From a scientific point of view, Tripoli is an Eneolithic archaeological culture, widespread in the VI-III millennia BC. e. in the Danube-Dnieper interfluve (Moldova and Right-Bank Ukraine). But in our research we will draw the attention of the reader of "Faith of the Ancestors" to the most interesting and amazing aspects of this, still little-known world culture. As one of the university lecturers of the author of these lines said, the book by Professor Samuel Noah Kramer "History begins in Sumer" should be seriously revised, since the history of world culture begins in Tripoli, which is a thousand years older than Sumer.
So, the Trypillian culture has become known to the scientific world since the end of the 19th century, when it was discovered in the Kiev region (Ukraine) by an archaeologist of Czech origin Vikenty Khvoika. Despite the fact that today's academic historical science does not consider the Trypillians to be Aryans or Indo-Europeans in general, the discoverer of culture on this matter clearly expressed himself: “The Tripolians are the autochthonous population, the ancestors of the Slavs”.
What is so surprising about these "Trypillians"?
Firstly, this is the first agricultural culture in the world in the full sense of this word; it is a people for whom agriculture has acquired not only an economic, but also an ideological character. "Trypillians" cultivated hulled wheat, hulled and naked oats, millet, peas, barley, beans, grapes, cherry plum, apricots. To cultivate the land, a slash or slash-and-burn farming system was used. Bred cattle and small cattle, pigs, horses. They hunted with bows and arrows. Used for hunting dogs. And with all this, "Trypillians" did not know defensive structures and military conflicts. It cannot be argued that there were no clashes at all, but they were indeed very rare, as evidenced by the complete absence of defensive structures. And this, as people of the Vedic worldview know,signs of bright times and the triumph of the Veda (divine knowledge).
Secondly, the "Trypillian" cities were not only unique and inimitable in their time, they remained so for many millennia. The largest Trypillian cities existed more than six thousand years ago, and they were inhabited by 10,000-15,000 inhabitants. Every 60-70 years there came a period when houses (and they had a lot of dishes, ritual figurines of people and animals) were necessarily burned, and their ruins became a haven for the souls of ancestors: everything that survived from the fire belonged to them. Residents mastered new lands. The cities were well planned (which changed from ordinary to concentric) and were superior to two-story houses. In a certain period, buildings became characteristic of three rounded streets with an area in the middle, which served as a corral for cattle, people's meetings, etc. Protection from predators was carried out by a combination of the outer walls of the extreme street.
The message of the city, several surrounding villages and one or several sanctuaries-observatories (which are still called Maidans in both Ukraine and India) show the polis type of statehood, as the Pelazgi and Greeks called it. This way of communication indicates that the culture of Tripoli was urban, not rural. In the ancient world, such a culture is called "polis", from the Greek word "polis" - city. The Sumerians said: "What is not a city - that is a state!" The Sumerians were preceded by the culture of Urartu, that is, the culture of cities. The Polis of Tripoli recognized kinship among themselves, this is evidenced by the proximity of cult figurines and ornaments. Such an ethno-state association can be considered federal.
Thirdly, unique ceramics, the manufacturing technology of which has not yet been surpassed. If now we find a whole Trypillian vessel at the excavations, soup, borscht or other food can be cooked in it without complications. It is characteristic: Tripolye pottery art survived in the Aegean and Cretan-Minoan civilizations. In addition to the symbols of the Sun and the Moon, the seasons, rain and light, etc., the dishes depicted mythological images of the Foremother, a snake, a calf, dogs, and heavenly deer.
The worldview of the “Trypillians” was studied by scientists in ceramics, cult plastics and cult buildings. It was the Trypillians who created for us, descendants, cosmogonic ideas and worldview foundations that Slavic Rodnovers follow today. Among such prevailing ideas we can single out: the swastika, dual motives, Triglav (cosmogonic symbols of the trinity), four-sidedness.
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Swastika. The worldview of the "Trypillians" is permeated through and through with the desire for creativity, the control of the surrounding space with the help of the universal symbolism of the circulation of the Universe (concentric circles in the ornamentation of plates, circular planning of settlements). This should also include the "Trypillian" infinity, the so-called "meander", which is older than its Greco-Roman "relative" by several thousand years.
Duality. The ordering of reality is carried out according to the principle "positive - negative", which is based on the knowledge of the world through the comparison "space - chaos". On the tableware, two-member compositions reflect the eternal struggle and unity of opposing principles (two dragon snakes, twirling their heads towards each other); binary oppositions (day - night, summer - winter, north - south), inscribed in a complete product, symbolize the unity of these opposite principles. The most famous oriental "Tai Zi" or the sign "Yin Yang" comes from Tripoli, it is here that we find his genetic ancestor.
Triglav. The idea of the vertical structure of the Universe is reflected in the symbolism of the painting of jugs, makitras, large grain vessels, on which the lower tier denotes the earth, the middle tier - the air, the upper - the sky. Here every detail is significant, conveys the dynamics of the eternal cycle, later it will develop and receive the name Prav, Yav and Nav. Rain falls from the sky (Rule), cereals and fruits are sprouting (in Yavi), the seed buried in the ground (Nav) will sprout again in spring with new ladders. The deification of the natural cycle: life, death, resurrection is the basis of the world outlook of the “Trypillians”.
The four-member symbolism reflects the idea of the four cardinal points: a circle with an equilateral cross or a svargo-like sign on plates, a Trypillian rhombus (a symbol of the fertility of the earth), an image of months in different phases (the first samples of the calendar). The existence of astronomical knowledge and research, which undoubtedly were the professional property of the priestly estate, is evidenced by the opening of the Tripolye observatory in the 5th millennium BC. e. (Kazarovichi village on the Dnieper). The symbolism of the four also denotes "four-breasted" vessels, which have all the signs of a ritual-magical nature, obviously associated with the "feeding" (sacrifice) of the earth, causing rain, etc.
Thus, even a cursory review opens before us a majestic Vedic culture, a civilization, the natural descendants of which were our ancestors, and which we are, by right, Slavs-Rodnovers (as well as our other compatriots).
The article uses the works of V. Khvoik, G. Lozko, V. Videiko.
Bohumir MYKOLAEV