Taganay — Mother Mountain

Taganay is a group of mountain ranges of the Southern Urals in the Chelyabinsk region with a height of up to 1178 m . There are many legends associated with this mountain. One has only to climb to the top of Taganay and make a wish — it will certainly come true.

1. Mount Taganay was known to many peoples. The Indians called her Meru, the Iranians — Hara Berezaiti, the Chuvash — Ama-Tu (Mother Mountain), the Chinese — Kun-Lun, the Muslims — Kaf.

2. The Taganai mountain range, located at the junction of two parts of the world — Europe and Asia, is considered one of the most beautiful places in the Urals.

3. Taganay forests are known for the fact that in the XVIII–XIX centuries Old Believers fled there. The schismatics built their hermitages underground, masking the outside with moss, granite blocks and upturned tree roots.

4.5. The highest point of the Taganay ranges — Mount Kruglitsa (1178 m) — got its name due to its characteristic shape.

Tourists who have climbed to the Roundhouse leave knots there. They say — for luck.

6. Another mountain, the Response Ridge, is notorious for the fact that on December 30, 1947, a plane en route from Chelyabinsk to Moscow crashed against the rock wall of the Response Ridge. All five people on board were killed.

7. You can't call the weather on Taganay comfortable. The maximum summer temperature is up to +38 ° C, in winter — up to -50 ° C.

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