Taganay National Park
Taganai is a national park that is located in an amazing corner of the South Urals, between a group of ridges called Taganai. It is located in the western part of the Chelyabinsk region, near the northeast outskirts of the city called Zlatoust, which is located in the Urals. The entire area of this park is 568 km2. Taganai Park was founded on March 5, 1991. In this park, such valuable ecological systems as fur swamps, mountain meadows, tundra, as well as relict forests remained completely intact.
The Taganai mountain range, which is located at the intersection of two parts of the planet – Asia and Europe, is the bearer of the status of the most picturesque corner on the Urals. Here nature founded a one-of-a-kind cocktail, which consists of mountain rivers, unique stone rivers, exquisite stone remains, mountain tundra, high-end trellis, ancient mineral mines, as well as relict forests. This park is an amazing place, which is covered by a huge number of legends and legends. A park called Tagan-Ai in translation from Bashkir means « moon stand ». Based on the legend, in past times, giants lived in these places. The main one, who owned precious stones and myriad wealth, had three sons. He did not give his treasures to anyone, even his sons, but one day they secretly took wealth and fled. The bag was full of holes, and the jewels scattered throughout the Urals, from which he became rich in gems. The giant was tired of looking for sons, and crouched crouching. He cried so much that rivers formed near him. The moon, seeing his suffering, comforted him, but when he put him on his shoulder, the giant was stone. And his tears became stone rivers. Since then, the second name of these places has been the "Bap of the Moon". When the sons realized that they had lost all the jewels, they decided to go back home. Seeing what happened to him, they were so scared that they themselves were petrified with fear. According to local residents, animals and birds are afraid to walk near the rocks of "Three Brothers", and tourists bypass. But earlier, these places were chosen by the Old Believers, who performed their secret rites here. In the 18-19 centuries, Old Believers hid in the forests, who masked their dugouts among granite blocks, drillers and mosses so that the uninitiated had no chance of finding them.
The highest point of the Taganai ridges is a mountain called Kruglitz, which is located at an altitude of 1178 meters, got its name using its characteristic rounded shape. She attracts a huge number of psychics, esoterics, as well as occultists. On the stones you can notice various sacred signs applied with paint. In addition, there are a huge number of small seids that are built of stones that are complex to each other. According to the pilgrims, the peak has a special energy that has positive properties. And travelers believe that any desires made on Kruglitz will certainly come true.
In the rocky area, which is located between Kruglitz and the Rolling ridge, there is an extraordinary natural monument called the Valley of Tales. This monument is a kind of stretch of high-rise low-sized forest, where peaks from extraordinary stone remains rise. There are also sandy paths, steep cliffs, glades overgrown with forest and meadows. Near the foot of the Taganaya cliffs there is such a attraction as stone rivers, which is a chaotic piling of blocks of stones.
Two-headed hill, known for its white quartzites, which are blinded like snow in the sun, is 7 km from Zlatoust. On the south side of the mountain there are almost vertical walls and look like a castle from the side. This place is called Scalodrom and here you can meet climbers at training. At an altitude of 690 meters there is a parent "White Key". During the analysis of water, it was revealed that the softness of the water in the spring is higher than that of melted snow ( very few mineral salts ). The spring received the name from the stones of a white quartz, the water in the spring even in the hottest weather does not exceed 4 ° C.
This park is also known for its amazing floristic wealth – today approximately 728 species of various plants are registered. In the Tanaya National Park there are 52 species of mammals, 3 species of amphibians, approximately 130 species of birds, 6 species of reptiles, as well as 7 species of fish. In the forests of Taganyaya, predators such as a brown bear, fox, lynx and wolf often meet, and roe deer, wild boars and moose run through the fields. A large amount of trout floats in the rivers.
