Depopulation of Zashiversk spawned a Siberian legend: when local traders found a chest abandoned at the fairground, a shaman prohibited opening the chest while an Orthodox priest agreed to open it. Traders opened the chest ... and released the grim reaper.
Depopulation of Zashiversk led to a Siberian legend: when local merchants discovered an abandoned chest at the fairgrounds, a shaman forbade opening it while an Orthodox priest agreed to do so. The merchants opened the chest... and unleashed the grim reaper.