Road trip in the Urals in winter. Choosing a tourist route

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In the final part of the story about the trip to the Urals, I will sum up the accounting results, tell you how much such a weekly trip by car in pursuit of dumplings can cost. I will describe our automobile life and show the car itself, where we drove into it and why. How to get stuck in Magnitogorsk. How are the roads Vladimir region They took one of our wheels. How the Tilt-Shift lens was broken. What is the Bashkir buffet "Guzel" and much more.

By tradition, we changed our route already during the trip. We decided not to go through the north. According to readers, the road there is much worse than the M-7. Final movement map:

1. We left at five o'clock in the evening and at midnight we were already drinking tea in Nizhny Novgorod together with the famous Lekha Lifanov lifanov_l_bpyc . It took place in the lounge bar "Bar Mesto". It was tasty and not cheap, which did not really fit into our concept of cheap travel and food in roadside cafes. I will say in advance that this is the second concept that collapsed after the first - non-alcoholic. More on that below.

Federal highway "Volga" M-7 from Moscow to Ufa is boring and wavy. The worst section of the road is in Chuvashia before Cheboksary. It's amazing how a federal road can have such a dead surface. On the way there (that is, towards the Urals) it was still tolerable, but at the same time unbearable - immediately after Nizhny, such heavy snow fell that we drove four hundred kilometers to Kazan all night. Visibility was zero, traffic too, where to go is not clear. But the snow leveled all the potholes and pits. By the time we drove back, everything had melted, liquefied and crawled. I was very worried about the integrity of the discs, but they arrived safely in the Vladimir region.

Typical landscapes from the window:

2. We drove exactly 1790 kilometers from MKAD to ChKAD. We drove without spending the night for about 30 hours.

3. Before the trip, they scared us with Bashkir traffic cops, but they didn’t say anything about roadside cafes. Once in Bashkortostan, we immediately tensed up and turned on the dual control of road signs. Before the responsible transfer, it was decided to have breakfast at the Guzel buffet. Feelings like jumping into an icy lake after a bath, or having breakfast at Guzeli's after Bar Mesto. Wash hands in the toilet - 10 rubles per person. The toilet is a separate building, locked with a key, which is issued at the checkout. Smoking in the building is prohibited, smoking is paid - 100 rubles. The food is so-so. “Screaming from the table is not yet an order,” they answered my question about the readiness of manti.

4. Closer to the Urals, the landscapes became more picturesque and hilly.

5. In Bashkortostan, I was pleased with a funny feature of the placement of road signs. The signs for overtaking are not allowed to stand properly, and the signs for canceling the ban have all disappeared somewhere. There is also no markup. And now you used to crawl yourself 70 km / h behind a truck, the road is straight, wide and with holes. And it's scary to overtake - it's a pity for the right.

6. The road from Ufa to Chelyabinsk, although it goes through the mountains, is not as interesting as the road through Magnitogorsk. Although, in both cases, we did not take a single shot - the views seem to be beautiful, but there is nothing to shoot.

7. Real beauty began in the Urals. It was industrial types, plants and factories that were the purpose of our trip. In five days in the Urals, we managed to do a lot: visit five large ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy plants, climb a dozen Chelyabinsk roofs, drive two thousand kilometers between the Ural cities (the logistics of transportation let us down) and get stuck on the tram tracks in Magnitogorsk.

This time we got a spacious and large (compared to the previous trip) Chevrolet Orlando LTZ (top of the range).

2.0D Turbo, diesel, 163 hp (120.0 kW)
Automatic 6-speed transmission
Equipment LTZ

9. We drove to some of the factories directly by car and rode between trucks and bulldozers. Particularly elegant territory turned out to be in the Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant and at Hill 239. You can at least shoot weddings there. One hundred percent art.

10. Karabashmed.

11. Kind people from the leadership of one of the metallurgical plants presented us with a large volume of Russian literature. A bottle of vodka lay neatly inside the volume. After icy nights, it served as a means of preventing acute respiratory infections. We have a non-alcoholic trip.

12. The discovery of the entire trip was, of course, Magnitogorsk. An ideal road from Chelyabinsk leads to it, which all Chuvashia will envy. On the way, the temperature overboard dropped to -40º, the moon shone in the sky, and oncoming cars met once an hour. Having entered Magnitogorsk, the weather changed dramatically - it immediately got warmer by 15º and light snow began to fall. Then we figured out that we had driven into the Magnitogorsk clouds of the metallurgical plant. The city looked like this:

13. Magnitogorsk is one of the world's largest centers of ferrous metallurgy, on frosty days half hidden in the clouds of its own production. We checked into a good Korona Hotel on Komsomolskaya Street and at two o'clock in the morning we decided to see the city. In the foyer, his tipsy friend was sitting with the guard:
- Goodnight. Are there observation decks in the city with a good view? I turned to the company.
- E-e-yes, on the other side. - drawled a friend.
- Show on the map? We would go there now.
- Now? Are you crazy? These are the factory ones. Well, they are all this, that type.
- We're in the car.
- Ah, by car, then it's another matter. We thought you...

Only a part of Magnitogorsk was opened from the observation deck.

A funny thing happened at 4 am. I decided to turn around through the tram tracks - they were on the same level with the road with rolled snow. Asphalt under the snow, just like in Moscow, I thought, and turned around. We took some photos and decided to go to the hotel. I started to turn around again and sat down between the rails. It turned out that there was no asphalt between the tracks, only snow. Kolya pushed me, pushed me, but did not push me out. They sat down tightly, belly on the rails.

Night from Saturday to Sunday, -36 degrees outside. Like a dragon puffs and growls a metallurgical plant. In clouds of steam and smoke with the sound of a flying supersonic fighter, a giant blue volcano erupts. Then it goes out, and now a bright glow flashes on the other side - the slag is drained. No one on the road but a white Chevrolet Orlando across the tram tracks. There was one consolation - diesel fuel should have been enough until the morning, when the first tram with metallurgists leaves.

Suddenly a small car stopped. The foggy driver's window opened.
- Are you stuck?
- Yes, do you have a cable?
- There is no cable, we are late for the airport.
- Well, can we try to push quickly?
- Fast only. - and from somewhere five people came out of the car!

Six of us will push it out, I thought! But the car didn't even move. The guys got dirty, wished us success when meeting with the morning metallurgists and left for the airport. On the other side, a guard stopped at the Niva, but also without a cable. I had to find a cable in our car. It turned out that everything was in the emergency kit, even a vest with gloves. They began to pull. Niva strained roared and deafened. It smelled like clutch. At some point, we got the impression that the VAZ was about to die, but still the domestic auto industry was able to get us back on the road. I thanked the driver and promised myself not to turn around again through the tram tracks in Magnitogorsk.

14. In the morning, the picture did not change much, so we overslept breakfast.

16. View from Europe to Asia. The city is located on the eastern slope of the Southern Urals, on the Ural River (right bank in Europe, left bank in Asia).

17. Tricky control tower-style contraption. One of the few structures of the plant that can be seen in the clouds.

18. It was very sad to leave Magnitogorsk. We liked the city. The "first socialist city in the Urals" demanded more attention, but business in Moscow could not wait. There were 1600 kilometers to the house.

19. Now a few words about the Chevrolet Orlando. Despite the good forward visibility, shooting through the windshield, alas, did not work. The picture floated as if shooting through an airplane window.

20. This time all our things fit perfectly in the trunk, even the Chelyabinsk broom found a place. And the boombox broke down and didn't go again. It is worth noting that with each trip we take less and less unnecessary things with us. For example, on Baikal, we no longer took two red buckets.

An unforgivable connivance was the fact that we put our cameras on top of all this heap of good. At night, when unloading at the Magnitogorsk hotel, one of the cameras (Canon Mark III) fell out and fell down the Tilt-Shift lens. The latch on one of the sliders broke. Sunday was officially declared a day of mourning.

21. In general, Orlando is a 7-seater car. The rear seats fold down to form a flat floor and a rather voluminous trunk, but with a high level of loading. If you fold the middle row, move the front seats and put something under your head, then you can safely spend the night for two in the car (only at the same time shift all things somewhere).

22. The same angle, only from the side.

23. If you use the rear two seats, then the trunk volume is reduced to the size of the glove compartment. That is, in the city, 7 people can comfortably move by car, but for long-distance travel - a dubious option. You need at least a roof rack.

24. The dashboard is not much different from the Chevrolet Cruze. All the same style of "transformers", similar finishing materials. In general, everything is comfortable and familiar. The main thing is that there is a knob to adjust the volume)

I was very glad that we got a diesel car. The turbocharged engine with a capacity of 163 l / s easily accelerated our bus at the moments of overtaking. There were no problems with the acceleration dynamics. Driving with such a motor is a pleasure.

The road to Nizhny Novgorod was flat and without snow. The average consumption, taking into account the eternal traffic jam in Balashikha, was 6 liters per 100 km. In the Chuvash snowstorm and off-road consumption increased to 6.6 liters. For the entire trip with stops, filming and Magnitogorsk consumption increased to 7.3.

25. As far as I understand, the platform for this car came from the Chevrolet Cruze, with some modifications by Korean engineers. Externally, the car looks like a crossover, but this impression is deceptive. Visibility is better than in the Cruze, the driver's seat is higher, but the ground clearance remains the same. At the same time, I did not like the work of the suspension. Even on small potholes and potholes, the car shook with noise, ringing our priceless goods in the trunk. The smoothness and softness of the Chevrolet Cruze is clearly better. Maybe due to the fact that the mass of the body is less than that of Orlando, maybe in South Korea the roads are smoother, maybe because we got a car with low-profile R18 tires.

26. There is a cache in the central control panel. We even managed to call GM and get indignant - a modern car, but there is no usb and aux output! It turned out that everything was hidden in a cache. But again, there is no option to be able to close the lid without removing, for example, the wire with the phone. Empirically, we found out that if you slam the lid with force, then the wiring plaintively bends, but continues to work.

27. On the way back to Vladimir, a ten-kilometer traffic jam was noticed on Yandex. We decidedly did not want to stand in it, and we moved to a detour. Maybe we did not lose in time, but the Vladimir land took the cast 18-inch disk from us.

28. We weren't the only ones who turned out to be so smart and took a detour. Together with a hundred trucks and cars, we crawled along a narrow and winding bypass road at a speed of no more than 40 km / h. The local asphalt was clearly not ready for such high speeds and such traffic, so it all fell apart. We also hit one of the funnels, after which the sad sound of a flat tire penetrated into the cabin.

29. I have a wealth of experience in changing wheels in the most vile conditions, but I have never used an “external” spare tire, and even in the Vladimir region. The thought that now it will be necessary to climb into the mud under the car and unscrew something there did not raise my spirits. After a careful study of the spare wheel mounting system, it became clear that nothing was clear. Called GM. Everything turned out to be much simpler than we thought - the wheel fastening is loosened with a special key directly from the trunk - there is a small compartment under the floor for small things, and the spare wheel mounting bolts are also there. This is the first time I have encountered such a system. It may be that a fragile girl alone will not be able to cope with a wheel change, but an adult man can do it for sure.

Once again, Colin's superflashlights came in handy. We got up in the wrong place, right at the turn and occupied a whole lane. On the side of the road in mud, I wouldn't be able to use the jack. Additional highlighting of the triangle did its job. The drivers slowed down a hundred meters before our car and slowly went around us in the opposite direction.

30. It took half an hour to change the wheel. When we were about to leave, another citizen fell into the pit. Also minus one disk and tire. We returned to the treacherous pit and placed a bottle of water filled with snow in it.

31. Greetings to the road services of the Vladimir region!

32. End of the story about the second trip to Russia.

Travel summary.

Schedule:
February 17. Start in the evening from Moscow. Late dinner in Nizhny Novgorod.
February 18. Without overnight transfer to Chelyabinsk. Breakfast at Guzeli's. Closer to the night, check-in at the Malachite Hotel in Chelyabinsk.
February 19th. Shooting the city from the rooftops, rest, food.
February 20th. Filming the city from the rooftops, filming the Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works and the Mikheevsky Mining and Processing Plant.
February 21st. Shooting the city from the rooftops, shooting Height 239 and Karabashmedi.
February 22. Moving to Pervouralsk, filming of the Pervouralsk Novotrubny Plant, transfer to Magnitogorsk.
February 23. Night and day shooting in Magnitogorsk. Departure to Moscow. Dinner in Ufa.
24 February. Overnight in Kazan, tire change near Vladimir and arrival in Moscow.

We spent 77 hours in the car.

We drove a beautiful 5555 kilometers from Moscow Ring Road to Moscow Ring Road (actually 5556, but I rounded it up).
The average fuel consumption was 7.3 liters per 100 km.

Expenses in rubles:
12,990 is a little more than 400 liters of diesel fuel.
15 966 - food and meals during the trip. This time we ate like kings (except for the Guzeli buffet, of course). The most expensive feasts were in Yekaterinburg (bill 4,400), in Nizhny Novgorod (2,500 rubles) and dinner in Ufa (1,500 rubles).
2,466 - products purchased in Moscow.
23,200 - four nights in Chelyabinsk at the Malachite Hotel. 5 800 rubles per room, plus breakfast.
3 900 - 4-bed room in Magnitogorsk, Korona hotel.
1650 - a room in a travel hotel in Kazan, I don't remember the name.
3,765 - other expenses (canister, which was not needed again, car wash twice, taxi, thanks to the Niva driver)
1,000 - a fine for Kolya for sleeping in the back seat in an unfastened state.
2 rubles - two pieces of sugar in a cafe in Kazan.

Total 64,939 for all or 21,646 rubles for one person.

That's all. Thanks for attention!

To date, we have already returned from the March trip to Lake Baikal and the Olkhon Peninsula. Three trips behind. See photos of ice next week and incredible beauty Baikal. And I am writing this post on the Moscow-Krasnoyarsk plane. I'm flying to the reindeer breeders for the holiday.

Less than a month is left before summer, and the long-awaited holiday season is ahead. If you decide to spend your vacation in Russia, then the Southern Urals is a wonderful place for recreation and travel. Interestingly, most of the natural or historical sights of the Southern Urals can be reached by car. By the number of interesting places for tourists, the Southern Urals can be compared with Altai or the Caucasus. I will talk about several such travel ideas in this article.

Arkaim

In the south of the Chelyabinsk region in the early eighties, archaeologists discovered ancient city, older than Troy. And according to the mountain closest to him, they called him Arkaim. After Tamara Globa visited this place, Arkaim began to be called the Place of Power of the Urals.

Today Arkaim is not only Ilmensky state reserve, the scientific base of the Chelyabinsk State University, but also an excellent tourist complex with a dozen museum objects and its own traditions. In Arkaim, you will find not only excursions to historical sights, but also landscapes of the pristine steppe and an unusual atmosphere of friendliness and openness.

Arkaim can be reached by car. Most often, tourists stay in a tented camp, or live in a small hotel of the complex.

Shaitan-stone and Allaki's stone tents

The Southern Urals is the land of legends and myths. If you are interested in history, archeology or are looking for interesting travel ideas, then go along the route: Lake Itkul-Lake Bolshie Allaki.

On Lake Itkul, right in the middle of the water, there is a Shaitan stone, about which Pavel Bazhov wrote and Bashkir legends are told. The rock is one of the most beautiful places Itkul. Moreover, the stone looks unusual from any point: both nearby and from afar. It is easy to walk to Shaitan-stone and even drive a car if you are not afraid of forest roads.

The age of the Itkul village, which was built on the shores of the lake, is more than 300 years old. Here you can find a monument to the Tersyak Bashkirs who participated in the war of 1812. The shores of Lake Itkul are rocky. There are also caves here. On Itkul there is an island consisting of a pile of stones and boulders. In general, the place is rather curious. In addition, on west coast lakes there are several approaches to the water, from where you can fish and swim. There are two campsites on the lake.

About 70 kilometers from Lake Itkul is Lake Bolshie Allaki.

The lake is notable for the fact that there are granite rocks on the shore, which are called Stone tents. Several thousand years ago this place was a sanctuary of ancient people. Here rituals of sacrifice were performed. On some rocks, scientists have discovered rock paintings. In total, there are 14 rocks in the Allak stone tents. The shape of the rocks is quite bizarre. You can see the faces of people and animals.

In summer, there are a lot of ticks on Lake Bolshie Allaki. If you decide to go here, then remember this. You can get to the Stone Tents by car.

Bazhovka

In June, the Bazhov Folk Art Festival is held in the Southern Urals. Creative groups and workshops of arts and crafts participate in the festival. Collects Bazhovka up to 20 thousand people.

Over the years, the festival was held on the shores of the lakes of the Southern Urals. Since 2016, the Bazhov Festival has been held on the territory of the Solnechnaya Dolina ski resort near Miass.

What will you find here for yourself? If you are interested in the history of the peoples of Russia and folk art, then you will live a lot of vivid emotions on Bazhovka. Listen to the singing of the Cossacks, visit the yurts, buy souvenirs and you can even take part in the costume contest…

Sugomak Cave and Mica mine adits

If you are interested in the caves of the Southern Urals, you can go to the Sugomak cave and Mica mine. Sugomak cave is located 10 kilometers from the city of Kyshtym. And about 12 kilometers from the cave is the village of Slyudorudnik, in which there are a couple of abandoned adits that are interesting for inspection.

Sugomak cave is easy to see. True, you have to climb through a narrow passage. Consists of 3 rooms. But the third hall can only be accessed with climbing equipment. Near the cave you will find Maryin stream with clean drinking water. You can also set up tents here. The place is pretty quiet. Only during the day there are many tourists near the cave, and in the evening and at night there is almost no one.

After visiting the Sugomak cave, drive to Slyudorudnik, a small workers' settlement built near an ore mining factory. By the way, mica is found everywhere in the Mica Mine.

Currently, there is a sports and leisure center "Province" in Slyudorudnik, where you can stay for the night, relax, rent bicycles, walk along the tourist trail and, of course, see the abandoned adits. The adits are often filled with water in summer, so it is better to take rubber boots with you.

A visit to the Sugomak cave and Mica mine can be a great idea for a summer trip to Southern Urals.

Shikhany and Lake Arakul

One of the most beautiful views You will find the Southern Urals on the Arakul Shikhany. In recent years, this place has become very popular among tourists. Arakul Shikhany is a rocky massif to the west of Lake Arakul, which is located near Upper Ufaley.

The Arakul Shikhany are notable for the fact that they stretched from north to south for more than 2 kilometers, and also for the fact that 11 lakes are visible from one of the peaks of the Chamberlain massif. Shikhan is also one of the training places for climbers and rock climbers in the Southern Urals.

The rocks can only be reached by car in dry weather. After the rains, you can get to Arakul Shikhany only by off-road vehicle. Hiking routes to the Arakul Shikhany start from the village of Silach or the village of Arakul. You can leave your car in the village of Silach. Local residents charge about 100 rubles a day for parking.

Lake Arakul is located near the Arakul Shikhans. You can drive to the shore of the lake only in a few places. One of these places is located at the entrance to the village of Arakul, if you are coming from Vishnevogorsk. The lake is beautiful. A wonderful view of the Arakul Shikhany opens from the shore. On the shore you can set up a tent camp. You can swim on Arakul. But on weekends you will meet a lot of people on the lake. This should be taken into account when planning your trip to the Urals.

Vicinities of Miass

The city of Miass and its environs is just a paradise for car tourists and several dozen travel ideas. What can you see in Miass and its environs?

Of the most famous, I will note: the park of giant clerical figures, Lake Turgoyak, Old city, Ilmenskoye Lake, Chashkovsky Range, Ustinovsky Canyon, Lake Inyshko, Mount Known in the Solnechnaya Dolina GLK, Syrostan, the quarry of the Turgoyak Mining Administration and much more.

All attractions can be reached by car. In Miass there are a couple of hotels and a hostel "Polykarp", or you can rent a house.

Miass is a great travel destination for photography lovers, active rest and history.

Zyuratkul National Park

Another idea for traveling in the South Urals by car can be national park Zyuratkul. Main tourist sites The park are the ranges of Zyuratkul, Nurgush, Bolshoy Uvan, Suka, Lukash, Moskal, Gola Sopka, Fountain, Zyuratkul pillars and Lake Zyuratkul. Also on the territory of the national park "Zyuratkul" are "Ecopark Zyuratkul", a trout farm and a mini-zoo.

Some of the park's facilities can be reached by car, for example, to Lake Zyuratkul or Fountain. But mostly you have to walk. Tourist routes to the ridges of the park start from the villages of Sibirka, Zyuratkul or Katavka.

Lake Zyuratkul is known for being the highest lake in the Southern Urals. The ridges of the Zyuratkul National Park are interesting, many of which on the tops are kurumniks. And, of course, magnificent panoramas of the Ural nature open up from the tops of the ridges.

Stay at national park"Zyuratkul" can be in guest houses in the villages of Sibirka or Zyuratkul. A visit to the Zyuratkul National Park is paid!

To find out more information about the Zyuratkul National Park, read my articles on this topic, as well as information from the official website of the park.

Ilmenka

On the second weekend of June, for more than 30 years, the Ilmen Festival of Author's Songs has been held in the Southern Urals. Until 2015, the festival was held on the shores of Lake Ilmenskoye. Currently, Ilmenka passes on the territory of the Solnechnaya Dolina ski resort near Miass.

The Ilmensky festival is one of the largest events in the Chelyabinsk region, where famous bards and art song lovers perform. All participants and guests of the festival live in a tent camp. The stage is under open sky. Ilmenka is also famous for its atmosphere, where they sing not only on stage, but also at the tents and bonfires of the festival guests.

If you love the songs of bards, then Ilmenka is your holiday!

Neighborhood of Zlatoust

Zlatoust is one of the highest mountains in the Urals. Located at an altitude of 400-600 meters above sea level. The border between Europe and Asia passes near the city. Zlatoust is surrounded by the Ural-Tau, Urenga, Taganay and Naziminsky ranges. The city is included in the list of historical cities of Russia.

As you have already understood, for tourists in Zlatoust there are several dozen sights to see. You can visit the Zlatoust Arms Factory, the Bell Tower with the chapel of St. John Chrysostom, mountain park them. Bazhov, the Museum of Local Lore, the Arsenal, the Taganay Bird Park and the Europe-Asia Stella.

And of course, Zlatoust is a natural attraction. Popular among tourists are the Black Rock on Taganay, Aleksandrovskaya Sopka, the Urenga Ridge, the Akhmatova Mineral Mine, Mount Kosotur and the Bolshoy Taganay Ranges. These facilities are located in the immediate vicinity of the city.

The Black Rock can be reached by car. To other natural attractions of Zlatoust you need to walk or go by all-terrain vehicles.

And the highest tram in the world runs around the city.

You will need several days to see all the sights of Zlatoust. And this may be one of the most the most beautiful trips in the South Urals.

Nurali Ridge and Lake Aushkul

In the Uchalinsky district of Bashkiria there is such a wonderful place as the Nurali ridge. The Miass River originates here, and somewhere else in these places Pugachev hid his treasure. And the natural landscape of the ridge is completely different from the Southern Urals. Nurali is also notable for the fact that almost nothing grows here on the rocks. And how beautiful rare flowers look, sprouting through stones ... At the foot of the mountain grows great amount herbs.

Even an unprepared person can climb Nurali. From the top of the ridge there are amazing views of Urenga, Iremel and Kruglitsa.

Nurali can be reached by car. You have to walk just a couple of kilometers to the foot.

In the vicinity of Nurali you will find more beautiful lake and Mount Aushkul. Lake Aushkul made a fabulous impression on me. And from the mountain Aushkul follows spring source with healing water, which is a holy place in Bashkiria.

The lake and Mount Aushkul can be reached by car.

In general, these places are full of legends and magical beauties.

Lake Turgoyak

If you want to see one of the main attractions of the Southern Urals, then go to Lake Turgoyak, which is located in the city of Miass, Chelyabinsk region.

Lake Turgoyak is called the younger brother of Baikal because of the transparency of the deep water. Somewhere in the middle of the lake mysterious Island Faith, which is considered one of the places of the Power of the Urals. The shores of the lake are surrounded by beautiful forests and the Ural mountains. Landscapes on Lake Turgoyak are amazing!

The climate here is considered curative, so several dozen boarding houses and sanatoriums have been built along the shores of the lake, where you can relax and improve your health. There are also a couple of campsites where you can stay with a tent.

On Lake Turgoyak you can go sailing, wind surfing and water skiing, as well as ride a bike along the shore!

You can get to Turgoyak by car. Along the shore the lake is coming great asphalt road!

Kapova Cave and Reserve "Shulgan-Tash"

In the Burzyansky district of Bashkiria, the Shulgan-Tash reserve operates. The main features of the reserve are the Kapova cave and beekeeping, one of the types of beekeeping. In addition to the Kapova cave, known for its rock paintings, on the territory of the Shulgan-Tash reserve, visit the beekeeping museum, take a walk through the forest and relax on the banks of the Belaya River.

On the territory of the reserve, you can stay in a tent camp or in a hotel complex. You can get here by car!

Taganay National Park

To understand the Southern Urals, you need to visit Taganay. Taganay is a whole world with its own history, structure and even weather. Taganay is understood as the territory of the Taganay National Park. The park is located on the outskirts of the city of Zlatoust. You can move around the territory of the national park on foot, on bicycles or on quad bikes. Vehicle entry is prohibited.

Most often, tourists drive to the Central Forestry, leave their cars there in the parking lot and go to the objects of the national park. Or you can drive to the Black Rock, and from there admire the panorama of the Bolshoi Taganay ranges.

What can you see in the Taganay National Park? Among the sights, we note the ridges Dvukhlavaya Sopka, Otliknoy ridge, Kruglitsa, Itsyl, Mont Blanc, Yurma, saddles Valley of Fairy Tales, Big Log, as well as the remains of Skalodrome, Three Brothers, Kialimsky rocks, Devil's Gate, Mitkiny rocks and Bolshaya Kamennaya and Kurumnaya rivers.

Even a month is not enough to see all the objects of Taganay!

Salt lakes of the Etkul region

The Etkulsky district of the Chelyabinsk region is famous for its salt lakes. Among them, we note two lakes: Bolshoi Shantropai and Gorkoe (Selezyanskoe). These lakes are considered healing because of their mineral mud and alkaline water.

Unfortunately, there are no recreation centers and sanatoriums on the shores of the lakes that could take people for treatment and rehabilitation. Rest in these places is "wild". Tourists live in campgrounds that break along the shores of lakes. Lake Gorkoye is especially popular due to the pine-birch forest along the banks and convenient access to water.

You can get to Bolshoi Shatropai and Gorkoe Lake by car.

Outskirts of Kyshtym

90 kilometers from Chelyabinsk is the city of Kyshtym, in the vicinity of which there are several dozens of natural and historical attractions. Near the city are Sugomak cave, Sugomak mountain, Sugomak lake, Kaolin quarry, Mica mine adits, the ruins of an abandoned gunpowder factory, Dragon and Devil's Tooth rocks, Raspberry rocks, Europe-Asia stele, Cherry Mountains and Azyash-Ufimsky plant.

The city of Kyshtym is also interesting. Here you can see the system of hydraulic structures of the times, the old Demidov mansion and city churches that fit comfortably into the landscape of the industrial Ural city. And within a radius of 50 kilometers from Kyshtym are the legendary Mendarkin Peninsula, Kasli, Arakul Shikhany and Allaki.

In general, the surroundings of the Ural city of Kyshtym can make your trip to the Southern Urals unforgettable!

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Excursion tours in the Urals

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Ural (from Bashk. үr - hill, Bashk. үral - belt) - a geographical region in Russia, stretching between the East European and West Siberian plains. The main part of this region is the Ural mountain system.

The Urals is located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia and is the border between these regions. The stone belt of the Urals and the elevated plains of the Cis-Urals adjoining it extend from the shores of the Northern 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 Urals

Subpolar Urals

North Ural

Middle Urals

· Southern Urals

The Urals have long amazed and continue to amaze researchers with an abundance of minerals and its main wealth - minerals. In the bowels of the Ural Mountains there are iron, copper ores, and chromium, and nickel, and cobalt, and zinc, and coal, and oil, and gold, and precious stones. The Urals has long been the largest mining and metallurgical base of the entire country. The riches of nature also include forest resources. The Southern and Middle Urals provide the opportunity for agriculture.

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

Features of nature

The Ural Mountains consist of low ranges and massifs. The highest of them, rising above 1200-1500 m, are located in the Subpolar (Mount Narodnaya - 1895 m), Northern (Mount Telposiz - 1617 m) and Southern (Mount Yamantau - 1640 m) Urals. The massifs of the Middle Urals are much lower, usually not higher than 600-800 m. The western and eastern foothills of the Urals and the foothill plains are often dissected by deep river valleys, there are many rivers in the Urals and the Urals.

The Ural Mountains are old (they appeared in the late Proterozoic) and are located in the area of the Hercynian folding.

Climate

The climate of the Urals is typical mountainous; Precipitation is unevenly distributed not only over the regions, but also within each region. The West Siberian Plain is a territory with a harsh continental climate; in the meridional direction, its continentality increases much less sharply than on the Russian Plain. Climate mountainous areas Western Siberia is less continental than the climate of the West Siberian Plain. Interestingly, within the same zone on the plains of the Cis-Urals and Trans-Urals natural conditions noticeably different. This is explained by the fact that the Ural Mountains serve as a kind of climatic barrier. To the west of them, more precipitation falls, the climate is more humid and mild; to the east, that is, beyond the Urals, there is less precipitation, the climate is drier, with pronounced continental features.

A couple of centuries ago animal world was richer than now. Plowing, hunting, deforestation have displaced and destroyed the habitats of many animals. Wild horses, saigas, bustards, little bustards have disappeared. Herds of deer migrated deep into the tundra. On the other hand, rodents (hamsters, field mice) spread on the plowed lands. In the north, you can meet the inhabitants of the tundra - reindeer, and in the south, typical inhabitants of the steppes - marmots, shrews, snakes and lizards. The forests are inhabited by predators: brown bears, wolves, wolverines, foxes, sables, ermines, lynxes. Ungulates (moose, deer, roe deer, etc.) and birds of various species are found in them.

Differences in landscapes are noticeable when climbing. In the Southern Urals, for example, the path to the peaks of the largest Zigalga ridge begins with crossing a strip of hills and ravines at the foot, densely overgrown with shrubs. Then the road goes through pine, birch and aspen forests, among which grassy glades flash by. Spruces and firs rise above the palisade. Dead wood is almost invisible - it burns out during frequent forest fires. Swamps can be found on gently sloping places. The peaks are covered with stone placers, moss and grass. Rare and stunted firs, crooked birch trees that come across here do not in any way resemble the landscape at the foot, with multi-colored carpets of grasses and shrubs. Fires at high altitude are already powerless, so the path is constantly blocked by blockages of fallen trees. The top of Mount Yamantau (1640 m) is a relatively flat area, but it is almost impregnable due to the heap of old trunks.

Natural resources

Of the natural resources of the Urals, its mineral resources are of paramount importance. The Urals has long been the largest mining and metallurgical base of the country. And in the extraction of some mineral ores, the Urals ranks first in the world.

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 ironworks appeared.

Placers of gold and deposits of platinum were found in the mountains, and precious stones were found 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.

Numerous deposits of high-quality iron ores are known in the Urals (the mountains are Magnitnaya, High, Blagodat, Kachkanar), copper ores (Mednogorsk, Karabash, Sibay, Guy), rare non-ferrous metals, gold, silver, platinum, the best bauxites in the country, rock and potassium salts (Solikamsk, Berezniki, Berezovskoye, Vazhenskoye, Ilyetskoye). 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 hydropower plants) remains a far from fully developed resource.

Rivers and lakes

The rivers belong to the basins of the Arctic Ocean (on the western slope - Pechora with Usa, on the east - Tobol, Iset, Tura, Lozva, Northern Sosva, belonging to the Ob system) and the Caspian Sea (Kama with Chusovaya and Belaya; Ural River).

Toponym origin

There are many versions of the origin of the toponym "Ural". An analysis of the language contacts of the first Russian settlers in the region indicates that the toponym, in all likelihood, was acquired from the Bashkir language. Indeed, of all the autochthonous peoples of the Urals, this name has existed since ancient times only among the Bashkirs, and is supported at the level of the language, legends and traditions of this people (epos Ural-batyr). Other indigenous peoples of the Urals (Khanty, Mansi, Udmurts, Komi) have other traditional names for the Ural Mountains, assimilating the name "Ural" only in the 19th-20th centuries from the Russian language.

In the Bashkir language, the toponym "Ural" is recognized as very ancient, probably dating back to the pra-Turkic state. It should be associated with head. үr ~ other Turkic. *ör "height, eminence".[

"Ural" in Bashkir - belt. There is a Bashkir tale about a giant who wore a belt with deep pockets. He hid all his wealth in them. The belt was huge. Once the giant stretched it, and the belt lay across the whole earth, from the cold Kara Sea in the north to the sandy shores of the southern Caspian Sea. This is how the Ural Range was formed.

In Greek books written two thousand years ago, one can read about the distant "Riphean Mountains", where gloomy vultures guard countless golden treasures. The Bashkir folk epos "Ural-batyr" deserves closer attention, which tells about the progenitors of the peoples of the Urals who survived the Flood, the conflict that arose and the subsequent struggle of the Urals with their elder brother Shulgan, who chose the path of evil and the settlement of their descendants of the adjacent lands. The main toponyms of the Southern Urals are directly related with the events of the epic. The conflict of life, mercy and the natural principle "the strong eats the weak", the theme 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 unique. A solid foundation, on which the decorative and applied art of the Urals flourished, was industry, its main centers were factories. The significance of industry in the development of the region and its culture was well understood by contemporaries themselves. In one of the official documents it is written: "Ekaterinburg owes both its existence and its flourishing state only to factories."

With good reason, the Urals can be considered the birthplace of Russian industrial processing of marble, subordinated to the needs of domestic architecture. If we turn to antiquity, then this is primarily folk arts and crafts. For example, carpet weaving, patterned weaving, embroidery, leather processing, vivid examples of which have been preserved in Bashkir folk art. In the museums of the Republic of Bashkortostan, one can directly come into contact with a rich variety of ancient items. Modern artists such as A. Mazitov, D. Suleymanov, T. Sirazhetdinov, G. Kalitov, R. Minnibaev, A. Korolevskiy, Meos, B. Domashnikov, Yu. Aminev and many others.

No need to fly to Jupiter for the most amazing discoveries. They are closer than it might seem, they are in the land of our ancestors - in the Urals. Hospitality in these parts has been famous for a long time, the majestic beauty of the mountains, the coniferous air, the clear waters of the lakes are the wonders of the Urals.

To see how the area lives, you can go on a car trip by car in the Urals. Unity with nature is the main task of this kind of travel. Be sure to take your mobile phone, first aid kit, spare tire and tools with you on the road so that nothing can overshadow your vacation.

So, our journey begins with the acquaintance of the Vetlan rocks, which is located on the banks of the Vishera. You can get to this place on foot, climbing 700 steps. Vetlan is a sheer system of rocky cliffs, which reaches a height of 100 meters, its length along the river is 1750 meters. From this height, all the greatness of the Urals will open. A particularly fascinating sight will be the taiga in the daytime, which is framed by mountains.

It is in sunny weather that the colors are most clear and bright. In addition, from the top you can see another handsome man - the Poljud stone, it is located on the opposite bank of the river. Above sea level, this stone rises to 527 meters and is highest point Polyudova ridge.

Further, a journey through the southern Urals by car leads us to the Stone Town, which has moved away from Krasnovishersk. It is also called. Nature, which randomly scattered huge stones, made this place very similar to a city, with its streets, passages, arches, labyrinths and bridges. Wind and water also made their own adjustments. So on the stones you can see simply unique patterns that were formed under the influence of natural elements. Many relics even got their names, for example, there is a Turtle stone here.

It is unique in its kind ice fountain, which is located in Siberia. It was formed by a man back in 1976, when iron ore was searched for in this place. But as it turned out, only an underground river can be found here. Then the hole was plugged, but a powerful stream knocked out the plug. It was decided to install a metal plug with holes.

Thanks to this design, the fountain appeared. In winter, the fountain is especially beautiful, the water, freezing, becomes a figure, in some years its height could reach 16 meters. Every year the shape of the frozen fountain is different, it all depends on the air temperature and wind direction. The fountain looks especially amazing and amazing at night.

Traveling by car in the Urals gives you the opportunity to see numerous caves. For example, tourists love to visit the Kungur cave, which is located near the city of Kungur. A feature of these places is that during the inspection of underground lakes and grottoes, you can see ice-covered areas, and in summer too.

Warm clothing is essential for hiking in the caves. It is also worth remembering that there are places in the caves where absolute darkness reigns. Take a flashlight with you to avoid confusion.

There is also a karst cave in the Southern Urals, which contains more than 30 wall paintings. The name of her age is her approximately one million years. This cave is the only one of its kind where you can see paintings from the Stone Age. Its length is more than 2 km. The river Shulgan flows inside the cave. You can enter the cave through an arch reaching a height of 40 m.

To date, only one and a half kilometers of the cave have been studied, the rest of the area remains a mystery. In addition, traces of human presence were found at the entrance to the cave. So, charcoal, ash, which is already more than 15-17 thousand years old, household and labor tools, and ocher were found here.

We are going to Yekaterinburg. This place is famous for the monument of the border between Asia and Europe. Tourists are attracted to these places due to the opportunity to visit both Europe and Asia at the same time, to stand with different feet on the lands of different continents. The opening of the monument was in 2008. Getting to this place by car is not a problem. Around the monument is a very beautiful and ennobled area, here you can see flower beds, gazebos.

Often, newlyweds come to the monument, who decided to unite their destinies by marriage. In Yekaterinburg, you can also see the legendary factory dam, which is made of larch. This place is called the place of meetings and partings. Everything that deserves attention happens in this place.

First dates, marriage proposals take place here, students come here. And all the guests are “watched” by Tatishchev and Genin, who were the founders of Yekaterinburg. It was these people who gave the order to build the dam in 1723. And it was from that moment that the construction of the city itself began.

Further, our journey by car along the Urals runs towards Chelyabinsk to the village Paris. This name was given to the village at the request of the inhabitants of the Nagaybaks, who at one time showed courage in the war against Napoleon. Here are proposed sights of a military theme, which can also be seen in Magnitogorsk. Interesting in this city is the “Sword to the Front”, a monument depicting a blacksmith handing over a sword to a warrior.

The same sword in Volgograd raises the monument "Motherland". In 2005, a solemn opening of a cell communication tower took place in the village, which exactly repeated the outlines of eiffel tower, only in a reduced version. Also in the village of Paris you can visit the museum of local lore, which is located in the center of the village. It brings together the whole history of the origin of the village, from foundation to collectivization. All information is placed on the stands.

Auto trip in the Urals ends on ski resort Abzakovo, where, having risen cable car to the very top, tourists will have a unique view that is simply breathtaking.

In 17 minutes of driving you will be able to see the snow-covered mountain slopes of the majestic Bikembet and Halmaurdy mountains, look at the routes of the tracks, see how experienced and beginner skiers overcome ski slopes, as well as take gorgeous photos that will add to your album from the rest.

There are many in the Urals interesting places worth seeing. We have described only a small part of what the Urals has.

The idea to visit the Urals arose literally a month before the trip. I decided to take a short vacation - 1 week - and ride somewhere. After a short search, he stopped in the Urals.
10 days in total. Of these, 4 days on the way there and back and 6 days there. This is the preliminary schedule. I'm going to keep a logbook and write everything that is not too lazy. (Kilometers on the odometer and Moscow time everywhere).
I take a tent and sleeping bags with me, but this is just in case. I'm going to live in motels and cheap hotels.

May 19, 2010 11:59 pm, Wednesday.
I'm starting a logbook for the car. A departure in the direction of the Urals is scheduled for Saturday. I have to cover several thousand kilometers in Russia, visit large and not very cities of the Urals and see various sights. Today, a lot of necessary things were purchased. It remains only to purchase an ax, sunglasses and engine oil. Filled up a full tank on '95 at British Petroleum.
List of things I'm going to take with me:
For auto:
1. Socket keys
2. Pliers
3. Hammer
4. Insulating tape
5. Cold welding
6. Engine oil Shell Helix 5W40
7. Washer fluid
8. Scotch
9. Cloths for wiping windows
10. Water (6 liter bottle)
11. Rubber for gaskets
12. Ax
13. Reflector under glass
14. Hose clamps
15. Navigator
16. Cards
17. Board (stand for a jack)
18. Lantern
19. Batteries for the alarm key fob, flashlight and camera.

Other things:
1. Thermos
2. Dishes
3. Boiler
4. Swiss knife
5. Tent
6. Sleeping bags, pillow
7. Foam pad
8. Polyethylene for covering the tent
9. Camera + charger
10. Raincoat
11. Sunglasses
12. Mosquito repellent
13. Sunscreen

May 21, 2010 11:15 pm, Friday.
All necessary equipment (if it can be called such) has been purchased, including an ax and sunglasses. It remains to pack everything, put it in the trunk and you can touch it on the road. But before departure, you need to do an important thing - get enough sleep. That is what I will do now.
By the way, I was told on the forum that it is worth visiting the lake and the Zyuratkul park instead of the Taganay park, since there is a road to the lake itself. I decided (previously) to take the advice, and we'll see.

May 22, 2010 10:45 am, Saturday. Moscow. 54231 km.
Finally, the day of departure arrived. Items are packed and stowed. The car has been checked. Everything is fine - you can touch!

12:38 54305km. Somewhere after Noginsk.
Finally left the tenacious embrace of Moscow. 70 km in 2 hours is cool. Further like free.

15:50 54571km. Myachkovo

16:50 54639km. Nizhny Novgorod
I decided to go through the city, and not along the district. On Saturday, the city is free, so there were no problems with travel. I poured 30 liters of gasoline at Lukoil.

Traffic jam in Chuvashia. They have been building a road there for five years, but no progress is visible.

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On the roads of Chuvashia at sunset:

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23:50 55131 km. Motel between Kazan and Yelabuga.
So the first day of the trip is over. Completed exactly 900 km. The roads came across different - and wide, and narrow, and even, and broken. But I can safely say that there are not so many broken ones. Everything is fine with the car. I'm staying in some shabby motel. Money was ripped off 780 rubles, and the conditions for 300 do not pull. I am an unpretentious person, but I somehow feel sorry for the money.

May 23, 2010 8:48
After sleeping and having breakfast, I'm on my way again. Overboard +17, partly cloudy. Today I have to get to the Kungur ice cave and, perhaps, have time to examine it. My path lies through Izhevsk and Perm. There is not enough gasoline, and it is not clear when the next Lukoil will be, so I decide to plop Shemordannefteprodukt on 300 rubles. I hope I don't choke...

9:55 55206km.
They stopped me at some checkpoint in Tatarstan and wrote me down in a magazine. They are probably fighting terrorists. Watch out!

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13:19 55464km Udmurtia
I stopped to rest in the woods, but the mosquitoes here are very angry, so it’s impossible to stay outside for a long time.

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14:35 55529km Game
I couldn't drive past the modern Lukoil gas station. Drove, refueled, drove on.

19:39 55790km Perm. Cafe "City cafe".
Arrived in Perm. I'm sitting in a cafe, waiting for an order. I walked a bit around Perm, took a picture of Kama, the center, saw one club Getz - with a sticker, but without a rear bumper.

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22:36 55856km Kungur.
I stayed at the Stalagmit Hotel. Relic hotel of the middle Scoop period. The money is decent, but the conditions are like in a hostel. Well, okay, we are no strangers, the main thing is that there is a bed.
Today I drove a little over 700 kilometers. The theme of the day is roads. The roads here are terrible. If good roads prevail in Tatarstan, fifty-fifty in Udmurtia, then in Perm region good roads only small inclusions. It looks like this:

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The road Perm - Yekaterinburg, at least to Kungur, is disgusting. And not only by its perfect weakness, but also throughput. Such roads connect neighboring villages, not two major cities. GAI continues to sit in the bushes ...
On the way out of Perm, they stopped at the post and checked all the documents on the bases. To their regret and to my pleasure, I am fine with them.
The nature here is beautiful. Wooded hills and small streams. I liked Udmurtia more, although in Perm the Kama is also impressive.
I safely drove around Izhevsk, but Perm passed through the center. Didn't find anything surprising there. All regional centers of Russia are similar to each other. I didn't find where to eat. A couple of sushi bars don't count. Having driven away, I dined at the "City Cafe", cheap and tasty.
Given the quality of the roads and the unimportant speed of movement, it will be necessary to redraw the original route and cancel Tyumen and Tobolsk. It's taking too long. This is not for you to get from Moscow to Voronezh, 500 km in 5 hours. Here the average speed is two times less. Tomorrow the cave and move on towards Nizhny Tagil along secondary roads.

May 24, 2010 11:10 Monday. Kungur.
I had breakfast at the hotel. Standard scrambled eggs and tea. Visited Kungurskaya ice cave. For 300 rubles, the guide took an hour through the grottoes and told stories.

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14:18 55989km. city of Chusovoy
I photographed the Chusovaya River in the city of Chusovaya from a bridge over this very river. I dined at the Pereval cafe. Let's go further.

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14:44 55998km
Exceeded the speed limit by 100 rubles (Not me in the photo).

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16:13 56094km. Border of Europe and Asia.
Crossed the border. One pair of wheels in Europe, the other in Asia...

20:39 56237km. Verkhoturye.
I got to the city of Verkhoturye, examined the Kremlin and the cathedral.

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I found out that there is a hotel here, or rather the navigator told me. I decided to stop here and not go further. Not very nice
ride on unfamiliar country roads in a vrotah. In general, the third day of my road trip went well. In the morning I visited the Kutgur Ice Cave. This took about an hour and a half.
Then he rode slowly to Verkhoturye. Slowly, because there are no roads in the Perm Territory. What was my surprise when I entered Sverdlovsk region to find out that there are roads here. I just want to say that it was like I got to Europe, but no!
It's just the opposite - today I crossed the border of Europe and Asia. The border runs almost along the border of the regions. In general, Asia pleased.
Verkhoturye at the entrance is not impressive. It seems like another village of the same type, but then you notice domes, more domes. On the high bank of the Tura River there is a monastery and the Kremlin. And a great view of the other side. Some kind of peace
hanging over the river. The sunset there is amazing! Get up early tomorrow morning and hit the road. Nizhnyaya Sinyachikha, Alapaevsk, Nizhny Tagil, Nevyansk and in the evening get to Yekaterinburg.

May 25, 2010 8:37 am. 56237km. Verkhoturye.
I had breakfast and set off for Nizhnyaya Sinyachikha.

10:00
Refueling at some gas station with some kind of gasoline. I hope I get there somehow.

10:55 56404km. Nizhny Tagil
Refueling at Lukoil.
Pictures of Nizhny Tagil:

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13:48 56527km. Lower Sinyachikha.
Let's start visiting the museum.

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14:40
The museum has been visited. We move further towards Nevyansk.

17:20 56693km. Nevyansk.
I looked at the tower. Unfortunately, I did not get inside - the museum was already closed.

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18:10 56769km. Ekaterinburg.
Stopped by relatives. So today I looked at the Museum of Architecture in Nizhnyaya Sinyachikha and the Nevyansk Leaning Tower. The country road to Sinyachikha turned out to be, to put it mildly, not very good.

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Gravel-dirt road, along which, probably, the ore was transported from the Shaitansky mine to the Lower or Upper Salda. By the way, in any self-respecting village there is a city pond, which in the old days was used for
water wheel drives of the plant. Well, there are plenty of metallurgical plants. Getz and I heroically overcame the road and finally reached Sinyachikha. The museum consists of several log houses, turrets and churches. looks
not bad, especially on the sloping green slope of the Sinyachikha River. Nevyansk is famous for its leaning Demidov tower. She really turned out to be tilted, which was required to be proved.
It is worth saying a few words about Nizhny Tagil. I drove only along the edge, and I was struck by the number of factories and the decrepit appearance of the city. Are factories not profitable? Or don't pay taxes? Or the authorities do not want to repair roads and buildings?

In general, I observed a strange circumstance today. Between settlements the roads are good and excellent, but in the settlements they are completely broken. It is not clear why such a shift.
I also noticed one more thing. If you see such a shield and Magistral LLC is on it, feel free to drive along this road, it good quality, only without markup.

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10:14 56889km. Nature Park"Deer Brooks".

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14:49 56889km. Natural park "Deer streams".
I stomped 15 kilometers. My legs are buzzing.

17:21 57006km. Ekaterinburg. Cafe Pravda on Karl Liebknecht Street.
Finally, I sit and eat, before that I was on my feet and was hungry. Today I started the day with a traffic jam, feeling the traffic density of Yekaterinburg. Well, not for long.
The Deer Streams Park is located 120 kilometers from Yekaterinburg. 120 rubles from the nose + 50 rubles for parking and walk as much as you like. There are two routes - 6 km and 15 km. I chose the second one.
Sun, sky, forest, river, rocks, birds sing, insects buzz... It's the best way to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city. But I was well. Legs ache, calluses buzz. I don’t know how I will visit three more parks.
I returned to Yekaterinburg, looked at the temple, the city pond and sit in a cafe writing this opus. I respect establishments that can cook steak.

May 27, 2010 08:49 Thursday. 57018km. Ekaterinburg.
I'm standing in line at the car wash. It is necessary to wash the insects from the muzzle of the face of the car. Another place was added to the route - "Ganina Yama". I will go there now.

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14:00 57072 km. On the way out of Yekaterinburg towards Chelyabinsk.
Refueling stop

14:45 57096km.
The driver also refreshed himself in the cafe "Magistral".

16:55 57238km. Lake Uvildy.
The weather messed up all the plans. It's raining heavily and you can't see anything. In such conditions, it will not be possible to explore natural attractions. I don't know what to do next.

19:33 57351 km. Chrysostom.
Inspected Lake Turgoyak. The rain has stopped, but it's still very wet. Now I will look for a hotel in Zlatoust.

21:45 57357km. Chrysostom. Hotel "Taganay".
Stayed in a good hotel. Room with shower and TV for 900 rubles.
This morning I visited the Ganina Yama Monastery. The feeling of freshness is quite evident. Some kind of political order. Although it looks pretty organic. Log churches and houses in a pine forest.
After he moved towards Chelyabinsk to see the lakes and, maybe, Taganay. I stopped to take a picture of some lake, the clouds were already hanging heavy, but the rain had not yet fallen. It was worth driving off a couple of kilometers and a wall of water collapsed to the ground.
The number of lakes is amazing, but it was not possible to appreciate their beauty, only Turgoyak pleased. One strange place- Karabash. I looked - like a mountain, but, having driven closer, I saw that the mountains seemed to be artificial. Mountains of some slag. And the earth is all around
scorched. And on real hills very rare trees grow. There are no grasses or bushes. Martian landscapes. I later found out about the dirtiest city on Earth ...
I looked at Uvildy and Turgoyak lakes and came to Zlatoust. It remains to find out whether it is possible to see something in Taganay in one day and call on Zyuratkul.
It was then that I discovered one most unpleasant thing - a tick was sitting on my back. It looks like it's been days. I went to the emergency room, where they removed it and told me what medicine to take.
I don’t know yet what the consequences will be, but the sightseeing program is being phased out. I'm heading home. I don't want to end up in a hospital away from home.

16:07 57800km. Somewhere after Ufa.
Ate and refueled.

22:40 58347km. Chuvashia. Kanash
Stopped by relatives. Today I covered 990 km.

May 29, 2010 13:30 Saturday. 58357km. Chuvashia.
Refueling before the last push. I hope to be in Moscow in the evening.

22:45 59092km. Moscow.
I'm home.

Conclusion.
The trip, I think, was generally successful (except for the tick). The route turned out to be:
Moscow - Kazan - Izhevsk - Perm - Kungur - Verkhoturye - Nizhny Tagil - Alapaevsk - Yekaterinburg - Miass - Zlatoust - Ufa - Naberezhnye Chelny - Kazan - Moscow.
Passed 4861 km. Eaten 350 liters of gasoline. Average fuel consumption is 7.2 l/100km.
Refueled mainly at Lukoil. In the Urals, a liter of 95 costs 23.10-23.15, in the European part - 24.50-25.00