The next stage on the path of simplification of writing was the so-called sound writing, when each sound of speech has its own sign. But to think of such a simple and natural way turned out to be the most difficult. First of all, it was necessary to guess to divide the word and syllables into separate sounds. But when this finally happened, the new method showed undeniable advantages. It was necessary to memorize only two or three dozen letters, and the accuracy in reproducing speech in writing is incomparable with any other method. Over time, it was the alphabetic letter that began to be used almost everywhere.
Theory
Tartarian tablets (Rom. Tgbliyuele de la Tgrtgria) --three unbaked clay tablets discovered in 1961 by Romanian archaeologists near the village of Tartaria (Rom. Tartaria) in the Romanian county of Alba, about 30 km from the city of Alba Iulia. The finds were accompanied by 26 figurines made of clay and limestone, as well as a burnt skeleton of an adult male.
Two rectangular plaques --round, with holes drilled in two of them. The diameter of the round plate does not exceed 6 see, the rest are even smaller. On one side of the tablets are images of a horned animal, a tree branch, and a number of relatively abstract symbols (possibly a hunting scene).
Terterian inscriptions became an archaeological sensation, especially after the authoritative archaeologist Marija Gimbutas, engaged in the restoration of the culture and religion of pre-Indo-European Europe, declared the pictograms inscribed on them to be the oldest form of writing in the world. If Gimbutas's assumption is correct, then the so-called "Old European writing" existed on the continent not only long before the Minoan (which is traditionally considered the first writing system in Europe), but also before the Proto-Sumerian and Proto-Chinese writing systems. According to the 1991 Gimbutas book, this system appears in the first half of the 6th millennium BC. e., common between 5300-4300 years and disappears by 4000 BC. e.
Researcher S. Winn (1973) singled out 210 characters of writing, consisting of 5 basic elements and representing a modification of about 30 basic characters. The number of characters indicates that the writing was syllabic. X. Haarmann (1990) found about 50 parallels between this system and Cretan and Cypriot writing. Maria Gimbutas. Slavs: Sons of Perun. Moscow: Tsentrpoligraf, 2007.
Most researchers do not share the views of Gimbutas. At first, after the publication of the finds in Terteria, the opinion prevailed in science that the pictograms denoted the belonging of an object (usually ceramics) to a certain person. However, the widespread use of pictograms on the territory of different countries over many centuries cast doubt on the validity of this hypothesis.
According to another theory, pictograms of the Terterian type can be explained by comparison with the first examples of Minoan and Sumerian writing. As in the case of cuneiform writing, the initial function of the pictograms could be to record property and indicate its value. In support of this theory, the argument is made that the pictograms were often applied to the bottom of the pots. Approximately one sixth of the pictograms are signs resembling a comb or brush, --it could be primitive numbers.
At present, the most generally accepted explanation of the pictograms from Terteria is that they are signs of a ritual and cult nature, which were used in the performance of religious rites, after which they lost their meaning. The person in whose burial the tablets were found could be a shaman. Supporters of this theory point to the lack of evolution of pictograms throughout the entire existence of the Vinca culture, which would be difficult to explain if they were related to fixing the turnover.
None of the writing systems almost never existed in its pure form and does not exist even now. For example, most of the letters of our alphabet, like a, b, c and others, correspond to one specific sound, but in the letter-signs i, u, e - there are already several sounds. We cannot do without elements of ideographic writing, say, in mathematics. Instead of writing the words "two plus two equals four", we use conventional signs to get a very short form: 2+2=4. The same - in chemical and physical formulas.
The earliest alphabetic texts were found in Byblos (Lebanon). One of the first alphabetic sound letters began to be used by those peoples in whose language vowel sounds were not as important as consonants. So, at the end of the II millennium BC. e. the alphabet originated with the Phoenicians, the ancient Jews, the Arameans. For example, in Hebrew, when you add different vowels to the consonants K - T - L, you get a family of single-root words: KeToL - kill, KoTeL - killer, KaTuL - killed, etc. It is always clear by ear that we are talking about murder. Therefore, only consonants were written in the letter - the semantic meaning of the word was clear from the context. By the way, the ancient Jews and Phoenicians wrote lines from right to left, as if left-handers had come up with such a letter. This ancient way of writing is preserved among the Jews to this day, in the same way all peoples using the Arabic alphabet write today.
One of the first alphabets on Earth - Phoenician.
From the Phoenicians - the inhabitants of the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, sea traders and travelers - the alphabetic-sound writing passed to the Greeks. From the Greeks, this principle of writing penetrated into Europe. And from Aramaic writing, according to researchers, almost all the alphabetic-sound writing systems of the peoples of Asia lead their origin.
The Phoenician alphabet had 22 letters. They were arranged in a certain order from `alef, bet, gimel, dalet ... to tav. Each letter had a meaningful name: ʻalef - ox, bet - house, gimel - camel, and so on. The names of the words, as it were, tell about the people who created the alphabet, reporting the most important thing about it: the people lived in houses (bet) with doors (dalet), in the construction of which nails (vav) were used. He was engaged in agriculture, using the power of oxen (`alef), cattle breeding, fishing (mem - water, nun - fish) or wandering (gimel - camel). He traded (tet - cargo) and fought (zain - weapons).
The researcher, who paid attention to this, notes: among the 22 letters of the Phoenician alphabet, there is not a single one whose name would be associated with the sea, ships or maritime trade. It was this circumstance that prompted him to think that the letters of the first alphabet were by no means created by the Phoenicians, recognized sailors, but, most likely, by the ancient Jews, from whom the Phoenicians borrowed this alphabet. But be that as it may, the order of the letters, starting with `alef, was set.
The Greek letter, as already mentioned, came from the Phoenician. In the Greek alphabet, there are more letters that convey all the sound shades of speech. But their order and names, which often had no meaning in the Greek language, were preserved, although in a slightly modified form: alpha, beta, gamma, delta ... At first, in ancient Greek monuments, letters in inscriptions, as in Semitic languages, were located on the right- left, and then, without interruption, the line "curled" from left to right and again from right to left. Time passed until the left-to-right variant of writing was finally established, now spreading over most of the globe. (Annex 3)
Latin letters originated from Greek, and their alphabetical order has not fundamentally changed. At the beginning of the first millennium A.D. e. Greek and Latin became the main languages of the vast Roman Empire. All the ancient classics, to which we still turn with trepidation and respect, are written in these languages. Greek is the language of Plato, Homer, Sophocles, Archimedes, John Chrysostom... Cicero, Ovid, Horace, Virgil, Blessed Augustine and others wrote in Latin.
Meanwhile, even before the Latin alphabet spread in Europe, some European barbarians already had their own written language in one form or another. A rather original letter developed, for example, among the Germanic tribes. This is the so-called "runic" ("rune" in the Germanic language means "mystery") writing. It arose not without the influence of already existing writing. Here, too, each sound of speech corresponds to a certain sign, but these signs received a very simple, slender and strict outline - only from vertical and diagonal lines. (Annex 4)
“Where does the Motherland begin,” as is sung in an old and soulful song? And it starts small: with love for the native language, with the alphabet. Since childhood, we have all become accustomed to a certain type of letters in the alphabet of the Russian language. And as a rule, we rarely think: when and under what conditions did it arise. Nevertheless, the presence and emergence of writing is an important and fundamental milestone in the historical maturation of every nation in the world, contributing to the development of its national culture and self-consciousness. Sometimes, in the depths of centuries, the specific names of the creators of the writing of a particular people are lost. But in the Slavic context, this did not happen. And those who invented the Russian alphabet are still known. Let's find out more about these people.
The very word "alphabet" comes from the first two letters: alpha and beta. It is known that the ancient Greeks put a lot of effort into the development and spread of writing in many European countries. Who first invented the alphabet in world history? There are scholarly debates about this. The main hypothesis is the Sumerian "alphabet", which appears about five thousand years ago. Egyptian is also considered one of the most ancient (of the known). Writing develops from drawings to signs, turning into graphic systems. And the signs began to display sounds.
The development of writing in the history of mankind is difficult to overestimate. The language of the people, its writing reflects life, way of life and knowledge, historical and mythological characters. Thus, by reading ancient inscriptions, modern scientists can recreate what our ancestors lived.
History of the Russian alphabet
It has, one might say, a unique origin. Its history is about a thousand years old, it keeps many secrets.
Cyril and Methodius
The creation of the alphabet is firmly associated with these names in the question of who invented the Russian alphabet. Let's go back to the ninth century. In those days (830-906) Great Moravia (a region of the Czech Republic) was one of the major European states. And Byzantium was the center of Christianity. The Moravian prince Rostislav in 863 turned to Michael III, the Byzantine emperor at that time, with a request to hold services in the Slavic language in order to strengthen the influence of Byzantine Christianity in the region. In those days, it is worth noting, the cult was sent only in those languages that were displayed on the Jesus cross: Hebrew, Latin and Greek.
The Byzantine ruler, in response to the proposal of Rostislav, sends a Moravian mission to him, consisting of two monk brothers, sons of a noble Greek who lived in Saluny (Thessaloniki). Michael (Methodius) and Constantine (Cyril) and are considered the official creators of the Slavic alphabet for church service. It is in honor of the church name of Cyril and was called "Cyrillic". Konstantin himself was younger than Michael, but even his brother recognized his intelligence and superiority in knowledge. Cyril knew many languages and owned oratory, participated in religious verbal disputes, was a wonderful organizer. This, according to many scientists, allowed him (together with his brother and other assistants) to connect and summarize the data, creating the alphabet. But the history of the Russian alphabet began long before the Moravian mission. And that's why.
Who invented the Russian alphabet (alphabet)
The fact is that historians have unearthed an interesting fact: even before their departure, the brothers had already created the Slavic alphabet, well adapted to convey the speech of the Slavs. It was called Glagolitic (it was recreated on the basis of Greek writing with elements of Coptic and Hebrew characters).
Glagolitic or Cyrillic?
Today, scientists from different countries, for the most part, recognize the fact that the Glagolitic alphabet, created by Cyril back in 863 in Byzantium, was the first. He introduced her in a fairly short time. And another, different from the previous one, the Cyrillic alphabet was invented in Bulgaria, a little later. And there are still disputes about the authorship of this, undoubtedly, a cornerstone invention for the pan-Slavic history. After a brief history of the Russian alphabet (Cyrillic) is as follows: in the tenth century it penetrates into Rus' from Bulgaria, and its written fixation is fully formalized only in the XIV century. In a more modern form - from the end of the XVI century.
And it is written in all history textbooks who was the first to create the alphabet for the Russian language - these are the brothers Cyril (Konstantin) the Philosopher and Methodius (Michael) of Thessalonica, Greek missionaries, later recognized as saints Equal to the Apostles. In 862, at the behest of the Byzantine emperor Michael III, they went on a mission to Great Moravia. This early feudal Slavic state occupied the territory where today Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and part of Ukraine are located. The main task that Patriarch Photius of Constantinople set before the brothers was the translation of sacred texts from Greek into Slavic dialects. However, in order for the records not to be forgotten, it was necessary to fix them on paper, and this cannot be done in the absence of their own Slavic alphabet.
The basis for its creation was the Greek alphabet. However, phonetically, Old Slavic dialects were much richer than Greek speech. Because of this, the educators-missionaries of this country were forced to come up with 19 new letters to display on paper the sounds and phonetic combinations that were missing in their language. Therefore, the first alphabet (alphabet), which has survived to this day with minor changes among Belarusians, Bulgarians, Russians, Serbs and Ukrainians, included 43 letters. Today it is known under the name "Cyrillic", and the writing of these peoples belongs to the Cyrillic.
Who was the first to create the alphabet of the Russian language
However, when considering the question of who first created the alphabet of the Slavs, it must be taken into account that in the 9th century there were two alphabets (two alphabets) - Cyrillic and Glagolitic, and which of them appeared earlier, it is impossible to answer. Unfortunately, the original texts written during the time of Cyril and Methodius have not been preserved. According to most researchers, the 38-letter, but more difficult in writing characters, Glagolitic alphabet has an older history. It was called in the Old Slavonic language “kѷrїllovitsa”, and its authorship is attributed to the “creative team” headed by Cyril and Methodius, which included their students Clement, Naum and Angelary. The alphabet was created starting from 856, before the first educational campaign of Cyril in the Khazar Khaganate.
Palimpsests also speak in favor of the originality of the Glagolitic alphabet - texts written on it, later scraped off parchment and replaced by Cyrillic writing. In addition, its ancient spelling is quite close in appearance to the Georgian church alphabet - "Khutsuri", which was used until the 9th century.
According to supporters of the above hypothesis, the first Russian alphabet - Cyrillic - was developed by Kirill's student, Kliment Okhritsky, and named after the teacher. By the name of its first two letters - "az" and "beeches" - the alphabet got its name.
Ancient Slavic alphabets
However, the question of who first created the alphabet is not so simple, and Cyril and Methodius are only the first enlighteners who brought writing to the early Slavic states, whose historicity is not in doubt. The same Cyril, describing his journey to the Great Khaganate, points to the presence in the churches of Chersonesos (Korsun) “The Gospel and the Psalter were written in Russian letters.” It was the acquaintance with these texts that led the Greek enlightener to the idea of dividing the letters of his alphabet into vowels and consonants.
Until now, the Veles book, written in “strange” letters, called “in (e) forests”, causes controversy. According to the discoverers (hoaxers) of this book, they were carved on wooden planks before the widespread use of both the Glagolitic and Cyrillic alphabets.
Unfortunately, the alphabet for the Russian language, “in (e) forests”, the authorship of the “Russian letters” cannot be established today.
Director of the Volgograd Institute of Art Education Nikolai Taranov has many titles: calligrapher, doctor of pedagogical sciences, candidate of art criticism, professor, member of the Union of Artists of Russia. But few people know that he is still studying symbols. And while doing this, he went on the "detective trail" and made an amazing discovery. Who invented the Slavic alphabet?
It would seem that everyone knows this: Cyril and Methodius, whom the Orthodox Church calls equal to the apostles for this merit. But what kind of alphabet did Kirill come up with - Cyrillic or Glagolitic? (Methodius, it is known and proven, supported his brother in everything, but it was the monk Kirill who was the “brain of the operation” and an educated person who knew many languages). This is still debated in the scientific world. Some Slavic researchers say: “Cyrillic! It is named after the creator. Others object: “Glagolitsa! The first letter of this alphabet looks like a cross. Cyril is a monk. It's a sign". It is also alleged that before the work of Cyril, there was no written language in Rus'. Professor Nikolai Taranov categorically disagrees with this. 
The assertion that there was no written language in Rus' before Cyril and Methodius is based on a single document - the "Tale of the Letters" by the Chernorite Khrabr, found in Bulgaria, says Nikolai Taranov. “There are 73 lists from this scroll, and in different copies, due to translation errors or scribal errors, completely different versions of the key phrase for us. In one version: "the Slavs before Cyril did not have books", in another - "letters", but the author indicates: "they wrote with features and cuts." It is interesting that Arab travelers who visited Rus' back in the 8th century, that is, even before Rurik and even more so before Cyril, described the funeral of one Russian prince: “After the funeral, his soldiers wrote something on a white tree (birch) in honor of the prince, and then, having mounted their horses, they departed. And in the "Life of Cyril", known to the Russian Orthodox Church, we read: "In the city of Korsun, Kirill met a Rusyn (Russian), who had with him books written in Russian letters." Cyril (his mother was a Slav) took out some of his letters and with their help began to read those same Rusyn books. And these were not thin books. These were, as stated in the same "Life of Cyril", translated into Russian "Psalter" and "Gospel". There is a lot of evidence that Rus' had its own alphabet long before Cyril. And Lomonosov spoke about the same thing. He cited as evidence the testimony of Pope VIII, a contemporary of Cyril, which states that Cyril did not invent these letters, but rediscovered them.
The question arises: why did Cyril create the Russian alphabet, if it already existed? The fact is that the monk Cyril had a task from the Moravian prince - to create for the Slavs an alphabet suitable for translating church books. Which he did. And the letters in which church books are now written (and in a modified form - our today's printed creations) are the work of Cyril, that is, Cyrillic.
Was the verb destroyed on purpose?
There are 22 points that prove that the Glagolitic was older than the Cyrillic, says Taranov. There is such a concept among archaeologists and philologists - a palimpsest. This is the name of an inscription made on top of another destroyed, most often scraped with a knife, inscription. In the Middle Ages, parchment made from the skin of a young lamb was quite expensive, and in order to save money, scribes often destroyed “unnecessary” records and documents, and wrote something new on a scraped sheet. So: everywhere in Russian palimpsests the Glagolitic alphabet is erased, and on top of it there are inscriptions in Cyrillic. There are no exceptions to this rule. 
There are only five monuments written in the Glagolitic alphabet left in the world. The rest were destroyed. Moreover, in my opinion, the records in the Glagolitic alphabet were destroyed on purpose, - says Professor Nikolai Taranov. - Because the Glagolitic alphabet was not suitable for writing church books. The numerical value of the letters (and then the belief in numerology was very strong) in it was different than what was required in Christianity. Out of respect for the Glagolitic alphabet, Cyril left in his alphabet the same names of the letters as they were. And they are very, very difficult for an alphabet "born" in the 9th century, as claimed. Even then, all languages were striving for simplification; letters in all alphabets of that time denote only sounds. And only in the Slavic alphabet are the names of the letters: “Good”, “People”, “Think”, “Earth”, etc. And all because the Glagolitic is very ancient. It has many signs of pictographic writing.
Pictographic writing is a type of writing, the signs of which (pictograms) designate the object depicted by them. The latest finds of archaeologists speak in favor of this version. So, tablets with Slavic writing were found, the age of which dates back to 5000 BC.
"Glagolitz was created by a genius"
All modern alphabets in Europe are descended from the alphabet of the Phoenicians. In it, the letter A, we were told, stands for the head of a bull, which then turned upside down.
And the ancient Greek historian Diodorus Siculus wrote: “These letters are called Phoenician, although it is more correct to call them Pelasgic, since they were used by the Pelasgians,” says Nikolai Taranov. “Do you know who the Pelasgians are?” These are the ancestors of the Slavs, the Proto-Slavic tribes. The Phoenicians stood out among the surrounding swarthy black-haired tribes of farmers, Egyptians and Sumerians with fair skin and red hair. Yes, even with their passion for travel: they were excellent sailors.
In the 12th century BC, the Pelasgians took part in the Great Migration of Peoples, and some of their groups of desperate conquerors of new lands wandered very far. What gives the Volgograd professor a version: the Phoenicians were familiar with the Slavs and borrowed the alphabet from them. Otherwise, why did an alphabetic alphabet suddenly form next to Egyptian hieroglyphs and Sumerian cuneiform?
Here they say: "The Glagolitic was too decorative, complex, so it was gradually replaced by a more rational Cyrillic." But Glagolitic is not so bad, Professor Taranov is sure. - I studied the earliest versions: the first letter of the Glagolitic alphabet does not mean a cross at all, but a person. That is why it is called "Az" - I. A person for himself is a starting point. And all the meanings of the letters in the Glagolitic alphabet are through the prism of human perception. I drew the first letter of this alphabet on transparent film. Look, if you put it on other letters of the Glagolitic alphabet, you get a pictogram! I believe that not every designer will come up with such a way that each grapheme falls into the grid. I am amazed at the artistic integrity of this alphabet. I think the unknown author of the Glagolitic alphabet was a genius! No other alphabet in the world has such a clear connection between a symbol and its digital and sacred meaning! 
Glagolitic and numerology
Each sign in the Glagolitic alphabet has a sacred meaning and denotes a certain number.
The sign "Az" is a person, the number 1.
The sign “I know” is the number 2, the sign looks like eyes and a nose: “I see, so I know.”
The sign "Live" is the number 7, the life and reality of this world.
The sign "Zelo" is the number 8, the reality of a miracle and something supernatural: "too", "very" or "great".
The sign "Good" is the number 5, the only number that gives birth to its own kind or a decade: "Good begets good."
The sign "People" - the number 50, according to numerology - the world from where human souls come to us.
The sign "Our" - the number 70, symbolizes the connection between the heavenly and the earthly, that is, our world, given to us in sensations.
The sign "Omega" is the number 700, a certain divine world, the "Seventh Heaven".
The sign "Earth" - according to Taranov, means a picture: the Earth and the Moon are in the same orbit.
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Director of the Volgograd Institute of Art Education Nikolai Taranov has many titles: calligrapher, doctor of pedagogical sciences, candidate of art criticism, professor, member of the Union of Artists of Russia. But few people know that he is still studying symbols. And while doing this, he went on the "detective trail" and made an amazing discovery.
Who invented the Slavic alphabet?
It would seem that everyone knows this: Cyril and Methodius, whom the Orthodox Church calls equal to the apostles for this merit. But what kind of alphabet did Kirill come up with - Cyrillic or Glagolitic? (Methodius, it is known and proven, supported his brother in everything, but it was the monk Kirill who was the “brain of the operation” and an educated person who knew many languages). This is still debated in the scientific world. Some Slavic researchers say: “Cyrillic! It is named after the creator. Others object: “Glagolitsa! The first letter of this alphabet looks like a cross. Cyril is a monk. It's a sign". It is also alleged that before the work of Cyril, there was no written language in Rus'. Professor Nikolai Taranov categorically disagrees with this.
The assertion that there was no writing in Rus' before Cyril and Methodius is based on a single document - the "Tale of the Letters" of the Chernorite Khrabr, found in Bulgaria, says Nikolai Taranov. - There are 73 lists from this scroll, and in different copies, due to translation errors or scribal errors, completely different versions of the key phrase for us. In one version: “the Slavs did not have books before Cyril”, in the other - “letters”, but the author points out: “they wrote with features and cuts”. It is interesting that Arab travelers who visited Rus' back in the 8th century, that is, even before Rurik and even more so before Cyril, described the funeral of one Russian prince: “After the funeral, his soldiers wrote something on a white tree (birch) in honor of the prince, and then, having mounted their horses, they departed. And in the "Life of Cyril", known to the Russian Orthodox Church, we read: "In the city of Korsun, Kirill met a Rusyn (Russian), who had with him books written in Russian letters." Cyril (his mother was a Slav) took out some of his letters and with their help began to read those same Rusyn books. And these were not thin books. These were, as stated in the same "Life of Cyril", translated into Russian "Psalter" and "Gospel". There is a lot of evidence that Rus' had its own alphabet long before Cyril. And Lomonosov spoke about the same thing. He cited as evidence the testimony of Pope VIII, a contemporary of Cyril, which states that Cyril did not invent these letters, but rediscovered them.
The question arises: why did Cyril create the Russian alphabet, if it already existed? The fact is that the monk Cyril had a task from the Moravian prince - to create for the Slavs an alphabet suitable for translating church books. Which he did. And the letters in which church books are now written (and in a modified form - our today's printed creations) are the work of Cyril, that is, Cyrillic.
Was the verb destroyed on purpose?
There are 22 points that prove that the Glagolitic was older than the Cyrillic, says Taranov. There is such a concept among archaeologists and philologists - a palimpsest. This is the name of an inscription made on top of another destroyed, most often scraped with a knife, inscription. In the Middle Ages, parchment made from the skin of a young lamb was quite expensive, and in order to save money, scribes often destroyed “unnecessary” records and documents, and wrote something new on a scraped sheet.
So: everywhere in Russian palimpsests the Glagolitic alphabet is erased, and on top of it there are inscriptions in Cyrillic. There are no exceptions to this rule.
- There are only five monuments written in the Glagolitic alphabet left in the world. The rest were destroyed. Moreover, in my opinion, the records in the Glagolitic alphabet were destroyed on purpose, - says Professor Nikolai Taranov.
- Since the Glagolitic alphabet was not suitable for writing church books. The numerical value of the letters (and then the belief in numerology was very strong) in it was different than what was required in Christianity.
Out of respect for the Glagolitic alphabet, Cyril left in his alphabet the same names of the letters as they were. And they are very, very difficult for an alphabet "born" in the 9th century, as claimed. Even then, all languages were striving for simplification; letters in all alphabets of that time denote only sounds. And only in the Slavic alphabet are the names of the letters: “Good”, “People”, “Think”, “Earth”, etc. And all because the Glagolitic is very ancient. It has many signs of pictographic writing.
Pictographic writing is a type of writing, the signs of which (pictograms) indicate the object depicted by them. The latest finds of archaeologists speak in favor of this version. So, tablets with Slavic writing were found, the age of which dates back to 5000 BC.
"Glagolitz was created by a genius"
All modern alphabets in Europe are descended from the alphabet of the Phoenicians. In it, the letter A, we were told, stands for the head of a bull, which then turned upside down.
- And the ancient Greek historian Diodorus Siculus wrote: “These letters are called Phoenician, although it is more correct to call them Pelasgic, since they were used by the Pelasgians,” says Nikolai Taranov.
“Do you know who the Pelasgians are?” These are the ancestors of the Slavs, the Proto-Slavic tribes. The Phoenicians stood out among the surrounding swarthy black-haired tribes of farmers, Egyptians and Sumerians with fair skin and red hair. Yes, even with their passion for travel: they were excellent sailors.
In the 12th century BC, the Pelasgians took part in the Great Migration of Peoples, and some of their groups of desperate conquerors of new lands wandered very far. What gives the Volgograd professor a version: the Phoenicians were familiar with the Slavs and borrowed the alphabet from them. Otherwise, why did an alphabetic alphabet suddenly form next to Egyptian hieroglyphs and Sumerian cuneiform?
- They say: "The Glagolitic was too decorative, complex, so it was gradually replaced by a more rational Cyrillic." But Glagolitic is not so bad, Professor Taranov is sure.
- I studied the earliest versions: the first letter of the Glagolitic alphabet does not mean a cross at all, but a person. That is why it is called "Az" - I am. A person for himself is a starting point. And all the meanings of the letters in the Glagolitic alphabet are through the prism of human perception. I drew the first letter of this alphabet on transparent film. Look, if you put it on other letters of the Glagolitic alphabet, you get a pictogram! I believe that not every designer will come up with such a way that each grapheme falls into the grid. I am amazed at the artistic integrity of this alphabet. I think the unknown author of the Glagolitic alphabet was a genius! No other alphabet in the world has such a clear connection between a symbol and its digital and sacred meaning!
Glagolitic and numerology
Each sign in the Glagolitic alphabet has a sacred meaning and denotes a certain number.
The sign "Az" is a person, number 1.
The sign “I know” is the number 2, the sign looks like eyes and a nose: “I see, so I know.”
The sign "Live" is the number 7, the life and reality of this world.
The sign "Zelo" is the number 8, the reality of a miracle and something supernatural: "too", "very" or "very".
The sign "Good" is the number 5, the only number that gives birth to its own kind or a decade: "Good begets good."
The sign "People" - the number 50, according to numerology - the world from where human souls come to us.
The sign "Our" - the number 70, symbolizes the connection between the heavenly and the earthly, that is, our world, given to us in sensations.
The sign "Omega" - the number 700, a certain divine world, "Seventh Heaven".
The sign "Earth" - according to Taranov, means a picture: the Earth and the Moon are in the same orbit.