Ancient Ural Mountains separating Asia and Europe. The mountains stretch from the far north to the borders with Kazakhstan, from the polar Tundra to the arid steppes. These unique places extremely rich in natural, archaeological, historical and cultural attractions.
There is an opinion that it is the Urals that are the ancestral home of the ancient race of the Aryans. with unique knowledge. Many adventurers flock to these lands in the hope of getting closer to unraveling the secrets of ancient civilizations. One of the most attractive places for explorers is the mysterious ancient city.
There are many places in the Urals that are of great interest to researchers of the paranormal. One of these places is a twenty-kilometer-long stone ridge consisting of three ridges. Translated from the language of the ancient Bashkir tribes that have long inhabited these lands, "Taganay" means "a support for the moon." A huge number of legends, legends, stories about amazing events are associated with this place.
They say that on Taganay locals and tourists more than once found traces of Bigfoot, saw ghosts and UFO landings, came into contact with the Higher Intelligence and fell into a loop in time. Who knows how true such stories are.
There is no doubt that Taganay really is anomalous zone, and this is confirmed by generally accepted facts: inexplicable failures in the work of any equipment constantly occur in these parts, ball lightning often forms over the mountains, and absolutely healthy people are visited by strange visions.
One more incredible place- the Man-Pupu-Ner plateau, nicknamed the "Ural Stonehenge". According to local legend, huge stone pillars located on the plateau are petrified giants.
The height of the largest of the seven stone giants is 80 meters.
Everyone who has managed to visit this ancient sacred place feels its powerful positive energy: all worries and gloomy thoughts disappear, a feeling of lightness and causeless joy appears.
The island of Vera, which is located on Lake Turgoyak, is also considered a mystical "place of power".
Panorama of the Urals
Many religious pilgrims from all over Russia are attracted by the Ural temples and monasteries. Of particular interest not only among believers, but also among everyone who is interested in the history of the country, is the Yekaterinburg Church on Blood. This is not only a functioning temple, but also museum complex dedicated to the life of the royal family of the Romanovs - it was in these places that the life of the last emperor of Russia was cut short.
Excursions are also conducted to the place of the last refuge of the imperial family, known as "Ganina Yama". At present, a memorial temple complex has been erected on the site of the mine where the bodies were dumped.
Traditionally, the Urals are very popular with outdoor enthusiasts. All kinds of trekking, rafting, horse riding, motorcycle and bicycle tours - this is just a small list of entertainment offered to tourists.
And in winter time traditional sledding, downhill skiing and snowboarding along the ski slopes are added.
Very popular combined tours combining leisure with cognitive and educational programs. One of the most popular such routes is a hike in the footsteps of Diaghilev's expedition.
In recent years, new fascinating routes associated with the fall of the Chelyabinsk meteorite. Tourists are invited to make a trip to Lake Chebarkul - the place where the meteorite fell, visit the local museum of local lore, and talk with eyewitnesses.
The Ural Mountains are real paradise for cavers. The most interesting caves in the region are: Divya, Ignatievskaya, Kungurskaya, Kapovaya caves, as well as the Sikiyaz-Tamak cave complex.
Panorama of the Urals
Inveterate extreme lovers prefer to travel through the most difficult region in terms of tourism - the Polar Urals. In the winter months, the air temperature in these places drops below -50 °. There are very few warm days in the year, mostly in July. The sun does not set over the horizon all day long this month. Difficult climatic conditions are offset by the fantastic beauty of nature. Inaccessible mountain peaks, glaciers and picturesque lakes, waterfalls and rocky canyons can impress even many experienced travelers.
Routes along the Usa and Shchuchya rivers are very popular with tourists. It is believed that only qualified water workers are able to pass the most difficult rapids on these mountain rivers.
Recently, gastronomic and ethnographic tourism has become fashionable. One of best places where you can get to know more about the culture and life of the Urals people, enjoy traditional dishes of local cuisine - the Museum of Wooden Russian Architecture in Nizhnyaya Sinyachikha.
In any case, a trip to the Urals is a wonderful opportunity to escape from everyday problems and worries, to find yourself in the unreal, fabulous wonderful world, touch the origins of national spirituality and culture.
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Ural mountains. Beauty is closer than you think.
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Part of the Ural Mountains from the Kosvinsky Kamen massif in the south to the bank of the Shchugor River in the north is called the Northern Ural. At this point, the width Ural ridge is 50-60 kilometers. As a result of the rise of ancient mountains and the impact of subsequent glaciations and modern frost weathering, the territory has a mid-mountainous relief, with flat tops.
The Northern Urals are very popular with tourists. Of particular interest are the rocks and outliers of the Man-Pupu-Nier, Torre-Porre-Iz, Muning-Tump massifs. The main peaks of this part of the Urals are located away from the watershed ridge: Konzhakovsky Kamen (1569 meters), Denezhkin Kamen (1492 meters), Chistop (1292), Otorten (1182), Kozhim-Iz (1195), .jpg)
The northernmost peak of the Ural mountain system is Mount Telposiz in Komi. The facility is located on the territory of the republic. Mount Telposiz in Komi is composed of quartzite sandstones, crystalline schists and conglomerates. On the slopes of Mount Telposiz in Komi, a taiga forest grows - mountain tundra. Translated from the language of the local population, oronim means “Nest of the Winds”.
The Subpolar Urals is one of the most beautiful regions of our Motherland. Its ridges stretch in a wide arc from the headwaters of the Khulga River in the north to Mount Telposiz in the south. The area of the mountainous part of the region is about 32,000 km2.
The poorly explored harsh nature, the abundance of fish in the rivers and lakes, in the taiga of berries and mushrooms attracts travelers here. Good connections along the North railroad, on steamships and boats along the Pechora, Usa, Ob, Severnaya Sosva and Lyapin, as well as the network of airlines allow the development of water, foot-water, hiking and ski routes in the Subpolar Urals with the intersection of the Ural ridge or along its western and eastern slopes.
A characteristic feature of the relief of the Subpolar Urals - high altitude ridges with alpine relief forms, the asymmetry of its slopes, deep dissection by through transverse valleys and gorges, significant height of the passes. The highest peaks are located in the center of the Subpolar Urals.
The absolute height of the passes across the main watershed separating Europe from Asia, and through the ridges located to the west of it, is from 600 to 1500 m above sea level. The relative heights of the peaks near the passes are 300-1000 m. The passes on the Sablinsky and Impenetrable ranges are especially high and difficult to overcome, the slopes of which end in steep-walled kars. The most easily passable passes through the Research Ridge (from 600 to 750 m above sea level) with relatively gentle insignificant ascents that allow for easy dragging are located in the southern part of the ridge between the upper reaches of the Puyva (right tributary of the Shchekurya) and Torgovaya (right tributary of the Shchugor), as well as between the upper reaches of the Shchekurya, Magnya (Lyapin basin) and Bolshoi Molasses (right tributary of the Shchugor).
In the area of Narodnaya Mountain and on the Narodo-Ityinsky Ridge, the height of the passes is 900-1200 m, but here, too, many of them pass paths along which the portage from the upper reaches of the Khulga (Lyapin), Khaimai, Grubei, Khalmer'ya, Narodi to the upper reaches of the tributaries of the Lemva are relatively easy , on Kozhim and Balbanyo (Usa basin).
The Subpolar Urals is one of the most beautiful regions of our Motherland. Its ridges stretch in a wide arc from the headwaters of the Khulga River in the north to Mount Telposiz in the south. The area of the mountainous part of the region is about 32,000 km2.
Northern border
From the border of the Perm region to the east along the northern borders of quarters 1-5 of the forestry of the state industrial farm "Denezhkin Kamen" ( Sverdlovsk region) to the northeastern corner of square 5.
Eastern border
From the northeastern corner of the square. 5 to the south along the eastern borders of blocks 5, 19, 33 to the southeast corner of the square. 33, further east along the northern border of the square. 56 to its southeastern corner, further south along the eastern border of the square. 56 to its southeastern corner, further east along the northern border of the square. 73 to its northeastern corner, further south along the eastern border of blocks 73, 88, 103 to the river B. Kosva and further along the left bank of the river. B. Kosva before its confluence with the Shegultan River, then along the left bank of the river. Shegultan to the eastern border of the square. 172 and further south along the eastern borders of blocks 172, 187 to the southeast corner of the block. 187, further east along the northern border of the square. 204 to its northeast corner.
Further south along the eastern borders of blocks 204, 220, 237, 253, 270, 286, 303, 319 to the southeast corner of the square. 319, further east along the northern border of blocks 336, 337 to the northeastern corner of the block. 337.
Further south along the eastern border of blocks 337, 349, 369, 381, 401, 414, 434, 446, 469, 491, 510 to the southeast corner of the square. 510.
Southern border
From the southwest corner of the square. 447 to the east along the southern borders of blocks 447, 470, 471, 492, 493 to the Sosva river, then along the right bank of the river. Sosva to the southeast corner of the square. 510.
Western border
From the southwest corner of the square. 447 to the north along the border of the Perm region to the north-western corner of the square. 1 forestry of the state industrial farm "Denezhkin Kamen".
Geographical coordinates
Center: lat - 60o30 "29.71", lon - 59o29 "35.60"
North: lat - 60o47 "24.30", lon - 59o35 "0.10"
East: lat - 60о26 "51.17", lon - 59о42 "32.68"
South: lat - 60о19 "15.99", lon - 59о32 "45.14"
West: lat - 60о22 "56.30", lon - 59о12 "6.02"
GEOLOGY
The Ilmenogorsk complex is located in the southern part of the Sysertsko-Ilmenogorsk anticlinorium of the East Ural uplift, has a fold-block structure and is composed of igneous and metamorphic rocks of various compositions. Of greatest interest here are numerous unique pegmatous veins, in which topaz, aquamarine, phenakite, zircon, sapphire, tourmaline, amazonite, and various rare-metal minerals are found. Here, for the first time in the world, 16 minerals were discovered - ilmenite, ilmenorutil, potassium sadanagaite (potassium ferrisadanagaite), cancrinite, macarochinite, monazite- (Ce), polyakovite- (Ce), samarskite- (Y), bindite, ushkovite, fergusonite-beta ), fluoromagnesioarfvedsonite, fluororichterite, chiolite, chevkinite- (Ce), eshinite- (Ce).
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GEOGRAPHY
The relief of the western part is low-mountainous. The average heights of the ridges (Ilmensky and Ishkulsky) are 400-450 m above sea level, the maximum elevation is 747 m. The eastern foothills are formed by low elevations. More than 80% of the area is occupied by forests, about 6% - by meadows and steppes. The tops of the mountains are covered with larch-pine forests. Pine forests prevail in the south, pine-birch and birch forests in the north. On the western slopes of the Ilmen mountains there is a massif of old pine forest... There are areas of larch forests, stony, grass-forb and shrub steppes, moss bogs with cranberries and wild rosemary. The flora contains more than 1200 plant species, many endemic, relict and rare species. Inhabited by ermine, polecat, Siberian weasel, wolf, lynx, flying squirrel, hares - white hare and hare, brown bear comes in. Elk and roe deer are few in number. Sika deer and beaver have been acclimatized. Of the birds, grouse are common - wood grouse, black grouse, hazel grouse, gray partridge. Whooper swan and gray crane nest in the reserve, rare birds are noted - white-tailed eagle, burial ground, peregrine falcon, osprey, saker falcon, little bustard.
Since 1930, there has been a mineralogical museum founded by A.E. Fersman, which displays more than 200 different minerals found in the Ilmen ridge, including topaz, corundum, amazonite, etc.
In 1991, a branch was organized - the historical landscape archaeological monument "Arkaim" with an area of 3.8 thousand hectares. Located in the steppe foothills of the eastern Urals, in the Karagan valley. More than 50 archaeological sites are preserved here: Mesolithic and Neolithic sites, burial grounds, settlements of the Bronze Age, and other historical sites. The fortified settlement Arkaim of the 17th - 16th centuries is of particular importance. BC NS.
Location:
Gremyachinsky district of the Perm region.
Monument type: Geomorphological.
Brief description: Remnants of weathering in the Lower Carboniferous quartzite sandstones.
Status: Landscape natural monument of regional significance.
A city turned to stone.
The city is located on the main peak of the Rudyansky Spoi ridge, absolute height which is equal to 526 m above sea level. It is a powerful rock mass, composed of fine-grained quartz sandstones of the Lower Carboniferous, which are part of a coal-bearing strata formed in the delta of a large river.
The massif is cut by deep, up to 8-12 m, cracks from 1 to 8 m wide both in the meridional and latitudinal directions, which creates the illusion of deep and narrow perpendicularly intersecting streets, streets and lanes of the ancient abandoned city.
Ural - Mountain country, which stretches from north to south from the shores of the cold Kara Sea to the Central Asian steppes and semi-deserts. The Ural Mountains are a natural border between Europe and Asia.
In the north, the Ural ends in the low Pai-Khoi ridge, in the south - in the Mugodzhary mountain range. The total length of the Urals with Pai-Khoi and Mugodzhary is more than 2500 km.
In the east Orenburg region the Guberlin Mountains (the southern part of the Ural Mountains) rise - one of the beautiful places Orenburg region. The Guberlin Mountains are located 30-40 kilometers west of the city of Orsk on the right bank of the Urals, where the Guberlya River flows into it.
The Guberlin Mountains represent a washed-out edge of the high Orsk steppe, strongly dissected and indented by the valley of the Guberli River, the ravines and gorges of its tributaries. Therefore, the mountains do not rise above the steppe, but lie below it.
They occupy a narrow strip along the valley of the Ural River, to the north passing into the high Orsk steppe, and to the west, on the right bank of the Guberli, they are replaced by a ridge low-mountain relief. The gentle eastern slope of the Guberlin Mountains imperceptibly passes into the plain on which the city of Novotroitsk is located.
The territory occupied by the Guberlin Mountains is about 400 square kilometers.
“From the open cracks of the crevices, an incessantly thin, trembling vapor rises up against the sun, to which it is impossible to touch it with a hand; a birch bark thrown there or dry wood chips would catch fire in one minute; in bad weather and on dark nights it seems like a red flame or a fiery steam several arshins high, ”wrote more than 200 years ago about unusual grief in Bashkiria, academician and traveler Peter Simon Pallas.
Long ago, Yangantau mountain was called differently: Karagosh-Tau or Berkutova mountain. According to the good old tradition, “what I see is what I call”. For the mountain to be renamed, some exceptional event had to happen. They say that this event even has an exact date: 1758. Lightning struck the mountain, all the trees and bushes on the southern slope caught fire. Since then, the mountain has become known under the name Yangantau (Yangan-tau), translated from Bashkir - "burnt mountain". The Russians slightly changed the name: Burnt mountain... However, despite the wide popularity and absolute uniqueness of Yangantau, local residents still remember the old name, Karagosh-tau, and they still use it.
Hiking trips to Iremel can be carried out from May to October from the village of Tyulyuk ( Chelyabinsk region). It can be reached from railway station Elm (70 km).
The road to Tyulyuk is covered with gravel, to Meseda there is asphalt. There is a bus.
Tuluk - a view of the Zigalga ridge 
The base camp can be set up both in Tyulyuk, there are special paid places for tents or houses to choose from, and on the way to Iremel near the Karagayka river.
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Encyclopedia of the Urals
List of mountains and ridges of the Urals.
Mountains and peaks of the Urals.
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According to the encyclopedia, it is a mountain system between the East European and West Siberian plains. Its length is more than two thousand kilometers, and according to some sources, more than two and a half thousand (if we count together the Pai-Khoi ridges in the north and the Mugodzhary ridges in the south). The width of the system ranges from 40 to 200 kilometers.
One of the most ancient mountains on our planet (only the mountains of New Zealand are older). That is why they are not as high as the same Tibet or the Andes. The age of the Ural Mountains is more than 600 million years and during this long time the mountains managed to collapse thoroughly under the influence of winds, rains and landslides. It has already become a common place to claim that the Ural Mountains are very rich in fossils. Indeed, in the Urals, you can find deposits of copper, magnesium, titanium, coal, oil, bauxite, etc. In total, experts have more than fifty-five of the most important minerals and ores.
The history of the discovery of the Ural Mountains
The history of the discovery of the Ural Mountains begins in antiquity. It would be more accurate to say that this is a history of discovery specifically for our civilization, and in general, people settled in the Urals at much earlier times. We meet the first written records of the Ural Mountains among the Greeks. They talked about the Imaus mountains, the Riphean (Riphean) mountains and the Hyperborean mountains. Now it is very difficult to establish which part of the Ural Mountains the pundits were talking about ancient greece and Rome, because their narratives are very abundantly supplied with legends, fairy tales and outright fables. It is clear that they themselves have never been to the Urals and heard about the Ural Mountains from the third or even the fourth and fifth lips. A little later, already from Arab sources, one could glean more detailed information about the Ural Mountains. The Arabs talked about the country of Yugra, where the Jura people lived. In addition, the descriptions of such countries as Vis, the country of Yajuj and Majudj, Bulgaria, etc. are probably related to the Urals. All Arab sources agree on one thing: the territory of the Ural Mountains was inhabited by a fierce people and therefore was closed to travelers. Also, they all speak with one voice about the harsh climatic conditions, which actually allows us to assert that they mean the Urals. But, despite these facts, their attention was still riveted on the Ural Mountains, tk. it was here that was the source of the two most important currencies of the Middle Ages - furs and salt, which were quoted no less than gold and precious stones. Starting from the 13-14 centuries (according to some data, even from the 12th century) Ural and Ural mountains began to be mastered by Russian pioneers. At first, the Ural Mountains were known under the name Stone. So they said, "Follow the Stone", that is, to the Urals and Siberia. Already starting from the 17th century, largely thanks to Vasily Tatishchev, the territory of the Ural Mountains received the name of the Urals. Ural, in fact, is translated as a mountain or a stone belt from the Mansi (sometimes they talk about the Turkic, namely the Bashkir origin of this word).
Water resources of the Ural Mountains
In the Urals, there is simply a huge number of lakes, rivers and streams. There are 3327 mountain lakes (!). The total length of the rivers is over 90,000 (!) Kilometers. So rich water resources connected with large area the catchment area, which, in turn, is determined by the characteristics of the landscape. Most of the rivers are mountainous, which means they are very rapid, relatively shallow and transparent. Siberian and European grayling, taimen, pike, pike perch, burbot, perch and other fish are found in the rivers. Thanks to all this, they are simply ideal for boating and sport fishing for grayling, taimen and whitefish.
The main peaks of the Ural Mountains.
The highest peak in the Urals is Mount Narodnaya (1894.5 meters). By the way, it is necessary to pronounce it with an emphasis on the first syllable, tk. the name comes from the word "people" and is associated with the Mansi legends, which say that it was from here that they went, ie were born, Komi-Perm. In addition to Narodnaya, there are several more "branded" and significant peaks in the Urals. On South Urals these are the Yamantau mountains (1640 m), Bolshoi Iremel (1582 m), Bolshoi Shelom (1427 m), Nurgush (1406 m), Kruglitsa (1168 m) and Otkliknaya Ridge (1155 m).
The comb is responsive. Photo by Maxim Tatarinov
In the Middle Urals, the mountains Oslyanka (1119 m), Kachkanar (878 m), Starik-Kamen (755 m), Shunut-Kamen (726 m) and Belaya mountain (712 m) should be noted. In the Northern Urals, the highest peaks are near Konzhakovsky stone (1569 m), Denezhkina Kamen (1492 m), Chistop mountains (1292 m), Otorten mountains (1182 m; famous for being near the Dyatlov Pass), Kozhim-Iz (1195 m ) and Telposiz (1617 m). Speaking of the mountains of the Northern Urals, you cannot bypass the famous Man-Pupu-Ner - these are remnant stones near Mount Koyp.
Manpupuner. Photo by Sergey Ischenko
The most significant peaks of the Subpolar Urals: Mount Narodnaya, already mentioned by us, Mount Manaraga (1820 m), Mount Kolokolnya (1724 m), Mount Zashchita (1808 m), Mount Mansi-Nier or Mount Didkovsky (1778 m), etc. it is the mountains of the Subpolar Urals that are the highest.
Well, in the Polar Urals it is necessary to highlight the Payer Mountains (1499 m) and Ngetenape (1338 m).
Manaraga
Such a large number of mountains of different heights, caves (which naturally exist in the mountains), rivers and lakes became the main reason for the development active tourism in the Urals. In the arsenal of the Ural (and not only the Ural) tourists and hiking routes, and mountain trekking, and river rafting, and combined tours, and ethnographic tours, as well as sport fishing and hunting.
Ecology of the Ural Mountains
The issue of ecology in the Urals is very acute. originally served as a kind of storeroom for the state. Industry has always been developed here and there has always been an anthropogenic pressure on nature. Today, one of the most pressing problems is deforestation, the consequences of mining underground minerals, dams on rivers (HPPs), the operation of hazardous chemical, cellulose and metallurgical industries. In order for readers to get the impression of the Ural Mountains as a kind of industrial colony, we note that work is underway to improve the environment in the Urals. There are already a very large number of nature reserves, parks and sanctuaries on the territory. The largest of them are: Vishersky Reserve, Yugyd Va National Park, Denezhkin Stone Reserve, etc. In addition, with the development of the tourist business in the Urals, private fishing farms, recreation centers and recreational areas with ecological routes and trails are increasingly appearing. All this together allows us to hope that the ecology of the Urals will not be disturbed and will allow many more tourists to rest and even improve their health in the Ural Mountains.
The Ural Mountains are located between the West Siberian and East European Plains. Their area is 781,000 sq. kilometers. Many travelers dream of getting to this miracle of nature in order to see with their own eyes all the splendor of the famous mountain range... Also, tourists want to know the name of the highest peak of the Urals in order to climb it or appreciate the entire power of the Urals at the foot of this mountain.
Mount Narodnaya is the highest point in the Urals. Its height is 1895 meters. The mountain is located on the territory of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug and belongs to the mountain system called the Subpolar Urals.
origin of name
There are two ways to pronounce this name. In the first case, the stress is on the first syllable - Národnaya. The thing is that this mountain is located near the Národa river, whose name sounds in the Komi language as “Národa-Iz”.
But during the Soviet era, this name was very consonant with the popular communist slogans. At every step they talked about the party and the people, so it was decided to rearrange the stress on the second syllable, making this peak a socialist property of the Soviet people.
In scientific and reference books, different stress options are indicated. In the 1958 textbook on geography, a name is given that correlates with the name of the river. And in the book of 1954, there is evidence that "Narodnaya" is the only correct pronunciation option.
Modern scholars believe that the emphasis should be on the first syllable. This is the official pronunciation of the name.
The history of the summit
In 2016, scientists found that for the first time this peak was marked on maps in 1846 by a Hungarian geographer named Antal Reguli. Antal researched the history of the Mansi peoples, trying to understand the origin of their language. Later, the scientist proved that Hungarian and Mansi languages have common roots.
Antal Reguli explored the high peak and gave it the original Mansi name Poen-Urr, which means "crown".
Five years later, an expedition led by E. Hoffmann was sent to this summit. As a result, data were obtained on geographic location mountains and its features.
For a long time in scientific circles it was believed that this peak was discovered not by Antal Reguli in the 19th century, but by the explorer A. Aleshkov with his expedition in 1927. New data was released only in 2016.
Despite this, Aleshkov's expedition played a very important role. After all, it was he who measured the height of Mount Narodnaya, after which the peak officially became the highest point of the Urals.
It should be noted that when visually assessing the height of the mountain peaks, it is difficult to understand which of them is higher. Mount Monarga stands out for its size. It was she who was considered for a long time the highest point of the Urals. But after the study of Aleshkov, all the data were carefully checked. In scientific works it was indicated that not Monarga, but the People's Peak, is a giant mountain. She is 200 meters taller than her neighbor.
Summit climate
Peak Narodnaya is covered with glaciers. It is located in a cold climate zone. Long frosty winters prevail in these parts. The average air temperature during the cold period is -20 degrees Celsius.
Heavy snowstorms and freezing rains are frequent guests of these places. V summer time the temperature rarely rises above 10 degrees.
If you want to conquer the top of the Urals, be prepared for harsh climatic conditions... Even experienced travelers it will be difficult to resist the whims of nature. Therefore, it is better to take a reliable guide with you.
The most the best time for climbing the mountain - July and August. During this period, there are no storms, and the sun is shining.
Geographical position
This giant is located between two mountains, which are named after the famous explorers of the Urals - Didkovsky and Karpinsky. The most picturesque view of Narodnaya opens from the top of Mount Karpinsky.
Majestic stone slopes covered with snow-white glaciers, attract the attention of tourists. And the highest point of Mount Narodnaya is shrouded in clouds.
This peak is located in a deserted area. Settlements not nearby.
Next to the mountain giant is the Blue Lake. Travelers who go hiking in the Urals often set up their camps on the banks of this picturesque reservoir. Its height above sea level is quite high - 1133 meters.
Tourism and Peak Narodnaya
With the flourishing of tourism in the second half of the 20th century, the Urals became a destination for many Soviet travelers. Mount Narodnaya was no exception.
Every extreme lover in the depths of his soul dreamed of visiting the highest point of the Ural Mountains. Therefore, over time, commemorative plaques began to be located around the summit. Students tried to record their feat, so they brought souvenirs and flags to the top of the mountain giant.
In 1998, the Russian Church installed an Orthodox cross on the main peak. A year later, a religious procession took place along the slopes.
So from a wild inhospitable mountain Narodnaya turned into a hospitable giant.
The length of the Ural Mountains from south to north is 2 thousand kilometers, and from west to east from 50 to 150 kilometers. In ancient times, the Ural mountains were called the Riphean mountains, and until the 18th century “belt” (translated from the Turkic “Ural” means belt). The Urals have long been considered a natural border dividing two parts of the world - and. The Ural mountains are relatively low: only a few peaks reach a height of 1.5 thousand meters above sea level, and the highest of them (Mount Narodnaya) is 1895 meters.
The area occupied by the Urals is approaching 400,000 km2, and if we count all the foothills, then to 1,100,000 km2. The main ridge is lower than the parallel ridges accompanying it. Its western slope is gentle, and the eastern one is steep. On the west side there is most of parallel ridges, with more high peaks in the south than the main ridge. In many places, the Ural does not give the impression of a significant mountain range due to its gradual rise, especially if it is approached from the west. All along there is not a single peak with constant snow, even in the far north. In relation to the Urals, it can be divided into several parts: Polar, Subpolar, North, Middle and South.
Slope Peoples. One of the highest points of the Ural Mountains
Polar Ural
The most Northern part The Urals consists of stony placers (rocks and outliers). The flora and fauna are rather scarce. Even mosses and lichens do not form a continuous cover. The most significant peaks are the mountains: Payer (1472 meters) and Konstantinov Kamen (492 meters).
Subpolar Urals
This part of the Urals is characterized by the highest mountain ranges. Here traces of glaciation are visible quite clearly. Even the names of the mountains speak eloquently about their pointed peaks (Blade peak, Sablya mountain). The highest point of the Ural Mountains (Mount Narodnaya) is also located here. Stone peaks and a mountain in the lower part of the slope are replaced here. The southern border of this part of the Urals is located at 64 ° north latitude.
Northern Ural
The mountains here take on the character of a real ridge, quite high, rocky and completely treeless. Then the ridge takes a southwest direction. Further to the southwest, the ridge narrows and covers its slopes. To the south, there is a mountain knot with one of the highest points of the entire Urals - Mount Telposiz (1617 meters). Further to the south, the heights of individual peaks decrease to 1000 meters, and then even lower. In general, the average height of the Northern Urals is about 900 meters. On its slopes, numerous rivers originate, forming tributaries of the Pechora and Kama in the west, and the Ob in the east.
Ural mountains
Middle Ural
The Middle Ural begins from Mount Yurma, located at the source of the Ufa River. It also mostly consists of two parallel ridges, the western one below, but it forms a watershed line between Europe and Asia, and the eastern one above. Its highest peaks are as follows: Denezhkin stone (1492 meters), Konzhakovsky stone (1569 meters). Further in the south, the heights decrease, and the width of the ridge also becomes smaller. In the Ural region, in its northern part, it is low (nowhere exceeds 700 meters), while its slopes are very gentle here. Further to the south, the ridge gradually rises (up to 850 meters). From the west, numerous spurs (ridge branches) are separated, extending to the Kama and the Volga River, while the eastern spurs quickly descend and merge with the West Siberian Lowland.
Southern Urals
The southern part of the Urals consists of a main, but lower ridge and its accompanying parallel ridges. Its western slope is gentle, and the eastern one is steep and steep. To the west of the main ridge there are a number of meridional ridges with a general direction from northeast to southwest. Highest point- Mount Yamantau (1640 meters). In general, the farther from the central part of the Ural ridge to the west, the lower the heights and the transition to the slightly undulating terrain of the Urals occurs very gradually. On the contrary, on the eastern side of the Urals, already at a short distance from it, the terrain almost completely loses its mountainous character and presents a completely flat surface. The rivers of this part of the Urals are different in nature, depending on which slope they originate from.
The Ural Mountains are located between various tectonic structures (the Russian platform and the West Siberian plate), which explains their formation. The Ural is separated from the Russian Urals by the Cis-Ural trough, which consists of the sedimentary and continental climate of Western Siberia. They reach the western slope of the Urals, trying to overcome it, rise higher and cool down. As a result, in the western part of the Urals falls large quantity precipitation than in the east (about 1.5-2 times). The temperature regime also has its own characteristics. In the western part of the Urals, winters are more snowy and, accordingly, milder. In the east, less snow falls, and frosts reach 45-50 ° C.
There are quite a large number of rivers in the Urals, the largest of which flow from east to west. There are also about 6 thousand in this area.
