The secret base of the Russian government was found in the mountains of the Southern Urals, not far from the Abzakovo ski center, where Russian President Vladimir Putin has gained. There are many rumors around the mountain bunker, and even the inhabitants of nearby settlements do not really know that the objects are still built in the mountains since the time of the Cold War. "URA.RU" decided to find out what the secret complex is located in the Southern Urals. What do the builders of the underworld? Where it is located? How is protected? What communications are provided? All secrets are in the material of our agency.
At the beginning of the new, 21st century, Russian President Vladimir Putin became a frequent guest at the South Ural Ski Resort "Abzakovo", located about 60 km from Magnitogorsk. Neither Putin himself nor his assistants could not explain the public why the head of state chose this place. Officially - Putin liked to ride there on skis. But there is an unofficial version. Thus, the president came to control the end of the construction of a secret underground city, located in the highest mountain of the South Ural massif - Yamantau (translated from Bashkir - "Bad Baska", height 1640 m). 
Hello from America
The first of the existence of a secret mountain object in the Southern Urals, the Americans told the whole world. On April 16, 1996, New York Times published an article in which the mysterious military base under construction was reported in Russia. "In the course of a secret project, reminiscent of the creeping periods of the Cold War, Russia is engaged in the construction of a giant military complex under the ground in the area of \u200b\u200bthe Ural Mountains, as officials reported in the West and witnesses in Russia. Yamantau hidden inside the mountain in the Beloretsk region (today - the city of Muration City - approx. Ed.) In the southern Urals, the railway and motorway comes with a huge complex. Thousands of workers are involved in the works, "the publication wrote.
The topic picked up other foreign media. The newspaper "Washington Times" On April 1, 1997 placed the article "Moscow Building bunkers in case of a nuclear attack", which said that "while the United States closed most of these facilities, Russia performs a costly program on the construction of underground shelters, tunnels and Command points inherited from the Times of the Cold War. In particular, work continues to create an underground command paragraph of strategic forces in the Urals near the city of Beloretsk. "
Foreign editions tried to take comments from Russian officials. But naturally, no clear explanations followed. Russian journalists Sensation about the secret facility in Mount Yamantau did not picked up: several materials were followed, in which assumptions and the extraction of uranium ore in the South Ural Mountain and the repository of state values, and the reserve of food products. Among the rest, the version of the construction of the bunker for the Russian government in case of a nuclear war has been put forward. But slowly the topic of the special fee in Yamantau went to "no". 
At the top of the mountain - the helicopter platform, at any time it can take a government helicopter with a passenger number 1
Spy tourists
Meanwhile, in contrast to the general public about Yamantau, tourists did not forget, who annually make ascent on this mountain. They say that just from the beginning of the 2000s, measures to protect the surroundings of Yamantau tightened. On the one hand, the mountain is located on the territory of the South Ural State Reserve (they say that the reserve was not randomly established there). But patrol the surroundings of Yamantau not only the huntsman, but also the military.
"In the area of \u200b\u200bSpecialobject, Yamantau, caution must be taken, not to make noise, do not breed smoky fires and not to issue your presence in any other bad way. Otherwise, the risk of getting acquainted with the life and traditions of special forces, to give them a filmed film (money, knife, cigarettes), hoarse, proving that you are not a spy from Alabama, and if in the end you will still let you go or say to hunts (and not Shoot), you will still be sincerely grateful, "tourists are divided by advice.
Those who got to the top of Yamantau, they say that it is a huge stony plateau, with a small pile of rocky remains in the center. "At the top to the beginning of the 90s. There was a military unit serving a concrete helicopter platform and military special equipment. After the military on top of the mountain, the ruins of the old buildings were left, fuel oil puddles and piles of rusty iron, "the eyewitnesses tell.
We saw tourists and mines, leading deep into the mountains. But most of the people who visited Yamantau argues that there are most likely uranium mines are located. "We found basin sections there, separated by concrete partitions. Most likely, they were intended for the precursor storage of uranium ore, "says one of the tourists. "However, about what is hidden in the depths of Mount Yamantau, even the residents of the Meshgorea, located at the foot of the mountain, do not even know. Object Yamantau has the status of increased secrecy - this is a fact, everything else is only speculation and assumptions, "says the other. 
The underground city is provided by all communications, including electricity
Secret city
But observers in their assumptions were not right. In Mount Yamantau, no mines were built, but a real underground city. Our agency managed to contact several builders who participated in its construction. All persons relevant to Yamantau gave a subscription to non-disclosure of information, so their names are not disclosed.
So, as one of the participants in the events told, the construction of an underground base in Mount Yamantau, indeed, was launched in Soviet years, during the Cold War. The object was developed and built by the Office of Construction-30, subordinated to the Ministry of Defense. The Office is based in Mezhiguye (previously Belorez-16, also called the city of Sunny). The construction of construction-30 specializes in the construction of objects and the construction of underground and terrestrial placement, leads large underground construction: in this area, US-30 is one of the largest construction organizations.
The construction of the underground city was completed in approximately 2002 (just at the time of Putin's frequent visits in Abzakovo). Since then, constant work is underway to maintain the complex (hence and enhanced territory protection). To Mount Yamantau, the branch of the railway is listed. From Magnitogorsk, a highway is allowed.
The city in Mount is designed for simultaneous accommodation in it 300 thousand people (for example, 400 thousand people live in Magnitogorsk, in Yekaterinburg - 1.5 million).
"In the underground complex that is divided into the so-called" houses ", all necessary infrastructure was created: communication was summed up, the livelihood systems were established. All conditions have been created so that at least six months people can be in this underground city, without leaving to the surface, "says eyewitnesses. According to another witness, the complex consists of a system of mines with a diameter of 30 meters and a total length of about 500 km.
An official explanation for what purpose in Mount Yamantau is built and still supported by the secret underground object, for which such unprecedented security measures are being taken, and it was not possible. Whether the danger faces Russia, President Vladimir Putin in today's annual message said nothing.
Excerpt from the article in Washington Post:
In the course of the hearing last Thursday in the Committee on the Affairs of the Chamber of Representatives of the US Congress, the Congressman of Roscoe Barlett (Roscoe Bartlett), the Republican from Maryland, called for caution. He attracted attention to a huge underground facility located deeply under the mountain of Yamantau in the Urals, about 20,000 workers continue to work on the construction of which day. This is what Mr. Barlett said, one of the few legislators, which is a true scientist: "In recent years (Russians), they increase their activity - build football fields and other cultural and entertainment facilities, which they do not provide anyone else in their society . This is more important for them than to give $ 200 million for the service module of the International Space Station (ISS). This is more important for them than the payment of the monetary content to the servicemen. This is such a big object (underground), as the inner territory that the annular road of our capital is converted. And the only reasonable use of this kind of object - during or after the nuclear war. There is no other reason for the country, so crammed in finances, as Russia, so that they continue to bring huge resources in the enterprise like Mount Yamantau.
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The most interesting and attractive places for a person created the nature itself. See untouched picturesque places, walk under the canopy of a thick forest and feel like such a small next to the majestic mountain ranges - such a leisure will have to do the sophisticated travelers. In the very heart of the Urals there is Mount Yamantau - one of the most beautiful and desired seats for the hiking tourist. This is a recognized Ural pearl with a giant dome and incredibly mysterious history.
The name of Mount Yamantau into Russian can be translated as "evil mountain." The very designation, given to the mining massif of the South Ural reserve by local residents, suggests that Yamantau is enveloped by speculation and riddles.
Mount Yamantau - the highest point of the Southern Urals, 1638 meters above sea level. It is located on the territory of the Republic of Bashkortostan, in Beloretsky district, at the intersection of rivers Big and Small Inzer. 10 km from the massif is the top of a small Yamantau height of 1512, 7 meters.
The mountain consists entirely of large stones, the road to the top passes through the forest, which ends at an altitude of about 1000 meters. The rest of the remaining path is massive stones. From afar, the mountain looks like a symmetrical dome, next to whom the peak is smaller.
To the west of the foot of the Mount Yamantau, about 10 km, there is a closed city of Mercigory. Travelers who want to climb on top, come from the side of the Mashak Range. On this road, there is almost no danger to meet the military who guard the inner part of the mountain - allegedly the city is sunny.
Between the large Yamantau and the neighboring vertex there is a picturesque saddle with rouse vegetation, wild blueberry. From the saddle, you can see a large cavity, reminiscent of the ditch, which is located on the slope of Yamantau directly in the stones. Its origin is unknown.
The power line passes around the mountain range, it is very convenient for travelers who want to conquer the height of Mount Yamantau. Under the LAP, you can leave backpacks and make a rise.
Entrance to the territory of the reserve, where the mountain of Yamantau is located, simple travelers are not so easy to find. On their way, there may be many huntsmen who are followed by order and have the right to expel the traveler from the territory.
At the foot of the mountain, a whole mining and processing complex with a dedicated car and rail entrance under Earth is spread. This complex is serviced by a closed city of Murenje with a population of 16,000 people. It is not known that there is a large number of rumors around this rumor around this rummy around this riddles.
Next to the place where the mountain of Yamantau is located, there is a narrow R316 route, where the driver needs to show all his professionalism. On the track a lot of cliffs, bridges through mountain rivers in a semi-hard condition. Also on this road is growing like an emergency - only one car can stop the movement of all the cars on the track. From the route to the foot of the mountain you can walk on foot, but for this you will need certain knowledge of the landmarks in the taiga.
At the top of Yamantau, you can find the residues of the helicopter platform, destroyed barracks, other traces of the military stay, who were on top of the 90s. A concrete obelisk of warriors who died during the Great Patriotic War was installed in the center of the overgrown moss of the plateau.
From the top of Yamantau, the South Ural is visible as on the palm. From the mountain opens a review on the ridges of Nara, Mashak, big walk and other mountains.
Riddles and legends
Many locals believe that the name of the mountain has not appeared due to the complexity of its ascent or strong fog around, complicating the release of livestock in the pasture. They believe that in the fog live souls of evil maids, taking tired travelers who have careless to climb on top. This version is supported by several real stories about the missing travelers and their dead from the obscure causes of horses.
The most famous hearing in which the Bashkir population believes is associated with a character of local mythology. According to an ancient reference, Bogatyr Schulgan reprected evil forces on Earth, through the cave Kapava on the mountain, he took the living people to his underground kingdom, turning them into the ghosts of Yamantau. So the mountain began to be considered a gloomy portal between the parallel worlds and be afraid.
In the late 90s, the first rumors about the mysterious construction site in the area of \u200b\u200bthe Ural Mountains appeared. The first sources of this information became the American press. The New York Times publisher reported that Russia began to build under the ground of the giant military complex. The appointment of the complex remained in the question - arguments in favor of the bunker, repository of state values, the repository of the mined ore were given. A motorway and railway tracks were supplied to the complex inside the mountain from the nearest city of Beloretsk (current jets.
From the person of an unknown builder, data on the underground facility appeared, which was built in the Soviet years under the management of the Ministry of Defense. In 2002, the largest construction campaign approached completion, from the time of the Bashkortostan visits of representatives of the Government of the Russian Federation. In the underground city there are all living conditions - communications, infrastructure. The accommodation in the complex is designed for about 300 thousand people, it is possible to be in it up to 6 months without exiting the surface.
There was no official statement from the government of the country for the appointment of a protected underground complex Mount Yamantau. There is a version that these data is classified, and a large number of military really protects the production or research facility of state importance.
Features of climbing
On the territory of the reserve, where the mountain of Yamantau is located, it is quite difficult to get. The secret zone of the closed city of Murenje, which people guard in shape, is regularly conducted by careful inspection, travelers can stop at any time to check documents and not even let the territory.
The most stubborn travelers rise to the mountain through the villages of Couzelega and Tatla, which are located in Beloretsk. This path does not affect the forbidden sites, there is no risk to meet the military. Also safe route to Yamantau on the map is laid from the east side of the mountain, through the village of Nura. The southern part is completely covered with swamps, so this road is closed for a person.
Despite mystical rumors related to this place in the Urals, Mount Yamantau is a favorite place for lovers of conquering mountains. Thoroughly prepared for the journey to the top, taking care of the safety and having studied the road, you can climb the height without much difficulties and feel all the beauty of the world lying under your feet.
And the Republic of Bashkortostan in particular, its height is a little more than 1640 m.
View of the western slope of Yamantau from the Nara Range
origin of name
In the literal translation from Bashkir "Yaman" - bad (evil / bad), "Tau" - Mountain. Options, why the mountain is so called, quite a lot. According to one of the versions, a large number of bears live around the mountain, which in turn delivered a lot of problems to local residents. This is true: the terrain is littered with traces, litter, and mountain cleaners are pretty wound up. According to another version, due to the steep slopes of the mountain with a large number of Kurubnik and the marshes, which did not allow the mouth of the cattle, which led to the appearance of such a name.
But in my opinion, Mountain received its name due to the aggregate of factors. This is a large amount of wild beast, and a complex slope, and a fairly closed mountain location - she is like a traitor in the center of the dance, and it is difficult to taiga around, and snow that does not mung up to August on the north side of the mountain, and quickly changing weather ...
Description of the area of \u200b\u200bMount Yamantau
Yamantau is located on the territory of the South Ural Reserve in Beloretsky district of the Republic of Bashkortostan. Fitting on its territory is officially quite problematic. But even if everything goes well, then the route options are like the types of sausages in the time of restructuring, that is, very little, and Yamantau in that list you will not find.
To the west of the mountain is the ridge of Nara, from the north - the Ridge Mashak, in the east - the Quamardak Ridge and the South Side Range and Yush. Mount Yamantau itself is comfortably located in the center between these ridges, for reliability, also to protect himself from the outside world by the rivers Big and Small Inzer, originating on the eastern and west side, respectively, from the slopes of the highest point of the Southern Urals.
South of the mountain is the city - the city of Murationhigh, which is a closed city. This city was closed because of a large secret construction project, which began in the 80s of the XX century.
And if you add more than the above facts, led by putting the latter, we conclude that Mount Yamantau is closed to visit ordinary tourists-Ulyblov.
Mount Yamantau
Mount Yamantau is a mountain with two vertices - Big Yamantau (1640.4 m) and small Yamantau (1512.7 m). Both vertices are a plateau, each of which has a significant area and a flat relief.
Before the mark at 1000 - 1100 m from the sea level, the mountain slopes are covered with a mixed forest, places with Bursel, places with alpine meadows and sc2 outputs. Above 1100 m, the slopes consist of a diverse spubble, diluted with grass and moss, trees and bushes in any manifestations are absent.
g. Yamantau. Hillside.
At the top you can find several springs with small lakes around ourselves, but these are not all finds and interests that can be contemplate on top of the mountain. At the top plateau, many products of human life - scrap metal, construction forest, water residues, a pair of small concrete foundations, a concrete helicopter platform, wires and other construction trash, which, on the one hand, add a charm to this place, and on the other hand, leave an excellent light from contemplation The sediment of bitterness.
g. Yamantau. Peak.
Where did the trash come from at the top of Yamantau and what is such a secret happening at this point of the Urals?
On the Internet versions on this loss. Personally, I counted with a dozen versions of what is in / under this mountain, and each next version is even more amazing than the previous one: from a large military warehouse to the government bunker with the center of managing nuclear missiles. Unfortunately, there is no answer to this question in our article, but in the fact that in the 1990s and 2000s, a serious construction activity was conducted in the 1990s / near Yamantau, it was not necessary to doubt.
How to get and visit Mount Yamantau?
Yamantau is 230 km in a straight line southeast of Ufa and 50 km north-west of Beloretsk. You can reach by road to the jacob, but you need to have a special permission - skip. And even if you get into the city, it will be possible to leave it the territory only on the road you arrived. Another way is excluded, because the terrain patrols and local huntsman, and the military who are well trained to catch in local forests of those who should not be there.
g. Yamantau. Peak.
But do not be upset! There are several wonderful and beautiful places from which you can contemplate Yamantau, such as the Karatas Ridge (better known as the place of IGIR, by the name of the railway station in Beloretsky district, near the village of Inzer), which can be reached on the usual train from Beloretsk or from Ufa.
GPS coordinates of the vertex of the mountain of Yamantau: 54.254478 N 58.104016 E.
The existence of secret asylum in Mount Yamantau is known not only in Russia, but also on the other side of the ocean. The fact that Mount Yamantau is an underground city, many have heard, despite the fact that the official confirmation of this information does not exist.
The main secret of the southern Urals
Why Yamantau:
Secret Residence
The first information about the fact that the "bad mountain" is used to create a bunker for the government, appeared in the press in the 90s of the last century. Of particular interest in the underground construction showed Americans. Even today, most of the information about the secret object can be found in the English-language part of the Internet. In April 1996, an article that tells about the fact that the object of unknown destination is being built in the Urals are a well-known American newspaper "New York Times". Officials offered the versions about what exactly Mount Yamantau is. The need to build an underground city has arisen because Russia needs a new reliable storage. Also sounded the version that there will be no secret settlement in the mountain. There is simply maintenance of minerals.
Despite the guarantees of the Russian government that the secret object is in after-working condition, is based on peaceful purposes and does not threaten the United States, Americans continued to disturb construction work. The US government suspected that the object was built at the expense of loans that Russia took on the other side of the ocean. There was a difficult economic situation in the country. Funds were not even for the issuance of salaries. Consequently, there was no money for an expensive construction in Russia.
Preparation for construction began in the late 1970s. At this time there was a ban on visiting the terrain around the mysterious mountain. The reason for the ban on the general public was explained by the need to create a reserve. It is believed that the reserve was to become a kind of screen, behind which the secret object will be hidden. For the construction of the bunker, a special enterprise was created, which was preserved to the present day.
The fact that Yamintau is an underground city, the bunker, indicates the increased attention of the Russian president to the local resort. At the beginning of the new century, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, who has already managed to take his post, became a frequent guest in the Abzakovo ski center. This resort is located a few dozen kilometers from Magnitogorsk. Nothing strange in visiting the head of the state of the ski resort is not. Vladimir Vladimirovich loves to ski. However, there are in Russia and other, more comfortable complexes. According to the unofficial version, the president came here only to control the construction and continuous modernization of the secret object.
A guessed that Yamantau is a secret underground city, the bunker, confirms the fact that the terrain is protected not only by huntsmen, but also the military. A person who is located in this area should not have any presence. It is forbidden to breed fires and photograph. An attempt to capture the picturesque beauty of nature can lead to a serious conflict with special forces officers if they hurt your actions. The desire to take the picture will be perceived as an act of espionage. Mount Yamantau - underground city. There is no photo in its surroundings.
Construction work of the secret object ended in the early 2000s (approximately in 2002). However, technical progress is constantly moving forward, and in connection with this, the underground city needs timely modernization. Giant building requires protection and content. A railway branch was held to the mountain, as well as the road from Magnitogorsk. The uninitiated can only guess that Mount Yamantau. The underground city is built in anticipation of war. It remains only to hope that in its use will never arise.
Mount Yamantau is located in Beloretsky district of the Republic of Bashkortostan. This is the highest point in the southern Urals. At a distance of 2 kilometers from it there is another vertex, which was named Malaya Yamantau (or Hare Mountain). It is a little less in size. Both mountains are part of the South Ural Reserve. But not only a record height and natural beauty made Yamantau famous. In the late 1990s, the news was held worldwide around the world that, under the mountain in Bashkiria, large construction works were conducted, which were recorded in the pictures of American satellites. The US military then advanced two main versions: a nuclear facility is hidden under the mountain, or a huge bunker is built there. After a few decades, the mystery of Mount Yamantau was never solved, and rumors and speculations gradually went to no. However, lovers of active recreation continue from time to time to attempt to climb the mountain, despite the fact that the zone around her is protected not only by hunts, but also military.
The height of Mount Yamantau and other features
The highest point of Mount Yamantau is located at an altitude of 1640 meters. From the top of the mountain you can reach the entire South Urals. From here, the mountain ranges of Mashak, Nara, found at the foot of the River Mountain and Small Inzer, are excellent. About six months, the mountain is covered with a layer of snow, the thickness of which comes to 1 meter. In January, the average temperature in the mountain area is about 17 degrees below zero, and in the summer - about 16 degrees with a plus sign.
From the Bashkir language "Yaman Tau" translates as "evil mountain". It is noted that Bashkirs often gave names to various objects based on their practical application. Most likely, the same thing happened with the highest mountain of the South Ural region. Its slopes were always littered with Kurumnik (sharp stone boulders), which prevented the grazing of livestock in these places. But there is another version with a mystical character. According to the ancient legends, evil spirits are inhabited on the top of the foggy mountain, which are ruined by the wanderers who have decided to get to the top. Bashkirs can even tell about several real cases when people disappeared without a trace near the mountain. There is also a Bashkir myth about evil Bogatira Shulgan. He kidnapped lonely travelers, dragged them into the dungeon of Yamantau and turned into ghosts. In antiquity, people believed that there was a portal in the world of the dead in Mount.
The description of Mount Yamantau is quite standard for Bashkir lands. Part of the path from the foot of the mountain to the top is covered with a thick forest. When the forest ends, she starts with solid stones and boulders. If you look at the mountain from the side, it has a symmetric dome-shaped form. Next to the large dome is a small Yamantau, which has a more triangular shape. Wpadin between the two vertices is a very beautiful place with a lot of vegetation, among which there are a lot of blueberry shrubs.
Underground City in Mount Yamantau
Sometimes Mount Yamantau in Bashkortostan is called the most mysterious place in Russia. There is every reason for this. Closer to the end of the 90s of the last century, when Boris Yeltsin was the President of Russia, the strategic command of the US Armed Forces found large-scale construction activities in the area of \u200b\u200bthe mountains. Different assumptions were put forward. Some believed that the secret scientific laboratory was located in Mount, others talked about the extraction of uranium ore, the third told about the warehouse of food products. But the most popular options were the development and storage of nuclear weapons and the construction of the bunker. This topic even wrote such authoritative American editions as New-York Times and Washington Post.
There is an opinion that in the mountain is not just a bunker, but a whole underground city, calculated by about 300 thousand people. Allegedly there is all the necessary infrastructure and life support systems, which in an emergency will allow not to rise to the surface at least six months. Experts have long refuted the version of the Bunker of Mount Yamantau. But periodically she continues to pop up. This topic was even beaten in the popular metro game. In the plot of the hero of the game is in the secret government bunker.
The particular importance of the object is also reinforced by the fact that the nearest city of Meshirje is closed. Unnecessary to get on its territory can not. Currently, it has about 16 thousand inhabitants, some of which are busy on the Special Base. Tourists who rose to the top of the mountain say that a mining and processing complex is clearly visible from it, where the railway tracks and highways are acting right under the mountain.
At the top of Yamantau there is an abandoned helicopter platform and almost destroyed barracks - all this also suggests that the military in the past was active here. It is even rumbled that the reserve was created at this place not by chance, but to reduce the number of curious visitors to a minimum.
How to get there
Since Mizhiria is a closed city, start ascent to the top of Yamantau from his part it is not possible. But there is another path leading through the Mashak Range. To get from Ufa to the ridge, you must first get to the village of Tieceevo, then proceed to the city of Sim, Charlash and Katav-Ivanovsk. Time on the way will be more than 5 hours. At the entrance to the territory of the reserve, the car will need to leave and then go on foot.
Geographic coordinates of Mount Yamantau: latitude 54.259408, longitude 58.099908.
From the side of the Mashak Ridge, soldiers guarding the inner part of the cave will hardly meet. But in any case, it will not be easy to get to the mountain, since the entire protected area is under the protection of hurkers who have an indisputable right to leave the territory.
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