Based on materials from research groups "Cosmopoisk", "Stalker", "Our Ural", "Uranus" and others prepared by Gennady FEDOTOV, correspondent of "AN"
Ural is an amazing land. The most beautiful rivers and lakes, coastal stones - giants, fabulous labyrinths of caves, forests - keepers of the Ural nature. Unique protected places.
The collection of anomalous wonders of the Urals includes more than 50 points on the maps of the Tyumen, Kurgan, Chelyabinsk and Sverdlovsk regions, the Perm Territory and the Republic of Bashkiria.
Mecca for ufologists
National park Taganay near the city of Zlatoust has always attracted tourists from the Chelyabinsk region and from all over Russia. But it is famous not only for the beauties of nature.
In previous centuries, these places were chosen by the Old Believers. Here they lived in their sketes, and here they conducted their rituals.
The fact that Taganay is turning into a Mecca for fans of unusual phenomena was one of the first to report from Yekaterinburg ufologists. Sometimes UFOs are seen here and even their landings, local chronomirages, ghosts, energy balls, as well as light columns of an unknown nature. Here contacts with the Higher Mind, changes in the physical course take place. They talk about sound mirages, "walking" fog, frequent fireballs, rapidly changing weather, and even about Bigfoot and a certain Kialim grandmother.
Numerous tourists who love to wander in Taganay are frightened by the story of the stones that come to life. Once upon a time in Ural mountains ah people lived - chud. People came to the Urals, and the Chuds went underground, but many could not come to terms with the invasion of the "white-faced". The most desperate at night came to the surface and killed people, destroyed houses, stole cattle.
Once the girl Aigul went to the forest for mushrooms and got lost. All the men in her village rushed into the forest in search of. All night they were looking for the girl and closer to dawn they heard crying behind the trees. Jumping out into the clearing, the men saw Aigul rushing about in the center and calling for help. The men rushed to her, but then chudi jumped out from behind the trees, a battle ensued.
Suddenly the chuds rushed to run and one of them - the largest - grabbed the girl in his arms. At this time, the sun appeared over the forest, and the chuds turned to stone. The men tried all day to knock the girl out of the stone embrace, but in the end, they realized the futility of their venture and left. Only beloved Aigul - Tagan - remained. He turned with a prayer to the sun: "Give me my girlfriend." “But then I will have to revive the stones, and they will destroy all living things. If you agree to look after them, I will give you your bride, ”the sun replied. Tagan agreed and with the last ray of the sun disappeared, and a high peak suddenly appeared over the piles of stones.
This is one of the legends of the emergence of Taganai. Tourists are warned that it is impossible to go to Taganai without an experienced guide, especially at night - they will roll up the revived stones. And you shouldn't shout there either - Aigul will wake up and start calling in her melodious voice. If you go to the call, you won't come back.
In the cities of the northwestern part of the Chelyabinsk region, another legend is popular - about the Kyshtym dwarf. This creature, which lives in the vicinity of Kyshtym, appeared after the accident at the Mayak Production Association. Eyewitnesses claim that he is shaggy, hunchbacked and not very tall. He is sometimes met by hunters and mushroom pickers wandering deep into the forest.
The dwarf suddenly jumps out of the forest, howls and disappears. According to legend, during the accident, the dwarf lost his wife and children. Therefore, it is not recommended for women and children to go into the forest alone: the dwarf attacks them and drags them into his den, from which no one has yet returned.
According to another version, yeti live in the Kyshtym forests - either people who, under the influence of radiation, have become like bears, or bears, for the same reasons, have become like people. It is curious that the men of the Yeti, like the dwarf, are not touched, but women and children are attacked.
Do not go through the Royal Gate
Tobolsk swamp. This place in the Tyumen region is full of burial mounds - ancient burial places with which many legends are associated. Among them are about a tribe of some dwarfs who allegedly lived here many thousands of years ago and fought with ... gray cranes, taking their eggs.
Recently, a strange legend was unexpectedly confirmed. Near two mounds, local hunters found miniature skulls, which at first were mistaken for a dog's skull. But then they looked closely and realized: no, the heads are still human. This was confirmed by the researchers of the Tyumen Regional Museum of Local Lore. It seems that the height of the people to whom the remains belonged did not exceed half a meter.
“The famous Tyumen writer and ethnographer Boris Galyazimov, who has in his archive a wealth of material, including legends about Siberian pygmies, believes that they belonged to the Siberian tribe and were so small that they sat on one horse for twenty. And in the spring, during the laying of eggs, dwarfs stole them from the nests of cranes in order to get food. They went to war in an organized manner, in battle formation. "
According to legend, the Siberian dwarfs disappeared when an unknown and extremely cruel tribe came to the Trans-Urals. Allegedly, then the dwarfs, not wanting to fall into the hands of enemies, dug deep ditches with heavy canopies. And they buried themselves alive.
“Verkhoturye. Ukrainian ufologist Anton Anfalov claimed that on April 15, 1980, about twenty kilometers south of the Verkhoturye regional center in the Sverdlovsk region, a huge flying saucer, shot down by military fighters, fell into the deep taiga. This incident was dubbed the largest UFO disaster in the USSR. The fall of the plate and the work at the crash site of the military were allegedly observed by some local residents, as reported to the ufologists. Later, Anfalov admitted that he was misled, and this case did not exist in reality. "
“Mountain Devil's Settlement. It is located on the banks of the Tura River near Verkhoturye. Stands out of the blue and has a rounded shape. At night on the mountain you can see strange lights called candles. " Because of this, the mountain is considered a bad place ", the abode of spirits."
Golden (Royal) Gates. A unique natural arched formation on the top of a cliff near the bank of the Vizhai River in the north of the Sverdlovsk Region. Externally, the Gate looks like two through arches with a hole a little more than 4 m in diameter and two through caves about 1 m wide. According to some old-timers, the arches were built by people for some ritual purpose or as a landmark.
According to local beliefs, it is strictly forbidden to pass through the Gate, and anyone who disobeys will be punished immediately. According to rumors, many of those who passed under the Gate were killed.
"In September 1999, members of the Cosmopoisk Association passed through the arch." Immediately after that, a real flood began on the river. We managed to get out of this section with great difficulty only after a few days. "
Rostess. Nowadays, a non-residential village of gold miners, located about 25-30 kilometers west of Kytlym (Sverdlovsk region). Previously, the famous Babinovsky tract passed through it. This place is supposedly chosen by aliens, here every now and then they see mysterious glow in the sky. There are many stories about evil spirits and evil spirits. Tourists and hunters bypass these places. There is not a soul in the village these days. All its inhabitants seemed to have disappeared somewhere, leaving all things in their houses. And in the cemetery there are dug graves.
Shalya. A village in the west of the Sverdlovsk region, located only some 50 kilometers from the famous village of Molebka. In 1980, a meteorite collapsed into a small pond in the center of the village, leaving a crater at the bottom and an unusual magnetic anomaly with clear contours. Since then, strange events related to the appearance of UFOs began to occur in the Chalet.
Space mystery of Mars
Arkaim. An ancient settlement of the Aryans, located in the south of the Chelyabinsk region in a foothill valley near the eastern slopes of the Ural Mountains. The archaeological complex includes at least 50 monuments from various historical eras. Arkaim has a ring structure and is clearly oriented by the stars (Aryan culture has always been closely associated with astrology).
Many endow Arkaim with mystical properties and define him as a spiritual center described in legends. ancient Siberia and the Urals. Following archaeologists, historians, ethnographers, psychics, prophets, contactees, members of various religious sects, people thirsting for healing and enlightenment, and other pilgrims flocked here. Arkaim became a real Mecca for them.
They consider Arkaim to be the spiritual center of Russia. Everyone unanimously assures about the unusualness and strength of the local energy. Various energetic phenomena are indeed not uncommon here. From the point of view of geophysics, this is explained by the fact that Arkaim stands on the site of a once active paleovolcano.
"Mars. A village located in the northwest of Bashkiria, named after the planet Mars. Local legends tell of this place as a cosmic mystery on the land of ancient Bashkiria. " According to eyewitnesses, UFOs regularly appear in the sky here. "
In the area of the poultry farm on the outskirts of Yekaterinburg, there is an unfinished four-story hospital, which has a reputation for being bad, damn place... The building is covered with modern legends. The construction was not completed and was abandoned due to the mysterious death of the director. But even in the process of construction, people were constantly dying here. According to rumors, the construction of the hospital began on the site of the old cemetery. And over the years, inside a gloomy room, several children and adolescents have said goodbye to their lives.
Among other things, materialized ghosts were seen here, incomprehensible bluish flashes of light in the window openings, as well as new brickwork and fresh grouting, although no one even thought to resume construction.
"Uktus. On the mountain in this region of Yekaterinburg there are places with a special energy - the so-called places of power. " Where in ancient times there was a pagan temple, in our time there are secret gatherings of Satanists. If you stand in a certain place in the dark, you can remember who you were in your past life - different pictures appear in your head, and the surrounding space seems to dissolve. "
“These patches of land have a special microclimate - if it's cold around, it is always warmer there. There are supposedly stones here - repositories of knowledge. "
Station Gat (Sverdlovsk region). In the nearby forest, you can often stumble upon large mushrooms, unnaturally tall vegetation, as well as strongly twisted trees, which indicate the presence of geopathogenic zones. With a long stay in this place, people feel worse, there is a feeling of fear and depression.
Didino. Another one railroad station in the Sverdlovsk region, famous for its anomalous properties. Here, on one of the old clearings, there is a strong geopathogenic zone. The trees in the forest stand with strongly twisted trunks, and the shrubbery and grass are gigantic in size.
The state of health on this relatively small patch of land, as well as in the area of the Gat station, deteriorates sharply - there is a strong heaviness in the head, the heart is pounding like mad, the pressure rises. Birds fly around this place, animals also avoid. People have an overwhelming feeling of fear, they want to get out of here as soon as possible, as if someone invisible is surviving you.
Swamp notoriety
Gerasimovka. A village in the Tavdinsky district of the Sverdlovsk region. It has long been considered a "rotten" place, a concentration of dark forces. It is home to a relatively large number of sorcerers and ordinary people with paranormal abilities.
Ignatievskaya cave. It is located in the Katav-Ivanovsky district of the Chelyabinsk region, near the village of Serpievka. The enormous entrance there bewitches anyone who sees it. Ignatievskaya cave got its name from the name of the cell attendant Ignatius, who lived in the cave and, according to legend, was buried in it. According to legend, the spirit of Saint Ignatius at night comes out to the edge of the cave and looks at the moon.
As tourists note, strange voices and footsteps are heard here at night, coming from nowhere. In and around the cave, batteries are quickly discharged, lantern lamps burn out, camera flashes refuse to work, people feel someone's invisible presence.
Ilmensky reserve. There, on the slope adjacent to the city of Miass at the very bottom (near the ravine), the phenomenon of "bottomless holes" is encountered. These holes are visible only in spring, when water from melting snow flows down into them and large thawed patches appear. In summer, with tall grass, holes are simply not noticeable. They are no more than 15 centimeters in diameter, but the depth defies definition. It is believed that such holes form UFOs, mining rare earth elements.
Itkul. A lake in the north of the Chelyabinsk region, considered "unclean". Many people are drowning near the island of Shaitan. Miraculously not drowned people say that some kind of invisible cord passes through them, as a result of which the body is shackled and it is very difficult to get ashore later.
Mahadi-Tash. A miraculous stone lying in the Kunashak region near the village of Ust-Bagaryak at the junction of three regions - Chelyabinsk, Sverdlovsk and Kurgan. It looks like a block of limestone riddled with wrinkled cracks. A dent is also noticeable on it, according to legend - the trace of Saint Mahadi. As in the past, so now, at the time of adversity, people come here to ask the saint for help.
"Deer Streams". National Park on the Serga River near Bazhukovo station. Wayward spirits live here - chicks, often all sorts of "lights" appear, and people disappear in the Druzhba cave, no one knows where, or go crazy.
From time immemorial, all sorts of legends and tales have been circulating in the Chelyabinsk region about the vicinity of Satka. Here is the only high-mountainous clear lake Zyuratkul on the western slope of the Ural Mountains. It is in these parts that the mysterious events associated with the appearance of UFOs and "Bigfoot" take place. People here for several hours, or even days, wander in one place.
Residents of the village of Suleya in the Satka region often encounter a "Bigfoot" in the forest. There is also a notorious swamp not far from Sulea: hairy creatures are also seen there. To catch their eye is considered a bad omen, so they try to bypass the swamp a kilometer away.
Molebsky Triangle. One of the most famous anomalous zones in Russia, located opposite the village of Molebka (on the border of the Perm Territory and the Sverdlovsk Region) on the left bank of the Sylva. Since 1989, the mysterious "zone" excites the minds of many people. Every year, several thousand pilgrims come here to "join the unknown."
“The settlement is one of the ancient settlements in Perm Territory, located on a steep high bank of the confluence of the northern Kama and the eastern Chusovaya, is a place of pilgrimage for healers and sorcerers, and in the circles of initiates it is considered a place of power and the birthplace of Zarathustra, one of the great teachers of mankind. "
The rock of the Vetlan stone is located in the region on the left bank of the Vishera river. The miraculous power of this stone adds 2 to 3 years of active, creative, rich life to your lifespan. The power of the nearby Stone Remembered can change human life for the better.
In order to meet aliens, tourists do not need to save money for a flight into space. As it turned out, supernatural phenomena, ghosts, UFOs and other miracles in the Chelyabinsk region are not so rare. The list of "anomalous zones" of the Ural region and partly of the Urals was created by employees of the Sredneuralskaya Research Group "Yekaterinburg-Kosmopoisk".
Many anomalous zones have been found in the Chelyabinsk region. The most frequently mentioned of them is Arkaim. Let us recall that this is an ancient settlement located in the south of the region in a foothill valley near the eastern slopes of the Ural Mountains.
In legends, this place is called the main spiritual center of ancient Siberia and the Urals. Following the scientists in Arkaim, psychics, prophets, members of various religious sects, and just people, thirsting for healing and enlightenment, followed. All of them unanimously declare the uniqueness and strength of the local energy. In Arkaim, in fact, various energetic phenomena are not uncommon. By the way, they have not only a fantastic, but also a completely scientific geophysical explanation: Arkaim stands on the site of a once active paleovolcano.
Now it is already recognized: here is the ancestral home of the ancient Aryans, which scientists have been looking for for so long in a vast territory from the Danube steppes to the Irtysh region; it happened here on the verge of the III - II millennium BC. The division of the Aryans into two branches - Indo-Iranian and Iranian - has long been "calculated" by linguists ... And some of the scientists so restrained in their assumptions are even ready to declare these places the birthplace of Zarathushtra, the creator of the sacred hymns of the "Avesta", as legendary as Buddha or Mohammed. It sounds like nothing to itself: Zarathushtra is a Uralian, our fellow countryman ?!
But even if you restrain your imagination and slow down your emotions, even then the South Ural archaeological find borders on a miracle. After all, this is one of those discoveries that force scientists to reconsider for decades - if not centuries - the built-up system of views on a vast and ideologically important field of research. The phenomenon of Arkaim forced historians to change their ideas about the Bronze Age on the territory of the Ural-Kazakhstan steppes. Now it turned out that they were not the backyards of the world entering the era of civilization: the high level of development of metallurgy provided this region with a very noticeable place in the cultural space stretching from the Mediterranean to present-day Kazakhstan and Central Asia.
TAMERLAN TOWER
Another South Ural anomaly is the Tamerlane Tower or the Kesene Mausoleum. This is one of the most ancient structures of the fortress type, located in the Urals, which is located in the steppe near the village of Varna, southeast of Chelyabinsk. It is assumed that the red brick tower of extraordinary strength was built no later than the 14th century. Historians are still arguing about the purpose of the majestic tower-mausoleum, who cannot come to a consensus.
MOUNTAIN KRUGLITSA
The highest point of the entire Taganai mountain range (1178 m above sea level). It is located 19 km northeast of Zlatoust. Distance from Chelyabinsk - 140 km, from Yekaterinburg - 260 km.
The mountain got its name for its characteristic rounded shape. The top of Kruglitsa is called the Bashkir cap for its resemblance to the Turkic headdress. Kruglitsa is also called Kruglaya Sopka, Krugly Taganai and even the Mandarin Hat for a characteristic knob at the very top.
Mount Kruglitsa was described by Nicholas Roerich as a point of contact with the Cosmic Reason, like Mount Belukha in Altai, and Mount Elbrus in the Caucasus. At the top of the mountain, in his opinion, is the focus of the Temple of Light.
Kruglitsa is significantly lower than its two sisters in height, the conditions of stay here are much more comfortable. Having climbed up, you need to sit down more comfortably and certainly for a couple of hours perceiving cosmic energy. Enough for a long time.
From Kruglitsa you can admire Zlatoust, Otkliknaya ridge, Mount Itsyl, Dalny Taganay. Seen from there in good weather and Lake Turgoyak with the city of Miass.
IGNATIEVSKAYA CAVE
Ignatievskaya Cave, with a total length of almost 550 meters, is popular with ghost hunters. It is located in the Katav-Ivanovsky region, near the village of Serpievka, on the right bank of the Sim mountain river. In the cave, drawings of ancient people were found, which are about 15 thousand years old, flint products, animal bones. The underground halls and galleries, located in hard-to-reach places and far from daylight, most likely had sacred significance and served as a venue for ritual activities. The cave got its name from the name of the cell attendant Ignatius, who lived and was buried in it. The holy elder was venerated even after his death, a mass of people flocked to him from neighboring factories and villages.
According to legend, the spirit of Saint Ignatius at night comes out to the edge of the cave and looks at the moon. As tourists note, strange voices and footsteps are heard here at night. In and around the cave, batteries are quickly discharged, lantern lamps burn out, camera flashes refuse to work, and people seem to feel someone's invisible presence. And in one of the halls it is very difficult to get high-quality photographs - a "white transparent veil" appears on them.
SIDE ON ALEXANDROVSKAYA SOPKA
An ancient megalithic structure. Located on the slope of the Aleksandrovskaya Sopka near the town of Zlatoust.
Distance from Zlatoust - 8 km, from Yekaterinburg - 260 km, from Chelyabinsk - 140 km, from Ufa - 265 km, from Miass - 20 km. Coordinates: N 55 ° 07'50 "; E 59 ° 48'25 "
Seid is usually called a sacred object of the North European peoples, in particular, the Sami. However, due to the lack of knowledge, it is currently impossible to unambiguously identify the Sami as the only builders of stone seids. Seid is a special place in the mountains, tundra, taiga, or some noticeable stone, stump, lake and other natural formations. Artifacts - structures made of stones can also be attributed to seids. Seids are most often found on the territory of Russia on Kola Peninsula and also in Scandinavia. There are also rocks on stands - placed in an unstable position or partially raised. Sometimes, due to the massiveness of many artifacts, seids are referred to as megalithic structures.
At different times, seids had a cult significance. For example, one Sámi legend said that fishermen, going to sea, left part of their soul on the shore in a stone seida, so that in case of their death it would not be devoured by a monster. Some seids were used sporadically, in connection with calendar or other events. Other seids were related to a specific person. According to some ancient legends, people could turn to stone seid. Also sacrifices were made to stone seids. Some of them could only be approached at a certain time, while others could not be approached at all. And some seids could not be approached by women.
ILMENSKY RESERVE
In the Ilmensky Reserve, on the slope adjacent to the city of Miass, the phenomenon of "bottomless holes" is encountered. These dips are visible only in spring, when water from melting snow flows down into them and large thawed patches appear. They are no more than 15 centimeters in diameter, but the depth cannot be determined. It is believed that such holes form UFOs, mining rare earth elements for the needs of "aliens". In addition, phenological anomalies were noted here in 2004.
The Ilmen Mountains, remarkable in its beauty and unique in terms of the variety of minerals, have attracted scientists and stone lovers for a long time. The history of Ilmen's research began more than 200 years ago, when it became known in Russia and Europe about the wealth and originality of the Ilmen mountains.
The history of Ilmen's study began more than 200 years ago, and this story is fascinatingly interesting and sometimes resembles a good detective story with a dizzying plot. Here they looked for one thing and found another; discovered minerals that then “disappeared” for decades and did not always “reappear”; mutually exclusive scientific theories were created on the same material.
More than two hundred years ago, in the troubled times of the Pugachev land and peasant unrest, the Cossack of the Chebarkul fortress Prutov found an unusual pebble in the forests near Lake Ilmen, as they said then - “pure water”. The stone turned out to be topaz, one of the most expensive and fashionable gems at that time. The "stone fever" began. In a short time, beryl, aquamarine, amazonite, phenakite were discovered in Ilmeny; intensive mining of topaz has been established.
PARK TAGANAY
Taganay National Park is also famous for fantastic phenomena. And in the last 15 years, the properties of the anomalous zone have been attributed to the Taganay ridge massif. Meetings with the "Bigfoot" in this area, frequent flights and landings of UFOs, contacts with the Higher Intelligence, local chronomirages, the appearance of ghosts, changes in the physical course of time, and also inexplicable feelings of fear and anxiety are constantly mentioned.
Someone says that in some places the usual flow of time disappears, others claim that they personally met with “Kialimskaya Babka”. For example, one winter in Dalniy Taganai, near the lower well, even the director of the meteorological station saw her. Seeing the director, the "grandma" rushed headlong into the depths of the taiga. She was barefoot and lightly dressed, although it was bitterly cold.
LAKE ITKUL
Translated from Bashkir, Itkul means "meat lake", as "it" ("meat"), and "kul" ("lake"). Scientists believe that this name was given to the lake because of the abundance of various fish in it. Although there is a version that, by order of the Demidovs, several pork carts were thrown there in order to drive out Muslims who lived near the reservoir and protested against industrial work. But it is not this fact that Lake Itkul is sadly famous. And the fact that in the middle of its water surface the so-called "Shaitan Stone" rises menacingly. There is a version that in the days of hoary antiquity, human sacrifices were made on this stone for the sake of the harvest and good weather. It is noteworthy that centuries later, people's lives continue to end near this stone. A lot of swimmers drowned, and those who survived describe the unpleasant feeling as if some kind of energy cord was passing through them.
ISLAND OF FAITH
An island on Lake Turgoyak, located near its western shore. Notable for located on it megalithic structures... The area of the island is 6.5 hectares. Distance from Miass - 13 km, from Chelyabinsk - 90 km, from Yekaterinburg - 200 km, from Ufa - 320 km.
A small island - only 800 meters at its widest point - holds an incredible amount of secrets. After a thorough examination, many discoveries were made that amazed archaeologists. The oldest monument of history on the island is the site of the Neanderthals, it is about 60 thousand years old! But the main finds were megaliths. Megaliths are prehistoric structures made of large stone blocks connected without the use of cement or mortar. The megaliths found on Vera Island are referred to as dolmens. Dolmens are called megaliths, which in ancient times were burial and cult structures. The megaliths on the island, according to scientists, were built presumably about 6,000 years ago, in the 4th millennium BC. NS. It is assumed that about 5-8 thousand years ago, an earthquake occurred on the island and the sharply rising water flooded the ancient dwelling, and then left.
Megaliths of Vera Island is a mysterious unique complex of megaliths discovered by archaeologists in 2004. The megaliths were built presumably about 6000 years ago, in the 4th millennium BC. NS
The largest structure on the island is megalith No. 1 - a stone structure 19 × 6 m in size, cut into the rocky ground and covered with massive stone slabs. The walls of the structure are made of massive stone blocks by dry masonry. Megalith consists of three chambers and corridors connecting them. In two chambers of the megalith, rectangular pits carved into the rock were found. The connection of the building with the main astronomical directions is fixed. Inside the megalith, two sculptures were found - a bull and a wolf. Previously, the building is interpreted as a temple complex.
Cross on the island of Vera - according to esotericists, the island of Vera is an energy source of strength.
The cult site "Island of Vera 9" is an artificially leveled site with a system of menhirs (menhirs are vertically placed oblong stone slabs). The central object on the site is a menhir surrounded by several large stones. The height of the menhir is about 1 m, the natural quartz vein gives its upper part a beak-like shape, at the base of the menhir the image of a fish is carved by picketage.
At some distance to the west of this central menhir, another stood in ancient times. Their centerline sets the direction "west-east", at sunrise on the day of the equinox. The system of landmarks in ancient times was made up of another menhir, forming, together with the central one, the direction "northwest - southeast", at sunrise on the day of the winter solstice.
AVERKINA CAVE
Little explored cave, equipped for housing by unknown persons. Located on the banks of the Ai River near the village of Ailino in the Satka region. Distance from Satka - 22 km, from Chelyabinsk - 196 km, from Miass - 102 km. Coordinates: 55 ° 12 36 N 58 ° 53 12 E
Averkina cave (pit) is located on the banks of the Ay river. It is difficult to find her without a guide - she is hidden in a wooded rock. The entrance to the cave is an almost vertical 20-meter sinkhole. Inside there are two grotto-rooms, as well as an underground lake with potable water. So far, it has been possible to study about 100 m of the underground passages of the cave, but they claim that its size is much larger.
Now it has been established that the cave is named after the schismatic Kerzhak Averky, who appeared on the Ai shores over a hundred years ago. He lived in this cave for several years and then suddenly disappeared. This disappearance caused a lot of misinterpretation.
According to another ingrained opinion, the remnants of the Pugachev army were hiding here until their death. The gold plundered by Yemelyan Pugachev was also hidden here. They even say that they found ancient coins in the Averkina pit. By the way, it is possible that it is still kept in the secret passages of the cave.
According to some reports, there was a den of counterfeiters of the 18th century in the cave. And the found wooden machine was just intended to create counterfeit money.
Damn swamp near Miass
A small lake overgrown with grass and bushes. Locals often talk about anomalies in the swamp area.
Distance from Miass - 50 km. Coordinates: The exact coordinates are unknown.
Although the lake is small, it is impossible to approach it. Whoever tries, everyone is overcome by some inexplicable fear.
Residents of nearby villages tell visiting ufologists that they often see subtle balls in the sky hovering over this swamp. Only a few days pass after such "reconnaissance", and at night a mysterious glow appears here. And at least once every six months, the sky above the reservoir seems to be illuminated by a huge powerful searchlight. On such nights, village dogs, tails between their legs, hide in their booths. Horses, pigs, cows, on the contrary, rush about in the barns and try to break free. Such mystical nights affect not only animals, but also modern electronic equipment. Televisions in the houses of neighboring residents usually work poorly: they receive two or three channels, and even then the image is like sand in a picture tube. But as soon as the lights are turned on over the swamp, the televisions in the houses are transformed, and then it seems that the Ostankino tower is located in the middle of the village.
Someone even saw ghostly silhouettes rolling glowing balls across the field. Old people say that this is an evil spirit. Even the atmosphere near and on the field itself was sharply different from the usual state. An inexplicable fear gripped people, and the horses stopped listening and always wanted to turn in the direction opposite to the field. They say that animals sense danger.
Until now, the swamp is characterized as something strange, incomprehensible and inexplicable. But there is no denying the fact that these "damn" places are energetic. Perhaps this affects the surrounding nature, the appearance of glare, lights and glows, the strange behavior of animals, the feelings of people, their condition and the time that flows, sometimes faster, sometimes slower ... changing our life.
STONE MAHADI-TASH
The miraculous stone Mahadi-Tash is located in the Kunashak region near the village of Ust-Bagaryak at the junction of three regions - Chelyabinsk, Sverdlovsk and Kurgan (on a hillock, on the left bank of the Sinara River, slightly above the village). According to the local Tatar population, this is a sacred stone, which, by the way, some of them still worship. It looks like a forehead block of limestone, furrowed with wrinkles and cracks. A dent is also noticeable on it - the trace of Saint Mahadi.
ARACULIAN SHIKHANS
The place is notable at least for the fact that there are mysterious dolmens (a kind of "boxes" of heavy boulders "). Members of the Kosmopoisk-Ural movement write about these objects in the following way: “The Ural dolmens differ from the well-known Caucasian ones in the way they were erected and in size. In addition, scientists still argue about the purpose of the dolmens, as well as their exact age, today there is no specific answer about who built these “boxes” and why. "
And in addition to dolmens, the legends about a certain Babka Shikhanka, who lives in the Arakul Shikhans, have set their teeth on edge. evil spirit, assuming the form of a feeble old woman, wanders the mountains and brings trouble to tourists. Meeting her does not bode well. Rumor has it that those who saw Granny Shikhanka only have time to tell about their meeting, and then they certainly die. Under the most mysterious circumstances, of course.
MOSKAL RIDGE (Witch Mountain)
The ridge is located on the territory of the Zyuratkul National Park in the south-west of the lake of the same name, in the Satka region. The ridge stretches from southwest to northeast. Distance from Chelyabinsk - 145 km, from Yekaterinburg - 352 km, from Satka - 25 km. Coordinates: 54 ° 51 24 N 59 ° 5 4 E
To the west of the ridge is the valley of the Malaya Satka river, and behind it is the Bolshaya Suka ridge. In the north, the Zyuratkul ridge is, as it were, a continuation. In the southwest there is a small ridge Uvan, in the east and southeast, behind Maly Kyl and Bolshoi Kalagaz, there is a wall of the Nurgush ridge, from the very high mountain Chelyabinsk region - Big Nurgush (1406 m).
Moskal drops off in the east directly into Lake Zyuratkul.
Among the mountain ranges of the ridge, geologists discovered a unique paleovolcano, and in its crater - a real underground storeroom. There are more than 70 minerals in the Moskalskaya "box". And this is on an area of only one square kilometer.
The meaning of the word "moskal", "maskal" is derived not from the name of Russians, which is popular among some fraternal peoples, but from the Bashkir "meskei" - "witch". That is, the mountain-witch or witch's mountain. The origin of such a name is not clear, but it is worth noting that the area in the district is full of such eerie names. In particular, “zyuratkul” is translated as “lake-cemetery”.
In addition, there are a large number of scary legends about the surrounding area. Back in the 19th century, there was a temple (pagan temple) here.
Fans of esoteric teachings compare the Moskal ridge with Tibet, and the Big Kalagazu mountain with sacred mountain Kailash. Energy flows invisible to the uninitiated, according to them, are pouring in these places. The peace and quiet of the surrounding areas promotes spiritual relaxation, meditation and self-contemplation.
KASLINSKAYA ANOMALY
It all started when members of the Ural branch of the Kosmopoisk movement discovered strange circles on satellite images. Several versions of their origin immediately arose. One of them was that the circles are similar to those of Arkaim and represent the remains of an ancient settlement. The second version can be called conditionally - "ufological", well, you know, inexplicable crop circles, mysterious drawings, as if made by the hand of a giant.
The third version was called military. It was she who, as it turned out later, was the closest to the truth. It turned out that once this place was a radio testing ground for testing and adjusting the secret products of the "Radiy" plant. The plant specialized in the production of defense radio equipment, the names of previously closed samples, which were tested at the test site, with a concentric movement system, even became known from open sources. Experiments with secret equipment are supposed to have left strange marks on the ground.
SOURCE "White Key"
One of the most ancient springs in the world. Located at an altitude of 675 meters on the southeastern slope of the Two-Headed Hill in Taganay National Park. Distance from Yekaterinburg - 270 km, from Chelyabinsk - 150 km. Coordinates: 55 ° 15 48 N 59 ° 46 40 E
The water in this spring has not stopped flowing for millions of years. In 1990, MSU specialists analyzed the water of this spring and it turned out that its softness is much higher than that of melted snow. That is, there are practically no mineral salts in it.
The bottom of the alpine spring is covered with quartzite, and therefore it seems to exude light, and on sunny days it shimmers beautifully. Most often, however, the color appears white - hence the name "white key".
The water temperature in the spring is always very low - even in the hottest weather it does not exceed 3-4 degrees. It is curious that earlier this spring had a different name. They called it "Holy Key". The fact is that since ancient times miraculous power was attributed to the water of this source.
The Old Believers who lived in these places appreciated its healing properties so highly that they healed people from a variety of diseases on the White Key. And on one of the sections where it flows, once there was even a large wooden cross. What happened to him is unknown. But along with the cross, the name also disappeared. However, this hardly affected the quality of the water. By the way, tourists say that they have never tasted water tastier than in this spring.
LAKE ZYURATKUL
The origin of the toponym - From the Bashkir Yurak-Kul. Jurak or y? R? K means heart.
Russian encyclopedic scientist Peter Pallas wrote: “In the corner between them there is a mediocre Satka-Tau mountain, which seems to be a separated part of a large and spacious up Bolshaya Satka to the south of the lying Yurak-Tau mountain ...
Yurak-Tau means heart-mountain, and it seems that it got its name because of the raised blunt summit, which is completely naked and rocky. On this mountain lies the memorable lake Yurak-Kul, into which many streams flow and from which Big Satka flows. " Over time, Yurak-Kul was transformed into Zyurak-Kul, and then Zyuratkul. There is also another version of the origin of the name of the reservoir. Not far from it there is an old cemetery, therefore it is called Zyuratkul - Lake near the cemetery (Bashk. Zyurat - cemetery, Bashk. Kul - lake.
In the State Water Register of the Russian Federation, Lake Zyuratkul is called Lake Zyurat-Kul, on state topographic maps- Lake Zyuratkul.
GEOGLYPH ON LAKE ZYURATKUL
In Russia, a huge geoglyph in the shape of an elk or a deer was discovered, which may be thousands of years older than the famous Nazca lines in Peru. The structure of stones is located in the area of Lake Zyuratkul in the Satkinsky district of the Chelyabinsk region (South Ural). In the photographs, you can distinguish an elongated muzzle, four legs and two horns. Satellite images from 2007 on Google Earth hint at the tail as well, but newer images don't show it as clearly.
Inhabitants of the village of Suleya in the Satka region, often encounter the "Bigfoot" in the forest. There is also a notorious swamp not far from Sulea: hairy creatures are also seen there. Getting caught in their eyes is considered a bad omen ...
SUGOMAK CAVE
Sugomak Cave is located on the eastern slope of Mount Sugomak, five kilometers from Kyshtym. It is the main local attraction and is a cavity consisting of three grottoes, which are connected by narrow passages. The third grotto is partially filled with water. There cavers allegedly found small crustaceans unknown to science. And the representatives of "Cosmopoisk" with the help of the echo sounder found here at least three strange objects under the silt. The echo sounder showed that disc-shaped hollow structures of unknown origin lie in the lake at a depth of 8 meters. Still under water there are flooded passages leading, in all likelihood, to new sections of the cave. In the Urals, the Sugomakskaya cave is the only cavity that has been worked out in marble by water. The very same mountain, in which the Sugomak cave is located, is considered a "place of power". Local psychics come here to "recharge their energy".
SPRING OF SAINT AULIUS
Located near Chebarkul near Lake Aushkul and the village of Starobayramgulovo. Beats from under Mount Aushkul. Distance from Chebarkul - 60 km, from Chelyabinsk - 140 km, from Ufa - 250 km. Coordinates: 54 ° 43'12 ″ N 59 ° 42'19 ″ E
The source is located about 200 meters above the ground and you can reach it along the gentle slope of Mount Aushtau (Aush-Tash). Further, a steep road leads to the top of the mountain, which is 646 meters high. There are gazebos for prayers, which are constantly full of Muslims, and three graves lined with stones.
One of the graves has a granite slab with an inscription on the ancient Arabic: "This is a preacher of faith - Sheikh Muhammet Mignan Alusa - 1258 during the time of Berke Khan - the state of Berke Khan." The slab was brought from Bishkek in 1905 and installed to replace the previously existing one. Nearby are the graves of saints Aulia and Divana. This is how the classical Islamic triad developed: Sheikh is a teacher, Aulia is a saint, Divana is a blessed one. The mountain and its shrines are known to Muslims all over the world. In Bashkir, the source is called Auliya shishmakhe (?? li? Shishm ?? e), which in translation means "Source of the Holy".
The Aulia spring hits only once a year, in the spring when the snow melts. It starts in May and lasts only about three weeks... The spring water is very soft. Many people notice healing properties of the spring water: it normalizes metabolism, increases physical and mental performance, strengthens the immune system and slows down the aging process. Do not count all the diseases from which the water of Saint Aulia helps people - psoriasis, kidney and gall bladder stones, allergies, heart diseases ...
For many years in the spring, thousands of people have come to the spring to stock up on healing water. Every year, thousands of pilgrims from all over Russia and even from other states come to Mount Aushtau (Aush-Tash). Sometimes a healing spring beats for a whole month. Water in the spring can be found at other times of the year, but it is believed that it does not have the same healing power as in May.
LAKE SHAYTANKA
The lake with the ominous name Shaitanka is located not far from Asha. It is remarkable, as usual, for its furious legends. So, according to one of them, the reservoir is considered bottomless (officially they say about a depth of 200 meters), according to the other, a certain "monster" lives in its depths, and the third ascribes frequent UFO sightings to the lake. In fact, it is difficult to talk about whether the place is "abnormal" or just myths.
For example, sometimes groundwater begins to rise sharply and splash, as it were, over the edge of the Shaitanka, flooding the surrounding area with a mass of peat, emitting an unbearable stench. At the same time, the water in the lake seems to boil. All these phenomena were previously associated with the intrigues of evil spirits, and therefore gave the lake the appropriate name. And now the locals, already well-versed in matters of esotericism and extrasensory perception, say they say there is bad energy.
MOUNTAIN YURMA
The extreme northern point of the South Urals. The mountain belongs to the territory of the Taganay National Park. Distance from Karabash - 8 km, from Chelyabinsk - 90 km, from Miass - 55 km, from Ekatenrinburg - 180 km. Coordinates: 55 ° 30 36 N 60 ° 0 27 E.
Mount Yurma is located north of the Bolshoi Taganai ridge. At the same time, Yurma is the southernmost and highest peak of the Yurma ridge of the same name. The height of Jurma is 1009 meters above sea level. It is customary to draw the northern border of the Southern Urals along it.
From Bashkir, most often the word "Yurma" is translated as "Do not go". It is in this imperative mood. According to one version, this name is connected with the fact that in the old days the places around Yurma were very difficult to walk. Swamp and deep forest. Therefore, it was quite difficult to get to Yurma.
According to another version, Yurma was a sacred and forbidden mountain. Therefore, not everyone was allowed to climb it. In this case, Yurma is no different from Iremel, who was also forbidden for a long time.
There is also a version that deduces the name Yurma from the Bashkir one - "dense forest", as well as from the name of the Bashkir tribe Yurmata. A ridge with this name exists between the Belaya and Nugush rivers.
The mountain and ridge of Yurma are very popular with tourists. Climbing it, of course, is not done as often as on Taganai, but all the same, the folk path to Yurma does not overgrow.
At the top of the plateau, overgrown with a low, "park" forest. Near Jurma there are numerous rocky outcrops that attract tourists even more than the mountain itself. For example, two rocks, called the Devil's Gate, located on the slope of Yurma, are widely known and popular.
MIASS ANOMALOUS ZONE
The zone is located in the area of the Ural ridge near of the city of the same name... Once in this area, tourists feel an attack of inexplicable horror. Distance from Chelyabinsk - 115 km, from Yekaterinburg - 220 km, from Ufa - 282 km. Coordinates: 55 ° 5 54N 60 ° 6 10
Since the beginning of the XIX century. in the vicinity of Miass, mining, gold and marble are being mined. Numerous tourists, travelers, locals and explorers of the Urals have repeatedly reported attacks of inexplicable horror that attacked them in a certain place. Geologists associate anomalous manifestations with karst sinkholes, experts in anomalous zones attribute the inexplicable proximity of the V.P. Makeyev State Rocket Center.
In this center, the "Kozyrev mirrors", which later became famous, were discovered - a kind of apparatus for traveling to other worlds.
Engineers have built a unique "cosmodrome" in Miass for testing this apparatus, which is a collection of spiral mirror planes. Many researchers believe that this device has a great future. However, not a single experiment was completed. During the experiments, the subjects experienced strange psychophysical sensations, felt themselves transported to other worlds and time, after which they had a feeling of some kind of danger and the experiment was always interrupted.
Anomaly specialists believe that an anomalous zone appeared in the Miass area as a side effect of the invention of a unique apparatus.
THE GRAVE OF EUDOCIA MAKHONKOVA (Saint Dunyasha)
Located in the village of Chudinovo, Oktyabrsky district. The distance to Chelyabinsk is 70 km, from Oktyabrsky - 30 km, from Yekaterinburg - 280 km, from Orsk - 480 km.
The grave of Evdokia Makhankova, better known among the people as Saint Dunyasha (Dunyushka), turned the small village of Chudinovo in the Oktyabrsky district into a place of pilgrimage. People come here not only from the Chelyabinsk region, but also from other regions.
Evdokia Makhankova has not been canonized today, documents are being collected on her canonization. But many already consider her a saint for her righteous lifestyle and for the fact that she gives miraculous healing after her death. Many come to Dunyasha just for help, someone just wants to bow to the grave of the local righteous woman.
From mouth to mouth, information is transmitted about how Dunyasha helped in healing diseases, having children, finding a family, financial and housing issues.
There is no need to bring photographs to Dunyasha's grave - they say that Dunyasha herself will understand who needs help and in what. At the same time, Dunyasha is picky and will not help someone who is "unwanted" by her.
They notice that often during a visit to Dunyushka's grave, strange things happen. For example, the sun suddenly begins to shine brightly during the rain.
The grave of Evdokia is located in the old village cemetery of the village of Chudinovo. A mini-chapel has been erected around it. The chapel appeared here through the efforts of enthusiasts who repeatedly came here and knew that the grave was in no way protected from snow, wind, rain, and the scorching sun. It was decided to build a chapel in the form of a large greenhouse. It is warm, light and dry. In addition, the territory around the grave was ennobled - a path to the grave was laid out, a garden was laid out.
ST. SIMEONOVSKY (Novo-Tikhvinsky) MONASTERY
The monastery is closed.
Year of foundation: circa 1860. Kasli district, 15 km into the forest from the village of Bulzi.
A mysterious, anomalous church, popularly called the Church of Freedom, is a place where instruments fail, the compass does not work, in the undergrounds of which there is a secret that six nuns were not given out and were shot, whose souls are still hovering around the church. It is here, according to assurances, that the revival of human civilization will take place.
Geophysicists with their instruments, together with dowsers with their frames, walked around the contours of the cathedral and received signals about the presence of underground galleries. Detailed studies were carried out on the site in front of the apse. It turned out that from under the altar hall of the temple two underground passages emerge at an angle to each other. Their general direction is deep into the once densely built up monastery territory. This direction is consistent with the location of some dry wells, as if they, these wells, are either ventilation devices or exits from the dungeons.
MOVE STONE IN INTERZERSK
An unusual stone is located in the Verkhneuralsky region, near the village of Mezhozerny.
There is an interesting stone in the Verkhneuralsky district - it turns. One of the tourists accidentally drew attention to this: “Once I was sitting on it, and when I got there after about a year, I noticed that the stone had risen. He came six months later - the stone changed its position even more. He stood even more upright. The stone is ellipse-shaped, of decent size, there is no way to turn it by hand ... "
There are no legends or legends about the stone and this place either. At present, the stone, which once lay flat on the ground, has stood almost vertically. Although, according to the law of gravitation, on the contrary, it should rather tend to the ground. If Vladimir Shibeko, who wrote to us a few years ago, could sit quietly on this cobblestone, now it is almost impossible to do this.
MOUNTAIN LESHACHYA
It is located in the Karagai pine forest approximately in the middle of the steppe zone of the plain trans-Ural spaces of the Chelyabinsk region, along the sixtieth meridian, where the Ural-Tobolsk watershed passes.
Distance from Verkhneuralsk - 44 km, from Chelyabinsk - 160 km, from Magnitogorsk - 90 km.
Here, in many places, large granite-gneiss massifs are exposed, up to 350 m, and sometimes up to 450 m above sea level and, often, covered with pine forests, and in depressions with birch pegs.
Almost in the very center of the forest is Mount Leshachya, an altitude of 514 m above sea level.
The mountain is notable for the fact that it is literally covered with various kinds of legends and myths. According to popular legends, witches held their sabbaths on the top of the mountain, witches gathered from everywhere and performed their rituals on the appointed day.
For example, before the revolution, on the eve of the holidays of Kolyada and Ivan Kupala, guards were specially set up around the mountain to prevent women who gathered here to perform pagan rituals.
Interest was also aroused by the stories of tourists that navigation equipment malfunctions on the top of the mountain.
KISILEVSKAYA CAVE
Kiselevskaya, a cave, a geological and geomorphological natural monument of regional significance (since 1985).
A horizontal karst cavity of a grotto type of complex shape. Laid in a massif of light gray Paleozoic limestones of the Upper Devonian - Lower Carboniferous. Located on the right bank of the Sim River, 4 km northeast of the Ashi railway station.
The entrance to the cave is located at the bottom of a corrosion-sinkhole funnel measuring 7.5 × 9 m and a depth of 6 m, formed on the eastern slope of the Kiselevsky log at an altitude of about 70 m from the channel of the stream flowing here. A narrow, irregularly shaped inlet with dimensions of 0.6 × 1.5 m is oriented to the west; immediately behind it opens the 1st grotto of the cave (Wintering Bats). Mainsail length 35 m, width up to 10 m, maximum height 20 m. In the cold season, numerous ice stalactites and stalagmites (up to 50-70 cm high) form in the grotto, the walls are covered with snow crystals.
The cave is marked by various anomalous phenomena. According to speleologists, they saw different light effects in the cave, supposedly there are distortions in the perception of time.
ROCK STONE GATE
A bizarre rock near Kyshtym. Located in the south of a small ridge, at the western end of Teplaya Mountain. Distance from Chelyabinsk - 95 km, from Kyshtym - 20 km, from Karabash - 15 km. Coordinates: N 55 ° 38.922 ′ E 60 ° 17.021 ′
This miracle of nature is made up of granite-gneisses, which, in the process of weathering, formed a window in a rocky monolith. By the appearance and structure of the gneisses, it can be assumed that the Gate has existed in this form for more than one millennium.
The stone gate is also called the Dragon-stone, the Dragon's Wings, the Hole-stone - all this is the same rocky outlier on the Teplaya mountain. The origin of all these names is explained by the shape of the rock and human imagination. The name Stone Gate is considered the most ancient, and all the others are relatively modern.
Once the Stone Gate was considered a sacred place where made wishes come true. Since ancient times, hunters have come here to beg for good luck, to make their weapons more accurate and deadly. Now people come here to look, be surprised at the rock, as well as the magnificent views from the mountain to the surroundings. Fans of esoteric teachings claim that the rock is still a kind of energy point - a "place of power".
MOUNTAIN IREMEL
although geographically it is located in Bashkiria, but in terms of its significance, it is one of the most famous natural monuments of the entire Urals. You can enter Iremel from the Chelyabinsk region. Peoples and tribes from ancient times singled out Iremel among other peaks and treated it with special respect. However, everything is in order, first I will give short geographic information: Iremel mountain range is located in the northeast of the Uchalinsky region. A small segment of the border with the Chelyabinsk region runs tangentially to the northern and western edges of the base of the mountain. Iremel is located in the zone of the highest elevations and is part of the Ural-Tau axial ridge. Distinguish between Big and Small Iremel, which rise on the common foundation of the massif, oriented in relation to the cardinal points from north-east to south-west with a total length of about 13 km. Mount Bolshoy Iremel has a height of 1582 meters (Summit "Wild Boar") and is the second highest point in the Southern Urals (second only to Yaman-Tau - 1640 m). The slopes and peaks of Iremel rise above the boundaries of the forest belt and represent the subalpine and alpine belt. Big and Small Iremel (height 1449 m) are separated by a characteristic saddle about a kilometer wide.
In the ancient popular Bashkir epic, you can read about how Mount Iremel arose. In it the main character Ural-Batyr fights with the padishah Azraki and his army: divas (i.e. evil spirits) and dragons. Destroying everyone, Ural-Batyr piled their fallen bodies into heaps, which later became the Ural Mountains. The biggest heap was Iremel. In the process of confrontation, the hero died from poisoning, and his children had to take swords in their hands. According to legend, they cut through Iremel, and rivers flowed out of it: Belaya and Ural.
Legends are legends, but the Russian settlers, who began to populate the Chelyabinsk region, treated the mountain with no less respect than the locals. And as some clergy note, before the revolution, no one was surprised that in a dry year the people gathered and walked in the procession to ask for rain on Iremel.
There are many wonderful stories and rumors today. Sports tourists, wandering esotericists and simply curious people have flooded the mountain lately. Some jokingly, some in all seriousness, tell their stories about Iremel. Some believe that this is a "portal", "energy center" and come here to "recharge". Others believe that in ancient times Iremel was used for human sacrifice by the servants of dark cults and are looking for ancient temples here. Ufologists, who are also quite a lot, claim that somewhere there is an underground UFO base and claim that they regularly see "flying saucers". Sorcerers and psychics come to Iremel to collect magical plants. For example, it is only here that Rhodiola Iremelica, listed in the Red Book, grows. This plant, which is also called the "golden root", is part of many alchemical recipes for immortality.
MOUNTAIN SUGOMAK
Sightseeing near the town of Kyshtym. The mountain has two peaks. Height highest point mountains Sugomak 590 meters.
Not far from Kyshtym is located low mountain with a bald rocky top. It's called Sugomak.
The height of Mount Sugomak is close to 600 meters above sea level. On the one hand, even one who has never walked to the mountains will master the ascent, on the other hand, at least some physical preparation is needed if you want to get to the cherished peak, and not turn 180 degrees halfway to the cherished goal. The fact is that a well-trodden flat path leads to the top only at the beginning of the path. Then the initial ease and accessibility of the ascent is replaced by a sharp slope.
An interesting fact is that Mount Sugomak has not one, but three peaks. There is a saying among local residents: "The first hillock, the second hillock, the third is a mountain." Each summit has its own paths. Walking along these paths, we find ourselves in the kingdom of the relict mountain forest-steppe - a real botanical monument.
A wonderful panorama opens from each hillock. Kyshtym and Lake Sugomak lie at a glance.
Many consider Mount Sugomak to be a miraculous, so-called "place of power" that heals, fills with health and energy.
There are many variations of the legend about a strong and courageous batyr named Sugomak and beautiful girl Egoza. But the main plot line boils down to the fact that the relatives of the lovers are against their union, they belong to two warring clans.
Despite all the prohibitions and obstacles, Sugomak and Egoza began to live together away from their tribes. But this decision only increased their relatives' hostility to each other. Then the young man and the girl turned to the gods for help. They begged for peace and harmony. The wish came true, but at what cost! The gods turned the lovers into two mountains (Sugomak and Egoza), standing side by side.
And the tears they shed from unhappy love formed beautiful lake Sugomak.
They say that the Bashkirs still believe in the magical power of the lake and try to come here with their babies to dip them into the waters of the lake. Perhaps they dream of their sons becoming as strong as Sugomak, and their daughters as beautiful as Egoza.
ROCK OF FUCK TOOTH
Large stone outlier. Not far from Kyshtym, on a small hill, on the left side of the old road Yegusta-Ushaty, there is a rocky ridge that crowns. Distance from Chelyabinsk - 100 km, from Kyshtym - 25 km, from Yekaterinburg - 135 km. Coordinates: N 55 ° 39.037 ′ E 60 ° 11.699 ′
The Devil's Tooth is a vertical 25-meter rock. The entire stone ridge is also called the Devil's Settlement. These names are given to the rocks for their bizarre shape. Many of them are legendary.
The height of the cliffs reaches 20 meters, and the total length of the stone ridge is about 100 meters.
This place is far enough away from big cities, therefore it is not visited much, only Kyshtym tourists and climbers occasionally hold their trainings and competitions here.
There is a legend that in ancient times rituals of sacrifices were performed here, but excavations were not carried out near the rocks. They say that the clock, compass and other devices in this place refuse to work or show incorrectly.
The Ural Mountains stretch from the coast of the Arctic Ocean to the Kazakh steppes. Its length exceeds 2.5 thousand kilometers. The width at different sites ranges from 100 to 400 km. Because of this length, the mountain range is divided into several parts, each of which is characterized by its own natural zones.
Table: parts of the Ural Mountains and their natural zones
Let's take a closer look at each part and natural area of the Urals.
Polar Ural
This is the part of the mountains closest to the Arctic Circle. Accordingly, the natural areas here are tundra and forest-tundra. The relief of this area was formed due to frost and winds, as a result, a stone embankment was formed. Mountain peaks the area is flat. The climate of the Polar Urals is humid and cold. Summer is short and rainy average temperature+14 degrees Celsius. Winters are long and quite cold, the average January temperature is -20 degrees. The polar Urals are characterized by a large amount of precipitation.
Rice. 1. Polar part of the Ural Mountains
Vegetation is found only at the foot of the mountains and is represented by mosses, lichens and shrubs. There are dwarf larch trees on the eastern slopes. Here the climate is more favorable and there is less snow.
Larches grow better at the tops of ridges than at their feet - there is better water supply and higher temperatures.
Northern Ural
This site is located on the 59th meridian. The eastern and western ridges are distinguished here. Their height is approximately 700 meters above sea level. The mountain peaks are rounded. The mountains are distinguished by a large number of terraces. The climate is slightly warmer than in the previous section. The natural zone of the Northern Urals is mainly taiga, characterized by a large number of swamps.
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The forest here almost completely covers the mountain slopes. It is represented by spruces, and occasionally there are fir areas. Cedar grows on the rocky slopes. In the area of the marshes there are blueberries. Among the animals there are wolverines, deer, sables, owls.
Rice. 2. Pechora-Ilychsky nature reserve
Middle Ural
Characterized by smoothed mountain peaks, highest height which reaches 800 meters. The mountains are badly destroyed and do not fulfill the watershed function. At an altitude of 410 meters, there is Railway connecting Perm and Yekaterinburg. There are many large rivers in the Middle Urals. The natural zone is forest-steppe, the climate is temperate.
The mountain peaks are completely covered with forests. Closer to the north, it is a coniferous forest, in the southwestern region, mixed prevails. There are birch forests throughout the territory. Among the animals are wolves, foxes, badgers, ferrets.
Southern Urals
This area has the highest peaks - up to 1600 meters. Mountain peaks are flat, there are rocky terraces. The climate is temperate, with warm summers and cold winters. Sometimes frosts reach such a degree that rivers freeze almost to the bottom.
The natural zone of the Southern Urals is a forest-steppe. In some places there are areas of pine forest, mainly the slopes and foothills are represented by the chernozem steppe. Various rodents predominate among animals.
Rice. 3. Southern Urals - forest-steppe zone
What have we learned?
The Long Ural Range is divided into four parts, each of which is dominated by its own natural area... They are distinguished by a variety of animal and flora, climatic conditions.
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The Urals District keeps in itself a whole darkness of mysteries, secrets and anomalous zones. I propose to talk about the latter in more detail. Read about how the secret developments of Soviet scientists caused the appearance of the "Kasli anomaly", what kind of shamans with antennas are depicted on "Stone Tents", and why Lake Shaitanka is considered unclean, read the new rating of "Good News". If you decide to go through all the anomalous zones of the Urals, you will simply need to navigate in the cities of this district, for example, to buy food, or batteries for a flashlight, or for something else, and the directory of companies in the Ural Federal District.
10. Mount Big Iremel
To begin with, Iremel has its own mysterious story. Take the title. It has been known since time immemorial, when the Turks (ancestors of the modern Bashkirs) inhabiting these lands called the mountain "a place that gives a person strength", that is, "Iremel" in their language. By the way, the name of the nearby village Tyulyuk translates as “desire”.
The presence of these two place names is already suggestive. For example, there is a legend that if you climb a mountain and make a wish, it will certainly come true. Rumor has it that in the old days the priests of pagan cults made human sacrifices at the top of Iremel. Perhaps that is why the place enjoys a gloomy fame. A variety of rumors are associated with him. From frequent sightings of UFOs to the mysterious people "Chud white-eyed", whose representatives allegedly live in those parts.
9. Lake Itkul
Translated from Bashkir, Itkul means "meat lake", as "it" ("meat"), and "kul" ("lake"). Scientists believe that this name was given to the lake because of the abundance of various fish in it. Although there is a version that, by order of the Demidovs, several pork carts were thrown there in order to drive out Muslims who lived near the reservoir and protested against industrial work. But it is not this fact that Lake Itkul is sadly famous. And the fact that in the middle of its water surface the so-called "Shaitan Stone" rises menacingly. There is a version that in the days of hoary antiquity, human sacrifices were made on this stone for the sake of the harvest and good weather. It is noteworthy that centuries later, people's lives continue to end near this stone. A lot of swimmers drowned, and those who survived describe the unpleasant feeling as if some kind of energy cord was passing through them.
8. "Stone tents" in the Kasli region.
Any child from the village of Allaki of the Kasli region with the intonation of an experienced guide will tell you that it was here that a Finno-Ugric village was once located. It was they, about 7,000 years ago, who painted strange little men with antennas on their heads on the "tents" with red ocher. But it would be okay little men, because, most likely, the "antennas" were elements of the shaman's traditional headdress. But not far from the "stone tents", archaeologists have discovered a bird-shaped idol, a spear and a jug with blood stains. This leads to thoughts about the harsh rituals that the ancient Finno-Ugrians performed next to their "stone tents". These places are notorious among the residents of the surrounding villages, but young daredevils often do not mind “working” as guides.
7. Arakul shihans
The place is notable at least for the fact that there are mysterious dolmens (a kind of "boxes" of heavy boulders "). Members of the Kosmopoisk-Ural movement write about these objects in the following way: “The Ural dolmens differ from the well-known Caucasian ones in the way they were erected and in size. In addition, scientists still argue about the purpose of the dolmens, as well as their exact age, today there is no specific answer about who built these “boxes” and why. " And besides dolmens, the legends about a certain Babka Shikhanka, who lives in the Arakul Shikhans, have set their teeth on edge. Rumor has it that an evil spirit, taking on the form of a feeble old woman, wanders the mountains and brings trouble to tourists. Meeting her does not bode well. Rumor has it that those who saw Granny Shikhanka only have time to tell about their meeting, and then they certainly die. Under the most mysterious circumstances, of course.
6. Mountain range Nurgush
According to the reports of tourists and hunters, as well as employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, UFOs can be periodically observed in the sky over the mountain, and in the surrounding forests you can meet the Bigfoot, about meetings with which Satka regional historian V.P. Cherentsov spoke about in the pages of his book. It was in the vicinity of Nurgush that a cryptozoologist from Chelyabinsk, Nikolai Avdeev, was lucky enough to take a picture of Bigfoot, but like all materials on this topic, the picture turned out to be blurry and poorly informative.
5. Ignatievskaya cave
The famous cave is located near the village of Serpievka, which is in the Katav-Ivanovsky region. Having a corridor character and almost half a kilometer in length, it consists of four sections - the Entrance grotto, the Main corridor, the Big and the Far hall. It was named after the old cell attendant Ignatius, who lived and died in the cave. According to legend, the spirit of the elder Ignatius leaves the cave at night and looks at the moon. Among tourists, there is an opinion that at night in the cave you can hear someone's footsteps and unintelligible voices. And besides, next to any of the departments of such a stone corridor, people keep running out of batteries, flashlight lamps burn out, camera flashes refuse to work, and those who enter feel someone's invisible presence. Many people say that it is very difficult to get high-quality photographs in one of the halls - a "white transparent veil" appears on them.
4. "Kasli anomaly"
It all started when members of the Ural branch of the Kosmopoisk movement discovered strange circles on satellite images. Several versions of their origin immediately arose. One of them was that the circles are similar to those of Arkaim and represent the remains of an ancient settlement. The second version can be called conditionally - "ufological", well, you know, inexplicable crop circles, mysterious drawings, as if made by the hand of a giant. The third version was called military. It was she who, as it turned out later, was the closest to the truth. It turned out that once this place was a radio testing ground for testing and adjusting the secret products of the "Radiy" plant. The plant specialized in the production of defense radio equipment, the names of previously closed samples, which were tested at the test site, with a concentric movement system, even became known from open sources. Experiments with secret equipment are supposed to have left strange marks on the ground.
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3. Lake "Shaitanka"
The lake with the ominous name Shaitanka is located not far from Asha. It is remarkable, as usual, for its furious legends. So, according to one of them, the reservoir is considered bottomless (officially they say about a depth of 200 meters), according to the other, a certain "monster" lives in its depths, and the third ascribes frequent UFO sightings to the lake. In fact, it is difficult to talk about whether the place is "abnormal" or just myths. For example, sometimes groundwater begins to rise sharply and splash, as it were, over the edge of the Shaitanka, flooding the surrounding area with a mass of peat, emitting an unbearable stench. At the same time, the water in the lake seems to boil. All these phenomena were previously associated with the intrigues of evil spirits, and therefore gave the lake the appropriate name. And now the locals, already well-versed in matters of esotericism and extrasensory perception, say they say there is bad energy.
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2. Taganay National Park
A variety of legends and myths are circulating about this park. Someone says that in some places the usual flow of time disappears, others claim that they personally met with "Kialim Babka". For example, one winter in Dalniy Taganai, near the lower well, even the director of the meteorological station saw her. Seeing the director, the "grandma" rushed headlong into the depths of the taiga. She was barefoot and lightly dressed, although it was bitterly cold. And besides this mysterious pensioner, UFOs, "snowmen" and other extraordinary phenomena are regularly seen on Taganay. However, no one has been able to reliably record the "miracles" so far.
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1. Arkaim
If you listen to homegrown mediums, then the ancient settlement of the Bronze Age is one continuous anomalous zone! Whole armies of psychics annually besiege Arakim in search of "strength". And what they just do not see. Mysterious lights, according to the notorious magicians and "healers", no longer surprise anyone, being, as it were, part of the landscape. In fact, most of these miraculous phenomena are a figment of the imagination of those people who come to Arkaim to be "charged" with energy. On the other hand, some cases of strange electromagnetic vibrations were recorded by special instruments. Perhaps this fact is somehow connected with the numerous stories of "contactees" and "eyewitnesses of the unknown."
During the January holidays of 2018, members of the Armavir local branch of the Russian Geographical Society carried out another research expedition. We moved 2 thousand 800 kilometers from the foothills of the North Caucasus to the foothills of the Ural Mountains.
Near the city of the nuclear industry Sverdlovsk-44, 70 kilometers from Yekaterinburg, we explored one of many wonderful places Middle Urals - the sanctuary of the ancient Vagul tribes, located on the shores of Lake Shaitan.
The Middle Urals appeared to our research gaze in the majestic beauty of a bright white winter: fluffy, sparkling decoration of aspens and birches, mild windless weather and pleasant, invigorating minus temperature, which is so unusual for the Krasnodar Territory.
Lake Shaitan is located 15 kilometers to the west of the city, which in 1949 began its existence with the opening of a nuclear plant. Today the population in this closed settlement has 90 thousand inhabitants.
The city was built near the settlement of the Old Believers Verkh-Neyvinsky, which was very large at that time. There were many more small villages nearby - in two, three streets. Today those are no longer on the map. And the village of Verkh-Neyvinsky itself was left with one or two streets of rickety old wooden huts.
On the hundred-year-old black log huts, around the small windows, flows a drawing carved by the masters of distant days of history. Ornamental patterns are somewhere complex, somewhere simpler. But a distinctive feature, which I especially noted for myself, was the drawing of dormers on the pediments of all huts without exception that remained unchanged - two mountain peaks and the sun rising above them.
In my opinion, a resident of the North Caucasus, this is the image of our two-headed Elbrus. I observed such a precession point of sunrise between two peaks in the morning during an expedition trip to the Dzhyly-Suu valley from the direction of the village of Khurzuk in Karachay-Cherkessia.
Exactly which places in the Middle Urals are described by this reminder as a pattern on the gables of the roofs remains a mystery. Here is what the local guard, the hunter Vladimir Ivanov, told:
When I arrived as a little boy in a newly built city, we lived in this village. I was friends with local guys, children of Old Believers. Their characters were special, not like those of the city guys, not everyone managed to make friends with them. From childhood, the Maltsy were born hunters: at the age of 10, they deftly knew how to set snares for birds, loops for hares, knew all types of traps and read any traces of the beast.
They were hardy and more mature in matters of interaction between nature and man. From childhood, the guys knew the hunter's code and never neglected it. In relation to the civilizations developing around their world, they were cold. Many of them, even in adulthood, eschewed the city, leading their strange life in isolation and sternness.
So, we went to the Shaitan lake in order to visit the ancient temple of the vaguls. There are three sanctuaries around the lake. Two of them can be reached by water in summer or by ice in winter, but since the ice was still weak, we came to the sanctuary, which could be approached by a narrow dam.
The path ran through a real taiga thicket. On the road, we read the tracks of a hare, fox, marten and small rodents on the white picture of a snow blanket. The forest there is inhabited by all kinds of living creatures in abundance.
Outlandish slender aspens, larch, birches, lindens, cedars and pine trees appeared. The spreading Christmas trees in the sparkling snow decoration seemed to be the most beautiful creatures of the taiga. Timber, each tree in 2-3 girths, clean, ringing. The space itself felt as hospitable, inviting to its ancient mysteries.
Lake Shaitan was covered with white wasteland. In a light snow haze, the opposite bank was lost, where obliquely, across the field of a snow bridge, was a sanctuary. But it was scary to walk on the fresh ice, so we went to the eastern Shikhan - the sanctuary of the ancient organizers. Reference:
All monuments located around the lake can be divided into two types: coastal lowland and rocky. Rock monuments are built on high capes. Others are built of granite blocks or rest on granite shikhans (outliers) 7-11 meters high. On the eastern and northern banks there is one monument each, on the western one - three more.
In winter, you can get to the lake along the shortest path - along the Kedrovka River, and further along the swamp, which is on the side of the Neiva-Rudyanka road, - Serovskiy tract. Of the greatest interest are three investigated and published rock monuments: Shaitan Shikhan, Southern and Sredny Shikhan. Their study gave a significant in size and content description of the complexes of finds, including a Neolithic burial and the remains of human remains, as well as a rich collection of utensils, jewelry and weapons was collected there by archaeologists.
The ancient vaguls that inhabited these lands were not only skillful hunters and hunters, but also had a deep spiritual foundation: they practiced shamanism, rituals, and performed rituals. This is evidenced by the finds of archaeologists of a rich collection of shamanic amulets and idols. The topography of the monuments and the nature of the finds make it possible to interpret the monuments as rock sanctuaries. Works on the lake have been going on since 1996.
Long-term studies have shown that all six monuments, both lowland and rocky, functioned as cult. After the completion of the study of the main monuments, extensive exploration was carried out around the lake, within a strip up to 1.5 kilometers wide. As a result, several more rocky sanctuaries were discovered.
And then the very secret place appeared to our eyes. In the space of serenity and trust, there is a different feeling, this was noticed by all the members of the small expedition. The space, like a tent, covered us with a little warmer air, calm silence and some kind of special mood.
Each team member plunged into his own attitude and each went his own way. Observations have shown that in such places time dissolves, a person spiritually merges with space into a single whole.
At the first glance at the stone heaps, it seemed that this was the work of human hands. Huge block stones, licked by winds and rains, looked rounded, no sharp corners. Space began to lead you from stone to stone, and you entered into deep communion with the secrets of the ancient sanctuaries. I wanted to sit under these stones, and I thought next to them about the purity of thoughts.
It was impossible not to touch these stone guards with living, warm energy. The narrow and long gap between the stones, reminiscent of a portal, aroused interest. Probably, spiritual renewal is also going on - from dark to light, like a birch tree in the opening of a portal.
At the top of the sanctuary is a sacred stone bowl. Rainwater accumulating in its deepening absorbs the rays rising sun... According to legends, having washed with such water, a person opens his spiritual eyes.
On the eastern side of the shihan, there is a fire sanctuary. A conveniently located boulder forms a canopy of about 2.5 meters, a place fenced off on three sides itself asks for a hearth. The walls of the boulder are pretty much smoked by the constant use of the place for its intended purpose.
The most amazing impression was made by the flying seid-stone, neatly exposed according to a scheme we do not understand. Small stones - heels - are carefully placed under it. Under this stone, images of a distant, such incomprehensible life came, when the sunrises gave energy, the moon glittered with wisdom, and the trees were large. There, in the wilderness of the taiga, we found a fairy tale, according to feelings, each his own.
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