White sea petroglyphs represent the archaeological complex, which consists of drawings and vypivok on the rocks in the amount of two thousand. They are located in the town of Zalavruga, near the river Vyg, 12 km from Belomorsk, near the village Stations. From the Northern and Western side of the territory is bordered by the white sea reservoirs HPP and Vigorously, on the East side is the Belomorsk. To get to the place on foot, after the trail of 2 km.

White sea petroglyphs were discovered in 1926 Karelian writer and ethnographer Alexander Linevsky. This man was a scientist and archaeologist, historian, ethnographer, Russian writer and laureate of the State prize of the Republic of Karelia. Linevsky call it the "Devils deal", and he dedicated the accumulation of over 10 years of study. The discovery of this ancient archaeological inheritance became the basis for the emergence of a particularly popular science art novel writer "Leaves of the stone book". The "devils deal" are the most ancient drawings on rocks in Karelia – think the largest number of researchers.

As you know, "petroglyphs" are translated as "carving on the rock." For a huge amount of time before the advent of writing, people were able to find a way to Express their thoughts through drawings and images on the rocks. The image is put on the stones the paint. In other words they refer to as "rock art" or "petroglyphs". Besides, the figures were beaten by metal or stone tool.

White sea petroglyphs are the richest archaeological complex, which is located in three main areas: Erpin Pudas, Zalavruga and Besov a deal. On the pictures you can see a variety of forest animals, such as moose, bears, deer; sea creatures: whales, belugas, seals, and humans and boats. In addition to images of single figures here drawn of the scene the main occupations of ancient man: hunting for bears, deer, elk, various birds and marine animals. In the same place are very ancient image of a man standing on skis, not only in Northern Europe, but worldwide.

In 1936 with the help of a local resident was collected archaeological expedition under the leadership of the leadership of V. I. Ravdonikas. We managed to find another group of drawings, which he called Zalavruga.

On the main Central rock there are three real size of a deer, which follow each other, and the chain passing under the feet of them and blocked the path of the boat with people. The figure calls hunting deer in the fall deer crossed the river, when they migrate from North to South. If it is better to look, you will notice that the action takes place in the autumn - painted boats on the water, and in winter was used skis. There is also a drawing on the theme of war: on the rock depicts the alien battle-sailors who invaded the territory of ancient people.

5 September 1963 opened a New Zalavruga. The opening produced archaeological expedition under the leadership Savvateeva Yuri Alexandrovich near Old Zalavruga. Playground is an area of 200 square meters, which was hidden under a layer of earth. The drawings were carefully preserved by nature to the present day. This place was discovered more than a thousand images. Zalavruga cleared across the area, and she became a beautiful outdoor Museum.

New Calaroga includes 26 groups of drawings that focus on the extensive grounds. Here is a gallery of cave paintings, whose existence for a very long time nobody knew. The largest is the hunting scene elk in the winter time on the crust. Most interesting is that only the person plays a major role in cave images. This may mean that at that time there was a very important event in the perception and consciousness of the world around them. Images of the hunt for the beast, who have long played a major role in the representation of the people, now on the backburner.

White sea petrography were able to collect a whole bygone antiquity, as well as to provide modern people tremendous progress of the human race which took place several thousand years ago.