The underground kingdom of stone and ice of the Kungur cave. Kungur is a lovely province

On November 15-16, a new two-day trip of the Yekaterinburg and Perm "Uraloved" participants to the Perm Territory took place.

It was the jubilee - already the hundredth trip of the project.

On Sunday, someone went to Suksun and the Plakun waterfall, someone to the Belogorsk Monastery, and most to the former military base, on the territory of which many structures have survived, extensive bunkers of several floors, exploded missile silos, etc. On the way, we looked into the old adit of a copper mine.

The trip was attended by 27 people from Yekaterinburg, Perm, Polevskoy, Revda, Kamensk-Uralsky.

We spent the night in a cottage near the Kungur cave. The overnight place exceeded all expectations. It turned out to be very cozy and comfortable, there is everything you need. And this is for very little money. I recommend! Who needs to spend the night in Kungur, please contact: 8-902-830-87-82 (Galina).

The jubilee trip was not without gifts. Elena Stryukova from Kamensk-Uralsky made souvenirs for each participant with the symbols of the project (pens, calendars and badges). Residents of Polevs Vladimir Kudryavtsev and Sergei Dunaev presented the project with two radios, which will greatly facilitate communication while traveling. And Stanislav Karpov presented his wonderful book "Traveling in the Polevskoy Krai". Many thanks to these good people!

Former city government Kungur and cross

Transfiguration Church of the 18th century

The next object after Ermak is Podkamennaya Gora. We arrived there after sunset, in the dark.

Therefore, they found and visited only one of the caves.

The cave is unusual, gypsum. In it beautiful lakes with the purest water

The Polevskoye crew (Vladimir Kudryavtsev, Sergei Dunaev and Stanislav Karpov) presented the project with two walkie-talkies and a book by Stanislav Karpov "Traveling in the Polevskoy Territory". For which many thanks to them!

On the second day, we saw an adit, presumably of the 18th century, where cuprous sandstone was mined

The path to an abandoned military town

There are a lot of various underground objects in this area

You can walk along the corridors of the bunkers for a long time. The total length is several kilometers. The longest bunker has at least three levels, but the third is flooded.

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A real district merchant town. Not a popular print, not an antique remake, not a tribute to momentary fashion, not frozen antiquity - a district merchant city in the 21st century. Kungur would look the same as now, and without revolutions - the spirit of the district merchants and handicraft production is alive in it. Healthy adventurism and love for a small homeland, elegant jewelry with complete indifference to everyday trifles - these are all elements of the Kungur worldview.

Monument to the merchant Gubkin in Kungur

Healthy adventurism encouraged the Kunguryaks in the 19th century. to rely on overseas tea, and in the XXI century. - for aeronautics. The tea capital of Russia and the Heavenly Fair of the Urals are now popular brands. By the way, the most gorgeous views of the city are from a bird's eye view or from a hot air balloon. Thanks to the rivers and bridges, the Ural city looks spectacular and romantic. Love to hometown manifested itself in all its glory in the creation of the navel of the earth, symbolizing that it is Kungur that is the navel of the earth.

Kunguryaks are skilled craftsmen. It is known, first of all, stone-cutting craft. Walking around the city, it becomes clear that the locals can carve lace from wood, and when they go to museums, the clay in the hands of Kungur turns into works of art. There are also beautiful wrought iron grates in the city, and at one time there was also amazing metal dishes. It is all the more surprising how the residents relate to the architectural delights and landscaping of the city: roads have become a byword in the 19th century, and everyday beauty is not appreciated here - craftsmen will make something new.

Monument to the defenders of Kungur from the troops of Emelyan Pugachev

History of Kungur

Kungur is a city in the Perm Territory on the banks, in the place where Iren and Shakva flow into it. Population in 2015 was 66606 people. Pass through it federal highway Perm-Yekaterinburg and railway; on railway station trains stop too long distance (to Moscow, St. Petersburg). The factories are small, the most famous are related to the food industry.

The administration connects the prospects of the city with tourism, including international tourism: guests have something to see in Kungur, and the tourist business corresponds to the spirit of the city. The main stake in tourism is made on an ice cave, merchant tea drinking and aeronautics - an original combination of picturesque nature, cozy antiquity and romance of flights. In addition, the art of stone cutting and pottery is being promoted.

Photo of Kungur early XX century.

The city was founded twice: first on the site of modern Troitsk (the date is controversial), and in 1663 - where it is now. The first currently known settlements on the territory of the Kungur region belong to the Mesolithic. The Nevola archaeological culture of the 6th-9th centuries is widely represented, including in Kungur itself. There is little information about what happened before and after it. It is known that before the arrival of the Russians, Ostyaks, Tatars and Bashkirs lived on these lands. The city experienced a lot of hostilities: the raids of the Bashkirs, the siege by the troops of Pugachev under the leadership of S. Yulaev, hard times Civil War - the power has changed three times.

The sights of Kungur, even in the Perm Territory, are individually little known, with the exception of the ice cave. Business cards are the Tikhvin church with a bell tower (1758-1765, 1882-1884) and Sylvensky bridge (1932). Initially, the city was built up with wooden houses along the winding streets around the wooden fortress. In the XVIII century. the first stone buildings appeared: the Annunciation Cathedral in 1700-1704. (destroyed in the 1930s) and a series of other churches, the magistrate, he is also the house of the governor, 1758-1762. (now a local history museum). In 1797, a general plan was drawn with straight streets and intersections, in connection with it the central streets of the city became a little straighter. Most of interesting buildings that have come down to our time, refers to the II half of the XIX century. and the first half of the XX century. And the streets remain as confusing as they were originally.

Photo of Kungur and the pier on Sylva at the beginning of the 20th century.

Attractions Kungur

The Kungur Ice Cave is the most interesting place for tourists. The entrance to the cave is located on the banks of the Sylva opposite the city on the outskirts of the village of Filippovka. Guided visits only. Beautiful places on the surface, a modern hotel complex "Stalagmit", parking, cafe. Reachable on foot from the train station (about 3 km).

Kungur Center - a patch between Sylva and Irene. The Sylvenskaya embankment is more landscaped: there is the main city park and several squares and squares with monuments, a large and small guest courtyards, the Tikhvin church and the navel of the Earth. It is located on a high bank, so there are wonderful views of the low Zaslvensky part with the graceful Transfiguration Church-ship. There are sidewalks here - on a warm summer or autumn day, you can enjoy a simple walk even without a guide. You can tell more about Kungur and the sights of the city in the Museum of Local Lore and its branches - the Museum of the History of the Merchants and the Art Museum. Souvenirs are usually bought in the Pottery Shop, next to it is a modest shop of Kungur sweets, where they sell delicious local gingerbread, sherbet, toffee, lemonade.

The building of the city government. An architectural monument of the first half of the 19th century.

Kungur churches... The main answer to the question of what to see in Kungur besides the cave is Orthodox churches. Currently, there are 9 of them, plus one more building each in neighboring Filippovka and Nevolin, as well as several houses, "built-in" religious buildings. Tikhvin, Alekseevskaya, Assumption, Transfiguration, All Saints, Nikolskaya, Forerunner and Ascension churches have survived to this day. There are several chapels, mostly remakes. Summer Annunciation and warm Epiphany cathedrals did not survive.

Heaven fair - a cult event for the Ural balloonists. Impressive sight balloons, a battle involving all participants and spectators, entertainment for young people - all this during the summer week before the celebration of the city day. In addition to balloons, you can fly delta and paragliding in Kungur.

The building of the technical school in Kungur.

In addition to the above, in Kungur, cute train Station with a water tower, next to which there are several no less attractive pre-revolutionary summer cottages and the regional geological monument Krotovskoe Lake, formed by karst. Somewhat unexpectedly for the merchant city, a large number of monuments about the Great patriotic war, however, in Kungur, only one of them belongs to the sights - the T-34 tank on Victory Square between the Bolshoi Gostiny Dvor and the Kittar Corps (youth theater).

Video about the sights of Kungur

As promised, today there will be a continuation of that post. Today I want to tell you about the wonderful city of Kungur, after which the cave is named.

Frankly, perhaps some of the information from this article will not be entirely relevant, since I had a chance to visit Kungur back in 2008 and a lot could have changed. But I liked this small Ural town so much, and when I was reviewing the photos of that trip the other day, I could not help but write about it on my blog.

Since this article is more about the sights of Kungur, its beautiful places and the history of the city, then I think all this is more relevant now. But if there are still some inaccuracies, then please correct me in the comments to this article.

The city of Kungur was founded in the middle of the 17th century on the Kungurka River, after which it was named. But after only 14 years, it was burnt down and then moved to a new modern place next to the Sylva River. At one time, Kungur was a rich merchant city and many merchant houses built in the 19th century have been well preserved to this day. No wonder Kungur is called a museum under open sky... It is a pleasure to walk along its old streets, seeing local sights!

After we made our unforgettable walk through the Kungur cave and spent the night at a local hotel complex "Stalactite", in the morning we walked for a long time around the surroundings and admired the views, climbing a high hill next to the cave.

This is how the outskirts of Kungur look like from the height of the hill:

Outskirts:

And visited the geological museum, which is located next to the cave:

Some exhibits:

After that we drove to the city itself. Since Kungur is enough small town, then we did not leave much time to get to know him. As it turned out later - in vain! There are so many interesting things in Kungur that it is better to stay in it for at least a couple of days.

Walking around the city:

Monument to the pioneers of the Kungur region. On such boats Yermak sailed with his Cossacks when he mastered these lands.

One of the symbols of the city is the T-34 tank. It was installed on Victory Square in memory of the volunteer tankers:

The names and surnames of the tankers from Kungur who fought on the fields of the Great Patriotic War:

Sylva river in Kungur:

Sylvensky Bridge is one of the main attractions of the city. According to legend, the construction of this bridge came to Kungur by accident.

As I said, we did not spend much time in Kungur and therefore did not have time to see all the sights. And there were quite a few of them in Kungur! Here are other sights of Kungur, which we unfortunately did not see (there will be a reason to return):

- churches and monasteries: Tikhvin Church, Savior Transfiguration Church, Nikolskaya Church, Ensemble of John the Baptist Convent, Assumption Church

- monuments: a monument to the merchant Gubkin, Nikita the Letun, a monument to a samovar, the Navel of the Earth, an obelisk in honor of the defenders of Kungur from the troops of Pugachev;

- architectural monuments: Mikhailo-Antonino-Kirillovsky syrup house, Tea-packing factory of M.I. Gribushin, the mansion of G.K. Kuznetsov, the estate of E.Ya. Dubinin, M.I. Gribushin, City Magistrate, Gostiny Dvor.

- museums: the Art Museum, the Museum of the History of the Merchants.

Also, be sure to check out one of the city's pottery shops. There you can buy beautiful dishes or very high quality souvenirs! Before leaving for Chelyabinsk, in one such store of pottery goods, Elvira and I bought a full

The city of Kungur is indeed one of the most beautiful and interesting cities in the Urals from a historical point of view. And if you decide to visit the Kungur Ice Cave - the main attraction of the city, be sure to visit Kungur itself!

This article is written rather about my own impressions. I deliberately did not try to cover all the information for the city. So if you have anything to add in terms of specific information, then welcome to the comments!

The city that became the capital of the Kama region after Solikamsk, a merchant republic, a frozen history - all this is about a small center in the Perm Territory - the city of Kungur.

The sights of the city are quite unusual: from ancient churches to underground caves, from modern buildings to amazing monuments.

The name of this city has several interpretations:

1. From the Kungurka River - (Turkic) kygu - dark, the water in the river is really darkish.
2. Un gur - (Turkic) Overnight in a cave.
3. Kun (tan) - (Turkic) daylight; gur - (Turkic) grave, again a cave - there is no light there.
4. Kyn is frozen, gu is a pit (Komi-Perm.) - sometimes snow lies in karst sinkholes until June, indeed - frozen pits.

Of all the options, you can freely choose the one you like best. Wikipedia also says that the inhabitants of the city are called Kunguryaks instead of the former - Kungurians.

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Frozen history - Kungur architecture

In 1970, the merchant capital of the Kama region was included in the register of historical cities of Russia. Kungur seemed to be frozen in the 19th century. The architecture of merchant shops and mansions continues in new buildings. For this he is especially loved by filmmakers. "Shadows disappear at noon", "Ermak", "Privalov millions", "Gold" with Bezrukov - far from full list cinematic Kungur.

The city of Kungur is located on the banks of the Sylva River and the Ireni and Shakva rivers flowing into it

In fact, the city stands on a karst - an underground cavity can open almost anywhere under it. Therefore, Kungaroo will never have high-rise buildings. And this is its charm.

Thanks to the karst, the appearance of Kungur remains original and very beautiful. Interesting objects attract attention immediately at the entrance to the city, where the memorial sign "Kungur" is installed. It was staged in 1985 based on a sketch by the artist Kadantsev.

The symbol of the city is depicted - the artisan. Three waves at the feet are the rivers on which the city stands. On the chest there is an image of a bear's head - a sign of the city's belonging to the Kama region. Crystalline druse in hand - ice cave. Cornucopia with cereals is the old coat of arms of Kungur, a city in the Perm region.

We will mentally walk along the streets, "the capital of tea-sugar merchants." In the city, which has grown due to trade and merchants, the central place is occupied by Gostiny Dvor (Cathedral Square). The upper trading rows (the second name of the architectural miracle) were built at the expense of Pilikin and Gribushin from 1865 to 1876. Architects - Karvovsky and Voskresensky. The structure is a square with cut corners. In the courtyard - warehouses, outside - merchants' shops.

The region no longer has such trade structures. This is an architectural monument protected at the federal level.

It is worth noting: similar buildings can be seen in Kostroma, Suzdal, and the most famous one in St. Petersburg.

Below Cathedral Square there is a monument first erected in the city - a Stele in honor of the defenders from the Pugachev army. The author is Voznesensky.

Installed in 1876, the inscription on the stele: "Grateful descendants - to brave ancestors." Nearby are two cannons - members of the defense. The Pugachev troops were unable to enter the city, despite the fact that the burgomaster Krotov and the townspeople Ivan Khlebnikov were in charge of the defense, and the militiamen stood on the walls - the residents of the city.

A little closer to the river there is a small or lower gostiny dvor, where the Museum of the History of the Merchants is located (38 Gogol Street). The architectural design of the building combines ancient Russian and Chinese architecture - the customer "tea-sugar king" Mikhail Ivanovich Gribushin actively traded with India and China. His shops were in all large cities Russian Empire... The building was delivered in 1874 as a gift to residents on the condition that half of the profits from trade will be transferred to scholarships for low-income students. In 1998, the building was transferred to the Museum of the Merchants.

In its halls are presented clothes, furniture, utensils from merchant houses. The goods of the Kungur district are also presented - tea, samovars, trays, printed boards for gingerbread, ceramics and stone products, old money, weights, scales, old documents.

On the bank of the Sylva stands the Manor of the merchant Dubinin (Sovetskaya str., 26) - the most striking example of a merchant manor of the 1880s. The service premises are well preserved.

The house with a mezzanine has a decorative finish from Kamai limestone. The estate was built on the site of a karst cave next to the Tikhvin church.

Many mansions, estates, courtyards delight local residents and tourists with their decoration. The mansion of the merchant Kuznetsov (Karl Marx str., 27) still attracts the attention of the guests of Kungur.

The beautiful two-story house with a classic mezzanine was the most elegant mansion in the city. Interior decoration was great. The chambers were called "Kuznetsov's Palace".

The building of the factory for packing tea by Gribushin, the mansion of the merchant himself, the house of Shcherbakov, the Elizabethan school are well preserved. Kungur - full immersion in the merchant life of the 1800s.

Temples and monasteries of Kungur

The decoration of the city is its religious buildings. The Tikhvin Church (Sitnikova St., 25) was built with money from parishioners and voivode Matyushin in 1758-1767. When the merchant Dubinin decided to build a mansion nearby, he built a bell tower at his own expense, and the church was rebuilt according to the project of the architect Turchevich. This church houses an icon that protected the city from the Pugachevites.

The red brick building rises on the very bank of the Sylva River, next to it is a convenient observation deck.

Opposite, across the river, is the Transfiguration Church (Uralskaya St., 6). The construction of the church began in 1773 with the capital of the parishioners and Ivan Khlebnikov.

The only church in the area covered with a "baptized" five-domed church. In 1994 cult building again became a functioning temple.

In the distance you can see the domes of the St. Nicholas Church (Gogol St., 5). The modern temple was built according to the project of Turchevich in the Byzantine style at the expense of the merchant Kuznetsov over the grave of Gubkin.

At the same time, a high tent-roofed bell tower was added, the ringing of bells of which spread over all three rivers.

St. John the Baptist Monastery (corner of Gogol and Krasnaya Streets) is located almost in the heart of the city.

It was established as a women's monastery in the middle of the 19th century. In 1903, construction began on the St. John the Baptist Church, a house for a girls' school, a shelter for orphans.

The Assumption Church (38A Lenin St.) was erected in 1761, in the middle of the 19th century it was rebuilt. The church was the most beautiful in the city. The building was badly damaged during the desolation. Restoration work is underway.

History in stone and metal - monuments of Kungur

The building of the city magistrate (Gogol str., 36) is a two-storey building. The building style is baroque. The construction was carried out in 1758-1762 under the supervision of the merchant Khlebnikov. The magistrate was located on the upper floor, in the lower one there were shops and taverns. In the 19th century, the building was given over to a transit prison.

This is the oldest building of civil architecture. Since the 60s of the last century, the house has housed a local history museum. In the halls of the museum are presented historical documents, information about the protection of city walls from the Pugachev troops, the natural wealth of the Kungur region.

The monument to the merchant Gubkin is a sculpture depicting Alexei Semenovich Gubkin, installed in the park near the museum.

It was thanks to the commercial affairs of the merchant that Kungur received a second life. They donated 450 thousand rubles to the trade school and another 400 thousand for maintenance, while the annual budget was only 39 thousand rubles. On holidays, costumed performances are held at the site of the museum.

In addition to the monument to Gubkin and the stele to the defenders of Kungur, there are also unusual monuments:

Where to go with your child in Kungur

Children love monuments observation deck... They are happy to climb the Navel of the earth, admire the river bridges. They also like the Monument to the Samovar (corner of Sovetskaya and Gogol streets). Well, how can the tea capital do without it?

A samovar with a teapot and a cup and saucer was installed in 2009 at the Kungur art school in memory of the famous tea merchants.

Children can ride various attractions in the Park of Culture and Leisure, located opposite the Gostiny Dvor.

But most of all, children will remember a visit to the ice cave and "Polyana Ermak" - a special game complex with many wooden sculptures in front of the cave on the banks of the Sylva.

Here you can take a photo with Yermak, look at your favorite fairy-tale characters, help pull the turnip, sit on the throne of Koshchei, and conquer the real Dragon himself.

The length of the famous Ice Cave is about 5700 m, of which 1.5 km are equipped for tourists

In the Museum of Life, you can see how they lived locals 200 years ago. The Karst Museum is located nearby. The story not only about Kungurskaya, but also about all the famous caves in the world will be interesting not only for children, but also for adults.

Unusual and mysterious sights of Kungur

However, all these sights are not the main thing. Kungur is known all over the world for other miracles, which will be discussed below.

Celestial Fair Festival

The festival, well-known in many countries, gathers participants from all over the world to the city. It started in 2002 with 6 teams. Balloons participate in "Air battles", perform various exercises. This action ends with the "Dance of Elephants" under the night sky.

Flights take almost a week, the festival takes over the last weekend of June. More than 20 balloons rise over Kungur from different cities and countries - France, Germany, Latvia, Japan. Admire the unusual sight and ride hot-air balloon many tourists come from Perm and other cities.

Kungur Ice Cave

The second miracle was over 12 thousand years old. It was then that underground waters created a magnificent labyrinth in the karst, and severe winters turned the first grottoes into the kingdom of the Snow Queen. Snow and ice do not melt there in the hottest weather. In most grottoes, the temperature is about +5 C, so the lakes do not freeze. There is no such cave in Russia, intended for excursions at any time of the year.

Electric lighting, colored lights, comfortable paths will make a visit to this unique natural monument unforgettable.

If you climb Ice Mountain, you can see many karst sinkholes. Some are up to 15 meters in diameter. There is an ancient legend, in which the locals believe, that a huge, black and horned mammoth lives in the dungeon. The beast wanders underground, and it rises, protrudes with mounds, and deep pits remain from the footprints of the mammoth.

Note: Tatishchev liked the legend so much that he wrote "The Legend of the Mammoth Cave Beast", in which he described the characteristics of this dungeon.

Ermak stone on the Sylva river

Upstream Sylva from Ice mountain cliffs, chosen by climbers, rise on the shore. They host competitions in rock climbing and preparation for mountain hikes.

There are only three rocks: the highest, a little over 40 meters - Ermak, more massive and denser - Ermachikha, and a low, about 15 meters, stone - Ermachenok. There is a legend that Yermak Timofeevich tried to walk along the Sylva to Siberia and overwintered in these places. But it does not correspond to reality, and the name of the rocks stuck.

Babinogorskaya cave

The Kungur region is a karst place, so there are many caves near the city. The cave is named after the village of Babina Gora and is located on the side of a mountain. Descent into the cave - in the courtyard of a non-residential building on a hill, the first in the village.

The dungeon has been explored for 1 km, not difficult, but requires special equipment. Part of the cave is flooded and is under water.

Conclusion

Kungur and its surroundings are completely unusual places... You will definitely want to return here, once again walk through the labyrinths of caves, raft along the gentle, but rather fast Sylva, admire the rocks, visit a souvenir shop and buy products made of solar selenite carved by local craftsmen in memory of Kungur.

Kungur is an old merchant town located in the Middle Urals. It is known throughout the Perm Territory. The city is significantly different from other Ural settlements, since it arose not because of mining, but as a trading corner.

It was built in the middle of the 17th century and got its name from the Kungurka river. The city developed very quickly due to its convenient location at the intersection of trade routes. Many local merchants were engaged in the sale of tea, so it was often called the tea capital.

Since 1970, Kungur has received the status historic city Russia. There are many interesting sights here: museums, natural monuments, architectural values.

Museums

The 2 largest Kungur museums will be especially interesting for tourists:

• Museum of the History of the Merchants;

Museum of the History of Merchants

Colorful displays tell the story of the city's rich trade and business history. In these places in the 18th century the Siberian tract passed - one of the most important trade routes. One of the expositions is dedicated to this transport highway, which gives an idea of \u200b\u200bthe goods that were brought in and taken out by merchants.

In the museum you can see other interesting exhibitions:

• creation of footwear by master leatherworkers;
• tea trade;
• famous ceramics made by Kungur potters;
• making bread;
• merchant life.

Among the valuable exhibits, you can see medals received at Russian and foreign exhibitions, items that came to the museum from merchant houses, a sign of a representative of the Kungur trade deputation, and much more.

The famous Royal Gates, which once belonged to the Cathedral of the Annunciation, are kept here. Now they have become a kind of reminder of the former wealth and well-being of the city, of the luxurious decoration of temples.

Museum expositions are located in the building of the former Gostiny Dvor. The exhibition hall is located in the basement and is decorated exactly like a teahouse of the 20th century. This hall often hosts a variety of exhibitions, theatrical performances and costume events. The Museum of the Merchants not only tells about the history of trade and entrepreneurship, but also reflects the peculiarities of the development of the city and the whole of Russia.

This museum is one of the oldest cultural institutions in the entire Perm region. Among the exhibits there are unique things that have survived, despite the fact that the expositions wandered from place to place about 30 times. The employees managed to literally piece together a rich collection of several thousand historical values.

The expositions help to trace the history of the development and formation of cultural traditions of the peoples inhabiting the Perm Territory. Here are the tools of labor, ancient weapons for hunting, various household items, samples of national clothes, souvenirs created by the hands of the Ural craftsmen.

Among the exhibits there are very valuable examples: an old drawing of the famous Ice Cave, which was created by an unknown master, coins from silver of the IV century, from the times of Chozreus, the Sassanian king, and others. Numerous documents of the City Duma, photographs, revision tales, memoirs allow tracing the path of formation and the level of development of the "merchant republic".

The professionally designed departments of the museum tell about the time when the city was founded, about archaeological finds, about the socio-economic development of Kungur. In the department of nature, you can get acquainted with unique photographs, documents, books dedicated to the study of caves. In addition, valuable minerals found during research are presented here.

Ancient temples

All cathedrals built in Kungur are more than a hundred years old, so they are of architectural and cultural value. The whole Perm Territory is famous for:

• Transfiguration Church;
• Tikhvin Church;
• Assumption Church.

Transfiguration Church

This temple is crowned with a "baptized" five-domed, which distinguishes it from all other local churches. The two-storey structure is made of stone and belongs to the Moscow Baroque style. Construction and interior decoration was carried out on cash the richest local merchants.

After the establishment of Soviet power, the church was plundered and was empty for a long time. Later, educational institutions operated here. And since 1994, the newly renovated temple began to fulfill its main function.

Tikhvin Church

The temple was built in a very convenient place - on the top of the mountain, which is located on the picturesque bank of the Sylva. The church is architectural monument... A cornice with a "bug" frieze runs along the quadrangle of the temple. Exactly the same swirl patterns can be seen on the trims. Once in the cathedral there was a miraculous icon of the Tikhvin Mother of God, according to legend, it was she who protected Kungur from the attack of the troops of Emelyan Pugachev.

Today the cathedral is active. Inside you can see majestic decorations, wood carvings with gilding, 42 ancient icons.

Assumption Church

The construction of the temple was carried out in the place where the old wooden church, bearing the same name, had burned down before. This cathedral was considered the largest and most luxuriously decorated in the city. The architecture is an example of the Ural Baroque.

The local parish was once very rich, the church was famous for its unique icon frames. During the Soviet era, the temple was closed. Afterwards, various public institutions were located in its premises. The relic has been restored since 2015.

Natural Monuments

The most popular attractions that attract many tourists to Kungur are, of course, the famous caves:

• Kungur Ice Cave;
• Babinogorskaya cave.

This is a unique monument created by nature itself. Enchanting lakes with incredible clear water, unique grottoes, unique shapes and sizes of stalagmites and stalactites - all this awaits travelers underground, inside the cave.

Scientists have proven that this natural landmark is at least 10,000 years old. The length of the cave is 5.7 km. The current excursion routes stretched for almost 2 km.

There are more than 70 beautiful lakes on the territory of the ice cave. Some of them are very deep. Small frogs and water crustaceans live in reservoirs. Every day, one and a half hour excursions take place here, which allow you to fully explore all the delights of this place.

The best time to visit the natural attraction of Kungur will be February - April. It was during this period that ice "decorations" acquired the most impressive and original shapes and sizes.

In the entrance grottoes, subzero air temperatures always reign, up to -20 in winter and up to -2 - 3 degrees in summer time... The most popular is the Diamond Grotto, where the most attractive needle-shaped ice formations appear.

In addition to the usual excursions, specially designed programs are held in the cave, including the search for Ermak's hidden treasures, a light show, and a trip to Santa Claus.

Frozen patterns, unique figures, stopped waterfalls, incredible shapes - all this can be seen by visiting Kungur. At the entrance, tourists are offered to buy a variety of souvenirs made from mineral rocks.

Babinogorskaya cave

This is another unique place cities where underground labyrinths of passages and halls of impressive size are located. The Babinogorskaya cave is located not far from Kungur at the base of a mountain called Babin. The entrance is represented by a wide three-meter well, in which a staircase is currently installed for a convenient descent.

In winter, the ceiling of this cave is covered with original ice patterns that resemble ancient lace. There is an interesting large grotto with numerous ice stalagmites and picturesque lake in the middle. In addition to contemplating frozen forms, you can wander through the labyrinth, which is the intersection of the moves of different levels. The maze is small, so getting lost in it is quite difficult.

Kungur is one of the most interesting cities Perm Territory, which is definitely worth a visit to enjoy its measured atmosphere and unforgettable natural attractions.