Legends Of The Smolensk Region

Smolensk – one of the most ancient Russian cities. Over its thousand-year history of the Smolensk land has accumulated a lot of secrets and mysteries. Today we tell about some of them.

Treasures Patriotic war

If we are to believe one legend, in November, 1812, in these lands had disappeared the convoy, Laden with values that Napoleon's soldiers looted on the territory of Russia. There was gold bullion, precious weapons, icons and other Church utensils. According to one version, the French on the way were surrounded by Russian soldiers, and they sank a convoy in the lake, which is now located on the territory of Vyazemsky district. Indeed, the content of gold and silver in the water of the lake is noticeably higher than normal. But despite repeated searches, no treasure there not yet found.

Another rumor about the Golden carriage belonging to whether Napoleon himself, whether to Marshal Her. They say she drowned it in the river, not the lake Sapsho. Searches in these areas also proved fruitless.

In 1941, when Smolensk came the Germans, the management of Smolensk Bank took the decision to evacuate all values. However, of the eight trucks to the destination got only five. Where are the other three, and, most importantly, where the cargo is unknown to this day.
 

The devil of Korobovo

In 1909, a 10-year-old resident of the village of Korobovo Yegor Yakovlev together with his father the night went to the forest... to steal firewood. The peasants secretly decided to take some wood from the bundles prepared for the landed estates.

When father and son have completed their thieving business and going under cover of night to return home, they suddenly heard footsteps and saw that they were approaching a strange creature – it was two meters tall, naked, hairy, and with a terrible face. Father Yegor took the creature for evil spirits and tried to cross, but the monster did not disappear. When little he grabbed the axe hanging at his belt, the beast, instead of being scared, took a step forward. The senior Yakovlev decided to settle the matter amicably, took out a cigarette with tobacco and turned to the newcomer in these words: "If you're a good man, then come join us to smoke, and if Lesovik, then leave as quickly as possible". A cigarette that didn't take, something unintelligible muttered under his breath and went his way.

Many years have passed. Yegor grew up, got married and suddenly found out that his young wife, the girls also had a chance encounter with a "forest man". Having gone to the forest for mushrooms, she saw lying on the bed of dry grass baby, somehow very ugly and hairy. She decided that this is a normal human baby, picked him up and began to sleep. But then out of the bushes seemed obviously mother "of the child." She looked about the same as being encountered in childhood Egor Yakovlev. Lesovichka did not attack the girl, she simply took her baby and hid in the thicket. The woman was so scared I dropped the basket of mushrooms and ran home.

The girl from the tower

One of the towers krepostnoi the name of fun. However, it is not a fun story. As legend has it, the construction of the tower was "creaking", the Foundation is permanently cracked. As things like in those days, the builders sought the advice of the local witch. She gave an eerie advice – to bring the bloody sacrifice, buried alive in the Foundation of the first man who passes by the construction site. And so they did. The first who passed was a young girl going to fetch water. Grabbed her and did it as advised old witch. It worked: the tower remained standing for centuries. And after a brisk and happy girls tower dubbed the Fun. According to legend, there are ghosts.

Hell in the House of the Commune

Communal house on the street Konenkov became the first high-rise building, built in Smolensk in the 30-ies. But it is now abandoned and dilapidated. And the blame for this probably, surrounding its notoriety.

Tell that once in place the high-rise was occupied by a cemetery, and beside him allegedly lived a witch, to which the local population is often asked for help. Once there appeared one woman had been ill for the child. The wise woman took the treatment, but it did not help and the baby died. And then grief-stricken mother of a child cursed the healer, and the place where she lived. A year later, woman born another child, but, according to rumors, it was not a human baby, and the devil. The mother was afraid to show it to people, and hid there in the cemetery.

Once in Soviet times there was built a new apartment building, she somehow began to deteriorate rapidly, and among its residents and that it was murder and suicide. In 1970 happened a fire, after which the building was never restored. That place is "bad", is evidenced by the fact that on the dome of the nearby Cathedral Church of the ascension monastery, built in the time of Peter, bent cross.

Some even are afraid to walk past the former House of the Commune. They say there lives a monster that every few years, usually in autumn foggy weather, goes hunting and attacking people... a Few times around the house the bodies were found. Apparently, people killed some large animal. Someone says they saw him from afar and it looks like a large black lynx.

Of course, to the terrible and fantastic stories should be taken with a grain of salt. Do not forget that this is just local folklore.

Translated by «Yandex.Translator»