The places where ancient treasures are hidden were pointed out to Komsomolskaya Pravda by Yury Suprunenko, Ph.D.
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There are legendary treasures that are sometimes searched for hundreds of years and cannot be found. Although the places where they were kept seem to be well known. They are mentioned in ancient chronicles, their existence is confirmed by the legends that people pass on from generation to generation. In underground tunnels, caves, quarries, along the banks of rivers and on the tops of mountains, kings, princes, and robbers hid their treasures. Legends are legends, but it seems that all ancient treasures are “spellbound” or as if guarded by evil spirits. At least this is the only way to explain why many of the underground secrets still remain unsolved. Or there are no daredevils? So, the treasures may still be waiting for their discoverers...
1. ... on Vagankovsky Hill (Moscow) The Pashkov House rises on Vagankovsky Hill, on the territory of which the oprichny court of Ivan the Terrible was once located. According to some researchers, not only were secret underground shelters built here, in which the treasury of the Moscow Grand Dukes was stored in case of fires and where the opponents of the king were tortured and killed, but also there was an entrance to the legendary underground Moscow. For the first time, these galleries came across during the construction of the metro “Library im. V. I. Lenin ". The builders opened a passage lined with ancient bricks. Unfortunately, archaeologists were not allowed to dig it out and the entrance was hastily cemented. Only in the 1980s, by order of the Moscow Center for Archaeological Research, detailed geophysical studies were carried out. And under the building, instruments revealed a strange anomaly. The pits made above it revealed a unique archaeological object - a huge well lined with white stone, 8 meters in diameter and about 15 meters deep. According to geophysical instruments, the total depth of the strange well, along the walls of which the remains of a spiral staircase were visible, was 25 - 30 meters. It is assumed that, most likely, this is the entrance to the underground systems of ancient Moscow. It seemed that a little more - and the researchers would reach the bottom of the mysterious well, from which underground galleries radiate in all directions, one of which could be the beginning of new discoveries. But... the clearing work was interrupted, and the secret of the well was never revealed. 2. ... in the Staritsky quarries (Tver region) The ancient Holy Assumption Monastery is located on the Starchenko River. Local speleologists claim that the quarries under it stretch for more than 35 kilometers. And once they were so wide that a team of horses could drive into them, but today they have turned into narrow cracks.
Judging by historical documents, in these catacombs you can find many treasures. The fact is that in the "troubled" XV - XVI centuries, local princes hid their treasury there at every danger that arose. And when Staritsa was surrounded by stone walls, some quarries were connected to the underground caches of princely houses. So, for example, according to some reports, a fortress cache 53 meters long went from under the Tainitskaya tower to the Volga. And passing under the river, he led to the Assumption Monastery on the other side. There, according to legend, the valuables of Prince Andrei Ivanovich can be stored, who hid them in 1537 before a trip to Moscow, from where he did not return. In the capital, he was starved to death in prison by the mother of Ivan the Terrible, Elena Glinskaya. There may also be the treasury of Prince Vladimir, which he hid in 1569, also before a trip to Moscow, from where he also did not return - Ivan the Terrible poisoned him. Some seekers suggest that Staritsy may also contain part of the library of Ivan the Terrible himself, who often visited these parts. In addition, the catacombs may contain church treasures hidden from the looting of the monastery after the 1917 revolution. 3. ... on the Khvorostyanka River (near Mozhaisk)“I sent 923 carts from Moscow with various goods to the Kaluga Gates to Mozhaisk ...” - this is how the text of the “storeroom record” begins, compiled, according to legend, in Time of Troubles(early 1600s) by the Polish king Sigismund.
The original of this entry, made on a "copper board" in Latin and Polish, is located in Warsaw. A secretly made list from her, translated into Russian, is distributed among Russian treasure seekers. The fact is that in 1611 the Poles sacked Moscow. And, according to Karamzin, “they robbed the royal treasury, took all the utensils of our ancient crowned bearers, their crowns, wands, vessels, rich clothes to send to Sigismund ... ripped off the salaries from the icons, divided gold, silver, pearls, stones and fabrics precious." It was these "trophies" that made up 923 carts with good, which were buried near Mozhaisk. But, despite the fact that the letter of the Polish king indicates quite clear signs of the buried treasure - "the treasures are hidden 650 meters from the churchyard of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Lapotny, which stands on the Khvorostyanka River at the junction of Mozhaisk and Medyn districts" - they still have not been found .
4. ... in the estate of Count Rostopchin (Podolsky district) In 1800, Count Governor-General of Moscow Fyodor Rostopchin lived in the Voronovo estate, which was nicknamed “little Versailles” for its wealth.
Marble statues for the park were brought here from Italy. Furniture, antique vases, porcelain, silver, paintings were brought from Paris, Rome, London. During the war with Napoleon on September 19, 1812, the Russian army, whose headquarters was located near "Voronovo", in the village of Krasnaya Pakhra, retreated. And Rostopchin defiantly set fire to his palace so as not to leave anything to the French. But after the war, there were rumors that the count's treasures were safely hidden in the underground labyrinths of the estate. In the 1980s, during repairs at the Voronovo estate, builders actually stumbled upon the remains of an underground passage. They tried to go through them, but the vaults seemed unreliable, and the entrance to the dungeon was covered with earth. 5. ... in Kudeyarova Gora (Saratov region) Until now, there are many legends, epics and songs in the Saratov region about the dashing robber Kudeyar, who “spoiled” in these places. Like, he shed a lot of blood, collected a lot of booty and buried it in a treasured place.
The seekers of robber treasures along the Alatyr River raised the whole earth “on end”. However, most often treasure hunters turn their eyes to the cave of Kudeyarova Gora, not far from the village of Lokh. It is believed that it was in it that the robber hid his treasures. According to another version, to the east of Shatura (Moscow region), in the region of lakes Karasovo, Dolgoye and Velikoye, there is a mysterious place called Vorui-gorodok, where the legendary ataman could also once hide his treasures.
6. ...at the bottom of Lake Baikal Admiral Alexander Kolchak in the years civil war was one of the leaders white movement. "Gold of Kolchak" - part of the gold reserve Russian Empire, which ended up in Baikal as a result of the collapse of a train in 1919 - the road was blown up. In 2009, they tried to find 200 tons of gold bars using Mir deep-sea submersibles. But to no avail.
7. ... in Mount Shapka ( Far East) At the confluence of the Curly River with the Amur there is a mountain, which the local population called Shapka. Previously, at the confluence of these rivers, there was the capital of the ancient state of the Jurgens. In the 12th century, the Jurchen tribes conquered all the northern and northeastern provinces of China. They robbed and killed everyone indiscriminately. In Beijing, they ran the market, trading in pearls and gold. But under the pressure of the troops of Genghis Khan, the Jurjeni joined the hordes of the Mongols and left for Central Asia and Europe. And, according to legend, they hid their innumerable treasures in Mount Shapka.
8. ... House of Rastorguev (Yekaterinburg) In the center of the city on Voznesenskaya Gorka stands the Palace of Children's and Youth Creativity. Previously, it was the estate of the famous gold miner Lev Rastorguev. In the middle of the 19th century, deep dungeons were dug under the house. At first they served as chapels for the Old Believers, and then Rastorguev began to store gold there, brought from mines that belonged to him. He mercilessly killed all the uninitiated, able to find out where the treasures were stored, and the corpses were walled up in underground labyrinths. In the 1960s, some kids broke into an old woodshed near the palace and dug up a metal ring in the floor. They pulled it - and the hatch leading to the dungeon opened. When they went down, they saw human skeletons chained to the wall, wrapped in chains. Panic arose, and by decision of the authorities, the entrance to the tunnel was blocked with stones. And Rastorguev's gold has not yet been found.
And near Yekaterinburg, in a cave on the Chusovaya River, Emelyan Pugachev hid the chests in which his personal treasury was located.
9. ... on the island of Matua (Sakhalin) During World War II, Allied aircraft that bombed pacific ocean everything that belonged to Japan bypassed the uninhabited Matua side. And when the war ended, President Truman turned to Stalin with an unexpected request - to provide the United States with Matua.
Why did this island, located in the center of the Kuril chain, attract America so much? During the war, the Japanese turned it into an impregnable fortress. And in 1945, he went to the USSR. It was pitted up and down with artificial caves. In one of them - the largest - a submarine could easily hide. Numerous pillboxes, hangars, and an airfield have been built. But, according to experts, all these striking grandiose structures are only the visible part of the Japanese secret underground fortress. Some researchers suggest that there are secret laboratories that developed secret weapons that were never used during the war. Others are sure that Japan's gold reserves are hidden there. 10. ... in Pantry Mountain ( Penza region) Near the town Bednodemyanovsk(founded in 1779) there is a low mountain Kladovaya. Inside it, according to rumors of the local population, there are many caves in which robbers late XVIII centuries hid stolen gold. That is why the mountain was called Pantry.
And in the rivers Volga and Moksha (Penza region) and on their banks, Stepan Razin hid treasures. FROM THE DOSIER "KP" Where else are the treasures hidden? BELARUS. The residence of the Radziwill magnates in Nesvizh was a real fortress with many underground secret passages leading from the palace. In one of the underground vaults, "there was hundreds of pounds of gold, a lot of gold jewelry" - this was reported in a letter to Empress Catherine II by one of her ambassadors. There were even kept figures of the twelve apostles in the growth of a man, cast in gold and silver. All this disappeared into early XIX century to era Napoleonic Wars. Treasures of the Radziwills are unsuccessfully sought to this day. According to one of the legends, the princely treasure is located in a huge tunnel more than 35 kilometers long, which XVII century connected two castles of the Radziwills - Nesvizh and Mir. According to another version, the repository is located in Nesvizh under the palace itself or galleries adjacent to it. UKRAINE . Ukrainian tycoon Prince Jeremiah Vishnevetsky hid his treasures in the city of Lubny (now Poltava region in Ukraine) in underground tunnels that lie at a depth of 3 to 7 meters. In addition, at the bottom of the Black Sea, not far from Balaklava Bay, since Crimean War lies the ship "Black Prince", stuffed, according to various sources, from 500 thousand to 5 million pounds sterling. GEORGIA. On the slopes of Mount Kazbek at an altitude of 4100 meters there is a hard-to-reach Betlani cave. In it, according to legend, the Georgian kings hid their treasures. KYRGYZSTAN. Treasures of Genghis Khan are kept at the bottom of the Issyk-Kul lake or in the Kurmenty cave. CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. On the islands in the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, and on Skeleton Island, treasure chests are hidden near Spyglass Hill. There is evidence that the treasures of such famous sea robbers as Francis Drake, Henry Morgan, Thomas Baskerville, Francois Lecrerc are still stored on the shores of Cuba and the Dominican Republic.
FRANCE. The Templars hid the gold in the secret vaults of their castles. There were 9 thousand of them in 1327. JORDAN. On the coast of the Dead Sea from Jordan, in one of the hills, there is a cave where, according to legend, a treasure with 20 tons of gold and silver is kept. SEYCHELLES. The famous "gentlemen of fortune" - Captain Kidd and the pirate La Buse hid the stolen jewelry there.
ACTION "KP" And for the search for the treasure of Napoleon undertook "Komsomolskaya Pravda"! In the autumn of 1812, when Napoleon's army left the plundered Moscow, it took 200 carts with gold with it. But along the way, the convoy mysteriously disappeared. It was hard to escape from Russian soldiers with 80 tons of treasures. And it was decided to hide the convoy. Where is unknown. Today, historians point to five alleged places of the treasure: near Orsha, Vilnius, in the Berezina River, on Semlevsky Lake. Or about 300 kilometers from Moscow, away from the Smolensk road, in a triangle between Yelnya, Kaluga and Smolensk. Soon "Komsomolskaya Pravda" goes to those places on an expedition (see "KP" "It became known where Napoleon's treasure is buried" and Napoleon's treasure is hidden in five places?).
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Napoleon's treasure is hidden in five places. Historians confirm that the convoy with gold existed. And he really disappeared. Svetlana KUZINA
These days not only Colombians and Scots are lucky, valuable finds managed to detect with a metal detector in the city of Yekaterinburg. So, here are the top 5 treasures found this week, or those about which information was made public during this period.
1. Mysterious finds near eternal flame
In Yekaterinburg, near the Eternal Flame, workers dug trenches. One of the treasure hunters, Oleg Matveev, could not resist and went there with his son and a metal detector. Since Oleg is also interested in the history of his native city, he was able to make several finds and even guess what it is.
Here is what the local historian made on his blog:
“In the area where the old VIZovsky theater was located, the builders dug trenches. It was possible to find something similar to the remains of the foundation of the theater: characteristic stone fractional "inserts" are visible on the cut of the ground. Further finds are even more interesting. In another trench, they found a medicine bottle, a coin, earthenware shards, old bricks everywhere, and some strange minerals with a glassy sheen. On the north side of the Eternal Flame, about twenty meters away, just where the new road is being laid, they found an interesting mini-masonry in one row of old bricks on lime mortar. There are stones under the masonry. Laying a meter and a half long. What could it be? It doesn't look like a foundation. Why only masonry in this area near the graves of Communards?
Oleg also suggested that he may have found the remains of the Verkh-Isetsky theater, which was demolished long ago. He expressed regret that archaeologists could not work on the spot.
2. Scottish chairs "with a surprise."
An elderly Scottish couple decided to buy furniture in New Lanark at a flea market. Well, they bought what is there. Among the purchases was a £5 chair. Since the couple was not going to take comfort in the unsightly and shabby look of the upholstery, they decided to restore the seat and back of the acquisition. The husband took off the upholstery, and there! ... Of course, not a diamond tiara with ruby pendants, as in "The Twelve Chairs", but quite a precious piece of jewelry worth 5,000 pounds (about half a million rubles).
Such little things hid under the upholstery.
At the same time, the cunning husband did not confess to his wife in the discovery. He decided to give jewelry little by little. And he pleased the missus for six months with such presents. So happiness and romance reigned in the family of Angus and Angela Milner-Brown.
When it became clear where these jewelry came from, experts raided that flea market and bought up all the furniture. But so far, nothing has been heard about other finds.
3. Gold of a Scythian nobleman.
In Ukraine, with metal detectors, of course, you can walk, but be careful. True, everything is fine if you are an archaeologist or at least an ethnographer. Then all the ancient settlements and tracts open before you. So, the other day in the Bedbsk reserve, a search was made for relics and artifacts. He turned out to be successful. A burial of a Scythian nobleman was discovered, and in it - 30 gold items.
A bronze arrowhead of the Peloponnesian type and a whole pottery were also found. All of the above dates back to the 7th century BC. By the way, next to the mound is a trench from the Second World War. And in it - heaps of ammunition. They will definitely be transferred to the museum. Where does the gold go - about this Ukrainian media didn't write.
4. Heroic galleon "San Jose".
Colombia is not called that for nothing. The restless Portuguese and Spaniards sailed there all the time. And many ships sank off the coast of this marvelous Central American country. Just recently, divers discovered the remains of the Spanish galleon San Jose. Soon it will be raised from the bottom of the sea to be examined in more detail. This was stated by Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos at the opening ceremony of the new building of the Institute of Marine Research in the city of Santa Marta, which took place the other day.
According to scientists and experts, on board the galleon there may be gold and silver coins, as well as emeralds and other jewelry intended for the Spanish King Philip V. The treasures that he was supposed to transport, according to estimates from the mid-1980s, could cost from 10 billion dollars.
A little about the history of the glorious warship. During the War of the Spanish Succession, the San Jose, under the command of General José Fernandez Santillian, was part of the Golden Flotilla. On June 8, 1708, this same flotilla collided with an English squadron near the island of Baru. For an hour and a half, fierce skirmishes took place between the ships, as a result of which the gunpowder stored in the holds exploded on the San Jose. It exploded notably, so only 11 people from a team of 600 people survived. And the precious cargo of the galleon gurgled and went to the bottom.
Now they will deliver.
5. The flagship of the Swedish fleet.
Another similar message comes from the Baltic. True, the Swedes, who were not spoiled by shipwrecks in their own water area, did not find new remains of sea vessels. They simply took up the ship Kronan again, which sank in the Baltic Sea in 1676 during the Swedish-Danish war and was found in 1980.
In August 2016, treasure hunters found ancient coins and jewelry near the flagship. And a pot of cheese that looks like Roquefort. Here are the finds of Lars Einarsson. They were sent to the Kalmar Museum. A total of 14 coins, a gold ring with a diamond and a 340-year-old well-preserved cheese were discovered. Scientists will analyze the product to find out what it is and whether it will give them new information about life in the 17th century.
Finally, as usual, a couple of interesting news from the world of treasure hunters.
We could not pass by the treasure of Admiral Kolchak.
These treasures were lost almost a hundred years ago, and they were not looked for anywhere. Now they will look in Kazakhstan. There, in the North-Kazakhstan region, a tourist route "Kolchak's Gold" is being developed. To put it simply, it seems that tourists will be given metal detectors and sent to look for this gold. Well, what if? After all, local treasure hunters claim that the Aiyrtau region hides many secrets!
In particular, the Kolchak army, retreating under the onslaught of the Reds, was in Petropavlovsk until the end of October 1919. And at this time, with an incomprehensible purpose, Kolchak went deep into the steppes, to the village of Aiyrtau. historical fact! Maybe he hid something valuable there.
Another case was this week in Bashkiria, in the Burzyansky district, near the village of Timirevo.
A local resident walked through the forest with a metal detector, looking for antiquities, as usual. And I found a shell from the Civil War! At the same time, the projectile turned out to be combat, not spoiled. The searcher immediately took him to the police, but got scared and unloaded halfway. Finally, he summoned, as it should, specialists in 02, and the sappers who arrived soon blew up the projectile on the spot. Because he could explode at any moment!
Good luck searching. Take care of yourself.
Romantic enthusiasts who want to find the treasure hidden by the legendary rebel Emelyan Pugachev are not translated in Bashkiria. Some say that the runaway Cossack hid the convoy with silver and gold at the bottom of the lake, others are sure that Pugachev's money is stored in the mountains, in a cave. However, there are many other treasures in the republic: among the treasures found were, for example, a bronze cannon, two dishes with a thousand-year history, and a cylinder with gold chervonets.
For several generations, brave treasure hunters have been trying to find the legendary convoy of Emelyan Pugachev himself, a fugitive Cossack who raised an uprising throughout the country. On his way, he mercilessly plundered cities and landowners' estates. And since it was inconvenient to carry carts with silver and gold with him, he hid the loot. Pugachev hid one of these golden carts not far from the Bashkir town of Beloretsk, in the mountainous part of the republic. A couple of centuries ago, there were a lot of copper mining plants there - great prey for a robber.
According to local legend, Pugachev hid the loot in one of the many lakes under the city. They say that professional divers even came, but so far everything is useless. Others are looking for Pugachev's gold in a completely different part of Bashkiria - in a cave near the village of Nagaybakovo, Bakalinsky district, where the rebel took refuge from persecution.
Of course, this is the dream of any treasure hunter, but finding it is almost impossible and very expensive. The equipment is expensive, the equipment is expensive, and they are hidden in lakes and dense forests, where you can’t just get there. In total, about 200-300 people in Bashkiria are fond of treasure digging, and they have already found all the main treasures. One of the best treasure hunters, Don Aleksey, once found a bronze cannon of the 16th century. To do this, I had to dig one and a half meters.
But Pugachev's gold is not the only treasure of Bashkiria.
In 1989, in the Alsheevsky district of the republic, diggers found a real treasure with a thousand-year history. Scientists especially single out two dishes, one of which is decorated with an engraved image of a king on horseback, striking a boar with a spear. The second dish depicts a flying mountain goat with a fluttering scarf around its neck - the image of the Iranian god of luck. According to archaeologists, the find is at least a thousand years old. Part of the treasure (according to its location it was called Avryuztamaksky) safely disappeared, the other was transferred to the fund of the Sterlitamak Museum of Local History.
Among the missing things from this treasure were figures (heads, legs) of camels, a camel was depicted on a golden kumgan. The products of the Avryuztamak treasure were of Central Asian origin. The objects of this treasure are direct archaeological evidence of the existence of the camel cult in the early Middle Ages on the territory of Bashkortostan.
By the way, the first question that worries all treasure hunters is: if you are lucky and find something, will it be possible to take it for yourself?
Expert opinion
director of the legal bureau "Enikeev and partners"
- No, it won't work. According to the Civil Code, the treasure must be equally divided between the one who found it and the owner of the land. In any case, you will have to give the find - you will be paid a part of the cost for it, and no tax will be taken from it. If the owner of the site is the state, then it will take 25 or 30%. By the way, if you searched and found a treasure without the permission of the owner of the site, then he will receive the reward in full.
At the end of the 60s of the last century, it was not uncommon to find a treasure in Ufa - the city was then actively built up and in the foundations of old merchant houses some kind of nest egg of wealthy people was often found. But the Soviet press could not ignore one case.
Several students vocational school helped to dig a trench on Kirov Street and found a large black cylinder, in which lay a lot of gold coins with a portrait of Emperor Nicholas II. So no one would have known about the find, but one of the guys accidentally let it slip or boasted to friends. In the end, everyone was arrested, and a noisy process began in the city with the stigmatization of "those who hid the people's property."
This story ended well: the treasure was taken away from the guys, and they themselves were released.
Each region, like a person, is unique and unrepeatable. I was born and raised in Bashkiria and I want to tell you about my land, which has a special attraction, a unique bewitching nature and still hides many mysteries. And I hope that having got acquainted with this land, and you will fall in love with these places, you will want to come here again and again.
One of the most beautiful corners of the republic is the north-eastern part of the Trans-Urals - the Uchalinsky and Abzelilovsky districts. The map shows that this territory lies in the east and the sun starts its daily journey across Bashkiria from here.
The region of Bashkortostan is named after the people living in this territory. The word Bashkirs comes from the ethnonym Bashkort in the meaning of bash - “main, main” and kor (t) - “clan, tribe” (R. G. Kuzeeva). According to the researchers of the XVIII century V. N. Tatishchev, P. I. Rychkov, I. G. Georgi, the word bashkort means “ head wolf". In 1847, local historian V.S. Yumatov wrote that Bashkort means "beekeeper, owner of bees." Such an interpretation of the meaning of the word "bashkort" is associated with beekeeping (beekeeping) developed in this territory.
Here, every piece of land has its own history, and nature is pure and pristine. And every person who finds himself in these parts has the opportunity to feel its real spirit, to “hear” first-hand the legends of the old-timers - larches, whose age reaches 800 years.
"Golden Rivers" and mirror lakes
Back in the 19th century, loose (mine) gold was mined in the territory of the Trans-Urals. Mining was carried out along the valleys of the rivers Daryuly, Yrgaida, Orsk, Iremel, Ural and many others. According to the connoisseur of these regions, geologist Basyr Magadeev, grains of the precious metal can be found on almost any mountain river. Gold is everywhere, just be able to see
D the custom of gold miners (Uchalinsky local history museum)
Many legends among the local population are associated with this natural wealth. Many people wonder how gold was found here before? It's not given to everyone. Legends tell of a golden mare.
“There lived a young guy in the village - an orphan shepherd. And one day he saw a golden mare by the well. He went out to collect the herd, looks - she is standing, she raised her head. Just then the dawn broke, everything is clearly visible. The shepherd looks, but is afraid to come closer. She is pure gold, neighed softly and disappeared. And it was so outlandish that the guy wondered if he had imagined it. All day I walked through the pasture, and the terrain in the Trans-Urals is mountainous. And on the same day the shepherd found a nugget in the hollow - the size of a fist.
View of the Belaya River from the mountain, Bashkiria
People said that he was not the only one who saw this mare. And always the one who saw, either found a nugget, or fell on a vein.
In addition to the "golden" rivers in the treasury of the northeastern Trans-Urals, there are many lakes, there are more than sixty of them. Most of them contain therapeutic mud-sapropel in their silt. It is used in medicine for mud therapy, as a fertilizer for the soil and as a mineral additive in livestock feed.
Between the village of Mikhailovskoye and the state farm "Red Bashkiria", in a small depression lies Lake Muldakkul (Muldak; Bashk. Muldak kul, salt lake). There is practically nothing in it, but its water has a healing effect on the human body.
Lake Kuldybay (at the northern foot of the Kutantau ridge)
The most famous lake of this land is Yaktykul (Yaktykul, Yaktykul, Mauyzzy, Bashk. Yakty kul - "bright lake"), also known as "Bannoye". According to legend, Emelyan Pugachev ordered his army to “banish” before the battle, that is, to wash in the alkaline water of Yaktykul. Today, this lake and its surroundings are a favorite vacation spot. There are sanatoriums and recreation centers, there is also a ski center on Mount Bashmak.
Mountain wealth of the Trans-Urals
One of the main natural attractions of these places is the Iremel mountain complex, where the second largest peak of the Southern Urals is located. Iremel - "Sacred (mountain)" from the Bashkir-Tatar words yrym - "spell", "witchcraft", yrymly - "spellbound", "bewitched".
View of Bolshoi Iremel from the Avalyak Ridge
It is believed that Iremel has a unique energy. And the water in the rivers and streams, originating on the mountain, gives energy and strength to man. Locals believe that the mountain helps to achieve their cherished goals.
Every year, a huge number of tourists come here with the cherished goal of climbing the mountain, recharge their batteries and think of what they want.
The land of the northeast of the Trans-Urals is rich in manganese, jasper and marble. One could only guess about these riches until deposits of marbled limestone were discovered in the vicinity of the villages of Ryskuzhino, Amangildino and Utyaganovo. There is so much marble here, experts say, that it will last for decades, and in terms of color it is completely unique - its analogues can only be found in the depths of the Republic of South Africa.
Ridge Bakty (in the east adjoins mountain range Iremel)
Origin of the Bashkirs in the Trans-Urals
The question of the origin of the Bashkirs in the Trans-Urals has long been of interest to scientists. The accumulated archaeological material suggests that the penetration of the Bashkir tribes into this land occurred long before our era. Only in the Uchalinsky district, 44 sites of ancient man were discovered.
At the beginning of our era, the early Bashkirs lived here, about whom the legends said that they were settlers from the Syr Darya, from ancient homeland Bashkirs - Aral Sea, Kazakhstan.
In the thirteenth century A.D. e. These lands were conquered by the troops of the Mongol-Tatars. At the same time, Genghis Khan lost too much "manpower" here and refused to go deep into the territory.
The main part of Bashkiria joined the Russian state in 1557. But the representatives of the Tabyn tribe remained loyal to the Siberian Khan Kusem, refusing to obey the Russian Tsar. Only after half a century of bloody warriors, the Bashkirs of the Trans-Urals joined the Russian state.
The future of the Trans-Urals
Every year, interest in these places only increases. This is due both to the development of mining and to the natural beauties of these places.
But tourism in these parts is not yet very well developed, and many people have yet to get to know this wonderful corner of the planet: meet the picturesque dawn, swim in the cleanest lakes, enjoy fresh fish and feel the energy of these places. And the local regions have something to surprise and delight guests!
In the Bashkir steppe
What a distance! What space!
In the steppe, as in the sky, the gaze sinks,
And the thought flies after him,
And there are no barriers around her.
Around - the green ocean.
On it, in a wave, a barrow froze,
And everywhere, foam of stormy waters,
Silver feather grass blooms.
Sometimes, along with the wind,
Bashkir will rush on a horse ...
Herds of sheep... Convoy chain...
Aul ... And there - all the same steppe,
All the same expanse, all the same distance,
All the same rivers are living steel ...
Here is the realm of clear silence,
Here is the bed of northern spring.
(Fedorov A. M.)
