Some weeks back we with the wife, the charter from a
city dust, have decided to leave somewhere to vanish. One my familiar has told, that in the
Remember from plots of Russian national fairy tales,
that bridge where on river to the Currant the Ivan - fool fought with the
Monster. The small historical information: the Monster in Russian fairy tales
was identified with the tatar army i.e. if to transfer
a fairy tale on modern the Ivan - fool (Russian people), fought on the bridge
with Tatars. Or, simply speaking, - Kalinov Most, not that other, as a frontier
post used, by the way speaking, then also cossacks.
Having arrived on a place, we have understood,
that without a conductor it will be difficult. First, appeared, that the exact
site of the bridge is not known practically by anybody, except for grandfathers
who were there last time still boys. Second, because collective farmers have
decided, that we have arrived to steal Wheat…
We have found Most for two days. In the first day
departed on foot about 18 kms, and 5 from them on
wheaten fields without way...not in that side, and only towards evening have
found the tracks, having found out in a field an old barrow. Already darkened,
and was solved to continue our travel in the morning. For the second day,
walking to earlier marked barrow, any attributes river, or guelder-roses
have not found out the bridge.
Was solved to make a fact-finding
sortie in an old wood which was seen in the distance. What was our surprise when we have found out, that on
edge of it the small rivulet proceeds. Walking about
hundred meters, we have found some logs through it. Around of it, completely
small bridge, the guelder-rose grew. It also was that
Kalinov Most which we so long searched. Anyway, a
place as our ancestors, did not change a site of
bridges. Having examined and having photographed all around including 4
barrows, we with feeling of full satisfaction have gone back to a capital
hailstones