Next Character Co. Fabulous card Russia, there will be a Mother of Winter living in Yarensk Arkhangelsk region. She just soon has a birthday - December 21.
No matter how I tried, but the folklore-mythological thread from the depths of the centuries will not succeed on this character. The farthest reference to the story turns out to "Eugene Onegin" Pushkin. Well, remember, he had about the winter there
Gone magician-Zima,
Came, crumbled; Clokami
Hung on the bitch oaks,
Lay down wavy carpets
Among the fields around the hills.
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Compare Pullen Pelube;
Blinned frost, and we are glad
Granasam mother's winter.
In general, it turns out that the Russian poets (Derzhavin, Pushkin, Tyutchev, etc.) came up with a magical and magic look of winter, and Pushkin also called the Winter Mother. And since we memorized all poems at school, and Pushkin is our all, then the Mother of Winter somehow remember.
Hynest fairy tale character Mother Winter must be the head of the head of the social development department of the Lensky district of the Arkhangelsk region Natalia Rocheva, from Yarensk, which in life, apparently, the wonderful fairy tale itself.
Yarensk village - Very ancient, and, although the year of foundation is not accurately installed, but the first written mention of it is considered to be the vintage - Ipretievka (Misailo - Evticievskaya) Chronicle of 1384. For a long time Yarensk flourished due to the fact that he was on lively trade routes, as Arkhangelsk was the only Russian seaport. And after Peter the first and foundation of St. Petersburg, trading routes were gained, and in 1924 Yarensk from the city became a village. In the USSR there was state farm and logging. Well, and then the USSR collapsed. And Yarensk, like many other small towns and villages, began to die slowly.
Thousand kilometers to the regional center. Circle closed enterprises and four thousand people, by 2010 beginners to understand that soon and the point is such a map on the map, if you urgently do not do something.
And so the miracle happened. Almost fabulous.
The story says that one day in December 2011, standing over the complete dishes of the sink and the mistress of the plate, Natalia Rocheva suddenly heard the prophetic - "Fairy Tales of the Lensky Forest" on TV. Doming dishes, she sat down to read "arguments and facts" and saw a note called "New Year's orphan?" There is no mother at all with the sinking in the country along with the Snow Maiden Grandfather. And I thought, why not take the vacant place of the mother?!
No sooner said than done. Yarensk - the place is ancient, a lot of things that seemed. In the chronicles of the Savior-Preobrazhensky Cathedral, in which the Yarena Local Lore Museum is located today, a record that "December 21, 1882 in the vicinity of Yarensk had a strong snowy storm with the northern wind, so that the roofs were removed for many houses." December 21 - Day of the Winter Solstice! It is in that night, according to the authors of the idea, frost and snowstorms were born daughter Winter.
They appealed to the Creator of the Project "Fairy Card of Russia" with a proposal to include their character in the number of actors. And after request to make a justification, find some kind of binding to the area, began to search where it could happen. And found. It turned out that in the last century in three kilometers from Yarensk there was Siberia village!
Looking ahead, I will say that the plan for creating a family for the Snow Maiden is fulfilled and overfulfilled. Now the Snow Maiden in Yarensk has a mother Mother Winter, dad - north wind Siverko, grandmother - blizzard (wife of Santa Claus), aunt - Snow Baba and numerous nephews - snowflakes and snowflakes. And all of them are spelled out in the village of Siberia Lensky district of the Arkhangelsk region.
On December 21, 2011, the New Year tree in Yarensk was opened on the birthday of winter. The inhabitants of the district congratulated winter happy birthday and handed her birth certificate.
The organizers from the very beginning realized that the Mother Winter should live somewhere, and this place will play a major role in the success of the project. The residence was placed in one of the buildings of the museum, the "house of merchant Eshkileva", which is a monument of the history and culture of the eighteenth century.
The project was able to knock out the regional subsidy for the reconstruction and repair of the building, but there was no more money for anything, so the organizers threw the cry to the people to help who could. Yaren's convicts collected for a residence of antique furniture, utensils and dishes, they were renovated and, having stuck in white, blue and silver colors, placed in the house by creating an atmosphere of a wisc to a fairy tale.
Walking, a throne hall, a treasury cellar, where the drug is stored from canned northern lights, pickled snowflakes ... Yarensk shone to fabulous beauty.
Magic Thron Mother Winter, Sitting on which, you can make a desire. It is said that in addition to children, it is sometimes doing adults, even any oil and gas managers.
In 2012, at the invitation of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Arkhangelsk Region from Moscow to hold a seminar and consultation on the project "Yarensk - Mother's Mother of Mother" experts came from Moscow, as a result of which local residents Many things learned about how to conduct a fabulous business. But the consultants have taught something. Not everywhere for such projects takes all the population, even children.
In the same year, a festival "Fairy Tales of Lena Forest" was held at the Fair in Yeansk as part of the project of the Government of the Arkhangelsk Region "The Constellation of Northern Festivals".
A great set of guests from all areas of the region arrived in Yarensk. The festive concert of the festival opened the most long-awaited guest - the State Academic Northern Russian People's Choir. Then the artists from the Republic of Komi, the Vologda region, and, of course, Arkhangelsk, rose to the scene.
The main event of the fair began to arrive at the Fairy Tales Fairy Tales, Santa Claus from Veliky Ustyug. He arrived not alone, but with a woman with a woman, and met their mother's winter. It was her first official way out. "
This is the summer. And in the winter, the Festival of Arts "Snow Lace Winter" was held, on which guests from Syktyvkar arrived - the State Ensemble of Songs and Dance "Azuya Kya" and the group "Balalaika" named after Nalimov.
It must be said that the financing for the project is highlighted quite modest, but enthusiasm for the inhabitants of Yarensk is simply huge, and it is on the enthusiasm that it keeps
3 years after the launch of the project, Yarenschan was able to say with pride: "If 1,400 people visited the residence in 2012, then in 2015 - already 7150. We spent 604 excursions, 57 cultural and entertainment programs and 83 master class."
In the village built a Euro-class hotel, opened the horse yard, a new cafe and shopping centerPeople gained jobs, and a penny flowed to the budget ... Festivals, fairs, holidays, weddings, the search of the treasure on the streets of the 600-year-old village - and now 3 bus tourists per day.
Not only school tours and local tourists from the surrounding areas go to visit, but also distant tourists along the way in the shop of Santa Claus in Veliky Ustyug are often visiting and to visit the Mother Winter.
The old interiors of the merchant mansion attract here not only children, but also adults. In the courtyard of the Mother of the Winter, residents of the fabulous "Lensky Forest" live: snowflakes, water and kimikora, and in the forest hut - Baba Yaga itself.
Now the festival "Fairy Tales of Lena Forest" is held in December and lasts a whole month.
Every year the festival program is saturated various events: Holiday masters of folk crafts and crafts, trade fair, competitions for the best toy for the New Year's tree and sketch of postcards from the Mother of the Winter Mother, a gastronomic holiday "on the recipes of magical cuisine Baba-Yagi", Winter Ball "Snow Lace Winter"
Here is such a story.
And I don't even know that in her wonderful - a fairy tale about Mother's winter or a fair fairy tale, as the inhabitants of the little Yeeansk gathered with the forces and on almost bare enthusiasm and love for small Motherland The project was pulled out, which in terms of the level are now compared from the behavior of Santa Claus, with absolutely incomparable financial capabilities.
Do not forget to visit, if you are in those edges.
I did not have winter ... it would be ... some other name, because the seasons were not going anywhere. And why did the winter name called in winter, and not somehow otherwise? And for what is this snow and frosty time of the year, respectfully magnify Mother and even a wizard?
Why is winter so called?
Some more love the summer with the sun, by sea and fruit, the other in the spring with her amazing life update and the awakening of nature. There are fans of autumn with her foggy dawn and carpets from yellow leaves. But no one will argue with the fact that winter is really a fabulous season.
This is the coldest season, coming after autumn and replacing the spring. The Word itself is similar to the sound and pronunciation in languages \u200b\u200bwith Praslavyansky origin. In Ukrainian, this time of year is also winter, as in Bulgarian, but with an emphasis on the first syllable. In Czech, Slovak and Polish - Zima, in Latvian - Zìema. It is in other languages, for example, in Indian - HIMA. Translated into Russian, this word denotes snow that, in general, it is completely logical and natural, because this season is associated with snowfall, blizzards, blizzards, snowdrifts.
On Sanskrit, this word sounds very poetic - the time of falling snow, and in Greek - the time of snow or rain time. There is not a confirmed assumption explaining these etymology. In accordance with it, winter is the deity of the winter period, which was responsible for the corresponding season. The ancient Slavs in the pantheon of the gods existed a deity - the cow of Zemun (or Sumoon), created by the Creator of the world, originally. She lived on the island of Berezan, in the central part of which mysterious ripey mountains were located. The dairy river flowed through them - just from the milk of the cow Zemun. In this case, associations with white, snowy color are traced.
Winter-wizard: What is so noter this time of year?
Winter is a wizard, a sorceress, the queen. This is not a complete list of epithets that can be met in the literature, yes in and everyday life in relation to winter. Why are similar metaphorical expressions? It's all about nature. Of course, in different regions winter is different. But in most of them, in winter, ordinary streets, yards and houses are transformed, covered in a snow-white bedspread, which hys up to spring all the imperfections of the world.
Early winter morning is a wonderful spectacle. The first timid sun rays, breaking the frosty transparency of the air, laughed sparrows, multicolored slowly spising snowflakes. Winter evening is a limitless source of inspiration. They are long-long, touching, fascinating, as if inviting fairy tale. Winter is a wizard and charming anyone who is willing to meet her charm. The magic part of the year is added and special winter holidays - New Year, Christmas, baptism.
How did the expression "Mother-Winter" appeared?
In Russian, there is a steady expression "Mother-Winter", which can be heard quite often. And it, at first glance, is very controversial, because winter is a cold, sowing, and the mother is directly associated with care, warmth, caress.
But in this case, such an expression is not an indication of fertility, but just the possibility of relaxation from strained field works. But why then the peasants were waiting for the arrival of spring with such impatience? After all, peaceful calm rest - it's so cool.
In fact, this sustainable expression confirms the fact that our ancestors lived in another climatic belt, different from the modern average belt of the order of seasons. If you appeal to Sanskrit, then you can find out that the word "Him" is consonant with English humidity - humidity. And initially meant the wet season opposite to dry, summer.
In Russian, they only exist as part of the borrowed words. And if they are analyzed, they are not connected with the word "winter". But these are the words "winter", "humus" (the upper fertile layer of the soil), "Humor" (Humor) are actually relative, since they are associated with the general definitions "fertile", "wet", "favorable" and represent derivatives of phonetic forms from The same word.
If you analyze the word "summer" in the Indo-European lexical context, then it does not cause association with fertility and grace. For example, in ancient Greek mythology there is an expression "Candle in the fly", that is, to disappear without a trace. In German, there is a phonetically close to the Russian "summer" leiche, and in English - Late, which is translated as a "corpse" and "dead man", respectively. The analogies can continue and continue up to the ancient Greek Titanide. Summer, giving birth to Zeusis Twins Apollo and Artemis, which, as you know, did not differ in modesty and pious behavior. In many countries, the summer is a dry season, the death time is unlike Russia, where it is favorable for life.
Thus, this expression goes hand in hand with an ethnic group from the moment of leaving those areas where winter was a gracious, rainy, wet and fertile season, unlike the dry "dead" summer.
Mother, the queen, a sorceress, a wizard - all this winter. And as if we did not like other seasons, her parish is inevitable, like sunrise and sunset. And this means that you need to extract positive from this season at the maximum and prepare for the coming of the next seasons so that it was about to remember.
In Moscow, for a couple of days included the winter. And in mind the memories of the huge snow-white snowdrifts, cleaned white paths and crisp under their feet. And also frosty sun on the blue sky and covered with the longest mustache of the black fluffy cat! In such a beautiful snowy winter, we plunged during the first stage of the Expedition "Opening Silver Necklace" in the village Yarensk, an emphasis on the letter I am Yarensk is located almost on the border of the Arkhangelsk region and the Komi Republic. The climate is sharply continental, so here is cold and snowy winter and short hot summer. 
We arrived in the village at the beginning of March and on the street it was 27. In some sources it is indicated that the lowest temperature dropped to - 50. 
In ancient times, Yarensk flourished, being an important transit point of the merchant route to the Urals and to Siberia, as well as the homeland landlords. But with the opening more southern paths In Siberia, Yarensk lost its importance, and in 1924 he lost the status of the city. In Yarensk, a researcher of Kamchatka, Aleutian islands and Alaska Stepan Glotov was born. And the famous Robinson Cruzo, according to the plot of the book of Daniel Defo, passed the trade through Yarensk! 
Now about the old origin of the village resemble the remains of the urban earthen shaft, vintage wooden houses and several stone merchant buildings. 
Many local wooden houses have more than 100 years of history. 
Especially pleased the cleared tracks and the lack of reagents. 
The cat was calm as a boa and did not pay the slightest attention to the informed bloggers. 
In general, Yarensk impressed the place removed from civilization, but the presence of life in it. 
The first brick building in Yarensk, the House of the merchant Eshkelev, was built in 1820. Now it contains the residence of the Mother of Winter. Not so popular as a residence of Santa Claus, but a very interesting and mental place: children will be interested in participating in an interactive tour with the participation of winter and its assistants, and adults - to be inside the old merchant house. 
In the yard, the inhabitants of the Fairy Lena Forest live in the yard: we were met by the led, kimair and Baba Yaga. And although we all have not had no children long ago, it turned out very fun 
Get to Yarensk easier by car. What we actually did. Another way to train to railway station Megerage, through which trains from Moscow and St. Petersburg at Syktyvkar, Vorkuta and other cities of the Republic of Komi are held. Further on a regular bus. 
We look at the photo and remember what the "right" winter should be 
Svetlana Vyaznikova
My children and I have recently visited Mother's Mother. It's just a fairy tale! I invite you to see our photo report.
Met us Mother Winter in the biggest and bright room - the hall where the throne is located.
Trone W. Winter Mother Not Simple, and magic. Who will sit on him and makes desire - it will definitely come true!
In the hall of U. Winter Mother Lives Snowman, It is an elegant Christmas tree.
The walls of the hall are decorated with paintings by local artists.
Told us Mother's winter about her palace, that in it is located.
There are u Winter Mother His diningwhere she treats tea with snowflakes (meringue).
And children mother Winter treated snowflakes
In the dining room there is a fireplace that she melts Kolya guests frozen.
There is a room called alook where Mother Winter resting.
In the room of that - bed
Chest of drawers on which the boxes are in them Mother Winter keeps her decorations.
Carved old oven
And this winter outfit Mother's Mother
To be continued.
