Vladimir Megre / Ringing Cedars
playerNations & Geopolitics · Media & Managed Opposition
A Russian book series about a psychic Siberian woman spawned hundreds of eco-villages and helped export a national myth.
Who they are
Vladimir Megre, author of the 'Ringing Cedars of Russia' book series.
What they do
The engine treats it as an early example of turning fiction into 'historical' claims for soft-power influence.
How it works
The 10-volume series (1996-2010, about 11 million copies in 20 languages) tells of a Siberian recluse named Anastasia transmitting ancient Slavic-Vedic wisdom, and spawned an eco-village movement of roughly 400 settlements worldwide, promoted by Russian Orthodox-aligned and Eurasianist circles.
Why it matters
It matters as a 30-year example of dressing up fiction as ancient history to build a movement and export a national narrative, the same channeled-text template the engine notes elsewhere.
The engine's record — word for word
Vladimir Megre, 1950-. 'Ringing Cedars of Russia' series (1996-2010, 10 volumes, ~11M copies, 20 languages). Frame story: Siberian recluse Anastasia transmits ancient Slavic-Vedic wisdom predating Christianity. Spawned Anastasia/eco-village/kin-domain movement (~400 settlements globally). Promoted by Russian Orthodox-aligned and Eurasianist circles. Engine relevance: precursor instance in russian-historical-narrative-export-pipeline; literary-fiction-as-historical-claim vector; demonstrates 30-year operation timeline of soft-power narrative export. Tier-3 by Webb source-integrity discipline.
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