Blue Key

The most famous sacred place, which perhaps everyone knows about, is the "Blue Key", located in Shchelykovo, Ostrovsky district.

According to legend, the Snow Maiden melted in this place. The water in the spring is really blue. People come to him to wash and, having made a wish, hang ribbons on trees. First of all, young couples go to ask for happiness from the one who did not receive it.

There is even a very creepy hypothesis. Supposedly in ancient times, people were very dependent on the cold, and in order to appease the demon of cold, they sacrificed. A young, unmarried girl was tied to a tree and left to freeze. In the spring, the blue body of the girl was burned at the stake. In the forest next to the blue key, sometimes a girl's silhouette is still seen.