Mount Narodnaya is the highest peak of the Ural Range. In general, it is no different from other mountain ranges. These are all the same cars filled with ice blocks and snow, hard-to-reach winding slopes with powerful stone boulders and small icy mountain lakes.

On its slope there are many cup-shaped depressions, glaciers and even snowflakes. Among the grandiose and powerful hills of the Urals, Mount Narodnaya stands out. Its height reaches 1895 m, at its foot the river "People" flows, it is thanks to this river that the mountain got its name.

History

In 1927, an expeditionary group led by Aleshkov was at the foot of the Naroda River for the first time, and as a result of a study of the area, geologists discovered a number of peaks that were many times higher than the mountain heights already known in the Urals. In the course of scientific research, geologists managed to establish the highest peak of the Urals, and Mount Narodnaya was recognized as it.

Although before this honorary title was worn by Mount Saber, 1497 m high, then this title was transferred to Mount Telpos (1617 m). A little later she received the palm (1660 m). Subsequently, there were long disputes about the highest elevation, only later, after careful research, scientists still managed to accurately measure both mountain ranges and draw conclusions. Today, Mount Narodnaya occupies the obvious supremacy. Coordinates: the peak is in the territory National Reserve, on the border of Europe and Asia.

Its fame and relative accessibility have made the route very popular with tourists. This place has become a cult for hikers. According to custom, everyone who has reached the mountain must leave notes there with their own people. According to legend, everything that is conceived comes true in a mysterious way.

Maybe this is due to the one installed in 1998 on which the words “Save and save” are written. No one can give an explanation, but only one thing is clear that, being on the slope of the peak, it is as if you are charged with positive energy, you are cleansed of negativity and absorb all the power of virgin nature.

Mount Narodnaya is a truly unique creation that fascinates with its beauty, power and height. It is not easy to get to it, but it is possible along the northern or western slope. In winter, the climate here is severe and cold with frosty winds and prolonged snowstorms - the average temperature is about -19C.

Hiking is best done in the summer months, at this time of the year the temperature here is about + 12C - weather allow you to safely reach your destination. Complicate the path of stone ledges, boulders and ice karts with lakes. The terrain here is mountainous with sheer cliffs and deep gorges, so you need to climb it very carefully.

Climbing equipment is completely optional, the main thing is to follow the exact route and listen to the accompanying guide. But what you definitely can’t do without is an SUV. Before entering the territory, it is necessary to obtain the appropriate permission from the administration of the YugydVa reserve. The road to the ridge takes 5-7 days.

On a hill, tourists set up tents and kindle fires to keep warm on cold nights. Mount Narodnaya conquers newly arrived tourists with a snow-white carpet, clean air and crystal lakes - this is one of the best natural creations.

Mount Narodnaya (emphasis on the first syllable) - the highest point Ural mountains. A mountain almost two thousand meters above sea level is located in a remote area in the Subpolar Urals.

The history of the origin of the name of this key Ural attraction is not an easy one. Serious disputes have been boiling over among scientists for a long time about the name of the mountain. According to one version, the peak, discovered just on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the revolution, was named after the Soviet people - Narodnaya (with an emphasis on the second syllable). According to another version, it was named after the Naroda River, which flows at the foot of the mountain (the emphasis in the name of the peak in this case falls on the first syllable).

Apparently, the discoverer of the mountain - Aleshkov - nevertheless connected it with the people and called it Narodnaya, although he started from the name of the river. Professor P.L. Gorchakovsky wrote in his article in 1963: “As the late professor B.N. Gorodkov, the name of Narodnaya Mountain was derived from the Russian word for "people". A.N. Aleshkov believed that the idea of ​​the highest peak of a mountainous country is in harmony with this word; the name arose from him only by association with the name of the Naroda River ... "

However, now it is officially customary to put stress on the first syllable - NATIONAL. Such is the contradiction. Meanwhile, scientists have found out that the old, original Mansi name of the mountain is Poengurr.

The history of the surroundings of Mount Narodnaya due to the inaccessibility of this area (hundreds of kilometers from settlements) is very poor. The first scientific expedition visited these parts in 1843-45. It was headed by the Hungarian researcher Antal Reguli. Here Reguli studied the life and language of the Mansi, their traditions and beliefs. It was Antal Reguli who first proved the kinship of the Hungarian, Finnish, Mansi and Khanty languages! Then, in 1847-50, a comprehensive geographical expedition led by geologist E.K. Hoffmann.

Narodnaya Mountain itself was first explored and described only in 1927. That summer, the Ural Mountains were studied by the North Ural Expedition of the USSR Academy of Sciences and Uralplan under the guidance of Professor B.N. Gorodkov. The expedition consisted of several detachments.

It is curious that before this expedition it was believed that the highest point of the Ural Mountains was Mount Telposiz (Mount Saber also claimed the championship in height). But the detachment of postgraduate geologist A.N. Aleshkov during the expedition in 1927 proved that the highest mountains of the Urals are located in the circumpolar part. It was Aleshkov who gave the mountain the name Narodnaya and for the first time in history measured its height, which he determined at 1870 meters.

Later, more accurate measurements showed that Aleshkov "underestimated" the height of the mountain a little. It is currently known that its height is 1895 meters above sea level. Nowhere does the Ural reach great heights, as on this Mount Narodnaya.

Popular tourist route Mount Narodnaya and its environs became only in the late 1950s and early 1960s. At the same time, the appearance began to change. main summit Ural mountains. Signs began to appear here, commemorative signs and even appeared ... a bust of Lenin. Also, among tourists, the custom has taken root to leave notes on the top of the mountain. In 1998, a worship cross with the inscription "Save and save" was installed here. A year later, the Orthodox went even further - they organized a religious procession to the highest point of the Urals.

Mount Narodnaya is surrounded by peaks named after geologists Karpinsky and Didkovsky. Among the truly grandiose mountains of this part of the Urals, Mount Narodnaya stands out only for its height and dark rocks. On the slopes of the mountain there are many kars - natural bowl-shaped depressions filled with clear transparent water and ice. There are glaciers and snowfields here. The slopes of the mountain are covered with large boulders.

The relief in this part of the Urals is mountainous, with steep slopes and deep gorges. You have to be very careful not to get hurt. Moreover, it is very far from housing. You can climb the highest point of the Ural Mountains along the ridge from the west, but rocky steeps and karts complicate the ascent. The easiest way to climb is from the north - along the spurs of the mountain. The eastern slope of Mount Narodnaya, on the contrary, breaks off with sheer walls and gorges.

Climbing equipment is not required to climb the highest point of the Ural Mountains. Nevertheless, to make a hike in this wild and mountainous area, it is necessary to have a good sports shape, and if there is insufficient tourist experience, it is better to use the services of an experienced guide. Keep in mind that the climate in the Subpolar Urals is harsh. Even in summer, the weather is cold and changeable. The most favorable period for hiking is from July to mid-August. The trip will take about a week. There is no housing here and you can only spend the night in tents.

Geographically, Mount Narodnaya belongs to the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug. Relatively close to Narodnaya there is a less high, but very beautiful mountain Manaraga.

How to get to Mount Narodnaya?

By railway you need to get to the Verkhnyaya Inta station in the Komi Republic. Participants of the hike will need to register and obtain permission to visit the territory at the office national park Yugyd Va. It is located at the Upper Inta station on the street. Dzerzhinsky, 27a. Bus number 101 runs from the station to the city of Inta, where there is a hotel. From Inta, you will need to transfer to the mountain area. The car will take you to the Zhelannaya quartz mining base. This industrial base is located near Lake Big Balbanty. From here to the foot of Narodnaya is about 15-17 kilometers, which you need to overcome by going up along the Balbanyu River.

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Mount Narodnaya- located near the river N "aroda (emphasis on the first syllable). In the Komi language, the mountain is called Naroda-Iz (from - mountain). And in the Mansi language, the mountain is called Poengurr. Perhaps the name of the river comes from the Mansi Narota-ya, where I - river or Ner-ati-ya - a river that collects mountains.Narodnaya height is 1895 meters.This is the highest mountain in the Urals.It is located on the border of Komi and Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug.

Video clip for the song "Everyone chooses for himself" muses. V.Berkovsky st. Y. Levitansky, isp. S. Nikitin, author of the video T. Kochurina

The highest mountain of the Urals bore the name of the Aryan clairvoyant, sage and healer NArada. This comrade seems to have traveled through parallel worlds and predicted the birth of Krishna. In Sanskrit, Narada means "a being without barriers in the universe." No more, no less.

Once the great sage and ascetic Narada went to the shore of the Sea of ​​Milk and from there to the northwest,

where was big Island, called Shvetadvipa - "White, bright island." Having reached this island, where "bright, shining like a moon, people" lived, he raised his hands to the sky and began to invoke the supreme god in prayer, praising him with secret names. And then, to the calls of the NARADA, "visible in the universal image", God appeared, who was "as if like a month spiritually pure, and at the same time, as if completely different from the month. And as if fiery, and as if mentally flashing stars radiance, like a rainbow, and sparkling like crystal, like a bluish-black brushstroke, and like piles of gold. an emerald, in some places like a pearl thread.So many different colors and images took on the Eternal Saint, hundred-headed, thousand-headed, thousand-legged, thousand-eyed, thousand-hearted, thousand-armed, and in places invisible...

In 1928, the mountain was renamed Narodnaya in honor of the Soviet people and in honor of the 10th anniversary of the revolution. In general, a lot of copies were broken about the name.

Mount Narodnaya is located in the Subpolar Urals on the border of Komi and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. Its height is 1895 meters.

Local Mansi tell such a legend. As soon as the earth appeared, it swayed, did not stand still. And the Gods thought: "But how will people hold on to it?" And they decided to strengthen the Earth, to gird it with a belt. And then the main God gave his belt, which was decorated with heavy buttons. Due to this, the Earth deeply settled and became motionless. And in the place where the belt lay, now the Ural Range is the middle of the Earth.

Here is how master of sports E.P. Maslennikov described the ascent to Narodnaya: “Throughout the entire path, you have to move between huge boulders that cover the slopes in a chaotic disorder. You can climb to the top from the west, along the ridge, along rocky it's more difficult. It's easier to get to the mountain along the spurs from the north... From here, the easiest climb. Behind each ridge, which seems to be the last, a new one opens. But finally, along the huge flat boulders - sandstones of a completely white color, with which nature over a large area diligently laid out all the approaches to the highest point of the mountain, you are reverently approaching the battlements crowning the highest peak of the Urals.

Tourists say that the ascent is the easiest from the valley of the Balbanyu River along the kurums. And from the side of Siberia it is the most difficult, you need alpine equipment. Most often, the ascent is made from the territory of the Yudyg-va National Park. This park is considered the largest among its kind in Russia, it is under protection.

At the foot of Mount Narodnaya, scientists led by Alexander Oleshkov, who can be called the godfather of this mountain, first appeared only in 1928. Before that, the Saber (1497 m) was considered the highest mountain in the Urals, then Telposiz (1616 m). And only the geologist Oleshkov proved that the highest point is Mount Narodnaya. Oleshkov called the Narodnaya mountain in honor of the 10th anniversary of the revolution.

The weather here is changeable and capricious. There is a high probability that having climbed the mountain, you will find yourself in "milk". Well, it's not just here. It was placed on the People's Cross at the very top in honor of the 2nd millennium of the baptism of Russia. He was brought here by pilgrims. At the top is a triangulation sign, everything is studded with coins and many commemorative plaques.

More than 500 million years ago, the sea lapped at this place. The age of the Ural Mountains is 280-250 million years. They are the oldest in the world. In the Subpolar Urals, nature has been preserved almost in its original form. Here you can observe the entire chronicle of the geological history of the Urals. Ural is a real storehouse of minerals. Of the 55 species that were developed in the USSR, 48 are represented in the Urals. Quartz is mined in the vicinity of Narodnaya. More than half of the Russian reserves of high-quality veined quartz are concentrated here. widely used in the electronic, military and space industries. The Zhelannoye deposit is the largest in the world. Its development has been going on for more than 60 years.

S. Zharnikova: "According to Aryan legends, the great ancestor of the people Manu, fleeing the flood, attached his ship to the horn of a huge fish and stopped on the spur of the mountain, which has since been called the "Slope of Manu". But not far from Mount Narada, Mount Manaraga rises and flows Manaraga river. Manu's wife, according to legend, was a woman named Ila or Ida, who appeared from milk and butter sacrificed by her great-ancestor. But the Ila or Ilych river still flows next to the Manaraga river ... "

Mount Manaraga- one of the highest and most beautiful mountains of the Urals, located in the upper reaches of the Kosyu River and 20 km west of Narodnaya. its height is 1662 meters. Manaraga is crowned with an unusual jagged peak resembling a crown. According to one version, the mountain got its Samoyedic (Nenetz) name from this peak, which means "Bear's Paw". In the Komi language, the mountain is called Una-Yura-Iz - "Many-headed Mountain". And I like the version of the writer Sergei Alekseev - Mana-Ra-Ga - "beckoning to the Sun."

It is well known that the highest point of the Urals is the top of Mount Narodnaya - 1895 meters. It became known to science after the expedition of A.N. Aleshkov, which he organized in 1927. not as beautiful as Manaraga and nothing special stands out among other peaks of the Northern and Subpolar Urals. It is characterized by a large number of cars and circuses, which became the basis for the most beautiful lakes. A prerequisite, as for all other mountains of the Subpolar Urals, is the presence of glaciers and snowfields.

The western slope of Mount Narodnaya is gentle, while the eastern one is steeper, with sheer walls and gorges. The climate in the region of Mount Narodnaya and Manaraga is quite severe, with long winters and very short cool summers. average temperature in winter it is -19°С. This period is characterized by snowstorms and piercing winds. During the summer months, the air temperature rises to 12°C. The mountain is located in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug on the territory of the Yugyd Va National Park.

The name of Narodnaya mountain

In connection with Mount Narodnaya, there is still a dispute about the origin of its name. On the one hand, everything is obvious here, because. the name "folk" comes from the noun "people" and in this case the emphasis should be on the second syllable. By the way, in the textbooks and encyclopedias of the times of the Soviet Union, this was done. But there are followers of other theories. If you believe her, then in the toponym "Narodnaya" the stress should be on the first syllable, i.e. "folk", because it originates from the name of the Naroda River, which has its source on the slopes of the mountain. And the Naroda River got its name from the verb “to give birth”, and among the local tribes (Komi, Zyryans) it was considered the place where their family came from.

Mount Narodnaya. Photo from here http://www.skitalets.ru/photogallery/2004/pripolar_alex/narodnaya.jpg

Which mountain is higher?

The mountains of the Subpolar Urals are higher than the peaks of the Southern, Northern and even Polar ones. It is here that all the highest peaks of the Ural Mountains are located. Suffice it to mention such mountains as Telpos-Iz, Saber, Manaraga and, of course, Mount Narodnaya itself. Initially, Mount Saber (1497 meters) was considered the highest peak. Then the championship passed to Mount Telpos-Iz (translated as "nest of winds") with its height of 1617 meters. Subsequently, the palm was given to Mount Manarage, the height of which will be determined as 1660 meters. For a very long time there were disputes about which mountain is higher - Manaraga or Narodnaya. The height of the first was determined at the level of 1820 meters, and therefore this figure still appears in some sources. Much later, thanks to the development of scientific methods for determining heights, it was possible to establish that the real height of Manaraga is only 1660 meters, and its obvious supremacy is apparent due to the landscape. Today, and probably forever, the most high mountain recognized as People's.

View from Mount Narodnaya. Photo from here http://www.4erdak.ru/gallery/

Tourism and rest

Like Manaraga, it has become a cult place for tourists and hikers. The relative accessibility of the mountain, its fame as the most high mountain The Urals and the indescribable beauty of the Subpolar Urals made the route to Narodnaya very popular. Climb Narodnaya along the western or northern slope. The ascent is complicated by a large number boulders, carts with lakes, ledges. Difficult at the very top big tour or a pyramid, which contains the notes of the former conquerors of Narodnaya. Mountain trekking in the area of ​​Mount Narodnaya is also interesting because it can be combined with rafting on the Kosyu River.

The highest peak of the Urals is Mount Narodnaya, the height of its peak is 1895 meters above sea level. This mountain is located on the border between two regions - the Komi Republic and the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug. At the same time, the peak of the peak itself is shifted by half a kilometer from the border between them to the territory of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug. Therefore, we attribute the mountain to this region.

There are two versions about the name of this natural attraction. One suggests putting the stress on the first syllable, and the other on the second. It would seem that the second option is more logical: “folk” means belonging to everyone. This version is also confirmed by the opening time of the highest peak. The name was given to her in 1927 during the expedition of A.N. Aleshkova.

At that time, literally everything was devoted to the Soviet state and, accordingly, to the people. However, despite the slenderness of this version, many prefer another option. The fact is that the Naroda River flows nearby (the emphasis should be placed on the first syllable). If the mountain was named after her, then it is clear that in her name the stress will also be on the first syllable.

In any case, no matter how you name the mountain, the fact itself does not change from this - there are no others higher than this mountain in the Urals. Previously, the championship was given to Mount Saber (1497 meters), and then to Mount Manarage (1660 meters). Subsequently, scientists recognized that both rocks cannot claim the title of the highest. natural conditions near Narodnaya (and especially on its top) are not distinguished by softness.

The climate here is harsh, in winter the temperature often drops to minus 19 ° C. Snowstorms often occur. There are glaciers at the very top. But this does not become an obstacle for numerous groups of tourists going to conquer the mountain. For them, Mount Narodnaya on the map of the Urals is a symbolic place.

Suitable for climbing are the northern and western slopes. If you also decide to test your strength and try to conquer the summit, get ready for the fact that the path will not be easy. It is best to go camping in the summer, when the conditions are more or less comfortable. Often they choose a route that starts in the village of Kozhim Rudny and runs through the Kosya River, the Studenchesky Pass and a number of other objects.

During the ascent, not only rains, but also snow are quite likely, even if it is July. In the mountains, this is a common thing. Therefore, you should be more equipped. Those who have already been on such a trip are advised to take rubber hunting boots with them, since wetlands will constantly be encountered on the way.

Your path will run through tundra slopes, swamps and dense forest. In summer, you can enjoy an interesting northern cloudberry. It is impossible to confuse it with any other berries: it has a bright orange color and a juicy taste. It is quite possible that you will come across reindeer, as well as local reindeer herders - Mansi.

Mansi will show you the way if you feel that you are lost. But here comes the peak. You see beautiful lakes with which stone circuses are filled. Here you can also observe volumetric depressions that cut into rocks - punishments. They can be filled with water, snow or glaciers.

For those who have reached the top, an amazing view awaits. From Narodnaya, all the surrounding mountains are perfectly visible. Here you will find traces of previous expeditions. At the very top, a cairn is built, containing the notes of all the conquerors who wished to leave messages to their followers. You can also leave a few words about yourself.

Climbing Mount Narodnaya will give you unforgettable emotions and a comprehensive feeling of delight that will cover you at the top. Just do not forget to get permission to enter before starting the expedition. nature Park Yugyd Va. After all, Mount Narodnaya is part of this park and really belongs to all the people, and therefore is protected by the state.

Mount Narodnaya in the photo

The address: Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Berezovsky District, Ural Mountains