History of the German swastika. Swastika symbol - types and meaning

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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 main view movements 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 brief description:

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, objects everyday life, clothes, banners and coats of arms, 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 on the banners of their own worst enemy the sign "your own".

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

Main energy centers people, called in the East chakras, earlier - on the territory of modern Rus' they 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 (territory modern Iraq), which date back to the 5th millennium BC. The swastika in the left and right rotation 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 into afterworld, the 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 important iconic 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. Was made in the shape of a swastika wooden tool to get 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 wherever there are traces 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, 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) must be reminded 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 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"); swastika - a graphic representation of the entire mystical secret Providence of God, and all the dogmatic fullness of the Church 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 are already known varieties swastika. 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 release of new banknotes 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. Badge for command and administrative staff embroidered with gold and silver and screen-printed for the Red Army. 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 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.

In the view of Hitler himself, she symbolized "the struggle for the triumph of 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 the 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, the Nazi symbol was not any swastika, but a four-pointed one, with the ends pointing towards right side, and rotated 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

Acrophonemic convention of meaning Nazi swastika Third Reich - common in decoding among Soviet children and adolescents from films and stories about the Great Patriotic War(WWII), - the encrypted name of statesmen politicians, leaders and members of the Social Socialist German Workers' Party in Germany, according to the first letters of the surnames known in history: Hitler ( German Adolf Hitler), Himmler ( German Heinrich Himmler), Goebbels ( German Joseph Goebbels), Goering ( German Hermann Goring).

Swastika in the USA

With the filing of the anti-Russian media and information, it is not known who works for many people, the Swastika is currently associated with fascism and Adolf Hitler. This opinion has been hammered into the heads of people for the last 70 years. Few people now remember that the Swastika was depicted on Soviet money in the period from 1917 to 1923 as a legalized state symbol; that on the sleeve patches of soldiers and officers of the Red Army in the same period there was also a Swastika in laurel wreath, and inside the Swastika were the letters R.S.F.S.R. There is even an opinion that Comrade I.V. Stalin himself presented the Golden Swastika-Kolovrat as a party symbol to Adolf Hitler in 1920. So many legends and conjectures have accumulated around this ancient symbol that perhaps it is worth telling in more detail about this oldest solar cult symbol on Earth.

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

Swastika symbolism, as the most ancient, is most often found during archaeological excavations. More often than other symbols, it was found in ancient burial mounds, on the ruins of ancient cities and settlements. In addition, swastika symbols were depicted on various details of architecture, weapons, clothing and household utensils among many peoples of the world. Swastika symbolism is ubiquitous in ornamentation as a sign of Light, Sun, Love, Life. In the West, there was even an interpretation that the Swastika symbol must be understood as an abbreviation of four words starting with latin letter "L":
Light - Light, Sun; Love - Love; Life - Life; Luck - Fate, Luck, Happiness(see postcard below).

English speaking greeting card early 20th century

The oldest archaeological artifacts depicting swastika symbols now date back to approximately 4-15 millennium BC. (on the right is a vessel from the Scythian Kingdom 3-4 thousand BC). Based on materials archaeological sites The richest territory for the use of the swastika as a religious, as well as cultural and everyday purpose of the symbol is Russia and Siberia. Neither Europe, nor India, nor Asia can compare with Russia or Siberia in the abundance of swastika symbols covering Russian weapons, banners, national costumes, household utensils, household and agricultural items, as well as houses and temples. Excavations of ancient mounds, cities and settlements speak for themselves - many ancient Slavic cities had a clear shape of the Swastika, oriented to the four cardinal points. This can be seen on the example of Arkaim, Vendogard and others (below is the reconstruction plan of Arkaim).

Plan-reconstruction of Arkaim L. L. Gurevich

The swastika and swastika-solar 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 great many varieties of the image of the Swastika symbols. Secondly, in ancient times, not a single pattern was applied to any object just like that, because each element of the pattern corresponded to a certain cult or security (amulet) value, because. each symbol in the pattern had its own mystical power. By combining various mystical forces together, white people created a favorable atmosphere around themselves and their loved ones, in which it was easiest to live and create. These were carved patterns, stucco, painting, beautiful carpets woven by industrious hands (see photo below).

Traditional Celtic rug with swastika pattern

But not only Aryans and Slavs believed in the mystical power of swastika patterns. The same symbols were found on clay vessels from Samarra (the territory of modern Iraq), which date back to the 5th millennium BC. Swastika symbols in left-hand and right-hand form are found in the pre-Aryan culture of Mohenjo-Daro (Indus River basin) and ancient China around 2000 BC. e. 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. Man-made belts created by the Komi, Russians, Sami, Latvians, Lithuanians and other peoples are also filled with swastika symbols, and at present it is difficult even for an ethnographer to figure out which of the peoples to attribute these ornaments to. Judge for yourself.

The swastika symbolism from ancient times has been the main and dominant among almost all peoples on the territory of Eurasia: Slavs, Germans, Mari, Pomors, Skalvians, Curonians, Scythians, Sarmatians, Mordovians, Udmurts, Bashkirs, Chuvashs, Indians, Icelanders, Scots and many others.

In many ancient Beliefs and religions, the Swastika is the most important and brightest cult symbol. So, in ancient Indian philosophy and Buddhism (fig. on the right. Buddha's foot) 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); in Tibetan Lamaism - a security symbol, a symbol of happiness and a talisman.
In India and Tibet, the Swastika is depicted everywhere: on the walls and gates of temples (see photo below), on residential buildings, as well as on fabrics in which all sacred texts and tablets are wrapped. Very often, sacred texts from the Book of the Dead are framed with swastika ornaments, which are written on burial covers before kroding (cremation).

At the gate of the Vedic Temple. Northern India. 2000

"Warships in the roadstead (in the inland sea)". 18th century

You can observe the image of many Swastikas both on an old Japanese engraving of the 18th century (picture above), and on peerless mosaic floors in the halls of the St. Petersburg Hermitage (picture below).

Pavilion Hall of the Hermitage. Mosaic floor. Photo 2001

But you will not find any reports about this in the media, because they have no idea what the Swastika is, what is the oldest figurative meaning it carries within itself what it has meant for many millennia and now means for the Slavs and Aryans and many peoples inhabiting our Earth. In these media, alien to the Slavs, the Swastika is called either german cross, or a fascist sign and reduce its image and meaning only to Adolf Hitler, Germany 1933-45, to fascism (National Socialism) and the Second World War. Modern "journalists", "is-Torics" and guardians of "universal values" seem to have forgotten that the Swastika is the Ancient Russian symbol, that in the past, representatives of the highest authorities, in order to enlist the support of the people, always made the Swastika a state symbol and placed its image on money . So did the princes and tsars, the Provisional Government (see p. 166) and the Bolsheviks, who later seized power from them (see below).

Now, few people know that the matrices of a banknote in denominations of 250 rubles, with the image of the Swastika symbol - Kolovrat against the background of a double-headed eagle, were made by special order and sketches of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II. The Provisional Government used these matrices to issue banknotes in denominations of 250, and later 1000 rubles. Beginning in 1918, the Bolsheviks put into circulation new banknotes in denominations of 5,000 and 10,000 rubles, which depict three Kolovrat Swastikas: two smaller Kolovrats in side ties are intertwined with large numbers 5000, 10,000, and a large Kolovrat is placed in the middle. But, unlike the 1000 rubles of the Provisional Government, which have reverse side portrayed The State Duma, on banknotes the Bolsheviks placed a double-headed eagle. Money with the Swastika-Kolovrat was printed by the Bolsheviks and was in use until 1923, and only after the appearance of banknotes of the USSR they were withdrawn from circulation.

Authorities Soviet Russia in order to get support in Siberia, they created in 1918 sleeve patches for the soldiers of the Red Army of the South-Eastern Front, they depicted the Swastika with the abbreviation R.S.F.S.R. inside (see below). But so did: The Russian Government of A. V. Kolchak, calling under the banner of the Siberian Volunteer Corps (see top left); Russian emigrants in Harbin and Paris, and then the National Socialists in Germany.

Created in 1921 according to the sketches of Adolf Hitler, the party symbols and the flag of the NSDAP (National Socialist German Workers' Party) subsequently became state symbols Germany (1933-1945). Few people now know that in Germany the National Socialists used not a Swastika , and a symbol similar to it in outline - Hakenkreuz (bottom left), which has a completely different figurative meaning - a change in the world around us and a person's worldview.

For many millennia, the different inscriptions of swastika symbols have had a powerful influence on the way of life of people, on their psyche (Soul) and subconsciousness, uniting representatives of various tribes for the sake of some bright goal; gave a powerful surge of light divine forces, revealing the internal reserves in people for all-round creation for the benefit of their Clans, in the name of justice, prosperity and well-being of their Fatherland.

At first, only clergy of various Tribal cults, Religions and religions used this, then representatives of the highest state power - princes, kings, etc., began to use swastika symbols, and after them all kinds of occultists and politicians turned to the Swastika.

After the Bolsheviks completely captured all levels of power, the need for the support of the Soviet regime by the Russian people disappeared, because it is easier to seize the values ​​​​created by the same Russian people. Therefore, in 1923, the Bolsheviks abandoned the Swastika, leaving only the five-pointed star, the Hammer and Sickle as state symbols.

In ancient times, when our Ancestors used x "Aryan Runes, the word Swastika , translated as Coming from Heaven. Since the rune SVA meant Heaven (hence Svarog - Heavenly God), - WITH - Rune of direction; Runes - TIKA - movement, advent, flow, run. Our children and grandchildren still pronounce the word tick, i.e. run. In addition, the figurative form TIKA and is now found in everyday words Arctic, Antarctic, mysticism, homiletics, politics, 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, then our entire galaxy (its ancient name Svasti) is perceived by us as the Perunov Way or the Milky Way.
Any person who loves to look at the night scattering of stars can see the constellation to the left of the constellation Makosh (B. Ursa) swastikas (see below). It shines in the sky, but it has been excluded from modern star charts and atlases.

As a cult and everyday solar symbol that brings happiness, luck, prosperity, joy and prosperity, the Swastika was originally used only among the white people of the Great Race, professing the Old Faith of the First Ancestors - Ynglism , druidic cults of Ireland, Scotland, Scandinavia, and many millennia later other peoples of the Earth began to revere her Sacred Image: followers of Hinduism, Bon, Jainism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity of various directions, representatives of nature-religious denominations of Europe and America. The only ones who do not recognize the symbolism as sacred are the representatives of Judaism. Some people may object: they say, in the oldest synagogue in Israel, the Swastika is depicted on the floor and no one destroys it. Indeed, the swastika symbol is present on the floor in the Israeli synagogue, but only for all those who come to trample it underfoot.

The legacy of the Ancestors brought the news that for many millennia the Slavs used the Swastika symbols. They numbered 144 species: Swastika, Kolovrat, Salting, Holy Gift, Svasti, Svaor, Solstice, Agni, Fash, Mara; Inglia, Solar Cross, Solard, Vedara, Svetolet, Fern Flower, Perunov Color, Swati, Race, Bogovnik, Svarozhich, Svyatoch, Yarovrat, Odolen-Grass, Rodimich, Charovrat, etc.

Swastika symbols carry a huge secret meaning. They have great wisdom. Each Swastika symbol opens before us great picture universe. The legacy of the Ancestors says that the knowledge of Ancient Wisdom does not accept a stereotypical approach. The study of ancient symbols, Runic writings and ancient Traditions must be approached with open heart and pure soul.
Not for self-interest, but for knowledge!
Swastika symbols in Russia, for political purposes, were used by all and sundry: monarchists, Bolsheviks, Mensheviks, but much earlier, representatives of the Black Hundred began to use their Swastika, then the Russian Fascist Party in Harbin intercepted the baton.

At the end of the 20th century, the Russian National Unity organization began to use the Swastika symbolism (see left). 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 given symbol or information does not exist.

The denial or distortion of truth in favor of some violates the harmonious development of others. Even ancient symbol Majesty of the Fertility of the Mother of the Raw Earth, called in antiquity SOLARD , some incompetent people rank as fascist symbols. A symbol that appeared many thousands of years before the rise of National Socialism. At the same time, it does not even take into account the fact that RNU's SOLARD is combined with the Star of the Lada-Virgin Mary (see on the left), where the Divine Forces (Golden Field), the Forces of Primary Fire (red), the Heavenly Forces (blue) and the Forces of Nature are united (green). The only difference between the original Symbol of Mother Nature and the sign used by the RNU is the multicolor of the Original Symbol of Mother Nature (left) and the two-color one of the Russian National Unity.

Ordinary people had their own names for Swastika symbols. In the villages of the Ryazan province, she was called "feather grass" - the incarnation of the Wind; on the Pechora "hare" - here the graphic symbol was perceived as a particle Sunlight, ray, sunbeam; in some places the Solar Cross was called a “horse”, “horse shank” (horse head), because a long time ago the horse was considered a symbol of the Sun and Wind; were called Swastikas-Solyarniks and "flinters", 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 Veseloe (1903-1993), from the village of Mogushino, Nizhny Novgorod region, following the traditions, painted the Swastika on wooden plates and bowls, calling it “saffron milkshake”, the Sun, and explained: “This is the wind of a blade of grass swaying, stirring.”

In the village, until now, girls and women wear elegant sundresses, ponevs and shirts for holidays, and men - blouses embroidered with swastika symbols various shapes. Lush loaves and sweet cookies are baked, decorated on top with Kolovrat, Salting, Solstice and other Swastika patterns.

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 in the second half of the 20th century, in America, Europe and the USSR, 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 Culture; ancient Faith and folk traditions the true Heritage of the Ancestors, undistorted by the rulers, and the long-suffering Slavic people, the bearer of the ancient Slavic-Aryan Culture.

And even now, the same people or their descendants are trying to ban any kind of rotating Solar Crosses, but using different pretexts: if earlier this was done under the pretext of class struggle and anti-Soviet conspiracies, now it is a fight against the manifestation of extremist activity.
For those who are not indifferent to the ancient Native Great Russian Culture, several typical patterns are given. Slavic embroidery XVIII-XX centuries. 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. They are used in the Baltic States, Belarus, the Volga region, Pomorie, Perm, Siberia, the Caucasus, the Urals, Altai and Far East and other regions.

Academician B. A. Rybakov called the Solar symbol - Kolovrat, a connecting "link between the Paleolithic, where it first appeared, and modern ethnography, which gives 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.

The Slavs used this solar sign throughout its existence.
Streams of lies and fictions regarding the Swastika overflowed the cup of absurdity. "Russian teachers" in modern schools, lyceums and gymnasiums in Russia teach children complete nonsense, which The swastika is a German fascist cross, made up of four letters "G" , denoting the first letters of the leaders of Nazi Germany: Hitler, Himmler, Goering and Goebbels (sometimes replaced by Hess). Listening to such "unfortunate teachers", one might think that Germany in the time of Adolf Hitler used exclusively Russian alphabet , and not at all the Latin script and the German Runic.
Is it in German surnames: HITLER, HIMMLER, GERING, GEBELS (HESS) , there is at least one Russian letter"G" - No! But the flow of lies does not stop.
Swastika patterns and elements have been used by the peoples of the Earth over the past 10-15 thousand years, which is confirmed even by archaeologists.
Ancient thinkers have repeatedly said: "The development of man is hampered 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.

In general, only one symbol was called the Swastika. This is an equilateral cross with curved short rays. Each beam has a 2:1 ratio (see left).
Only narrow-minded and ignorant people can denigrate everything that is pure, bright and expensive 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 Many Wise Ancestors. Do not destroy, at the whim of ignoramuses and Slav-haters, the so-called "Soviet staircase", the mosaic floor and ceilings of the Hermitage or the domes of the Moscow St. Basil's Cathedral just because they have been painted on them for hundreds of years various options Swastikas.

Everyone knows that Slavic prince Prophetic Oleg nailed his shield to the gates of Constantinople (Constantinople), but few now know what was depicted on the shield. Nevertheless, a description of the symbolism of his shield and armor can be found in historical chronicles. (Drawing of the shield of the Prophetic Oleg on the right).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 was the Slavic prince - Prophetic Oleg.
In addition to being a prince and an excellent military strategist, he was also a high-level priest. The symbolism, which was depicted on his clothes, weapons, armor and the princely banner, tells about this in all the detailed images.

The Fiery Swastika (symbolizing the land of the Ancestors) in the center of the nine-pointed Star of Inglia (the 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 Old Faith.

They believed in the Swastika 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, this exists in Russia, and in Siberia, and in India.

For those readers who wish to receive more information about the Swastika, we recommend the Ethno-religious essays of Roman Vladimirovich Bagdasarov

Today, many people, having heard the word "swastika", immediately imagine Adolf Hitler, concentration camps and the horrors of the Second World War. But, in fact, this symbol appeared before the new era and has a very rich history. It also received wide distribution in Slavic culture, where there were many of its modifications. A synonym for the word "swastika" was the concept of "solar", that is, sunny. Were there any differences in the swastika of the Slavs and the Nazis? And if so, what were they expressed in?

First, let's recall what a swastika looks like. This is a cross, each of the four ends of which is bent at a right angle. Moreover, all corners are directed in one direction: to the right or to the left. Looking at such a sign, a feeling of its rotation is created. There are opinions that the main difference between the Slavic and fascist swastikas lies in the direction of this very rotation. For the Germans, this is right-hand traffic (clockwise), and for our ancestors it is left-hand (counterclockwise). But this is not all that distinguishes the swastika of the Aryans and Aryans.

External differences

Also important hallmark is the constancy of color and shape in the sign of the Fuhrer's army. The lines of their swastika are quite wide, absolutely straight, black. The underlying background is a white circle on a red canvas.

But what about the Slavic swastika? First, as already mentioned, there are many swastika signs that differ in shape. The basis of each symbol, of course, is a cross with right angles at the ends. But the cross may not have four ends, but six or even eight. Additional elements may appear on its lines, including smooth, rounded lines.

Secondly, the color of the swastika signs. There is also diversity here, but not so pronounced. The predominant symbol is red on a white background. The red color was not chosen by chance. After all, he was the personification of the sun among the Slavs. But there are also blue yellow colors on some of the signs. Thirdly, the direction of movement. Earlier it was said that among the Slavs it is the opposite of fascist. However, this is not quite true. We meet both right-handed swastikas among the Slavs, and left-handed ones.

We have considered only the external distinctive attributes of the swastika of the Slavs and the swastika of the Nazis. But much more important facts are the following:

• Approximate time of sign appearance.
• The value given to it.
• Where and under what conditions was this symbol used.

Let's start with the Slavic swastika

It is difficult to name the time when it appeared among the Slavs. But, for example, among the Scythians, it was recorded in the fourth millennium BC. And since a little later the Slavs began to stand out from the Indo-European community, then, for sure, they were already used by them at that time (the third or second millennium BC). Moreover, among the Proto-Slavs they were fundamental ornaments.

Swastika signs abounded in the everyday life of the Slavs. And therefore it is impossible to attribute the same meaning to all of them. In fact, each symbol was individual and carried its own semantic load. By the way, the swastika could be either an independent sign or be part of more complex ones (moreover, most often it was located in the center). Here are the main meanings of the Slavic swastika (solar symbols):

• Sacred and Sacrificial fire.
• Ancient wisdom.
• Unity of the Genus.
• Spiritual development, self-improvement.
• The patronage of the gods in wisdom and justice.
• In the sign of Valkykria, it is a talisman of wisdom, honor, nobility, justice.

That is, in general, we can say that the meaning of the swastika was somehow sublime, spiritually high, noble.

Archaeological excavations have given us a lot of valuable information. It turned out that in ancient times the Slavs put similar signs on their weapons, embroidered on a suit (clothes) and textile accessories (towels, towels), carved on elements of their homes, household items (dishes, spinning wheels and other wooden devices). They did all this mainly for the purpose of protection, in order to protect themselves and their home from evil forces, from grief, from fire, from the evil eye. After all, the ancient Slavs were very superstitious in this regard. And with such protection, they felt much more secure and confident. Even mounds and settlements of the ancient Slavs could have a swastika shape. At the same time, the ends of the cross symbolized a certain direction of the world.

Nazi swastika

• Adolf Hitler himself adopted this sign as a symbol of the National Socialist movement. But, we know that he did not come up with it. In general, the swastika was used by other nationalist groups in Germany even before the emergence of the National Socialist German Workers' Party. Therefore, we take the time of appearance for the beginning of the twentieth century.

An interesting fact: the person who suggested to Hitler to take the swastika as a symbol initially presented a left-sided cross. But the Fuhrer insisted on replacing it with a right-hand one.

• The meaning of the swastika among the Nazis is diametrically opposed to that of the Slavs. According to one version, it meant the purity of German blood. Hitler himself said that the black cross itself symbolizes the struggle for the victory of the Aryan race, creative work. In general, the Fuhrer considered the swastika an ancient anti-Semitic sign. In his book, he writes that the white circle is national idea, red rectangle social idea Nazi movement.
• Where was it used fascist swastika? First, on the legendary flag of the Third Reich. Secondly, the military had it on the belt buckles, as a patch on the sleeve. Thirdly, the swastika "decorated" official buildings, occupied territories. In general, it could be on any attributes of the Nazis, but these were the most common.

So in this way, the swastika of the Slavs and the swastika of the Nazis has tremendous differences. This is expressed not only in external features, but also in semantic ones. If among the Slavs this sign personified something good, noble, high, then among the Nazis it was true Nazi sign. Therefore, you should not, having heard something about the swastika, immediately think about fascism. After all Slavic swastika was lighter, more humane, more beautiful.

The swastika and the six-pointed star are stolen Slavic symbols.

Hello, dear readers - seekers of knowledge and truth!

The swastika symbol is firmly rooted in our minds as the personification of fascism and Nazi Germany as the embodiment of violence and genocide of entire nations. However, initially it has a completely different meaning.

Having visited the Asian lands, one may be surprised at the sight of the "fascist" sign, which is found here in almost every Buddhist and Hindu temple.

What's the matter?

We suggest you try to figure out what the swastika is in Buddhism. Today we will tell you what the word “swastika” really means, where this concept came from, what it symbolizes in different cultures, and most importantly, in Buddhist philosophy.

What it is

If you delve into the etymology, it turns out that the very word "swastika" goes back to ancient language Sanskrit.

His translation will surely surprise you. The concept consists of two Sanskrit roots:

• su - goodness, goodness;
• asti - to be.

It turns out that in the literal sense, the concept of "swastika" is translated as "good to be", and if we move away from the literal translation in favor of a more accurate one - "greet, wish success."

This surprisingly harmless sign is depicted as a cross, the ends of which are bent at a right angle. They can be directed both clockwise and counterclockwise.

This is one of the most ancient symbols, which is also distributed almost throughout the planet. Studying the features of the formation of peoples on different continents, their culture, you can see that many of them used the image of the swastika: in national clothes, household items, money, flags, protective equipment, on the facades of buildings.

Its appearance is attributed to approximately the end of the Paleolithic period - and this was ten thousand years ago. It is believed that he appeared, "evolving" from a pattern that combined rhombuses and a meander. The symbol is found quite early in the cultures of Asia, Africa, Europe, America, in different religions: in Christianity, Hinduism and the ancient Tibetan Bon religion.

In every culture, the swastika means something different. So, for example, for the Slavs, it was a "kolovrat" - a symbol of the eternal movement of the sky, and therefore - life.

But despite minor differences, this symbol often repeated its meaning among many peoples: it personified movement, life, light, radiance, the Sun, good luck, happiness.

And not just movement as such, but a continuous flow of life. Our planet rotates around its axis over and over again, goes around the sun, the day ends at night, the seasons come to replace each other - this is the unceasing stream of the universe.

The last century completely distorted the bright concept of the swastika, when Hitler made it his "guiding star" and under its auspices tried to capture the whole world. While the majority of the western population of the Earth is still a little afraid of this sign, in Asia it does not cease to be the embodiment of goodness and a greeting to all living things.

How did she get to Asia?

The swastika, the direction of the rays of which was turned both clockwise and counterclockwise, came to the Asian part of the planet, presumably due to the culture that existed even before the emergence of the Aryan race. It was called Mohenjo-Daro and flourished along the banks of the Indus River.

Later, in the second millennium BC, it appeared beyond the Caucasus Mountains and in Ancient China. Still later reached the borders of India. Even then, the swastika symbol was mentioned in the Ramayana.

Now he is especially revered by Hindu Vaishnavas and Jains. In these beliefs, the swastika is associated with the four levels of samsara. In northern India, it accompanies every beginning, be it marriage or the birth of a child.

What does it mean in Buddhism

Almost everywhere where Buddhist thought reigned, you can see the signs of the swastika: in Tibet, Japan, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, Sri Lanka. Some Buddhists also call it "manji", which literally means "whirlwind".

Manji reflects the ambiguity of the world order. A vertical dash is opposed by a horizontal dash, and at the same time they are indivisible at the same time, they are a single whole, like heaven and earth, male and female energy, yin and yang.

Manji is usually twisted counter-clockwise. At the same time, the rays directed to the left side become a reflection of love, compassion, empathy, empathy, kindness, tenderness. In contrast to them - the rays looking to the right, which personify strength, firmness of mind, stamina, wisdom.

This combination is harmony, a trace on the path , its immutable law. One is impossible without the other - this is the secret of the universe. The world cannot be one-sided, therefore force does not exist without goodness. Good deeds without strength are weak, and strength without goodness breeds evil.

Sometimes it is believed that the swastika is the "Seal of the Heart", because it was imprinted on the heart of the Master himself. And this seal was deposited in many temples, monasteries, hills in all Asian countries, where it came along with the development of Buddha's thought.

Conclusion

Thank you very much for your attention, dear readers! May goodness, love, strength and harmony live within you.

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