Copper-bronze cast pieces of ancient art are often found in the Perm Territory. This art was called ‘miracle’, ‘shaman’, and finally in the 1920s it was named as the Perm animal style.
The origins of the Permian animal style lie in the high antiquity times of the peoples inhabiting the European North-East. The style flourished in the 6-8 centuries and was called the ‘golden age’ by Alexander SpItsyn, a famous Russian archaeologist. At that time, according to many scientists, the ethnic grounds of the North Ural peoples were laid - the Komi-Perm, Komi, UdmUrts, KhAnty and MAnsi.
The Perm animal style united the bronze art sculpture of the 6th-12th centuries, created by the medieval civilization of the Urals. In the center of Eurasia, three roads crossed to Siberia from Europe and Central Asia: the Byzantine, Iranian and Scandinavian routes. At the ‘gates of Siberia’, at the intersection of roads in the Upper KAma region, a civilization with a special culture arose, leaving its pantheon of gods and spirits embodied in metal. Scientists gave it the name of the LomovAtov culture along the LomovAtovka river.
Metallurgy was born very early in KAma region. The moulds and crucibles - containers for casting copper dating back to the 10th-9th centuries BC were found not far from the modern OrAlovo village.
The ideas of the ancient population of the Upper KAma region about the universe and the cult of ancestors were embodied in copper and bronze plates of the Permian animal style. The depicted symbols personify the myths of the Permian Komi about the Ancient Perm land. Thus, the elk is the common ancestor of the KOmi peoples, the duck is the mother of the progenitor of the Earth and everything living on it, the pike is the queen of the underwater kingdom, the lizard is the master of the underworld, and the bear is the master of the forest.
The appliqué in the collection of the BereznikI Museum, that was found near ZUevo village, depicts a family standing on a lizard under the dome of the sky formed with elk heads. This plot personifies the connection between the underground and heavenly worlds, past and future. Such appliqués served as a talisman; there was always a person or a family in the middle of such amulets.
The origins of the Permian animal style lie in the high antiquity times of the peoples inhabiting the European North-East. The style flourished in the 6-8 centuries and was called the ‘golden age’ by Alexander SpItsyn, a famous Russian archaeologist. At that time, according to many scientists, the ethnic grounds of the North Ural peoples were laid - the Komi-Perm, Komi, UdmUrts, KhAnty and MAnsi.
The Perm animal style united the bronze art sculpture of the 6th-12th centuries, created by the medieval civilization of the Urals. In the center of Eurasia, three roads crossed to Siberia from Europe and Central Asia: the Byzantine, Iranian and Scandinavian routes. At the ‘gates of Siberia’, at the intersection of roads in the Upper KAma region, a civilization with a special culture arose, leaving its pantheon of gods and spirits embodied in metal. Scientists gave it the name of the LomovAtov culture along the LomovAtovka river.
Metallurgy was born very early in KAma region. The moulds and crucibles - containers for casting copper dating back to the 10th-9th centuries BC were found not far from the modern OrAlovo village.
The ideas of the ancient population of the Upper KAma region about the universe and the cult of ancestors were embodied in copper and bronze plates of the Permian animal style. The depicted symbols personify the myths of the Permian Komi about the Ancient Perm land. Thus, the elk is the common ancestor of the KOmi peoples, the duck is the mother of the progenitor of the Earth and everything living on it, the pike is the queen of the underwater kingdom, the lizard is the master of the underworld, and the bear is the master of the forest.
The appliqué in the collection of the BereznikI Museum, that was found near ZUevo village, depicts a family standing on a lizard under the dome of the sky formed with elk heads. This plot personifies the connection between the underground and heavenly worlds, past and future. Such appliqués served as a talisman; there was always a person or a family in the middle of such amulets.
