Kirov has never been one of the cities famous for their "anomalies" or some unusual stories. But nevertheless, its inhabitants have something to tell. So, at the crossroads of Moskovskaya and Svoboda streets, there is a house with which a terrible tradition of wartime is associated. However, they say that ghosts and even … kikimors are found in Kirov!
1942 turned out to be hungry for Kirovites. And at the market there were some Augusta Abaturova and Pelageya Klyukina selling meat pies. Tradeswomen lived in the basement of the house. Besides pies, they constantly fried cutlets. Where did the meat come from, because food was then given on ration cards? Bad rumors spread among the neighbors. Moreover, children began to disappear in the vicinity …
Once the tenants of the house heard a cry from the basement: “Auntie, don't touch! Don't need a knife! The neighbors quickly ran to the noise and saw the murdered child and Abaturova with a knife above him. The killer cut his neck … She quickly got her bearings, jumped out the window and ran towards the river. They say that the cannibal even managed to buy a ferry ticket, but then the police detained her. Pelageya Klyukina was arrested right at home. Both were tried, but for some reason they were not shot, but sent to a strict regime colony, where they were later killed by their inmates.
Many districts of Kirov are considered "bad". One of them - "Sunny Beach", which, despite its "bright" name, has a gloomy fame. The fact is that it was built on the site of an old cemetery. Even during its construction, soil mixed with human bones was taken out of the foundation pits on KamAZ trucks. Poltergeist phenomena occur in some apartments today.
But there are such places in many cities, but the Kikimorskaya mountain … According to myths, once upon a time on the land of Vyatka there actually lived Kikimors, who moved into the river from this very mountain. And now there is a ski resort there.
Ghosts are also found in Kirov, although not on such a scale as in other places. So, near one of the morgues, cameras turn on by themselves at night, reacting to movement. But they remove emptiness. And the real ghosts can be found in the area of the so-called "Suicide Bridge" in the Alexander Garden. This bridge is laid across the Razderekhinsky ravine, in which the famous Khlynovsky massacre happened in 1412, when the Vyatka and Ustyuzhan people fought against the Tatars. The Vyatka soldiers, without understanding, killed the Ustyuzhan who were walking to their aid. Today, the bridge attracts people who want to commit suicide …
The most impressive "ghostly" myths are about the AI Herzen Kirov Regional Scientific Library (Herzen Street, 50). Back in the 60s of the last century, such a story happened there. One of the employees was on duty at the library on the weekend and decided to call her military husband from work, who was also on duty at that time. During the conversation, the woman suddenly said that the door creaked and that someone was coming here. The connection was abruptly cut off. The husband became alarmed and, taking with him the armed soldiers, went to the library. They entered the building through the window. The husband found his wife in a deep swoon. They began to look for the one who scared her, but they did not find anyone.
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Already in our days, one early morning, being alone in the building, the security officer heard someone's footsteps and a man's voice clearly articulating the words: "Are you still here ?!" The attendant jumped out onto the porch and was afraid to go inside until other workers arrived. After that, there were still manifestations of "evil spirits". The invisible inhabitants were even nicknamed Yasha and Gosha …
After the library was consecrated, they seem to have calmed down, but from time to time they continue to remind of themselves: either there will be a rustling of pages from the periodicals hall locked outside, or a shuffling sound, as if someone is walking on the floor of the reading room in slippers, or on New Year's Eve the ringing of Christmas tree decorations is heard from the empty room.
Employees believe that these are the souls of the former inhabitants of the old building. There is a legend that a tragedy once happened in the basements of Gertsenka, where there were once residential apartments. The librarian who rented an apartment there was having an affair with a married man. When he refused to leave his wife for the sake of his beloved, she first threw herself at him with a knife, and then laid hands on herself. Here they are, suicide and murder victim, now roaming the house …
Near Kirov there is a summer cottage village called Lugovye. Nearby there is a small river Khlynovka (in the XII century the city itself was called Khlynov). Old-timers notice a strange phenomenon. In the briar bushes or among the trees that stretch along the railway, a plaintive meowing cat sits constantly. Maybe this would not be anything unusual, but the fact is that the cat has not been seen anywhere else except this place.
In winter and summer. True, the locals sometimes feed him, and even stroke him. But there are also "material" ghosts. According to the stories, the cat does not leave its territory, even when the dogs appear. It seems that he is forever tied to this place and cannot leave it …
Irina Shlionskaya