Sarmatia

Sarmatia, ancient district between the Vistula River and the Caspian Sea, occupied by the Sarmatians [Lat. Sarmatae] from the 3d cent. B.C. through the 2d cent. A.D. The term is vague and is also used to refer to the territory along the Danube and across the Carpathians where the Sarmatians were later driven by the Huns. The Sarmatians, who until c.200 B.C. lived E of the Don River, spoke an Indo-Iranian language and were a nomadic pastoral people related to the Scythians (see Scythia), whom they displaced in the Don region. The main divisions were the Rhoxolani, the Iazyges, and the Alans or Alani. They came into conflict with the Romans but later allied themselves with Rome, acting as buffers against the Germans. They were scattered or assimilated with the Germans by the 3d cent. A.D.

Thule-Sarmatia is a cultural study group founded in Bulgaria, Ukraine and Russia 2004. They describe themselves as a "research group for Premordial (Primordial) culture" and have a pronounced metapolitical purpose.

The founder and chairman of the group is Anton Rachev ('Dulo-Gesselshaft'), Oleg Gutsulyak ('Mesogaia'), Alexey Ilyinov ('Ground & Iron') and Igor Mogilev ('Wagta'). Then groups 'Wagta' (Southern Russia), 'New Atropatena' (Azerbaijan) and "Idel-Ural" (Tataria) have joined.

Thule-Sarmatia was created as an East European counterpart of Thule-Seminar. Thule-Sarmatia is however closely associated with Thule-Seminar (Germany), StahlHelm (East Germany), Cultural Thule (Spain), Comunita Politica di Avanguardia (Italia) and Ateney (Russia).

In the beginning the group also was guided by the Euroasian Movement, but then separated from it.

Thule-Sarmatia publishes the newsletters and the magazine MesoEurasia (mostly written in Russian).

In 2006 at group the Institute of the strategic analysis of narratives systems has been created. ISASN

External links

• Thule-Sarmatia – official web site
• Institute of the strategic analysis of narrative system
• LJ Community
• YAHOO Groupe