There are two popular attractions in Kolomenskoye: magical wishing stones. They are located not far from the Church of the Beheading of John the Baptist, in the Golosov Ravine, in a mysterious and even anomalous place. You can see the extraordinary blocks from afar - the plants and trees near them are tied with colored ribbons, and many of those who come to the museum-reserve want to touch them.
In ancient times, on the banks of the Moscow River, on the southern outskirts of the capital, there was the village of Dyakovo. From the north it was separated from the village of Kolomenskoye by the Golosov ravine.
According to legend, St. George the Victorious galloped along the Golosovy ravine, here he fought with a snake monster. His brave horse died in the battle, whose remains turned into sacred stones, and springs formed in place of the horse’s hoof marks.
Near the stream at the bottom of the Golosovy ravine there is a Goose-stone, and a little higher up is the Maiden-stone.
Mystical stories and legends
There are many urban legends associated with the Kolomna ravine.
Here is perhaps the most interesting one:
In 1621, Tatar cavalry suddenly appeared in Kolomenskoye near the royal palace. “Suddenly” - because the Tatars have not been seen in these places since 1571, since the repulsed attack of the Tatar khan Devlet-Girey. The detachment was captured and Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich ordered an inquiry. During interrogation, the Tatars admitted that, fleeing persecution by the Russian army, they descended into Golosov ravine. At the bottom there was some strange greenish fog, in which the Tatars hoped to hide. They emerged from the fog, as it later turned out, only after 50 years.
Another mystical story:
In 1810, two peasants, Arkhip Kuzmin and Ivan Bochkarev, were returning home from the village of Dyakovo to the village of Sadovniki late in the evening. The road passed through the Golosov ravine, at the bottom of which they saw an unusually thick fog. Having passed through the fog, the men continued their journey. Imagine the surprise of the local residents when they saw the peasants coming to their native village. They had been considered missing for 21 years.
In addition to legends about time travel, there are stories about repeated appearances in this place of huge hairy humanoid creatures, as well as cases of levitation.
By the way, keep an eye on your cell phones - they often run out of charge in the ravine.
Terem Palace
Golosov Ravine is famous not only for its mystical stories, but also for the beauty of its landscapes. A palace-city was built on the banks of the Moscow River by order of Tsar Alexei . The work lasted almost 20 years , the results are impressive.
The walls of the building are decorated with gold, the ceiling is covered with paintings, and the floors are covered with expensive Turkish carpets. Mechanical figures of lions decorated the throne room with the throne of the ruler. Since such structures did not yet exist, foreign guests considered the movable sculptures magical.
But when St. Petersburg became the capital of the state, the palace was abandoned. Later, Catherine the Second ordered it to be dismantled down to bricks and clay. But first, the architects drew up drawings of the building and took all measurements. With the help of these documents and maps, the palace was restored to its original form. It is easy to get to the majestic structure; it is located near the ravine.
There is a lot to see in this area. Most of all, visitors are interested in the male and female stones, healing springs and a temporary portal in the ravine. You can also admire the restored palace and beautiful nature.
Mysterious stones in Kolomenskoye
In the ravine lie two large stones weighing several tons each - the Horse Stone and the Maiden Stone.
According to legend, these boulders were formed as a result of the battle between St. George the Victorious and the Serpent. The serpent tore the horse's belly, the entrails fell out and turned to stone - this is how the Maiden Stone was formed, and the horse's head became the Horse-Stone.
These fossilized remains of a horse have been revered since pagan times - it was believed that spirits lived in them. Rituals were held here, deities were worshiped and sacrifices were made.
And today they are considered to have great power. The Horse Stone heals male diseases, and the Maiden Stone heals female diseases, and, in addition, they fulfill wishes and bring happiness, you just need to touch and tie a ribbon on a nearby bush. To be sure, it is worth bringing a gift - a few coins or some food.
The horse-stone lies almost at the very bottom:
The Maiden Stone is located in the middle of a steep slope.
You can often see women sitting on the Maiden Stone. It is also called “Women’s Stone in Kolomenskoye”
Connection with space
Residents of the settlement believe that healing stones emit special cosmic energy. In 1995, specialists from the Institute of General Physics decided to study this phenomenon. It was discovered that the ravine itself exceeds the norm for the intensity of electromagnetic fields by 12 times, and the stones by 27 times.
After this, the researchers became convinced that this ancient settlement was connected with space. Visitors say that equipment often breaks down here. Strange spots appear in photographs taken in this area. The compass needle points to the center of the ravine, not to the north.
For several centuries, visitors periodically encountered tall, hairy people. These cases were recorded both in the royal chronicles and in Soviet newspapers. Usually the “goblin” hid under the trees, and when tourists appeared they simply melted into thin air.
Wonderful stream
The stream flowing along the bottom is also unusual. Many springs flow into it, according to legend, flowing from the hooves of that same horse of St. George the Victorious. The deepest one is called Georgievsky. There is also the spring of St. Nicholas the Saint, the spring of the Twelve Apostles and a group of Kadochka springs.
The water in the stream is scalding cold, the temperature is the same all year round. According to legend, water from springs and streams is healing.
The stream bed is lined with stones, and nice wooden and stone bridges have been built.
Comments (45)
Artyom
03/30/2012 at 20:24 |
I would like to slightly supplement the story with information about the “living” and “dead” springs located in the Golosovo ravine. Unfortunately, I did not find the beautiful legend that was once told to me on an excursion, so I will limit myself to only brief information:The spring with “dead” water contains iron oxides, which is why there are rusty stones and no vegetation underneath. Under the spring with “living” water, moss grows on the stones all year round. If you go from the Moscow River, then the “dead” spring will be on the left hand, and the “live” spring on the right.
PS According to a study by Sanpin of Moscow, you cannot drink water from them.
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Tatiana (admin)
04/19/2012 at 15:10 |
Nice addition.
By the way, I think that in general you shouldn’t drink water from springs in Moscow. Reply
Artyom
04/25/2012 at 19:24 |
It is believed that the only pure spring is located in Pokrovo-Streshnevo. It is called “The Swan Princess” and crowds of people with various containers flock there in winter and summer. But I wouldn’t risk it either, although this conclusion seems to be official.
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Maya
06/12/2019 at 01:47 |
I’ve been drinking water from this spring for several years now) Of all the water you can get in Moscow, it’s the best. The water is clean, tasty, near this place nature is full of life, it’s obvious. Everything is learned by comparison, so after this water, it is impossible to drink any bottled or filtered tap water, it is clearly either empty or has an unpleasant taste and smell. For me, the main thing in water is the information component, and this water is natural, minimally modified. According to official data, this is the only permitted spring within the city.
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Yuri
04/25/2012 at 18:00 |
Kolomenskoye is truly a very wonderful and very mysterious place in Moscow.
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Vladimir
06/02/2012 at 21:31 |
the water in the spring from the ravine does not freeze in the freezer - I tried it twice myself, probably the antifreeze downstream in the ponds is causing the frogs to die
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Tatiana (admin)
06/04/2012 at 13:09 |
Yes... The environment in Moscow is not very good. 
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Sergey
06/27/2012 at 20:32 |
Distilled water also does not freeze in the freezer, try it.
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serj
07/02/2012 at 16:52 |
There is a lot of silver there, so it doesn’t freeze. I did the spectral analysis myself.
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Tatiana (admin)
07/04/2012 at 19:31 |
serj, are you a chemist? Tell me what else is there in the stream. Can you still drink this water?
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Natali
09.19.2012 at 18:57 |
A very interesting article..Both about the park and the water, I’d like to visit) Is that fog still present there?)
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Tatiana (admin)
09.19.2012 at 23:33 |
Certainly! So be careful...
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Alexander
09.12.2012 at 13:33 |
There is another stone of this type in Kolomenskoye. It is located in another ravine, about 1.5 kilometers south of the Maiden Stone.
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Tatiana (admin)
12/11/2012 at 12:49 pm |
I didn't know about this, I'll have to look it up.
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Alexander
01/05/2013 at 01:28 pm |
I can show you personally where it is, it is quite difficult to find, and few people know about it. It can be done in late spring or summer, when the dirt dries out. I can also mark it on the map with the route if you send it to me by email (a map of the museum-reserve with the surrounding areas, which can be edited). To go to this stone, it is better to wear rubber boots. Waiting for an answer. Happy belated New Year and upcoming Christmas!
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Andrey
07/10/2013 at 22:56 |
Is it possible to tell us at least approximately in which ravine this stone lies?
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Julia
05/29/2019 at 07:39 |
Alexander, I understand that 6 years have passed, but if you are still visiting here, is it possible to provide the coordinates or point on the map where this stone is located? I can't find any information about him. Please write to
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Jay
01/03/2013 at 19:11 |
It’s really strange about the bridges... My friends and I got lost there one night, it seemed like we were lost until the morning, but in the end it turned out that it was less than an hour...
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Zhanna
02/27/2013 at 12:46 pm |
I’ve been drinking water from Kolomenskoye for 15 years. Everything is fine.
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Ruslan
05/22/2014 at 02:00 |
Zhanna, can I ask, today I also decided to recruit in Kolomenskoye, I recruited in the main place where two springs flow out of a wall paved with cobblestones, one, as I was told, with “living” water (this is the one that is closer to the wooden ladder along which people with a small path descends to this wall, and the one from which the “Dead” flows is closer to the side of the ravine on which the famous boulders are located, and you don’t know, is this water checked? Samples are taken periodically, and if you know, where can you see about its quality .And one more question, do you drink this water not systematically, that is, whenever you want, I want to start drinking water, and this is at least 2 liters on average per day, here the quality of water is especially critical. Thank you for your answer, thank you!
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Love
06/25/2014 at 17:49 |
Our whole family has been drinking water from the holy spring Panika, near the town of Kasimov in the Ryazan region, for five years now. The water is pure, it has cured many ailments, and you can drink less than 2 liters of it a day, it is important to drink it constantly, in its pure form - do not boil it. We constantly observe massive water withdrawals by visitors from Moscow and the region into quite impressive containers. Although some sites claim that the water is ordinary groundwater. Nevertheless, I felt a powerful healing effect after just two months of use. Our granddaughter was given this wonderful water to drink from the age of two months - the child’s immunity is now strong, unlike the children of the metropolis, although we live near the source only in the summer, we carry water to the Moscow region all year round. It’s a bit far, of course - at least 300 km from the capital, but for health this is not distance...
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Natalia
12/04/2015 at 23:34 |
My friends and I go by car with a barrel of water to the source of St. Barbara and St. Nikita the Stylite in Pereslavl-Zalessky in the Yaroslavl region, medicinal silver water. It can be stored at home for up to a year or more. There is also a font with +6 water. You are reborn. If you have a car, let's go. My phone number is +79032694851 Natalia. I will be glad to call you.
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Andrey
04/15/2013 at 14:47 |
The Maiden Stone is completely unusual. It seems that the stone has frozen while boiling. Anyone who hasn't seen it, I recommend watching this MIRACLE.
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Nagatinskaya 22
05/28/2014 at 23:45 |
In the 1970s we went there in the evening, to be afraid. On one side of the ravine along which the stream flowed, there was an old cemetery, and the ravine was crumbling, exposing old graves, and bones were falling out. As it grew dark, there was not a soul in all of Kolomenskoye. A little higher up there was also an old cemetery with huge gravestones overgrown with moss. It was interesting to read who was there and what. There were pre-revolutionary inscriptions with yats.
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Tatiana (admin)
05/29/2014 at 17:14 |
Indeed, a good place to be afraid.
Huge gravestones are still there
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Alla
06/28/2014 at 01:47 pm |
When I visit children, I always take my child for a walk in the Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve. It seemed to me that I had examined everything, but now I found out about the Golosovo ravine and the stones. Thanks, very interesting. I’ll definitely find these places and see for myself.
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hope
05/04/2015 at 16:53 |
please tell me how to find Alexander, who is ready to accompany him to the sights))) and how to find burials?)))
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Tatiana (admin)
04.05.2015 at 17:16 |
Alexander wrote a comment in 2012. And the old cemetery is located near the Church of the Beheading of John the Baptist, which stands on the edge of Golosov Ravine.
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Victor
05/15/2015 at 17:30 |
about the stones
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Victor
05/15/2015 at 17:36 |
A stone very similar to a “goose” is located above a spring in Otrada Park, and about a dozen more stones in Kolomenskoye, you can read and see photos on the Uralistica website.
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Yuri
08/01/2015 at 22:32 |
I live not far from this ravine. The place is truly unusual and affects everyone differently. I'm 58. I've never completed it from start to finish, no more than two thirds. I was on its sides from different sides, alone and with companies, just like that and on various occasions, including at picnics. I made a conclusion for myself: not everyone has the desire to go down into it. This applies to both believers and atheists. Perhaps this is due to geophysics (due to a fracture in the earth’s crust), perhaps mysticism, but this is a fact. In the summer of 2013, my wife and I entered it and wanted to go all the way, so that we could get out at the end near the palace of Alexei Mikhailovich. We passed the stones and turned left. At the top there are people sitting on both sides. There is complete silence in the ravine, despite the fact that Proletarsky Avenue is nearby and when you are at the top or on the slopes you can hear not only it. A slightly unusual sugary smell from all the herbs, almost like in the South. At the same time, although all the grass in the area had already been scorched due to the heat, everything here is fresh, and there is complete dampness underfoot, like in November. Starting from some place, suddenly there is a desire to quickly leave this ravine along its steep slopes, there are paths on both slopes in this very place. And we went upstairs. Later, he tried twice to go through the entire ravine again. The result is the same. I don’t know why, maybe I’m overly impressionable or cowardly, but I’m used to listening to my impressions. My grandchildren also categorically do not like this ravine, although they sat on the stones in accordance with their gender.
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Ilya
10/17/2017 at 02:38 |
Hello Yuri, if you are here, write me an email, I wanted to discuss something with you, thank you
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Dina
08/09/2015 at 20:51 |
Today I visited Kolomenskoye once again. I wanted to walk the ravine to the end. I’d never walked, it became interesting. But today I decided to pick apples for the first time. Because of them, I didn’t get there... But I noticed that there were really no people after the stones ,quiet.smooth. There was no fear, I heard the noise of the road, cars were driving somewhere nearby. Next time I’ll walk to the end.
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sweety
01/17/2016 at 11:43 |
The Kolomna miracle we have been going there for many years, all the stones are covered, we douse ourselves with water, we drink it, we have never been sick in 7 years
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Hamomilus
06/10/2016 at 09:33 |
How was this stone formed, or where did it fall from? Which is like lava, or something. Why is no one interested? How deep is it? What sacrifices did they make to Veles? Bloody, terrible or milk and honey? No one is interested either. Where can I find out?
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Polly
05/17/2020 at 21:05 |
The cobblestones themselves weigh several tons and go quite deep underground. On the surface, so to speak, the tip of the iceberg. As far as I know, sacrifices to Veles are different - it all depends on what the desire is: if you jinx someone or even send them to Veles himself, then, of course, these will be bloody sacrifices. he seems to be a lover of bull's heads. wine, for sure, and honey. if you appease him by simply remembering God and worshiping him, expecting protection, then it’s more likely milk, bread, and what else they bring him.
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Polly
05/17/2020 at 21:07 |
a little rummaging on the Internet, digging deeper, you’ll find everything) only here, of course, it’s important to distinguish a fake. Oh, the question is 4 years old, but you never know...
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Alex
07/09/2016 at 22:38 |
How interesting! Has anything unusual happened to anyone in this ravine?
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Elena
09/06/2016 at 10:32 |
There are such stones in the Oryol region. Only there are many more of them.
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Alexei
02/21/2018 at 19:28 |
Believe it or not, in the summer of 2009 I observed a time portal opening in this ravine next to the man’s stone. And not only I saw this, but also my girlfriend, who was sitting exactly opposite me. It was July 22, 2009. I was already evening, somewhere around 21.00. We walked for a long time in the park and finally reached these stones. I was sitting on a stone, and my girlfriend was standing opposite me. We were talking. And then with my peripheral vision I see that to my left, about 20 meters away, what -that’s what’s happening. Namely, I saw in the air through the haze a stone bridge, across which a carriage with a dark brown horse is riding. People in 19th-century clothes are walking along the bridge. At that moment I look at my girlfriend and she asks me a question , do I see anything? At that moment the whole picture disappears, dissolves in the air. It turns out that my girlfriend saw everything that I saw. It all lasted about 30 seconds. Then that’s it, everything disappeared. We then came to the this place, but there was nothing else like it. That’s how we witnessed the opening of the portal, and they say it’s fantastic... Many people I told didn’t believe it, saying you had a glitch... But I know what I saw!
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Julia Sagaitis
07/07/2018 at 14:45 |
I'm getting goosebumps... How cool! I believe of course. This is not the only place where there is a portal to a parallel world. Most often they are on volcanoes and faults for some reason. I'm more interested in energy. Can you borrow at least a little from this place for yourself? I'm going to go tomorrow. Therefore, I read information on how to find stones and a ravine. Everyone is in anticipation. Last Sunday I went to the blue stone in Pereslavl. I really enjoyed the trip and managed to swim there before the thunderstorm. Lake Pleshcheyevo is very warm, but shallow. Beautiful there. And the people are so beautiful and stylish, girls, boys, men, women, I didn’t even expect this. Of course, it would be more interesting to spend the night there. Stay in a tent or hotel, there is something to see and where to go. In addition to the stone, there is also a source, and there are museums and some kind of arboretum. And a special herring, I never found it. I passed the company store on the bus, but then never got there)
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Danil
10/17/2018 at 07:06 pm |
Let's go together
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Anna
07.11.2018 at 23:05 |
I don't believe in mysticism at all. But my fully charged phone, as soon as I passed this place, notified me that it was low. You can blame it on a glitch, but after the article you can believe it)
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Timur
02/28/2019 at 14:32 |
I went through this ravine completely. I just learned about the legends and the name. It’s damp and dark there, especially at the exit to Andropov Avenue. I didn't feel any discomfort. Perhaps the old cemetery is more alarming. The Borisov stone is interesting in terms of energy, in my opinion it will be stronger than these two at the bottom of the ravine.
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Royal Library
Ivan the Terrible's grandmother brought a huge library, Liberia, to his estate. But after the death of the king, it was discovered that the collection had disappeared. In those years, there was a legend about the curse of anyone who touched ancient books. The royal grandmother was a sorceress ; she personally decided to cast spells on everyone who encroached on the library. The collection also contained an old textbook on black magic.
Ivan the Terrible divided all books into open and prohibited. He allowed the first part to be read by his entourage, and ordered the second part to be walled up in the basement of the estate. Researchers have established for sure that the lost library is located in the Kolomna residence.
A few years before the war, a church watchman found a small door in the wall of the temple. He picked up the key and went down the stairs into the dungeon. But when he came across another door and saw an ancient skeleton, he rushed back to the church. It was necessary to lay a kind of cemetery inside the building with bricks.
In 1938, archaeologist Stelletsky began excavations in the Church of the Beheading of John the Baptist. He discovered limestone masonry at a depth of seven meters. The scientist suggested that underneath it there is a dungeon with a lost library. But when the war began, the archaeologist died and the excavations stopped.
Further attempts to find the royal collection were also unsuccessful. Everyone who tried to dig the dungeon reported strange phenomena. It was said that the restless soul of Ivan the Terrible walks around the temple and protects the library. Seekers will face the wrath of the king, his shamanic rituals and curses. According to legend, the collection of books will be hidden for 800 years, then it will be discovered.
