Or will there be a war? Signs, signs, signs. Popular signs of imminent war published

V different areas residents recall that apples, mushrooms and cucumbers were born in excessively large quantities before the war. Therefore, we can talk about abundance, which will turn into a shortage.

It is also connected with the popular idea of antinomies. “The summer of 1941 was extremely fruitful. Winter and spring crops were successful, the grass stood up to the chest. But the anxiety among the people already lived,

war was predicted by seeing the flashes of the northern lights.

On June 20, Andrey brought about 360 porcini mushrooms. When the mother saw them, she threw up her hands and exclaimed: "To the war!" And the grandmother said: "Pip you, Katya, on the tongue." But the war has begun. "

“It was felt that the war would come, everyone was talking about it. Signs of nature.

There were a huge number of squirrels and animals. On each bitch is an apple tree, right under your feet. They said: "This is for war." This is the Dukhovshchinsky district now. Smolensk region. Vertkinsky village council. Village Selo.

There have never been so many mushrooms! Lots of mushrooms!<…>

And the boys took part in the work of the collective farm. And now one woman tells such a story, a fable. My dears, the road is narrow field, the rye is high, high as a wall. The car was driving. There were few cars then. And suddenly the wheels are spinning, the car is stationary. A woman dressed as Eve comes out.

Where does it come from?

From rye, from crops. And he refers to those who were in the car.

And there were many people in the car?

God knows! Hard to say.

There were few cars before the war. Our collective farm had one car.

So that's it. And he holds three ears: an ear of rye, an ear of wheat and an ear of barley. Fat ears. Poured grains. And he says: "Do not rush! You see what a harvest. And there will be no one to clean. There will be no time. There will be war. "

There were premonitions of war.

They found some other signs. There are many cucumbers. Also to the war. This was in 1941, a few weeks before the war. The war began on June 22. The rye is not yet ripe. She popped out. Indeed, the harvests were like death.

I was still a boy.

There were two old men in our village. They were captured in Germany during the First World War. We were there for a long time. And they spoke German and understood german life... And so they predicted that the Germans usually start wars in the summer. And Napoleon in the summer, and the German in the summer. It was known that Austria, Czechoslovakia, Belgium and France -

it all came together under Hitler, that the war is on us "

This is how the antithetical consciousness manifests itself: cf. a flood dreams of a fire, a fire - a flood. Similarly, fat ears can be interpreted in the hand of a woman in white,

(option: in transparent clothes, naked; gender transformation: a man in white, an old man who appeared to a traveler (usually a driver) before the start of the war.

Also in the popular mind big number male babies speaks of the coming war.

“I heard that before the war, they say, many boys are born. Yes, some boys are born - this means there will be war "

“People shout:“ War! ”, And we give birth to children in the maternity hospital.

And what I remember - everybody gave birth to boys " This sign is reflected in fiction

Severe frosts near Moscow in 1941 are interpreted by many as God's help

for the Germans counted on a lightning-fast seizure of the territory of the Soviet Union. They also resemble the winter of 1812. Here you can find fabulous and ritual motives. First of all, this is the idea of frost as a mythical creature, as well as the help of natural forces to the fairytale hero.

And people are always looking for precedent situations. Comparison of natural phenomena before the terrible events of different years.

Let's remember solar eclipse in "The Lay of Igor's Regiment".

Most often, the wars of the Patriotic and the Great Patriotic War are compared, sometimes also the invasion of the Tatars.

“On the eve of 1812, an unprecedented star lit up in the skies of Russia. She appeared in the long nights and burned with a strange ominous point among the even radiance of the usual luminaries.

People, looking in the depths of the sky, felt their hearts constrict from the stubborn, unshakable gaze of the stranger. She seemed to predict trouble, as if she was repeating: "To be unhappy ... To be in grief ... Wait on the threshold of war ..."

Following the unexplained appearance of a star violent fires began. Burned Russian cities, villages, forests; the ground smoked with smoke like a casually thrown bonfire. And in these lights, people also saw an inexorable omen: "To be misfortune ... To be in grief ... War is not far off ..."

Pundits opened ancient books and were horrified:

decrepit pages reported that

before the great invasion of the Tatars in Russia, the sun and the moon became unrecognizable, as if they warned of future suffering and misfortune. ”Thus, a parallel can be drawn with the legend of the appearance of Our Lady to Tamerlane, which was accompanied by an eclipse of the heavenly bodies. Falling comets are also usually regarded as a bad sign..

"On black starry sky a human figure similar to Nicholas the Pleasant was shining. Rather, it seemed to consist of contours drawn by subtle dots-stars. For some reason I was seized by such horror that I rushed into the passage and hid behind the door. The grandmother called joyfully: "Don't be afraid, go quickly, cross yourself." But I just, gasping with horror, looked out from behind the door, and my grandfather and grandmother in the middle of the yard, lifting their faces, crossed themselves into heaven. "

“I heard: balls of fire flew before the war. These are comets. And the icons cried with bloody tears»

Two pillars of fire could fight in the sky, which was interpreted by the narrator as a battle of heroes. Also, the number of pillars in the sky was equated to the number of years of war.

Moreover, such parallels in omens related not only to the Great Patriotic War.

“The art teacher told me, and she was still a woman. Before the war, we saw pillars in the sky. The thickest pillars ... How many pillars - so many years the war will last. This is before the first Chechen campaign

The symbolism of the cross clearly refers to the Christian tradition:

the people are prepared to carry their cross.

It also suggests an analogy with crucifixion, cruelty, injustice, torment, and in general, with great grief.

Sometimes one story talks about a number of signs, signs predicting hard times. “It was in the spring of 1940. We lived at that time in the village of Kirovo, Mishkinsky district. I didn't have a cow; I went to my neighbor Miropiya Ivanovna for milk. Once I went to her. Before I had time to enter the house, a cloud appeared from behind the forest. Black-black. It started to rain immediately. I decided to wait it out with her. They started talking. And the sky is throwing lightning. Suddenly the hostess fell silent.

"Look," he says, "look at the sky." I looked up at the sky and was stunned.

Five crosses flashed near the rainbow. Two of them were bright, and three barely glowed. Miropiya Ivanovna says:

“Here and in front of the Yermanskaya so ... First the crosses, and then the war. And the harvest was ... Oh-oh-oh. Especially the mushrooms were visible and invisible. So now ... Therefore, we cannot avoid a new war... The first two years will be especially difficult, and then a little easier, and the war will end in the fifth year "

I believed and did not believe. And a month later we left for Shadrinsk. And I forgot about the foreshadowing of Miropia Ivanovna, and only a year later, on June 22, did I remember "

There are also known legends associated with individual destinies.

Before the war, a strong storm is often interpreted as a sign of impending terrible events. A man who smoked in a storm by an open window would die in the war. You can compare this with the rite of fumigation of the deceased.

The symbolism of the storm as a whole is regarded as an invasion of the enemy (remember epics, songs, fairy tales).

The rainbow, on the contrary, accompanies success. Soviet troops... In Christianity, it is regarded as a sign of mercy from above and the provision of God's help in the near future.

But a rainbow (a transformed image) can also be part of an omen with negative semantics. “You know, I had a dream before the war. Lucy, did I tell you? Do you remember?

- (Daughter): yes.

I have a dream: as if I were leaving the house there, in Grebenniki. I leave the house - well, I’m on the threshold. And, therefore, in the west - in the west like this is the map of Europe. And from this side - from the west - two arrows converge like this, white, two arrows. And about where I know the Ural Mountains, just about to this place two arrows converged like this. And some moment passed, that everything began to disappear. And I woke up. And then grandfather, Yegor Ivanovich - he read the Bible there, everything - I began to tell him, grandfather, I say, I saw such a dream, I say. Two arrows, I say, converged like this, I say, and then it all began to diverge. And he says, oooh, this, he says, will be for war. And I really saw him by the spring, this dream, as I remember now. I saw this dream - two arrows.

- (Daughter): you are our clairvoyant.

Yes. And when the war ends from the east with this one - I look here to the left - saints - saints. Mother of God, all the saints are like this. Well, here I’m looking, then, at this: and then it all disappears. And this one goes - he worked at the military registration and enlistment office - Shchegolkov! Ivan's uncle, he worked at the military registration and enlistment office. He was on armor. And he passes by us, I say: what was his name? .. I forgot.

You, I say, have not seen the saints in heaven now? And he says. And he don't know what he answered me. I say: saints - well, that's it. This, this case. And then it continues. Again a dream, as if already from this side, from the west, two pillars, and you know which two pillars? How to be a rainbow, a rainbow, and this is also like a rainbow, only different. Two pillars like this, and all the way to the horizon. And we classmates seemed to come out in our yard, and blood was flowing from one pillar. Here I’m smearing it with my foot. And they ask me: what is it? And I tell them, this is a man's cup filled with blood. But when the second bowl is filled with blood, then as if there will be an end to this very massacre. That's what. These are the dreams I saw.

And when did you have these dreams about the cup?

The war is not over yet. And soon the war really ended. The cup was really filled with blood, and I did not know how to use these words at that time. I say the male bowl is filled with blood. And further! That's not all!

When the war ended, this time with Germany, and I was in the apartment with one teacher. In Kazanka. She herself is from Rostov. Well, in anticipation too - they took Rostov, she worked in Kazanka, - her relatives were there, everyone stayed. And when it was Rostov who was freed, it was she - I would like to go and see how it was there. And here, too, there is no connection, nothing. Well. And suddenly - this war ended here. She was going to Rostov. And I have a dream: again an arrow, that means, from west to east. The arrow went like this, and that's it. I woke up - I say, and you know there will be more war! She: oh well! And the war right there and then soon with this - with Japan, right? The war began with Japan.

- (Daughter): from east to west then!

Yes, east to west. This arrow passed, and everything ended there. And so it was! There is also anxiety, it didn't last long. Here's how. Well, an arrow - I say, there will be war again. I saw then, these two arrows converged like this - so they collided even here, I say, where are the Ural Mountains, I look like this. Here, in the middle, these arrows converged. And then the arrow just came down, and that's it. These were the dreams. " Here arrows are compared with armies (cf. the designation of the movement of armies on the map).

And the stream flowing in the middle of the village “carried away a dead man in every house. Here, the symbolism of the river (the border between the living and the dead) comes to the fore. Before the start of the war, the water in the wells did not accept the buckets, it pushed them out.

Nature in the memories of the war does not remain indifferent to what is happening.

Changes in it and the appearance of numerous signs warn of events that are important both for the fate of a particular person and for the country as a whole.

The uncharacteristic weather conditions for this time of year not only show a violation of the usual flow of time, but are also interpreted as help from above in the fight against the enemy. Signs also play an important role, many of which received symbolic content in previous wars.

The glow in the sky (and its transformations: a cow, a horseman (St. George the Victorious), a sacred word
, blood red moon set people up for the terrible news to come.
Crosses in heaven, a coffin with a cross in heaven refer to Christian symbolism, speak of the impending martyrdom.

It is interesting to compare the memories of the signs and signs of war - meteorological and natural - with the tales of prophetic dreams traditionally prevailing in folklore, beliefs about signs in the sky and about the luminaries.

Sometimes this species will be combined with others, including those associated with the images of some animals.

For example, such a case: “One morning a resident of the village of Stvolovka went out into the yard and near her barn saw a huge eagle with a bloody beak, and flashes of fire over the barn.

The next day we went to the city of Sychevka to the bazaar and learned the terrible news about the beginning of the war. And a year later, on the same day, her husband dies at the front. During the war, both the house and the barn burned down "

Signs in the sky are a fairly widespread topic for war memories. Referring to previous experience, they instill in people a predominantly superstitious fear (less often - a religious feeling and tenderness from the realization of the presence of God).

Heaven in the minds of people is associated with the Kingdom of God. Therefore, the unusual changes taking place in the sky are especially acutely perceived by eyewitnesses.

Signs that appear in heaven can be referred to both Christian and pagan traditions - depending on the options for the implementation of the sign.

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In this genre folk art, as a sign, the mystical perception of war is clearly manifested.

Many of the signs, emphasizing the unnaturalness of war, its inconsistency with the life of the world, record information

about various natural anomalies: frosts in summer, strong winds and hurricanes: In the middle of almost summer, frost suddenly fell (Yurla);
By the time of the war there was a strong hurricane, the whole forest fell down, that it was impossible to pass (Syuiva Gayn.);
the appearance in the villages in a large number of forest animals - hares, squirrels, wolves: There were a lot of squirrels before the war, they went straight to the gardens, along the roofs, to the war, hares ran through the village right through the gardens (Yurla);
Before the war, there were many wolves, and they howled strongly (Nytva). Most likely, the appearance of this kind of signs is associated with the well-known effect of memory aberration. when later information is superimposed on early impressions (the number of wild animals most likely increased due to the fact that during the war there was simply no one to hunt them).

It is important, however, that the images will take in the tradition is also closely related to the idea of death. The wolf, for example, played the role of the bearer of evil in many world mythologies, was especially revered by warlike peoples (even the ancient Romans believed that wolves were shown before the battle). The Slavs also believed that wolves were associated with world of the dead.
The unusual behavior of pets was understood as a sign of war:

Before the war, pigs dug up all the land in the whole village (Vilva Sol.).

The sign is used in a broader sense: The pig digs the ground - to be in trouble. The excavated earth was associated with the grave; Wed in connection with this: If a pig digs a hole in front of someone's house, then a dead person should be expected in this house (Karagai). The appearance of rare forest animals and birds was considered a sign of war: Before the war, an owl barked like a woman, hooting (Krasnovishersk). The eagle owl, a nocturnal bird of prey, was considered unclean among the Slavs; it is known that his loud screams have a frightening effect not only on people, but also on animals. Similarly, the appearance of a hoopoe (Psk. [SRNG 7: 211]) was considered a sign of war - a bird that rarely appears to humans and, moreover, has a disgusting smell.

The abundance of fish, butterflies, mushrooms was also considered an unkind omen: the pike was walking before the war. This is generally true when there is a lot of pike, not good. She is dangerous. They don't even call her a pike, only a bitch (Oshchepkovo Us.); Before the war there were a lot of white butterflies (Karagai);
Mom said before the war there were a lot of porcini mushrooms. And my mother also told me: war is inevitable (Mukhomorka Yurl.).
The beliefs about the pike reflected the popular endowment of it with demonic features; The correlation between pike and bitch noted by the informant should be considered not only as a manifestation of the sound proximity of names, but also as the use of offensive vocabulary in the function of a talisman.
The sign with butterflies, of course, is associated with the fact that a butterfly in Slavic symbolism personifies the soul; mushrooms were popularly perceived as "immigrants" from the other world (which, in particular, is indicated by the sign Many mushrooms - many coffins)
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The secondary flowering of trees - especially the acacia blossoming in September - is considered a sure sign of war.

On Saturday, June 21, 1941, old people, seeing a crimson sunset blazing in half the sky, shook their heads: the same sunset was on the eve of the 1914 war.

Let us also recall the majestic gloomy signs of trouble, as if stopping Prince Igor, who went on a campaign against the Polovtsy ("The Lay of Igor's Campaign"):

The sun darkened his way;
the night woke the birds with groans of thunder;
the animal whistle arose,
whipped div -
cries at the top of the tree,
orders to listen ...
Early next day
the bloody dawns broadcast the light;
black clouds are coming from the sea,
want to cover the four suns,
and in them blue lightning flutters.
Be a great thunder ...

Heavenly flashes and glow were observed over the United States on the eve of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

And yet the most convincing sign seems to be: if children on the street start playing war for no reason at all, there will soon be real bloodshed!

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THE MAGIC OF WAR: THE APPEARANCE OF THE MOTHER OF GOD ON THE KURSK ARC

In the book "Orthodox Miracles of the XX century" this wondrous miracle only a few lines are devoted, but they bring to life in the memory of every Russian a turning point in the course of the Great Patriotic War.

“My uncle,” recalls our contemporary, “saw the Mother of God during the war,“ it was on the Kursk Bulge. She appeared in the sky, pointed her hand in the direction of the Germans, as if indicating the direction of our offensive. The whole company saw this - and everyone fell to their knees, everyone believed and prayed heartily to the Most Holy Theotokos. And from that day on, the war flowed, indeed, in a different direction - the Russians began to attack. So my uncle, a front-line soldier, became a believer ... "

AND LEADED OUT ON THE RIPE TO ITS ...

Among our most famous clergy were many veterans of the Great Patriotic War, who left their posterity with their memories of the military past, of wonderful meetings on the roads of war. This is what Archimandrite Alipy (Voronov), the governor of the Pskov-Pechersk monastery, told about himself.

In his youth, he was an unbeliever. When the Great Patriotic War began, he, an officer, was called up to the front. At parting, his mother gave him the icon of the Mother of God and bequeathed: "Son, when it is difficult for you, get the icon, pray to the Mother of God - She will help you!" The mother's parting words did not disappear from my memory: it warmed, inspired hope.

Once, with a group of his soldiers, he was surrounded in the forest and was wounded. On three sides the Germans, on the fourth - a viscous swamp. It was then that he remembered his mother's order. He lagged a little behind his own people, took out the icon and, as best he could, began to pray: "Theotokos Virgin, if you exist - help!" He prayed and returned to his own people, and next to them was an old woman, turning to them: “What, got lost, sons? Come on, I'll show you the path! " And she led everyone along the path to her own.

Father Alipy fell behind again and said to the old woman: "Well, mother, I don't know how to thank you!" And the "old woman" answers him: "And you will serve Me all your life!" - and disappeared, as if it had never happened. It was then that he remembered his mother’s parting words, only then he realized what kind of "old woman" she was!

And those words turned out to be false: indeed, he then served the whole life of the Mother of God - for many years he was the governor of the Holy Dormition Pskov-Caves monastery.

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THE MOTHER OF GOD'S CRYING

STORY FRONTOVIK.

The place where we sat in the trenches seemed somehow special. It was as if someone was helping us: the Germans attacked us with superior forces, and we threw them back, and our losses were surprisingly small.

And on that day, the battle was especially fierce. The entire no-man's line was covered with the bodies of those killed - both ours and the Germans. The battle died down only in the evening.

We were busy, who, than in anticipation, when we will bring dinner. I took out a pouch, lit a cigarette, and my fellow countryman, Ivan Bozhkov, stepped aside.

Suddenly I see: Bozhkov stuck his head out over the parapet.

Ivan, - I shout, - what are you doing? Are you waiting for the sniper?

Bozhkov sank into the trench - not himself. And he speaks to me quietly:

Petya, there is a woman crying ...

You thought, where would a woman come from?

But when the "music" from the Germans died down, we heard that somewhere a woman was really crying. Bozhkov put a helmet on his head and climbed onto the parapet.

There is fog swirling, he tells us. - And in the fog, a woman is walking in a no-man's land in our direction ...

Leans over the dead and cries.

God!

She looks like the Mother of God ...

After all, the Lord chose us for this memorable moment, before our eyes a miracle is taking place!

Before us is a holy vision! ..

We peered cautiously out of the trench.

A woman in dark and long clothes was walking along a no-man's land in the clouds of fog.

She bent down to the ground and cried loudly.

Then someone says:

And the Germans also look at the vision.

There are their helmets sticking out over the trenches ...

Yes, something is wrong here.

Look how tall She is, twice as tall as an ordinary woman ...

Lord, how she cried, right in her soul everything turned upside down!

As we watched the vision, a strange fog covered most of the no-man's land.

I thought:

"Wow, as if she was covering the dead with a shroud ..."

And the Woman, so similar to the Mother of God, suddenly stopped crying, turned towards our trenches and bowed.

The Mother of God bowed in our direction!

Victory is ours! - Bozhkov said loudly.

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Against the background of a sharp and - alas - real aggravation of relations with the West, official statements by the State Department and the Pentagon, NATO generals about a possible war with Russia, the topic of preparation for war, unfortunately, sounds more and more often. And they believe in it more and more.

Especially if you re-read the news from the EU and the US about the deployment of troops, exercises to bomb Russia, accusations of "crimes against humanity", "a month of preparing for a global catastrophe" and all sorts of alarmist calls from European leaders "to stock up on water and food for a month."

In addition, even the opposition Russian media note that "newspapers and TV channels cover sudden checks of the army and military exercises, talk about the arrangement and location of bomb shelters, the work of special forces and the constant calls of the NATO fleet into the Black Sea, and reconnaissance aircraft - to the borders of Russia."

Naturally, any person who grew up with toasts and dreams of their parents "if only there was no war" tries to make sure that there will be no Third World War. Even in such an extravagant way, as a reconciliation of popular signs of war with what is happening in reality.

Well, we decided to collect and list real Russian signs of war and predictions about it - without explanation. Everyone, recalling the events and facts of the past year, can draw conclusions for himself.

So, it is believed that in the year when many more boys are born than girls, war will surely happen - supposedly God or nature "took care in advance to make up for the coming losses among the male population."

Another main popular sign "to war" is huge harvest of mushrooms and apples... For example, according to "Chaskor", two consecutive mushroom years "were before the German attack on the Soviet Union, and even earlier - on the eve of Russo-Japanese War"." Many mushrooms - many coffins, "people say.

Also, according to popular opinion, the folk signs of war are bloody sunsets, long flashes in the sky and cloud crosses... Of course, the inhabitants of Russia have long counted among the signs of war and " bloody moon "- if she appears in the night sky at least once a year.

"The bread was sour, the milk was bitter. The beast behaved more impudently usual, approaching human habitation no longer only at night, but also in daylight days - as if feeling the future feast of death. Over cities and villages crows circled", - scientists collected examples.

Also, folklorists remind that " rich harvest of rye and wheat has long been considered an almost proven sign of an imminent war. "

"The sign of war is the appearance of a large number of insects, rodents and other pests. People watched before the war very a large number of white butterflies, locusts, ants, as well as an increase in the number of rats and mice, "write the superstitious people.

There were also some one-time "signs" - for example, when an icon or one of the most famous icons begins to "tear". There is even an old belief about this - supposedly when "the Mother of God cries"- this is "to the tears of the people." There is one more "church" sign - supposedly, war is inevitable, "when there are more and more military among the worshipers in the temple".

It is logical that journalists and scientists do not believe in omens, and even superstitious people understand that one can believe in them only when they are observed together.

"If, say, the demographic imbalance is complemented by queues in stores, mass flight of cockroaches from homes, long unusual phenomena in an atmosphere like rain from falling stars or bloody sunsets, then yes, "the people say.

You can also think of more exotic things. For example, a quote from Beikirch's books"Prophetic voices" from 1849: "The month of May will seriously prepare for war, but it will not come to war yet. June will also invite to war, but it will not reach it either. July will be so serious and formidable that many will say goodbye to their wives and children. In August, all over the world will talk about the war. Autumn will bring great bloodshed. "

And here is the prediction Abbot Couricier from 1872: "A strong struggle will begin. The enemy will literally rush from the East. In the evening you will still say" peace! "," Peace! " - the next confrontation, the spring will be so early and good that in April the cows will be driven out to the meadows, the oats will not yet be harvested, but wheat will be allowed. "

"Evil will grow like a thistle and tear cities, shake continents," Vanga told the journalist about 2016-2017. The world did not know a more terrible time ", - the blind woman allegedly complained seer Vanga journalist.

According to students Bishop of Sisania and Siatita, Father Anthony, the holy elder allegedly said: “The grief will begin with the events in Syria. Everything will start from there ... After that, wait for grief in us, grief and hunger ... When events begin there, start praying, praying strongly ... ".

"The war will begin with a small country, smaller than Russia. There will be internal confrontation, which will develop into a civil war, a lot of blood will be shed, and into this funnel civil war a small country will be drawn into both Russia and the United States and many countries. And this will be the beginning of the third world war ", - stated before death Archimandrite of Odessa Iona. .

Let us add that others - it is from the clash in Syria that "the beginning of the Third World War is coming."

Also many worldwide famous predictors the fate of Russia in the 21st century.

Popular omens and superstitions of war military superstitions and omens

FOLK STATES ABOUT WAR
"That there was no war!" - one of the main toasts at any feast in recent times, when the memory of the Great Patriotic War was still fresh.

Surprisingly, trying to predict whether there will be a war or not, people are still listening to the rumor very sensitively. Because there are time-tested signs that can indicate upcoming ordeals.

An ancient omen, she lives from the times when internecine conflicts were common and happened much more often than the mushroom summer fell. And if in some locality, in fact, mushrooms grew at least an oblique mow, people were sure: trouble will certainly come to them. Since pagan times, the observant Russian people have been repelled by coincidences, often fatal. Tied a significant event with natural phenomenon- the belief was formed. Sometimes, however, too outlandish. For example, just before the abolition of serfdom in several Russian provinces, a plague attacked poultry. The ensuing great reform peasant political science minds retroactively linked it to a local disaster. However, then for half a century there was no scent of any fateful innovations, and the chickens nevertheless, from time to time, massively discarded their hooves.

But military omens are a special set of beliefs. Mushrooms are the most common of these, kind of related to demographics. It is believed that in a year when many more boys are born than girls, war will surely happen. Because the Almighty (or the Mother of God?) Took care in advance to make up for the coming losses among the male population.

Not so long ago, one of the journalists discovered the work of S.A. Novoselsky "The influence of war on the sex composition of those born" in the collection of works "Issues of protection of mothers and children" of the Department of Health Organization of the Leningrad Pediatric Institute. Based on the birth rate data in England, France, Germany and individual cities of Russia in the period from 1908 to 1925 (before the start of the First World War, the years of its course and several years later), the author came to the conclusion: at the end of the war, boys in the countries the participants actually were born more, but very slightly. And immediately before its start, the indicators were normal, as in any other peaceful year.

Likewise, mushrooms: two years in a row mushroom years were before the German attack on the Soviet Union, and even earlier - on the eve of the Russian-Japanese war. However, the weather, according to the sources, was appropriate - rainy, but not "rotten".

In general, if you take the last world war, 1941, fatal for us, hardly foreshadowed an impending thunderstorm. True, in the west of the country, in Belarus, in June there were long flashes in the sky, which the local residents interpreted unequivocally: a war was coming. Moreover, the moon was often crimson-red, as if it indicated a lot of blood. But Poland, already occupied by the Germans, was across the border, and, therefore, some anxiety was present.

For the sake of fairness, we note that on the eve of the German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, in Belarusian villages every now and then talked about an imminent war. It is based on well-known signs. So, the cobweb that tightened the well was considered a sure sign of future hardships. Either the spiders, starving, spread their nets wider, or the people, seized by a foreboding of a common misfortune, took on a pencil everything that confirmed their fears, but it turned out that the rumors were literally drawn from the well.

Stoves melted poorly - firewood was damp almost everywhere. The bread was often sour. The milk, on the other hand, tasted bitter that summer, although the grass where the cows grazed was the same as last year's. The people, as they say, cumbled, alarming expectations were growing. And the beast in the forests behaved more impudently than usual, approaching human habitation not only at night, but also in the daytime. It was as if it sensed a future feast of death and was impatiently rushing to take its place. Above the villages, as over cemeteries, crows circled in clouds. In addition, wolves howled harder than ever on winter nights, and, as the hunters noticed, they trod "hungry paths" towards the West - where, if we recall old beliefs, death and profit will come to the delight of predators. Well, the mushrooms - they really were visible and invisible ...

True, in some places phenomena of a different order were observed. What the people call signs. This is a "one-time" phenomenon, in contrast to the "proven" for centuries. Let's say “crying” icons. On the eve of the Great Patriotic War, icons of the Mother of God in a number of churches throughout The Soviet Union suddenly began to tear together. The priests, knowing the attitude of the authorities to church miracles, asked the parishioners not to talk about them, but can you hide an awl in a sack? Often it was necessary to officially disavow the disturbing Orthodox rumors: they say, these are fictions, the temple is working as usual. In addition, the abbots themselves did not know how to interpret these signs. After all, it is not known what events should be linked to them: local or on a global scale. Although the old belief exists and is widely known: the Mother of God is crying - this is to the tears of the people.

Icons here and there “cry” and renew themselves to this day, but, fortunately, serious disasters happen much less frequently. But there is one sign that directly relates to the church: when there are more and more military men among the worshipers in the church, war is inevitable. But before the first Chechen war in the Orthodox churches of the North Caucasus there was literally no overcrowding. Did the omen work? Unlikely. The region smelled of gunpowder for several years, and people prayed for a peaceful resolution of the Caucasian problems.

And yet, at times, something completely mysterious happened. In 1914, before the First World War, the monks of the Valaam Monastery saw an unidentified flying object in the sky, which they unambiguously interpreted as a sign of war - and they were not mistaken. Then they simply did not know about the "flying saucers". A flying object in the form of a cross with a mixture of horror and amazement was also observed by the inhabitants of Vladivostok - a few days before the start of the anti-Japanese military operation in 1945.

In general, experts assure folk customs and beliefs, you can believe in omens only when they are observed in combination. If, say, the demographic imbalance is complemented by queues in stores, out of nowhere, a massive flight of cockroaches from homes, long-term unusual phenomena in the atmosphere like rain from falling stars or bloody sunsets, then yes, by all indications there must be a war. True, it is not at all necessary that it will happen. The ever-erroneous political scientists still inspire more confidence today than folk signs.

Although there is one indisputable sign that has been confirmed more than once. A few years before the start of large-scale wars, there was a big breakthrough in science and culture. In Russia, on the eve of 1914, a constellation of talents shone, industry developed, and epoch-making discoveries were made. Yes, and before the Second World War, scientific and technological progress was by leaps and bounds, and military actions only spurred him on. Now in our science, alas, the former breakthrough is long gone. It's not good with culture, literature and cinema are stagnant ... So, by all accounts, you can live in peace for more than one year?

"That there was no war!" - one of the main toasts at any feast in not so old times, when the memory of the Great Patriotic War was still fresh. Surprisingly, trying to predict whether there will be a war or not, people are still listening to the rumor very sensitively. Because there are time-tested signs that can indicate upcoming ordeals.

Licking your lips on the "world snack" - mushrooms of fresh pickle, laid out on a plate, do not forget to proclaim the first toast to the fact that there is no war. After all, a frighteningly large harvest of mushrooms, according to popular rumor, is like a sudden start of large-scale bloodshed.
An ancient omen, she lives from the times when internecine conflicts were common and happened much more often than the mushroom summer fell. And if in some locality, in fact, mushrooms grew at least an oblique mow, people were sure: trouble will certainly come to them. Since pagan times, the observant Russian people have been repelled by coincidences, often fatal. They tied a significant event with a natural phenomenon - a belief was formed. Sometimes, however, too outlandish. For example, just before the abolition of serfdom in several Russian provinces, a plague attacked poultry. The peasant political science minds retroactively linked the ensuing great reform with a local disaster. However, then for half a century there was no scent of any fateful innovations, and the chickens nevertheless, from time to time, massively discarded their hooves.

In general, if we take the last world war, 1941, fatal for us, hardly foreshadowed an impending thunderstorm. True, in the west of the country, in Belarus, in June there were long flashes in the sky, which the local residents interpreted unequivocally: a war was coming. Moreover, the moon was often crimson-red, as if it indicated a lot of blood. But Poland, already occupied by the Germans, was across the border, and, therefore, some anxiety was present.

By the way, there is an opinion that the common mushroom omen is actually not direct, but "collateral". Say, a noble harvest of mushrooms, as noted long ago, is usually accompanied by a rich harvest of bread, and it has long been considered an almost proven sign of an imminent war. But both in 1939 and in 1940, the last peaceful year for us, bread, as luck would have it, was born in moderation. Therefore, far from the western borders, the people were silent: no rumors, no acceptance ...
For example, everyone knows the most common superstition: empty bottles must be removed from the table. They, they say, to the deceased. In fact, the emptied dishes, the keepers of traditions will tell you, should not be put under the table, but left, but be sure to put them horizontally. To the bewildered "why?" will answer with confidence experts from “What? Where? When? ”: In the old days, the bottles were flat, so every piece of glass overturned on the table meant that today the deceased would not be among the drinkers - how much they drank to their health!
True, in some places phenomena of a different order were observed. What the people call signs. This is a "one-time" phenomenon, in contrast to the "proven" for centuries. Let's say “crying” icons. On the eve of the Great Patriotic War, icons of the Mother of God in a number of churches throughout the Soviet Union suddenly began to tear together. The priests, knowing the attitude of the authorities to church miracles, asked the parishioners not to talk about them, but can you hide an awl in a sack? Often it was necessary to officially disavow the disturbing Orthodox rumors: they say, these are fictions, the temple is working as usual. In addition, the abbots themselves did not know how to interpret these signs. After all, it is not known what events should be linked to them: local or on a global scale. Although the old belief exists and is widely known: the Mother of God is crying - this is to the tears of the people.

Icons here and there “cry” and renew themselves to this day, but, fortunately, serious disasters happen much less frequently. But there is one sign that directly relates to the church: when there are more and more military men among the worshipers in the church, war is inevitable. But before the first Chechen war, there was literally no overcrowding in the Orthodox churches of the North Caucasus. Did the omen work? Unlikely. The region smelled of gunpowder for several years, and people prayed for a peaceful resolution of the Caucasian problems.

In general, connoisseurs of folk customs and beliefs assure that you can believe in omens only when they are observed in combination. If, say, the demographic imbalance is complemented by queues in stores, out of nowhere, a massive flight of cockroaches from homes, long-term unusual phenomena in the atmosphere like rain from falling stars or bloody sunsets, then yes, by all indications there must be a war. True, it is not at all necessary that it will happen. Ever mistaken political scientists still inspire more confidence today than popular omens.

Although there is one indisputable sign that has been confirmed more than once. A few years before the start of large-scale wars, there was a big breakthrough in science and culture. In Russia, on the eve of 1914, a constellation of talents shone, industry developed, and epoch-making discoveries were made. And even before the Second World War, scientific and technological progress went by leaps and bounds, and military actions only spurred it on. Now in our science, alas, the former breakthrough is long gone. It's not good with culture, literature and cinema are stagnant ... So, by all accounts, you can live in peace for more than one year?

Russian people have always believed in omens. Psychologists testify that a person facing death involuntarily begins to believe in otherworldly forces, subconsciously developing in this way a kind of protection. The combat pilots of the USSR who took part in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 are no exception, they had a clear list of signs that they did not violate under any circumstances.

Death can be deceived

The most common omen during the war was the exchange of items of clothing with their comrades. The pilots believed that in this way they were playing around with death. Before any battle, the military passed on to each other all sorts of trinkets and items of their wardrobe. As if the one to whom fate is written to die in battle, giving his thing, is saved, passing part of his fate to another person. And the pilots believed that this omen worked.

Shaving and cutting - not allowed

Immediately before the sorties, not a single pilot had his hair cut or shaved. But if necessary, many did it the day before. Once, during the operation to liberate Poland, the weather was bad: low clouds made it difficult to go to the sky. The pilots of the first squadron of the 141st Guards Assault Regiment were at the airfield, awaiting an order for a sortie. Two of them, so as not to waste time in vain, decided to shave, realizing that this should not be done. A little time passed, the sky cleared, they gave the command to take off. And in the end, everyone returned to the airfield, except for those who violated the ban: the planes of the shaved pilots were shot down. Coincidence or not - everyone decides for himself. It is known that one of the owners of clean cheeks was an experienced pilot, with 59 combat flights behind him, and the other was a beginner.

Frontier dozen

There was a belief among the pilots who fought that after completing 13 sorties - a hell of a dozen - the chances of being shot down in battle were sharply reduced. According to incomprehensible statistics, the planes were shot down 3 or 4, 13 and 33-34 times, and the pilots, going on these sorties, tried to complete the task as soon as possible and return to the airfield.

Secret talisman

Combat pilots necessarily had talismans, which they did not tell anyone about, otherwise the amulets would have lost their power. There was an example that one pilot always successfully conducted air combat operations, and his comrades jokingly said that someone had bewitched him. Incredibly, he always flew out on missions in the same jumpsuit, never changing it to a different outfit. After the war, he confirmed that he believed: as long as this jumpsuit was on him, he would not be knocked down.