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Discover the 'Lost World' of the Quiet Don

'Lost World' invites you to visit an unusual country - the territory of friendship, creativity and extraordinary discoveries. It is a cheerful and friendly country, whose inhabitants make unforgettable trips every day - traveling through time. The Lost World is a world of interesting adventures and mysterious transformations. Here, walking the roads of the past, you can not only see the life of our distant ancestors, but also participate in it! The picturesque hills of the high Don on the right bank represent the remains of the oldest mountain system on the territory of Eastern Europe. Privolnaya mixed herb steppe here is organically combined with forest tracts of river basins and beams. From the high hills of the right bank, there are rare beauty panoramas to the islands covered with greenery and the open spaces of Pridonie. The most beautiful of the Don islands - the uninhabited island 'Guest' gives the area a romantic - mysterious look. Opposite this island, on the shores of the shallow old Don, the 'Lost World' is located.

Lost World' includes several stages of travel:

1. A track of history
2. The Cossack village
3. Military science
4. Crafts and interactive
5. Expeditions and campaigns
6. A natural environment
7. Territory and an infrastructure

The path of history

On the Path of History, travelers make an exciting journey into the past. You will visit the villages of the Stone and Bronze Ages, visit the huts, sanctuaries and workshops of primitive people, get acquainted with military traditions in the house of friends, and in the ancient burial mound you will join the sacraments of rites and beliefs of our distant ancestors. Route of excursion - Cossack kuren (museum of archeology and ethnography) - Stone Age site (visit to three huts, sanctuary and workshop) - Bronze Age settlement (house, courtyard, smithy, cart, sanctuary) - burials inside the steppe mound (8 burials from bronze up to the Middle Ages) - climbing the mound, examining the stone statue - visiting the retinue house (architecture, interior, weapons, equipment). All objects are linked, illustrating the course of the historical process, but at the same time they are also independent museums, visually revealing the most important features of those or other historical periods.

Cossack village

Military affairs, economy, house-building, everyday life and social life of the Don Cossacks. Cossack village - a complex of buildings visited (fortress, kuren, mill, workshops, smithy), characteristic of the culture of the Don Cossacks, as well as a live interactive experience in the form of direct immersion of visitors in the life of the indigenous population of these places. The route of the excursion is the Cossack kuren - the courtyard (summer kitchen, household appliances) - smithy - workshops - well - crane - inspection of transport - mill - machine for making felt - Cossack field redoubt. Accompanied by a story about the military affairs and daily life of the Don Cossacks.

Military science

Visitors to the museum can themselves try out different types of historical weapons. Archery, throwing of spears, bases of bayonet battle, felling of vines, sword fights and sabers, art of fortification and defensive serf armament - feel like a warrior! In the course of the program, the visitor participates in the military affairs of the Don Cossacks and participates in the daily life of the Cossack farmstead. The program consists of two large blocks - life and military affairs of the Cossacks.

1. Cossack village. After the meeting and the Cossack greetings, a brief discussion and approval of the program of actions - the Cossack circle. Defined responsible - for a fire, a smithy, cooking tea, firewood, etc. We inspect the courtyard and the courtyard. Next, grind flour with old millstones, we heat the stove, weave Cossack camp cakes-bursaks. At the same time, a smithy, a pottery workshop, a wattle fence, we feed animals, we carry water with a yoke, etc. On the forge, everyone can make a memorable hand-made article and take it as a souvenir. We inspect the mill, listen to its devices and work. By this time, tea with herbs is ready, 15 minutes of rest - we drink tea with cakes! After tea, the military business of the Cossacks. We get acquainted with the main types of Cossack armament, followed by exercises: archery, felling of vines (from adolescence), the main elements of bayonet combat. All exercises take place under the strict supervision of employees. The program is completed by a survey of redoubt - the Cossack field fortification and a shot from the field gun in honor of the guests. A variant of the program with a Cossack meal is possible: - ears, fried fish with boiled potatoes and salad, Kulesh knot - buckwheat porridge with meat.
2. The trench stone. Used 4-ozed 6-meter Cossack Cossack 'Kazachok', built according to old models. Armament is a light bow cannon. The team - 6-10 people, weapons cold and hand firearms (imitation). Location - floodplain lake in the river. Don, without accesss to the navigable part of the river.

An approximate program:

• a story about the role of rowing and sailing ships in the life and military affairs of Cossacks
• study of vessel construction, construction and transportation techniques
• training in synchronized rowing and steer management
• departure from berthing and approaching • artillery, shooting rules on water
• cannon firefight with coastal guard
• landing (landing)
• capture of booty and captives (daughters of the sultan)
• fights on sabers
• retreat with booty
• returning home
• tea-drinking.

After the launch of the 10-meter plow (laid on the slipway), the program 'Saryn on Kichku' will be held - the reconstruction of the Cossack boarding battle.

1. Robinsonade.

A trip to an uninhabited island with elements of survival. In our time, survival courses in nature are quite popular. They all boil down to mastering the elementary methods of orienting in the forest or mountains, the ability to recognize edible and inedible, to put up a tent, etc. The ethno-archaeological complex 'Lost World' - a museum of historical reconstruction, offers a completely different thing, namely, to make a jump in time and in fact to be in the Stone Age.
We invite all wishing to live a primitive tribe on the uninhabited island of Guest, where you can:

• master the skills of building a shelter,
• obtain fire by rubbing,
• manufacture flint tools and learn how to use them,
• master arrows and arrows, a spear and spear,
• cut wood with a stone ax,
• get food and cook it,
• use bone needles to sew a handbag made of leather,
• master the technique of modeling ceramics in a ribbon way and much more

1. Military-sports game Zarnitsa.
2. School of a young archaeologist

In our territory, under the guidance of scientists and archaeologists, young researchers can participate in the excavations of the Bronze Age settlement, sanctuary, ancient burials. Archeology is a very interesting science, it is difficult to find people indifferent to it. It's so exciting, especially for children - searches, discoveries, finds! We will introduce the guys to the rules of the field work, teach you how to use the instrument and measuring instruments.
Crafts and interactive products You can look at the history from behind the glass of the museum window, or you can step into it. More courageous! And the life of your ancestors will become your life, too. Pottery, blacksmithing, weaving, cooking, fire mining, stone processing, making toys and much more.

1. The mining of fire in an ancient way.
2. The making of toys from the hemp
3. The master class for the manufacture of stone tools.
4. The archery of the arms.
5. The coil of spears by hand and the spearjacket.
6. The blacksmithing work.
7. The quality

Expeditions and hikes

The Lost World is in a unique place in the South of Russia, where the picturesque landscapes of the valley of the Don literally breathe with the legends of 'the old times of the deep.' Ancient sites, mounds, landscape monuments, places of fighting, museums, art galleries, old villages and farms - this is your road of discovery! The route of the excursion-the forest plot of the Don floodplain-the Stone Age site-Mount Mayak (the best views of the Lower Don, including the oldest village of Razdorskaya) -a section of the virgin steppe in the hills of the right bank-the collection of useful herbs-the bairachny forest-the bivouac on the meadow tea on herbs) - a thalweg of a beautiful beam - return. The excursion is accompanied by an interesting story about the nature and history of these places, a blitz quiz on useful knowledge, skills and skills needed in the field life is held on the bivouac. Tourists will get to know the beauty and wealth of nature of the Lower Don during a hike in the neighborhood of the complex

The natural environment

The lost world is located on the Don right bank, on the outskirts of the old farm of Puhlyakovskiy, famous for its traditions of viticulture and winemaking. The landscape of the Don valley here is exceptionally beautiful and peculiar, which is due to the combination of various forms of relief and vegetation types. The heart of the Don is what they call these places. The landscapes of the Don valley in its lower reaches are exceptionally beautiful and original, which is mainly due to the combination of various forms of relief and vegetation types. The high, graded right bank, separated by deep beams (the result of the eternal struggle of the Don with the ancient mountain range), sharply breaks to a vast forested floodplain, which is cut by the old men and lakes. And, of course, the magnificent decoration of the ancient river is a garland of green uninhabited islands. The animal and plant world is rich and diverse here. To see all this does not need to make many kilometers of travel, the uniqueness of the terrain is that you can get a full picture of the nature of our region during a relatively short landscape excursion.

List of information sources

1. https: //www.google.ru
2. https: //zatermir.ru
3. https: //zatermir.ru/muzei
4. https: //vk.com/club16824429
5. https: //archae-project.ru/muzei