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Site WatchSite Name: Isle of Vera Alternative Name: Vera Island, Lake Turgoyak
Country: Russia Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Chelyabinsk  Nearest Village: Turgoyak
Latitude: 55.161453N  Longitude: 60.031119E
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Standing Stones in Russia. The Urals intends to develop pilgrimage to the "Russian Stonehenge" [here we go again... MegP Ed] A new museum complex to study and preserve ancient megaliths (ceremonial structures of massive stones) will be soon created in the Isle of Vera, Lake Turgoyak of the Chelyabinsk region. According to Senior Research Scientist of the Chelyabinsk Research Center of the Institute for History and Archeology of the Urals department of RAS Stanislav Grigoryev, researchers have a great work on their hands to restore megaliths and improve the territory of the island.

The Isle of Vera is well known among tourists; about 15 thousand people come to see it every year. Its territory is now grassless and has almost no underbrush. Archeological monuments have also suffered from tourists. Many of them are now in an unsafe condition and need restoration,” said Grigoriev at an Interfax press conference in Chelyabinsk.

According to Grigoryev, “the isle has so many different ancient constructions that it can be turned into one of the most interesting open air museums, ranking next to the Stonehenge in England.”

“Among the most interesting monuments of the isle are its megaliths, similar to the famous megaliths of the Western Europe and Middle East. The largest of them is about 18 meters long, and weighs about 17 tons. Most likely, it is a temple complex related to the sun calendar cult,” added Grigoryev.

“These megaliths are at average six thousand years old. Their further study may possibly change the history of the mountain forest zone of the Urals in the end of the Stone Age. Megaliths will help us follow connections between the Urals and the Middle East,” said Grigoryev.

Source: Interfax.

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Re: Isle of Vera by Anonymous on Saturday, 13 October 2012
Believe it can be accurately stated that the megalithic sites we have discovered were made with techknowledgies we have still yet to discover. The Megalithic buildings, stones, etc - were built by a global society. Read the Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings by Charles Hapgood. Furthermore, the people who bulit the sites were able to live in vertually every type of evironment from woodland, to desert. They were able to appear from out o know where and leave just as a abruptly. It is interesting to me that no one has taken into consideration as to what type of tool was used to carve out the glyphs on the temples of Egypt. The glyphs were made with a template and were not carved by hand becuase the shapes are too precise. They were carved into the stone by some type of machine. And why stone? There were easier building materials to use. Were they afraid of somthing or someone or something?
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Re: The Megalithic Constructions on the Vera Island of the Turgoyak Lake by Andy B on Monday, 26 September 2011
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Photos and visit report here in Russian
http://mzadornov.livejournal.com/47750.html
Translation
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fmzadornov.livejournal.com%2F47750.html
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Re: The Megalithic Constructions on the Vera Island of the Turgoyak Lake by Anonymous on Saturday, 01 November 2008
For more infomation you can visit our site http://www.islandvera.ru
Stanislav Grigoriev
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The Megalithic Constructions on the Vera Island of the Turgoyak Lake by Andy B on Friday, 09 May 2008
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The Megalithic Constructions on the Vera Island of the Turgoyak Lake in the Southern Transurals

S.A. Grigoriev, N.M. Menshenin

(13) HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY
http://csc.ac*****:8006/ej/issue/en/23
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Lake Turgoyak – a unique cradle of world mysteries by Andy B on Friday, 09 May 2008
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by Konstantin Ryazantzev, director of the nonprofit partnership resort Turgoyak

Since 1960 Lake Turgoyak has been included in the World Lakes “Red Book” as one of the most rare and most beautiful lakes in the world. On nearby Saint Vera Island archeologists have found megaliths, tombs, galleries and quarries dating from 10,000–100,000 years old– including mysterious “ancestors” of the Pyramids.

In 1922 the Turgoyak resort was set up near this unique lake. Its location
in a nature reserve and its federal status have always played
an important role in its development and protection. A key point
point of nearby interest is Saint Vera Island, four kilometers from
the resort. It is the cradle for several unique archeological discoveries.
Megaliths were found here that are 10,000 years old. They
are much older that those found near Gelendjik, Krasnodar or even
in Tunisia–their maximum age is only 5,000 years. An archeologist
from Ekaterinburg announced that the table-stones found on
Saint Vera were 30,000 years old. These are considered to be the
oldest on the planet.

Moreover, a tomb with galleries was found on the island. There
is only one similar burial place–not far from Eton, in England. [??? Mont de la Ville originally from Jersey? - MegP Ed]And
the most unique discovery was made last year by the famous archeologist
Stanislav Grigoriev. He found a hundred thousand year old
quarry–basically the time when man just started to walk upright.

Before that, Grigoriev did archeological research in Iran, but now
he works only in Russia as there is so much to be found. Moreover right here on the territory of the resort archeologists found several
sites that are “ancestors” of the Egyptian pyramids. But why do
we find them only now? The answer is simple: the Chelyabinsk
region was closed to foreigners and most Russians. The archeological
dig was kept secret for a long time.

I must say that Turgoyak is a wonderful tourist destination.
Firstly, it is the geographical center of Russia. Secondly, Ekaterinburg
researchers recognize Turgoyak as the geomagnetic
center of the Eurasia continent–what some spiritual people
call “a navel of the world”. About hundred kilometers from the
Turgoyak region there are two polluted places that in different
times served as scenes for man-made catastrophes (Karabash
and industrial complex Mayak), but nevertheless the radiation
level in the region remains normal.

The lake is surrounded by
300 kilometers of pine taiga forest and thanks to the prevailing
winds, none of polluting effluents get to this region. Turgoyak
is also unique in a way that it has borders with the Ilmen
mountains–a natural mineralogical museum. Though they are
only forty kilometers long, they contain all the elements in the
Periodic table. And the Ilmen reserve itself is only ten kilometers
from the resort. Construction on the lake shore is prohibited.
The only place that can be developed is on the site of the Turgoyak
resort. Today there are several spa centers for affluent customers,
and of course the Turgayak resort for everyone. We are now enlarging
our health center and constructing three hotels (fourteen,
nine and five-storey). This year the resort celebrates its 85th birthday
85 and is entering a new phase of its development.

http://www.marchmont*****/issues/chel_eng/Migr_05_12_(eng).pdf
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The Megalithic Structures of Vera Island in Turgoyak Lake, Southern Urals by Andy B on Friday, 09 May 2008
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The Megalithic Structures of Vera Island in Turgoyak Lake, Southern Urals By S. A. Grigoriev (stgrig@*****) and Y. V. Vasina (semantik@*****)

Different types of megalithic structures are known from the Mediterranean, Northern and Atlantic Europe. They include individual menhirs (standing-stones), alleys of menhirs (menhir alignments), dolmens, gallery graves, rock-cut tombs, etc. Until recently, only the dolmens of the Western Caucasus represented these types of sites in Eastern Europe.

During the last years, relatively small alleys of menhirs are also found in the Urals, but the size of these sites and the labor inputs for their construction are not striking. Therefore, their designation as megalithic structures must be viewed with some reservation. However, field studies conducted during the last three years resulted in the discovery of a new type of archaeological site in the Urals, which may be considered true megalithic structures.

More at http://www.comp-archaeology.org/GrigMegtUrals.htm

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