The «Seven in the Past» is a sequel of the historical experiment «Alone in the Past». This time, seven people, men and women, are going to live for nine months from December to September on a early medieval farm with a huge cottage in the center. Without electricity, modern facilities and communications. The participants are allowed to use only authentic medieval clothing, tools, equipment and food.
a historical experiment
Seven in the Past
he is coming back
In the past
and not alone
The concept
We are looking for:
Partners for the media coverage of the project
creating an information block or a newsline about the project on partners’ websites
Technical sponsors
who want to help the project with tools
Archeologists, experts in the Ancient Russia
who want to consult and comment the project
Medics
who want to consult the project and examine the participants
Volunteers
who want to help during the preparatory stage
Foreign participants
who want to travel to Medieval Russia
Some facts about the Project
The preparatory stage — from December, 2015 to July, 2017. Historical experiment is going to take place at a new site with meadows, hills, river and forest, away from highways and noisy neighbors. You can monitor the project and learn about the life in Medieval Russia from sapog.ratobor.com.
The participants have a task: not just to survive, but to establish a joint mode of life and to ensure supply of food to the end of the project, the date of which falls on the Harvest feast. If they want to finish the project as a thriving community, they should be engaged in agriculture and crafts.
Some conditions of the experiment:
months in the Middle Ages
Reconstruction of a dwelling
Archeological authorization
people on the farm
Total immersion
«Alone in the Past»