Introduction in Russia of the Institute of Entrepreneurship and the Federal Law "On the Procedure for Exiting the Russian Federation and Entry into The Russian Federation»Dated August 15, 1996 gave a powerful impetus to the generation of large-scale tourist flows.

The Ural region was no exception. Organizations of the tourism industry are being created, providing their services and organizing tours in Russia and abroad. Comfortable hotels offer accommodation services for guests of the Urals, both from Russia and foreign tourists and delegations.

The geographical position of the Urals, its natural and economic resources and attractions attract thousands of tourists every year. The concentration of activities of enterprises in the field of tourism are regional centers: Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Perm, Izhevsk, Orenburg, Kurgan. These cities are attractive for both leisure tourists and business visits to the region. Since the regional centers represent large industrial formations and the most important transport hubs. They concentrate political and administrative, organizational and economic, cultural, educational, research activities.

The Ural Mountains are also attractive for visiting guests of the region for their fantasticness and beauty. They separate the North from the South, separate the rivers flowing to the North from the rivers flowing to the South, and they themselves serve as the source for many of them.

The mines and mines in the Urals that extract precious metals and stones also attract tourists. And also industrial enterprises. But besides this, there are various historical, cultural and scientific sights of the Urals.

For example, the great Russian composer P.I. Tchaikovsky, after whom the city in the Perm region is named. As a scientific center, the Ural is famous for its research and design institutes, which are closely connected with the life of the region, as well as Siberia and other regions of our country. All this, all the sights and values ​​of the Urals are of great interest and attract tourists, as well as expanding business ties and cooperation. This, in turn, leads to investment in the tourism sector of the Urals.

The tourism sector is an important component of the economic activity of the Urals, as well as of Russia as a whole. In light of the current economic difficulties in the country, and directly in the Ural region, in connection with the reduction of heavy industry enterprises, many people were left without work. Tourism also provides employment for the local population, the loading of hotels and hotels, restaurants and entertainment events, the flow of foreign currency.

Since the tourism sector in the Urals is relatively young and developing, a significant amount of effort is directed at its development and Money... To date, hotels, boarding houses are being built in the Urals, various entertainment establishments... For better service, in order to comply with the European standard, the aspect of training and education of personnel is very important. Work is underway in the field of cooperation between state tourism enterprises and the private sector in order to carry out the necessary training of personnel.

Thus, tourism is based on the exploitation of local tourist resources, which leads to additional income in the Urals and in the country as a whole.

After a deep economic crisis, which began in connection with the exhaustion of the potential of the socialist system, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the implementation of systemic economic reforms, the Urals, like the rest of Russia, are embarking on the path of stabilization and economic growth on a new socio-economic basis.

One of the prerequisites for the development of the Ural region is investment in the so-called human capital. Most economists believe that investment in human capital is now more important than investment in tangible assets. Since the presence of fixed capital without human capital does not guarantee prosperity.

Resources are another prerequisite. Although natural resources are not regarded as a key factor in economic growth, the possession of large reserves of non-renewable resources is a huge advantage over other regions of Russia. The high endowment of natural resources in the Urals creates good conditions for the development of a competitive raw materials sector.

Resource industries - primarily the production of oil, gas and non-ferrous metals - have the greatest chances of success in Russian economic development. In the raw materials industries, production falls much more slowly than in the industry as a whole. The production of gas, aluminum, gold and diamonds practically did not decrease. The oil and gas industries are profitable and provide the lion's share of budget revenues in the form of income taxes, rent payments, and export taxes. In general, the raw materials sector of the Urals is today the most competitive of all industries and has the best chances of attracting large foreign investments.

The prospects for the development of industry, heavy engineering and light industry remain at a low level. Rebirth is possible on a completely new technical basis.

Since the country's economy as a whole faces an important task - to improve the sectoral structure, characterized by a high specific weight of fuel and raw materials industries with a relatively low specific weight of the sector of high-tech, science-intensive industries and services. Then, in the most important economic structures of the Urals, there is an increase in the proportion, for example, of the electric power industry, fuel industries, metallurgy, which make up the country's export potential.

In ferrous metallurgy, in the structure of raw materials in steel production, the share of steel scrap is decreasing and the share of a less economical type of raw material - cast iron - is increasing.

In the future, the Ural region is expected to increase production in the fuel and energy complex, metallurgy and food industry.

In the development of the fuel and energy complex, it is planned to increase the share of natural gas, deepen oil refining, a gradual increase in coal production, and the renewal of worn-out power equipment. In the metallurgical complex, structural changes will be associated with the introduction of energy and resource saving technologies. In mechanical engineering and metalworking, it is planned to expand the production of technological equipment, improve the structure of the production of trucks by type of fuel consumed by increasing the share of cars with diesel engines, expand the production of modern Vehicle etc. In the defense industry, the most valuable elements of production potential will be preserved and the development of the latest weapons at a limited number of enterprises will be supported. This will allow preserving the best resources of the military-economic potential of the Ural region.

To maintain the competitiveness of the light industry, a number of measures are planned to reduce costs in the industry and expand the range of its products.

Another prerequisite for the development of the Ural region is the attraction of foreign investment. The prospect of a significant increase in foreign investment is also evidenced by specific facts about the expansion of foreign investors' activities in many sectors of the economy. Significant investments are expected in the gold mining industry. But especially significant investments are made in the oil industry.

The previously issued license - permits for prospecting, exploration and production of minerals - takes the form of a contract-contract with a clear definition of the rights and obligations of the parties and sanctions in case of violation of obligations by the person who received the license. Licenses cover the entire cycle - from the study and exploration of resources to their production. It is planned to maintain stability of conditions during the entire period of validity of licenses, regardless of possible unfavorable changes in tax or other legislation.

Of course, the fact cannot be ruled out that not all of the current plans of foreign investors will be realized. It should also be borne in mind that the expected capital investments, for example, in oil and gas production will not be realized immediately, but within a number of years.

In general, the most important problem has been and remains the creation of the necessary conditions for free private initiative both in the industrial-production complex and in the sphere Agriculture and other areas of activity. What should be achieved in the future.

The Ural region is the easternmost region of the Center of Russia. It occupies the mountains of the Urals, Cis-Urals and Trans-Urals. Administratively it includes Perm, Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk regions, Bashkiria and East End Udmurtia. The characteristic of the recreational and tourist potential of the region assumes the allocation of features of assessing the socio-economic parameters, and recreational and tourist resources of the Ural region: The region is politically stable, it is in leading political positions in the Russian Federation in terms of initiative and legislative activity. The Ural region is rich in unique natural monuments and sights. The Ural is located between the European part of the country, Siberia and Central Asia, with which it is connected with a developed transport network. A relatively high level of market infrastructure development has formed in the region. The Urals have historically high intellectual, scientific, technical and cultural potential. The conditions for development are determined by the mountains and the existing transport links in the region. The recreational potential of the region is significant: rivers - Kama, Belaya, Tura, Iset; tributaries - Chusovaya, Mias; lakes - Uvildy, Shartash.

The main tourist centers of the region are Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Perm, Ufa, Nizhny Tagil, Nevyansk.

Climate - Climate the area is continental. The level of light solar radiation varies from insufficient in the north (1650 hours) to moderate (1800 hours). In the north, the level of ultraviolet radiation in winter is insufficient, in the rest of the territory it is optimal. The frost-free period lasts from 95 to 140 days. Summer is warm. average temperature July + 18 ° С. Winter is moderately cold. The average January temperature is -15 ° C. In the north, the snow cover lasts 150-190 days, and in the south for about 110 days. Its height reaches 40-60 cm. The most favorable period for tourism and recreation begins at the end of May and ends in September. It can sometimes be clouded by cold rains in the north in the mountains and excessive heat and drought in the south. The winter season is favorable for skiing and skiing.

Ancient mountains, "gray Ural" - the most striking natural feature of the region. They create unique look Urals, make it attractive for numerous tourists and vacationers. In terms of landscape, the area can be divided into several parts. Ural ridge consists of the middle-altitude Northern Urals (1569 m above sea level), the low-mountain Middle Urals (up to 700 m above sea level), the middle-mountainous South Urals (1640 m above sea level). The foothill plains from the west are bordered by the Verkhnekamsk (300-330 m above sea level) and Bugulma-Belebey (380-420 m above sea level) uplands. The dissected relief creates conditions for the development of various species active tourism... Many of the highest peaks of the Northern and Southern Urals - Isherim (1331 m), Denezhkin Kamen (1492 m), Konzhakovsky Kamen (1569 m), Bolshoi Iremmel (1582 m), Yamantau (1640 m) - are rocky and treeless. They are popular with mountaineers and rock climbers.

The territory of the region is flooded with a large number of rivers. The largest of which are: Kama, Belaya, Ural, Tura, Iset, as well as their tributaries: Chusovaya, Yuryuzan, Inzer, Ai, Miass). There are many lakes in the foothills: Uvildy, Argazi, Irtyash, Shartash, Kalkak. Among the water bodies, the Kama reservoir plays an important role.

The swimming season in the north of the Ural region is rather short - only about one month, while in the south it reaches three. Hydromineral resources of the Ural region are quite diverse. Along with sulfate drinking water and chloride sodium bromine brines, ferrous carbonate, hydrogen sulfide, bromic, iodine-bromine and radon waters are widespread here. The unique natural resort "Yangantau" is located in Bashkiria, where natural hot vapors and dry hot gases emerging from the cracks of Mount Yangantau are the main healing factor. Sodium chloride brines (salt waters) with a salinity of 35 to 150 g / l were found in various regions of the Volga region at depths of 400 to 1500 m, they are used in the Udmurt sanatoriums "Varzi-Yatchi" and "Metallurg".

The Uvildy resort is located in the Argayash district of the Chelyabinsk region. Natural healing factors: the unique mild climate of the southeastern shore of Lake Uvildy with high natural ionization and saturation with phytoncides, highly active natural radon waters from a natural source (the most effective in Russia); natural sapropel mud of the Sabanay lake. The profile of the sanatorium: diseases of the nervous, cardiovascular, endocrine systems, musculoskeletal system, gynecological and urological diseases.

Sanatorium Obukhovsky, Kuryi, somotsvet-mud of lake moltaeva,

The resources of therapeutic mud in the region are represented by peat and sapropel mud. There are small lake-key deposits of silt sulphide mud. Peat mud is found in the forest zone in Udmurtia - the resort "Varzi-Yachi".

Sverdlovsk region is a combination of a developed economy and infrastructure with a variety of natural resources: picturesque mountains, forests, healing lakes. Yekaterinburg is the center of business tourism, business, congress and exhibition, corporate tourism. A bunch of excursion programs(overview and thematic), museums. There are many caves on the territory of the region, and therefore speleotourism is developed here. Popular ski resorts on the Uktussky mountains, in the vicinity of Revda, Mikhailovsk, Pervouralsk, Nizhny Tagil, Sredneuralsk, etc. Cognitive tourism: 1Sysert: Bazhovsky places, Talkov stone, horse-riding, horse-sledding, excursions in the Bazhovsky places park. 2Kholzan (Sysertsky district): aviary complex for the rehabilitation and monitoring of birds of prey. 3Koptelovo - not far from Nizhnaya Sinyachikha. The village is famous for its Museum of the History of Agriculture and Peasant Life. 4Neviansk - Tavolgi: The ancestral home of the Demidovs, the famous dynasty of industrialists and metallurgists (located more than 80 km from Yekaterinburg). The Leaning Tower of Nevyansk is the symbol of the city. 5 Olenyi Ruchyi: The excursion route passes through a section of forest that has the status of a natural monument of regional significance with an amazing variety of flora and fauna. 6 Kungurskaya Cave is a unique natural monument, the age of the cave is about 10-12 thousand years. 7 Ganina Yama: Ganina Yama is a tract 17 km from Yekaterinburg, an abandoned copper mine. In the summer of 1918, in one of its mines, the remains of the family of the last Russian emperor Nicholas II Romanov were secretly destroyed. A monastery was erected here in the name of the Holy Royal Passion-Bearers. 8Verkhoturye is the spiritual center of the Urals. Many Orthodox churches. 9 Alapaevsk - N. Sinachikha The city of Alapaevsk is the birthplace of the great composer P.I. Tchaikovsky. House-museum of the composer P.I. Tchaikovsky. Nizhnesinyachikhinsky Museum-Reserve of Wooden Architecture and Folk Art right under open air... 10 Irbit Museum of Fine Arts (graphics and engraving), historical and ethnographic museum, motorcycle museum. The Irbit Ostrich ostrich farm.

Types of tourism: Ecotourism (Deer Streams, Natural Bazhovsky Park, Lake Arakul - Shikhan rocks, Nature Park"Chusovaya River" etc.), ski, speleotourism, business, educational.

Perm region - located in the Western Urals in the upper reaches of the Kama River. Not far from Perm, on the high bank of the Kama, there is the only one in the Urals architectural and ethnographic museum-reserve "Khokhlovka" covering an area of ​​42 hectares. Unique wooden buildings of the 17th-19th centuries were transported here from the north of the region. Every summer, folklore festivals are held on the territory of the open-air museum, which bring together groups from many regions of Russia. Kungur Ice Cave - a unique natural monument of all-Russian significance. Town Solikamsk is one of oldest cities Ural. There is a unique salt museum here. They are rich in sights of the city of Osa (museum, architectural monuments), Cherdyn (collection of copper-bronze plastics (Perm animal style), architectural buildings XVII-XVIII centuries, Usolye (architectural monuments). Chusovaya river associated with many historical events, with famous figures in the history of Russia (Ermak, Stroganovs, Demidovs, Emelyan Pugachev) Stone city(Devil's settlement)- Bizarre rocky outliers form a network of corridors and tiers on a hill in the middle of the forest. Usva Pillars and Shumikhinsky Rocks"Usva pillars" - pillar-like light gray outliers rise steeply 150 m above the level of Usva, on the right bank, rise with multifaceted stone bell towers. Their peaks are almost inaccessible. The pillars are often visited by tourists, both while traveling along Usva, and by themselves. Leads to the top of the stone good path... An amazing view of the Usva river valley opens from the upper platform. One of the attractions here is Usvinsky (Devil's) finger, this is a detached rock-outlier of impressive size. Several difficult mountaineering and climbing routes have been laid along it, which are available for passage only with special equipment and training.

Ski tourism - Mount Gubakha. Cruises on the Kama.

Healing natural resources are diverse: the Ust-Kachka resort.

Chelyabinsk region National parks: Zyuratkul - Lake Zyuratkul is the main decoration of the park; it also has all the possibilities for sports tourism - fishing and active rest... Ecological trail, ascent to the Zyuratkul ridge. Very beautiful Kitova pier (designed as a theme park) Ilmensky reserve- more than 260 minerals were found here, of which 11 were discovered for the first time in the world, and among the plants there are species that are found only here. More than 30 lakes, one of the famous is Lake Turgoyak. Specialized natural-landscape and historical-archaeological center "Arkaim"... Arkaim has already become a kind of spiritual center, our Russian Mecca. A lot of deep universal human secrets are connected with the Arkaim phenomenon. Today, only one thing can be said with certainty, that Arkaim and "Country of Cities" are one of the greatest discoveries XX century. Zlatoust the city is rich in historical and architectural monuments, temples and museums, a dam and an old factory, German streets.

Ski tourism - ski center "Adjigardak", "Zavyalikha", Egoza, Solnechnaya Dolina. Rest on the lakes and fishing - Uvildy, Turgoyak, Itkul, Zyuratkul, Arakul, Kisegach, Sungul.

Bashkortostan - Nature has endowed Bashkiria with a peculiar and rare beauty: there are majestic mountains covered with coniferous and deciduous forests. Mountain rivers with picturesque waterfalls, numerous lakes and caves (about 300 karst caves), as well as a significant amount sunny days, climate moderation, diversity of flora and fauna. The healing mountain air, the aroma of herbs, Bashkir honey, koumiss, the purity of the turbulent rivers will bring a lot of health to travelers. Large selection of active tours around the most beautiful places Bashkiria: horseback riding tours, catamaran rafting on the Belaya and Zilim rivers, walking tours, bus routes... Sanatoriums, resorts and recreational tourism. In Bashkiria, there is a unique resort Yangan-Tau, where natural hot vapors and dry gases are a natural healing factor. Popular ski resort"Abzakovo", ski center "Metallurg-Magnitogorsk". Bathing.

Business tourism - 90% foreigners. Industrial tourism. River cruises"Perm - Kazan - Ulyanovsk" - mihail Kutuzov, "Perm - Tchaikovsky - Elabuga - Kazan - Nizhny Novgorod- Gorodets - Kostroma - Yaroslavl - Myshkin - Uglich - Moscow "-fedor of Panferov. The quality of service does not depend on demand.

Conclusion: Make the capital of the Urals tourist mecca not easy, because for a long time it was closed to foreigners. And the Ural brand is an opportunity to promote the Ural tourism product. In general, the potential is great, but there are problems in receiving tourists in Yekaterinburg:

1. accommodation, lack of hotels tour. class; discrepancy between prices; no discounts in hotels; 2.lack of car park (old buses) 3.low service for out-of-town excursions- no toilets on the track. 4. the opinion about Russia that they are robbing, shooting in the streets, and bears walking… .6. no maps, pointers in English. (for foreigners) 7. shortage of personnel - language guides, qualified guides, almost all at the amateur level.

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A multi-kilometer drop on a heavy truck, exhausting crossings, dangerous swamps and rapids of stormy rivers ... If you are ready to overcome obstacles, the hardships of a long journey, changeable weather, in order to penetrate protected places hidden from the idle eyes of ordinary people, then a trip to the Urals Is your adventure. If you want to find yourself in a fabulous park 20 minutes after leaving the train, where the gems lie under your feet, it is almost impossible to get lost, there are paths that both children and adults can handle, then a trip to the Urals is your active rest.

This amazing region, 2.5 thousand km long, connects the Arctic Ocean and the steppes of Kazakhstan. It is deserted and densely populated, frosty and hot, Asian and European - with an amazing polyphony of natural landscapes, climatic zones, artifacts from different eras.

Subpolar Urals: a hike to the highest peaks

Subpolar Urals one of the most interesting places region, which began to be mastered by travelers back in the 30s. This harsh region is far from the most visited due to the huge distances, which gives it the potential for high categories of difficulty. The climate is also unpleasant here.

Most of the tourist routes in the subpolar Urals go through the Inta station. From here, private traders in Ural-shift cars carry out transfers to mountainous areas, for example, to the Zhelanny shelter (located 136 km from the railway station). You can reach it by local off-road in 8 hours.

From "Zhelanny", where mountain quartz is mined, there are trails to the highest peaks Ural mountains- People's (1894), Karpinsky (1878), Manaraga (1820). Around them there are many routes with amazing mountain landscapes, ridges and passes, turbulent rivers with many channels. Daredevils try their hand at climbing these peaks, as well as on a large number of less high mountains and ridges - Saber, Protection, Inaccessible.

Despite the fact that the passes and peaks have categories no higher than 2A, the combination of obstacles and the length of the route determine its 5th category of difficulty.

After all, to explore this merciless northern beauty, you need at least 3 weeks. During this time, hikers cover more than 300 km on foot or on skis.

Rains, fogs, broken roads, swampy marshes, wide floods of rivers, where even in a ford - mid-thigh, or even waist-deep - are serious summer trials even for well-trained tourists. In winter, it is easier to walk here, if, of course, skiers are ready for a trail, which in some parts of their trip to the Urals reaches 80 cm, bitter frosts (up to -45 degrees) and gusty winds.

The most favorable period for summer trekking is the second half of July - the first half of August. But even at the height of summer, the weather changes often: the air temperature can fluctuate from 0 to +20 degrees, drizzling rain is replaced by downpour, hail and even a blizzard. Snowfields and glaciers are common. In summer, up to 1000 mm of precipitation falls, reducing the passability of hiking trails.

They usually take place in March and April. During this period, significant temperature drops are also noticeable - from 0 to - 45.

In the territory national park"Yugyd Va", where these natural attractions are located, travelers can wait out the bad weather in shelters, gullies, huts, which are sometimes encountered on the way. The cost of an overnight stay is 200-250 rubles. per person, although more recently, these structures were free shelters for tourists hiking in the Urals.

Departure from the route, as a rule, is carried out through the Aranets pass and the village of Aranets, from where on foot or by boat (by agreement with local residents) you can reach the village of Koncebor. It walks here 2-3 times a week public transport(bus) to the city of Pechora or you can catch a ride. Travel time is about 2.5 hours.

There is one more "entry point" to the tourist route in the circumpolar Urals - the city of Vuktyl, which is popular with water tourists.

Keep in mind! Despite the fact that on the official website of the park "Yugyd Va" tourists are encouraged to register special permit and pay for every day of stay on its territory, such a rent was repeatedly recognized as illegal by the court and the prosecutor's office. The last decision of the Vuktyl City Court of the Komi Republic entered into legal force on August 6, 2012 and was published on October 24, 2012 in the Siyanie Severa newspaper.

The activities of the National Park "Yugyd Va" are more and more actively commercialized every year. And today his directorate offers services for organizing the transfer of auto, water and by air(by helicopter), publishes and distributes printed and souvenir products, collects fees for the use of shelters, etc. NP offices are located in the cities of Inta, Pechora, Vuktyl.

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Traveling in the northern Urals: through the Dyatlov pass to Bolvanam Mansi

A trip to the northern Urals is interesting not only for those who are attracted by hard-to-reach places far from civilization, the absence of towns and villages nearby, in general, game and wilderness.

Here is the legendary pass, where in 1959, under unexplained and mysterious circumstances, the tourist group of Dyatlov tragically died. Today it is called the Dyatlov Pass. And the highlight of these places is mysterious plateau Manpupuner with its majestic Mansi Dummies, whose height is from 30 to 42 meters.

In this area, there are also many tourist routes in the Northern Urals. People get here both from Europe and Asia. After all, the Urals is the border of the continents.

In summer, the most convenient (but by no means budgetary - approx. 18 thousand rubles for a boat for 6 people) transfer along the Pechora River, usually by organized groups. This route is offered by the Directorate of the Pechora-Ilychsky Reserve, on the territory of which there is a plateau. It is designed for 6 days, starts from Troitsko-Pechersk, from where the participants are taken to the pier (60 km) for some money. This trip to the northern Urals includes, in addition to 200 km. waterway, and also 66 km. walking distance to and from Manpupuner. His most takes a rather tiresome road.

Anyone who wants to make a full-fledged hiking or ski trip to the northern Urals, chooses the path that lies from the Ivdel railway station, where the Moscow-Ob'e train goes.

From Ivdel, a drop has been established to the Auspiya river. Then they go on skis or on foot up the river to the Dyatlov pass, which is located on the Belt Stone ridge. On the pass there are memorial plaques reminiscent of the tragic events of the 59th year.

From here you can go down to the source of the great Pechora River, which in these places is still quite a stream winding through the taiga forest, and make a radial to the Manpupunier plateau.

If you return the same way, it will be the shortest trek to these sacred places. But it will also take 10 days due to the large distances - about 200 km. And the routes here can be laid for every taste and almost any category of complexity from 2 to 5.

Keep in mind! Before starting your trip to the Urals, you need to issue a pass to the Pechora-Ilychsky nature reserve. This must be done in advance by sending a request by fax or e-mail to the directorate at least two weeks before the trip. The cost of 1 day of stay on its territory in the summer of 2012 was 650 rubles. You can pay for the pass by transferring money to the reserve's account.

Although, many tourists prefer an alternative option - paying a fine of 1000 rubles. in place. After all, the number of passes is limited, and the dates of stay in the reserve indicated in the application, you can simply "miss", for example, because of bad weather.

South Ural: Taganay National Park

Taganay - mountain ranges and the national park near Zlatoust, which, in comparison with the wild expanses of the polar and northern Urals, seems intimate. However, its area is 568 sq. km, allows you to master interesting tourist routes across the Urals.

The central entrance to Taganay Park is located, literally, 10 minutes by bus or half an hour walk from the railway station, in the village of Pushkinsky.

You can also enter its territory from Miass, Magnitka or Karabash. If you have a GPS navigator or you can read the map well, then you can walk around Taganai without guides. It is much easier to do this in winter than in summer. There are no swamps. Streams and lakes are frozen over. There are many well-worn blizzard roads.

Taganay is several mountain ranges of which the highest is Bolshoi Taganay and its dominant, the most high point park - Kruglitsa (1112). Strong wind creates amazing shapes out of snow here.

Bizarre rocky outcrops in the Valley of Fairy Tales, Responsive comb, the vertical walls of which with multiple echoes reflect every spoken word, the meteorological station on the top of the Dalniy Taganai ridge (1114), from which an unprecedented view opens up - these and other picturesque landscapes can be seen walking or skiing.

In NP "Taganay" there are many category routes 1B-3A for experienced tourists, who can pitch their tents in specially designated places equipped with firewood.

For lovers of "walking" recreation, families with children, 60 km of marked trails and 6 equipped shelters have been laid, located at a distance of 7 to 24 km from each other. So hiking in the southern Urals can be done with unprecedented convenience.

Overnight stay in the houses is paid, from 400 rubles. per person per day, depending on the season and the degree of comfort (although it is very conditional). Also, money is collected for setting up your own tent, using equipped trails and picnic areas with barbecue, etc. In general, the degree of commercialization is rather big, although the entrance to the territory and stay in the Taganai National Park is free.

The well-worn paths, a large number of guests in winter and summer, can scare away those who like remote corners and deserted outskirts. But for those who, so far, are not ready for difficult autonomous distances of hundreds of kilometers or whose team has little tourists, this is a great option - a trip through the southern Urals with a minimum of risk and load.

A fascinating tourist journey through the Ural Mountains is just a paradise for tourists: river rafting, hiking, descending into caves, extreme tourism in the air, on the water and in the mountains. We will help you choose popular tour or create a new direction, let's give useful tips and show you interesting photo trips and video reports.

Tourism in the Urals

How pleasant is the physical fatigue of a mortal body during rest - after a whole day of hiking with a backpack on your back through a green forest, hills or mountains, how many thoughts you change your mind while walking in the natural human habitat, which is not an artificial man-made city. Wildlife with springs, rivers, forests and mountains - this is a real cozy home for life.

And here you are, so tired in the evening after a delicious dinner with a pleasant heaviness in your stomach, sitting around a fire, around which intimate conversations are conducted, exposing people's hearts and removing masks from their faces. Then you direct your gaze to the night sky, there, under the sky, a stunning view opens up - thousands of stars in the darkness of the universe draw mysterious constellations, then you realize that for this moment it was worth going on a hike and enduring difficulties on the road all day. Hiking, is quite developed in the Ural region, you can go hiking in summer and winter, as there are many mountains and natural monuments that impress with their splendor and beauty, changing their appearance depending on the season, making the travel route more interesting and unforgettable.

There are also many rivers in the Urals that are suitable for water tourism(for kayaking and rafting), which attract travelers from different countries to get the thrill while overcoming the dangerous thresholds of the reservoir, as well as to get pleasure from the contemplation of the amazing landscape. Most of the rivers are of the first and second categories of difficulty. The rivers are available for rafting from mid-May to September. For cavers in the Urals there are many caves and grottoes for which people who are keen on underground travel have made speleological routes, some of which are tens or even hundreds of kilometers long. Since the Ural is large and beautiful, we decided to describe routes for hiking and water sports tourism, as well as caves for speleologists. This information will be useful for those who like to combine extreme sports and outdoor tourism.

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Ural (from Bashk. Үr - upland, Bashk. Үral - belt) is a geographic region in Russia, stretching between the East European and West Siberian plains. The main part of this region is the Ural mountain system.

The Ural is located at the junction of Europe and Asia and is the border between these regions. The stone belt of the Urals and the adjacent elevated plains of the Urals stretch from the shores of the Arctic Ocean in the north to the semi-desert regions of Kazakhstan in the south in the form of a 100-400 km strip: for more than 2500 km they separate the East European and West Siberian plains.

Territorial division

Polar Ural

The Urals have long amazed and amazes researchers with an abundance of minerals and their main wealth - minerals. In the bowels of the Ural Mountains there are iron and copper ores, and chromium, and nickel, and cobalt, and zinc, and coal, and oil, and gold, and gems... The Urals have long been the largest mining and metallurgical base in the entire country. Forest resources also belong to the riches of nature. The South and Middle Urals provide an opportunity for agriculture.

This natural region is one of the most important for the life of Russia and its citizens.

Features of nature

Climate

Natural resources

Back in the 16th century, deposits of rock salt and sandstone containing copper were known on the western outskirts of the Urals. In the 17th century, quite numerous iron deposits became known and iron works appeared.

Placers of gold and platinum deposits were found in the mountains, and precious stones on the eastern slope. From generation to generation, the skill of searching for ore, smelting metal, making weapons and art products from it, and processing gems was passed on.

In the Urals, there are numerous deposits of high-quality iron ores (Magnitnaya, High, Blagodat, Kachkanar mountains), copper ores (Mednogorsk, Karabash, Sibay, Gai), rare non-ferrous metals, gold, silver, platinum, the best bauxite in the country, stone and potassium salts (Solikamsk, Berezniki, Berezovskoe, Vazhenskoe, Iletskoe). There is oil in the Urals (Ishimbay), natural gas (Orenburg), coal, asbestos, precious and semi-precious stones.

The hydropower potential of the Ural rivers (Pavlovskaya, Yumaguzinskaya, Shirokovskaya, Iriklinskaya and several small hydroelectric power plants) remains a far from fully developed resource.

Rivers and lakes

Origin of the toponym

In the Bashkir language, the toponym "Ural" is recognized as very ancient, probably going back to the Pra-Türkic state. It should be associated with a head. үr ~ Old Türk. * ör "height, height". [

In Greek books written two thousand years ago, one can read about the distant "Riphean Mountains", where gloomy vultures guard untold golden treasures. The Bashkir folk epic "Ural-Batyr", which tells about the progenitors of the peoples of the Urals who survived after the Flood, the conflict that arose and the subsequent struggle of the Urals with his elder brother Shulgan, who chose the path of evil and the settlement of their descendants in the adjacent lands, deserves more attention. with the events of the epic. The conflict of life, mercy and the natural principle "the strong eats the weak", the topic of the search for Living water and personified Death for its subsequent destruction, for the sake of eternal life, the idea of ​​selfless service to people, equality and self-sacrifice for the benefit of others are considered.

The contribution of the Urals to the artistic culture of Russia is not only great, but also remarkably original. Industry was a solid foundation on which the arts and crafts of the Urals flourished, and factories were its main centers. The importance of industry in the development of the region and its culture was well understood by the contemporaries themselves. In one of official documents it is written: "Yekaterinburg owes both its existence and its flourishing state only to factories."

With good reason, the Urals can be considered the birthplace of Russian industrial marble processing, subordinate to the needs of Russian architecture. If we turn to antiquity, then this is, first of all, folk arts and crafts. For example, carpet weaving, patterned weaving, embroidery, leather processing, vivid examples of which have been preserved in the Bashkir folk art. In the museums of the Republic of Bashkortostan, you can directly touch the rich variety of antique items. Successors, creative reformers folk traditions one can rightfully name contemporary artists such as A. Mazitov, D. Suleimanov, T. Sirazhetdinov, G. Kalitov, R. Minnibaev, A. Korolevsky, Meos, B. Domashnikov, Y. Aminev and many others.