoples of the Caucasus and the Baltic coast-dwellers used it as an element of ornaments even at the beginning of the 20th century.

Naturally, all this time, no one associated the cross with curved ends with massacres, destructive war and crimes against humanity. By the way, there is no historical evidence that this sign was used by the ancient Germanic tribes. The fascists who came to power were looking for a suitable emblem for the Nazi state and without hesitation chose the swastika, christening it an ancient German, or even an Aryan symbol.

The meaning of this symbol is not exactly established. There is a version that it was one of the varieties of a cross with broken ends, symbolizing, according to historians, the inner world of a person - the space located between perpendicularly intersecting lines. However, the most common view of the swastika is that it is seen as a solar, that is, a solar sign. Ethnographers consider it just a harmless symbol of the movement of the heavenly body and the change of seasons.

Adolf Hitler, for some reason, saw in her something fundamentally different. In his opinion, the cross with curved ends personified the superiority of the Aryans over other peoples. What guided the German Fuhrer in making such an assessment is a mystery.

Moreover, it is reliably known that the idea to use the swastika as an emblem did not occur to Hitler. The main symbol of the Third Reich was "gave" ... the German Masonic lodge! More precisely, its successor is the secret organization "Thule". Initially, this society was engaged in the study and popularization of ancient history and folklore. However, its members kept their noses to the wind and gladly responded to Hitler's ideas. The Thule ideology became based on the concept of German racial superiority, anti-Semitism and the Pan-German dream of a powerful new German Reich. All this was thickly “seasoned” with occultism: members of the society performed special ceremonies and magical rituals. Among the symbols used in these rituals was the swastika.

Hitler, who was always interested in the occult, liked this sign, and for a start he decided to make it the emblem of his party. The NSDAP leader slightly modified the swastika, and in the summer of 1920 a symbol was born that, two decades later, terrified the whole of Europe: a black cross with curved ends inscribed in a white circle on a red background. The red color symbolized the party's social ideals, while the white symbolized the nationalist ones. The cross pointed to the victory and supremacy of the Aryan race.

After Hitler came to power, the swastika became an indispensable attribute of the state, official, military and corporate symbols of Germany. The Germans valued this "sign of superiority" so much that in 1935 a special Decree "On the prohibition of Jews from hanging a flag with a swastika" was even issued. Apparently, the Nazis believed that with their touches, "racially unclean" elements would desecrate their shrine.

During the years of the Third Reich, the swastika was used everywhere: on banknotes, dishes, souvenirs. During any festivities, the streets of German cities were hung with flags and banners with this sign, and they were hung so tightly that passers-by began to ripple in their eyes. However, sometimes the Nazi shrine was used for other purposes: a lady's dress was considered fashionable, the fabric of which was decorated with an ornament of thousands of small crosses.

Perhaps the swastika would have remained a symbol of the sun, fire and fertility. If not for the Second World War, with the beginning of which, thanks to Hitler, it definitely ceased to be “sunny”.

More organic and appropriate from the point of view of racial theory was the use by the Nazis of the runes that formed the basis of the writing of the ancient Germanic and Scandinavian peoples. As you know, from ancient times, runic signs were not only letters, but also had a magical meaning - they were used for divination and as protective amulets. Historians believe that by introducing runes into use, Hitler and his entourage tried not only to develop patriotism among the inhabitants of Germany, but also hoped to use runic signs as a magical tool. True, the Fuhrer interpreted them selectively: he left only those meanings that corresponded to his worldview. So, the Zig rune, the double image of which became the “logo” of the SS, in the canonical interpretation meant the desire for light and enrichment of the spiritual world, as well as the flowering of creative abilities. Naturally, the valiant SS men did not need such qualities, therefore, in the interpretation of Hitler, the “lightning” rune meant thunder, lightning and, again, the superiority of the Aryan race.

The "rented" symbols also include an eagle and oak branches. The authorship of these signs dates back to the Roman Empire. Decorating the coat of arms of the German Reich, Hitler swung, no less, on the most common attributes of the power of the Roman Caesars.

Such an ominous insignia as a skull ("dead head"), the Nazis borrowed from the near-Masonic order - the Rosicrucians. Moreover, at first this gloomy image symbolized, according to its "discoverers", the victory of the spirit over mortal matter. Remember the medieval philosophers who meditated with a skull in their hands on the topic: "Poor Yorick ..."? But in the hands, or rather, on the fingers of SS officers who placed the “dead head” on silver rings, this sign acquired a completely different meaning. He became the embodiment of cruelty, destruction and death.

So make no mistake: the Nazis did not themselves come up with the symbolism of the "thousand-year" Reich. All the signs and attributes they use have existed for a long time and were used for much more humane purposes.

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