I continue to acquaint Crimeans and guests of the peninsula with one-day routes of mountain walks.
Today I will share one of the most affordable and budget options PVD (weekend hike).
Route: Simferopol - Perevalnoe - Krasnaya Cave - Dolgorukovskaya Yayla and back.
The most convenient way to Dolgorukovskaya Yayla from Simferopol lies through the village of Perevalnoye.
This is the Simferopol - Alushta - Yalta highway and there is a lot of transport. Minibuses, buses, trolleybuses.
From the railway station of Simferopol by minibus, take about 50 minutes.
We leave at the stop "Red Caves". We walk along the wide valley of the Krasnopeshchernaya river to the tract
Kizil-Koba. After 3 km the road turns into a trail, and after another one and a half kilometers we are at the waterfall
Su-Uchkhan. I told about the walk to the waterfall and winter swimming.
And today we are going higher.
Once you reach Wonderland, an eclectic cluster of stone and wooden figures, you will see a path up the hill.
This is the fast way to the yayla. The second, steeper, but also more interesting variant of the path lies through the Kizil-Koba gorge, along the river.
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Frosty morning. The artifact is an artifact of the local tourist transport.
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The harsh everyday life of jeepers. Sorry, guys, for the angle, but you can't erase the words from the song.
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Crimeans are so harsh that even the cats are made of stone.
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Not to mention raccoons))
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The road rises above the Su-Uchkhan waterfall and leads to a wonderful meadow.
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View platform. Everyone is posing on it, including the squirrel))
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Behind our backs there is a passage in the rocks. We are just there. To do this, we go through the steps leading to the Red Cave to
signpost "Yayla" and turn onto the path.
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group photo - alekseypatsyuk
The ascent is cheerful. Especially in the rain. But we are lucky, the snow does not slide so well.
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The sun warmed up, painting everything in bright colors. And the mood was to match this sunny day!
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Thirty minutes of ascent and we are at the top. Before us stretches a huge plateau called Dolgorukovskaya Yayla.
Snowy roads and trails are clearly visible against the background of a little snowy yayla:
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The toponym "Dolgorukovskaya yayla" is associated with the name of the landowners, the descendants of Prince V. M. Dolgorukov, under whose command Russian troops entered the Crimean peninsula in 1771, thereby paving the way for Russia to the Black Sea. The Dolgorukovs' possession included the village of Mamut-Sultan (now the village of Dobroe) with the adjacent lands of the upper reaches of the Salgir, including the Kizilkobinskoe tract with the yayla located above it. However, the name of the plateau - Dolgorukovskaya Yayla - appears on the maps relatively recently. PI Sumarokov used the term "Demerdzhi-yayla" (he places the Red Caves on its northern slope). Exactly 100 years later (1903), the geologist V. M. Tsebrikov included this entire area in the concept of "Karabi-Yaila". The same geographical terminology was adhered to in 1911 by P. Petrov. Consequently, the toponym "Dolgorukovskaya Yayla" had not yet been established by this time.
One way or another, but in Kruber's monograph published in 1915 " Karst area of the mountainous Crimea "Dolgorukovskoe Upland" is listed for the first time. This name appears on the botanical and geographical map of E.V. Wulf published in 1921. early or even mid 20s.
Another 40 minutes of movement and in front of us on the horizon rises a wooded mountain Kalan-Bair, 914 m high.
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And our target, the Mound of Glory, is located 500 meters to the left. Or Northwest.
Leaving my companions for the photo session, I went ahead. Towards Kurgan.
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The weather was wonderful. Yes, in Crimea, basically, such wonderful weather all year round!))
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And here is the Mound of Glory itself. An excellent observation point, which the crows took advantage of, sitting on the structure, where the Eternal Flame is lit.
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The entrance is made in the form of a star, which is visible from planes and satellites.
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The monument itself began to be erected by tourists, shepherds, foresters and schoolchildren, bringing here one stone at a time. Thus, a pile of stones grew, which formed the basis of the Mound of Glory. Subsequently, it was brought to its logical conclusion.
Commemorative plaques with the names of the partisans who laid down their heads in the Great Patriotic War.
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From the top of the Mound of Glory, Simferopol is visible and White rock... In a misty haze, but you can see it.
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It was lunchtime and we did not deny ourselves the pleasure of making a fire and boiling tea.
The foliage after the snow was wet, slightly dried in the breeze, but fireproof. The fire was lit with difficulty, the wood over the winter
gathered moisture and burned reluctantly. If you do not fan the fire, it goes out immediately.
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There is a partisan spring under the Mound of Glory. The old geographical name is Chitliuk-Chokrak.
The modern name is Ladoshki. Take a closer look and it will become clear why they called it that. The spring was landscaped in 1975 by the Komsomol members of Simferopol. And again - in 2012.
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The water in the spring is delicious, we take it with us.
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Time to go back. We take a return course to Perevalnoye. On the way, we go a little taking away to the right, closer to the forest.
In the middle of the yayla there is another monument to the partisans. The day is short and the plane did not go to the monument. In general, on Dolgorukovskaya
there are many monuments to yayla. If we count all the memorial signs, stars and tablets, then there will be about 25, but most likely there are more of them.
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And below, at the launch site, on the Fairy Glade, ducks and a thawed Moskvich were waiting for us:
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A one-day hike along the Dolgorukovskaya Yayla to the Mound of Glory and back took the whole day, from 9 am to 5 pm.
about 19 km.
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In May, the entire plateau is covered with bright glades of thin-leaved peony, resembling red poppies in appearance.
You can admire these flowers in my post last year.
Dolgorukovskaya yayla.
General description, peaks, rivers, springs
Dolgorukovskaya yayla (or Subatkan-yila, to use the Crimean Tatar name) is a plateau located at the smallest distance from civilization in comparison with other Crimean plateaus. From the village of Perevalnoye, and hence from the Yalta-Simferopol highway, it is separated by a couple of kilometers. Like other eastern plateaus (Chatyr-Dag and Karabi), it goes down from south to north. Sometimes Tyrke-Yayla is referred to this plateau, although the latter is closer to Demerdzhi-Yayla.
Mount Buki in the southeast of the yayla is the most high point plateaus (1023 meters above sea level). You can also name Mount Chalbash (1003 meters), Kalan-Bair (914 meters), Kol-Bair (818 meters), Yankoy-Bair (883 meters).
There are water sources on the plateau: Yarmak-Chokrak and Veyrat-Chokrak. The western tributaries of the Angara, such as the Kizilkobinka and the Malinovy Ruchei, originate from transparent springs at the foot of the Dolgorukovskaya Yayla. In the north, such springs feed the rivers Beshterek, Dair-Adan, Mulla-Kol, Shchetleu-Chokrak, Choban-Suvat.
Dried lakes - goli - are depressions lined with clay on the bottom, which prevents water from penetrating through karst cavities in limestone. During the period of melting snow or heavy rains, they can be filled with water. After the shepherds stopped strengthening them and covering the bottom with an additional layer of clay, the golis fell into decay, like the whole pasture industry. Dolgorukovskaya Yayla suffered greatly from cattle grazing, the erosion that gained momentum destroyed scarce soils and negatively affected the vegetation of the plateau.
The toponym "Dolgorukovskaya Yayla" is associated with the descendants of Prince V.M. Dolgorukov, who led the Russian troops that fought in the Crimea at the end of the eighteenth century. His heirs owned land in the Mamut-Sultan region (now the Dobroe village just north of Perevalnoye). As official name took hold after the revolution, in the twenties.
The surface of the lower plateau is represented by vast karst fields covered with craters, ponors and hollows, and there are also caves. Yayla is very poorly forested due to the rocky surface.
A few more words should be said about the Subotkhan River. It is unique in that during the flood it changes its course and disappears in the Proval mine. During dry periods, Subotkhan crosses the Dolgorukovskaya Yayla and flows into the Burulcha River in the east. Thus, this river feeds two different systems, because from the Proval mine, as the researchers believe, it pours its waters into the underground part of the river, which on the surface is already called Kizilkobinka.
Borders of Dolgorukovskaya Yayla
In the south, the border of the plateau can be considered a narrow valley that separates the plateau from Tyrke-yayla. In this valley (and partly along the yayla) the Subotkhan River flows, which gave the local name to the plateau. In the east, a similar valley of the Burulcha River separates it from the Orta-Syrt yayla.
In the west, the yayla descends with steep rocky cliffs into the vicinity of Perevalnoye and the valley of the Angara River.
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| The village of Perevalnoye at the western border Dolgorukovskaya Yayla |
View of Dolgorukovskaya Yayla and the village Perevalnoe from the Chatyr-Dag plateau |
In the north, the yayla descends into the forests, where its limits are rather indefinite, but not north of the latitude of Mount Mayak (726 meters).
Scheme of tourist sites in Dolgorukovskaya Yayla:
Kizil-Koba cave and geological natural monument
The Red Cave, as you can call it, translating the toponym into Russian, is the largest of all the caves of the Crimean Peninsula (reddish limestones give the upper part of the slopes of the Kizil-Kobinsky Gorge) and the most famous object on the Dolgorukovskaya Yayla. 270 thousand cubic meters of space with 25 kilometers of available length. Six floors and many galleries and halls (Academic, Chinese, Indian) represent an intricate system of passages, so a visit to this cave is possible only under the supervision of a guide who knows it. Kizil-Koba is very beautiful, it has everything that tourists want to see in a cave: underground rivers and lakes (up to 500 square meters), waterfalls and siphons, stalagmites and stalactites (one of the latter is an eight-meter giant - among the largest in Europe) ...
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| In the distant halls of the Kizil-Koba cave (Red cave) |
The entire complex of caves is enclosed within the boundaries of the geological natural monument of national importance "Kizil-Koba". It is located three kilometers from the Yalta-Simferopol highway and the village of Perevalnoye on thirty hectares of forest bordering a steep western border Dolgorukovskaya Yayla.
The forest is reserved, its main inhabitants are hornbeam, oak, hazel, dogwood, maple. On its territory, you can admire the Su-Uchkhan waterfall, which beautifully descends in cascades from a height of more than forty meters.
The river of the same name comes out of the depths of the cave and after two kilometers flows into the Kizilkobinka river, and that, in turn, into the Angara, a tributary of the Salgir feeding Simferopol. The river cut through a gorge in the thickness of the Upper Jurassic limestones, and the particles of dissolved lime contained in its composition piled a large tuff area at the entrance to the cave, which, having risen over time, blocked the gorge. The waters of the river, falling down, form a cascading waterfall on the slope of this site. It should be noted that only the lower floors, experiencing karst youth, are filled with water, the upper ones are completely dry.
The lower entrance to the Kizil-Koba cave is called Kharanlykh-Koba, that is, "dark cave", the upper one is Iel-Koba (Wind cave).
In addition to all its natural wonders, the cave offered scientists to solve the riddle of material artifacts left here by ancient man. According to the name of the cave, the man of this era is called Kizilkobins, his culture dates back to the first half of the 1st millennium BC.
Other famous caves of Dolgorukovskaya Yayla
Other remarkable caves of the plateau include the Yeni-Sala cave system (three caves). The Yeni-Sala-2 cave was discovered by chance in 1959 and immediately offered interesting finds to archaeologists. The temple of the Kizilkobinsky man was found here. But everything that said about the sanctuary was taken away by tourists back in Soviet times. Now Yeni-Sala-2 can only boast of natural attractions, such as two halls and three stalagmites in the lower one, where the temple was found.
The Yeni-Sala-3 cave is located not far from Yeni-Sala-2. Unlike the latter, it is primarily interesting as a natural attraction. Underground rivers, siphons, wells, lakes of this young cave - all this will undoubtedly be of interest to speleologists. The lower part of the cave is constantly filled with water, the upper part - from time to time.
Yeni-Sala-1, unlike its third sister, is dry, light and accessible for visiting. It contained fragments of vessels belonging to the Kizilkobinsky culture. The lower layers tear off the history of the Neanderthals who lived here in prehistoric times (it is important to add that along the Subotkhan River, archaeologists also met traces of sites ancient man from the Neolithic). The 113-meter cave has three entrances.
The Proval Cave is located in the southern part of the Dolgorukovskaya Yayla between the Chalbash Mountain and the Subotkhan River. The explored length is 1250 meters, the depth is 104 meters. It ends with a blockage. Scientists believe that it has a connection with Kizil-Koba, as well as the ponor well of Averkiev, which is located north of the Red Cave and has a length of 405 meters.
Mound of Glory and other memorials at Dolgorukovskaya Yayla
One cannot ignore the Kurgan of Glory located in the northeast of the yayla, a memorial in the form of a white star in honor of the Crimean partisans who continued their armed struggle against the German invaders for three years. Over the forests between the two yayls - Karabi and Dolgorukovskaya - the partisans held constant control for more than two years and retreated only under the pressure of superior enemy forces, but did not surrender. In the area with a height of 886 meters, where the memorial now stands, at the turn of 1943 and 1944, a final bloody confrontation broke out, as a result of which the partisans were forced to go north beyond the Yaman-Tash ridge.
Another monument to partisans stands on Mount Kol-Bair (818 meters) in the north of the plateau.
On the other side of the Dolgorukovskaya Yayla, near the Yalta-Simferopol highway, three kilometers south of the village of Perevalnoye, there is a memorial to the partisans called the "Partisan cap".
North-west of the Mound of Glory, there is a monument in the form of a model of an aircraft, marking the location of the Ivanenkovsky airfield, which in 1943-44 served to supply the partisans with weapons and provisions from the air.
A little south of the Mound of Glory, you can find a monument to the Soviet soldier S. Kurseitov, who died in 1944 at the hands of local collaborators.
Descending from the Dolgorukovskaya Yayla from the Mound of Glory to the north, do not pass the partisan spring "Ladoshka", the water from which is collected in the bowl of the installation in the form of human palms. On a stone slab nearby is a bas-relief of a partisan wearing a hat.
Plant and animal worlds of Dolgorukovskaya Yayla
In the upper reaches of the Burulcha River, on the slopes of the Dolgorukovskaya Yayla, beech, hornbeam, Steven's maple, and juniper grow, but the most unique can be considered the endemic wolfberry, which you will not find anywhere else in Crimea. Discovered in 1961, wolfberry was immediately identified as an ancient endemic, the closest relatives of which grow 500-700 kilometers from the Crimea. It grows on the yayla and in the undergrowth like a shrub just over a meter high.
On Dolgorukovskaya yayla you can find crocuses, peonies, thyme, euonymus, adonis, larkspur, Bieberstein's chick, rock violet - all rare and legally protected plants. Spring on the plateau is always charming.
The fauna is mainly represented by small animals and rodents: hare, marten, badger, weasel, squirrel, mouse, but you can find roe deer, deer, wild boar. The kestrel, owl, buzzard, crook, swift, swallow, lark and other birds reign in the sky.
Routes of Dolgorukovskaya Yayla and its environs
Tourist route №148 starts from the village of Chaikovsky, which is east of Perevalnoye. It passes along the southern part of the plateau through the Voldar gully, past the Chalbash mountain crowned with a triangular and the source of the Subotkhan river, and leads to Orta-Syrt-yayla, joining route 156.
From the same Tchaikovsky there is another route along the southern slopes of the Dolgorukovskaya Yayla. Before the tourist camp "Malinovaya" it is called the 140th, from "Malinovaya" to the parking lot "Bukovy cordon" - 142nd. The Raspberry camp is called because the path to it lies along the bank of the Raspberry Creek. The parking lot is well equipped in a dense beech forest. Among the beeches there is a parking lot "Beech Cordon", where there are gazebos, tables and water. A forester lives on the cordon from whom you can get hold of firewood.
From "Bukovy Cordon" Route 145, partly passing along the plateau, will lead to the tourist camp "Partizanskaya Polyana", covered by a shady forest. The glade has been bearing this name since the war, when partisan paths converged here. The tourist station is located at the confluence of the Burulchi and the Partizanka River, so there is always water.
Probably the most interesting route through Dolgorukovskaya yayla is the 149th tourist. It starts from the tourist camp "Kizil-Koba", moreover, turning a little, you can visit the famous cave, but still this road goes north, past the Bazar-Oba mountain to the Mound of Glory. This route takes you almost only along the rocky plateau, more precisely its northern part.
A trail can lead along the steep western part of the yayla, starting from the "Bukovy cordon" to Mount Kol-Bair, on which there is a monument to partisans. This trail is interesting because in its vicinity, turning to the left, you can find three Yeni-Sala caves, and Kizil-Kob is just a stone's throw away. Proval Cave can be seen right next to the road, not far from the intersection of trail 148 of route.
A long and full of impressions route is offered by the trail from the tourist camp "Beech Cordon" to Mount Kol-Bair. She proposes to go around first along the eastern edge, and then along the northern entire plateau. It is more likely not a trail, but a network of trails and roads, choosing one or another of which you can modify your route without losing the general direction.
Dolgorukovskaya Yayla climate
Dolgorukovskaya Yaila is one of the coldest Yailas in Crimea, here only Karabi-Yaila can argue with it. Unprotected from the north, it is influenced by the harsh steppe climate. Snow often falls in winter, and there are palpable frosts. Winters are longer here, and summers are cooler and shorter than on other plateaus.
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Summing up, we can say that, despite the relatively cold climate, Dolgorukovskaya yayla can boast of accessibility and the absence of difficult climbs. Tourists who practice multi-day hikes can always go to Karabi-Yayla. The Kizil-Koba cave will become a significant trophy for any fan of outdoor activities.
Dolgorukovskaya Yayla is another plateau worth visiting in Crimea.
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Many routes have been laid to the partisan memorial in the Zuisky forest. We will describe three ways to these protected areas: two on foot and one by car.
From the village of Perevalnoye
The starting point of the route can be reached by trolleybus No. 1 to Perevalnoye from Simferopol railway station... From Yalta by trolleybus number 52 or by any bus going to Simferopol. From here we will go along the trolleybus route towards Simferopol, cross the bridge over the Malinovy stream. Immediately after the bridge, turn right, onto a rural street. Pay attention to the name of the street - Partizanskaya. At house number 12, along a bridge made of concrete pipes lying in the water, we go to the left bank of the stream. On a hillock, near the last house, there is a signpost with the inscription "On the partisan paths". This is where the journey into the partisan forest begins.
From the signpost, follow the forest path to a clearing with individual hawthorn bushes, pear and apple trees. Here the path connects with the road along which we will continue our journey. In about half an hour we will approach the already familiar Raspberry Creek and cross it over the stones. From the stream, we begin to climb the slope by a hiking trail, which stretches along the right bank of the stream to the very yayla. Outcrops of rocks appear under your feet and you need to be very careful all the time so as not to slip on the rocks and not get injured. The climb is getting steeper. But the caring hands of your predecessors equipped a railing in this place, tying sticks between tree trunks. A few more steps - and we are at the spring. Relax, freshen up and hit the road again.
The last meters of the ascent. On the index we read: "Dolgorukovskaya Yaila". On the right, among the trees, a house is visible. This is the Bukovy forest cordon. Nearby are even rows of young pine wood, planted by human hands.
From the cordon we move along a dirt road to gray rocks clearly visible against the background of a green forest. In half an hour we will go to a small river. In the hot season, you may not even notice it. But this is an amazing river - Subotkhan. It originates on the northern slope of Mount Tyrke, runs for several kilometers along the Dolgorukovskaya Yayla, and if you go downstream you can see a lake created by human hands. It is filled with the waters of the Subotkhan River.
About 150 years ago, Dubois de Monterey, a prominent scientist and explorer of the Crimea, suggested that the Subotkhan River, having traveled many kilometers underground, comes to the surface near the famous Red Caves and continues on its way under a different name - the Krasnopeshchernaya River (Kizil-Koba, Kyzylkobinka).
The rocks to which we are going are very close from Subotkhan. There, like a torch, the monument "Komsomolskie Rocks" glows like a torch.
From the monument along the forest road we go to a large glade, on which there is a barrier. Nearby there is a gazebo for relaxation. From here, along a path that is hardly noticeable in the grass, bypassing the barrier on the left, you can go to the spring.
Returning to the clearing, we will find the path we need. It is easy to do: next to it there is a pointer: "Height 1025". The path winds through the trees and leads to another large meadow, through which the Malaya Burulcha river flows. Feel free to jump to the other side and move on. Behind the river, the ascent to the height of Dedov kuren begins. Ten minutes later we go out to the memorial sign; "Parking lot of the partisan detachment." During the war years, the 1st partisan detachment of the Northern Formation was located here.
Now a few minutes of descent - and you are on the banks of the Burulchi River, where the tourist shelter "Partizanskiy" is located. We will leave our backpacks at the shelter, especially since we have to spend the night here, and we will take a light walk to the famous height of 1025.
From the "Partizansky" shelter we go downstream of the river, along its right bank, and, of course, pay attention to strange structure, resembling a miniature hydroelectric power station. As the inscription says, this is a partisan mill and power plant of the Zuysky detachment. From the old partisan mill, only a wheel remains, which lies by a tree on the opposite bank. And the present mill was built in 1966 by Simferopol tourists.
The tireless Burulcha runs on. We will also follow its fast waters and in 10 minutes we will come out to the clearing. In the thickets of butterbur, the remains of iron boxes are barely visible. Once they had shells for a partisan cannon, which was at an altitude of 1025. A steep long climb - and you are at the height.
In the center of a small platform on a stone pedestal is a partisan cannon. A wooden ladder is attached to the trunk of a tall tree: there was an observation post on this tree. Here is the dugout in which the partisan radio operators lived.
In 1941 this gun was left to the partisans by the Red Army units retreating to Sevastopol. In the spring of 1942, with great difficulty, in their arms, the partisans dragged it to the height.
Height 1025 has a horseshoe shape, and our path follows this giant stone horseshoe. The trail leads to a small area above the cliff, to two adjacent monuments.
From the mass grave along the path we go down to the Partizansky shelter. Before setting up camp, contact the commandant of the shelter, he will indicate the place. And in the morning on the road again.
From the place of lodging for the night we will return in a familiar way to a large meadow, where a barrier is installed. From here we continue along the right road through the forest. 35-40 minutes walk - and before us is the already familiar Dolgorukovskaya yayla. Ahead, about four kilometers away, a forested hill is clearly visible. A tall white obelisk stands out against its background.
We leave the road and go in the direction of the obelisk along the yayla. In an hour we are at the foot of the height. From here you can clearly see the Mound of Glory, poured at a height of 887. The inexorable time has not yet had time to erase the traces of past battles. All around were swollen trenches, craters, fragments of bombs and shells.
Along the entire edge of the forest, there are monuments and obelisks to the hero-partisans who died on the lines of battle.
Here is one of these monuments. It says: "Here the chief of staff of the 24th partisan detachment, Komsomol member Anatoly Nikolayevich Smirnov, 1924-XII.1943, died heroically." He was only 19 years old ...
And here is the monument to the Slovaks partisans. Nine names are listed on the plate.
The monument to the partisan "Katyusha" and her heroic crew was erected in 1971.
There are many more monuments and memorial plates on the spurs of Kolan-Bair, and unites them into a kind memorial Complex a high obelisk that serves as a landmark on the way to the height. On the white marble slab the words: “To the heroes-partisans. They fell on this bloody field so that you live, grow and mature. 1941-1944 ".
Now we will go to the height of 887, on the top of which the Kurgan of Glory was built by the hands of the youth of Simferopol. Next to the mound is a stele with the names of the partisans who died in battles with the invaders.
The tour is coming to an end. But before getting under way in Return trip, we will have a little rest and drink some water from a partisan spring. It is not far from the Mound of Glory. To find the spring, we will go to the place where the country road goes into the forest. To the left of it, a path is laid along a small ravine. It will lead to a gray slab with a bas-relief image of a partisan and the inscription: "Partisan spring ... fall, but not with your lips, but with your heart." During the war years, partisan dugouts were located near this source, and if you look closely at the area, you can still see their traces.
Now we will return to the Mound of Glory and, leaving the buildings under the red roof on the right, we will climb a small hill - the spur of the Dolgorukovskaya Yayla. From here we will begin our descent towards the Simferopol - Alushta highway. The first bushes and trees remain on the right. We continue to descend along the spur along the edge of the forest for another 200 meters to the very cliff. Here, in the greenery of the bushes, you can see the path going down and to the right. Be careful and careful as she is pretty cool. A short descent ends in the Kizil-Koba tract, on a tuff platform, from which a panoramic view opens Crimean mountains... The entire journey from 887 to the tuff site will take approximately two hours.
From the monument "Partisan cap" along the valley of the Kurlyuk-Su river
From Simferopol on intercity trolleybuses No. 11, 12, 14, 15 we go to the monument "Partisan cap", where at the request of passengers the driver will make a stop.
After examining the monument, we will walk along the highway towards Simferopol to the electrical substation, then turn off the highway to the right and come out onto a forest road leading to the Kurlyuk-Su gorge. In a few minutes, you are in a clearing, where a place for rest is equipped. Immediately beyond the clearing, we will cross the river over stones or over luggage made of logs and after a dozen meters we will see a fork in the road. We will continue along the left road, we will cross the river again. The road starts to climb smoothly; the river is no longer visible, you can only hear how it rustles to the right somewhere far below. Another fork, turn left again and come to the place where the road forks into several paths. All of them rise sharply and soon merge into the road again. Choose any, except for the extreme right, as it will again lead to the river.
The road, smoothly rising, goes along the left slope of an unnamed tributary of the Kurlyuk-Su River, crosses it and leads to a fork. This time we turn to the right and go out to the ridge overgrown with pine trees. A long and steep climb begins. The road is very washed out, so it is better to climb the path along the road. Without turning to the branches, we go to the road that crosses the path. We continue along the road to the right, along a clearing overgrown with wild pears and apple trees, until the next fork. From here we go along the left road to the sign "On the partisan paths". Near the sign to the left of the road, there is a good path, following which in 45 minutes we will come to a small site. There is a spring in its right corner.
After resting by the spring, we continue, adhering to the left paths, walk along the slope until the path leads to open space to the young plantings of oak, bypassing which we will find ourselves on a well-groomed road. We walk along it in the same direction and after 20 minutes we find ourselves in a clearing near the barrier. A description of the further path is given above.
To Kolan-Bair on your own transport
From Simferopol you should go northeast along the Feodosiya highway. At the 11th kilometer to the right, the road leaves. Mazanka, along which we continue our journey. We pass Mazanka, leave the village on the left. The edges and about 10 km more, we will drive along a country road going along the Dolgorukovskaya yayla, to the characteristic ledge of a coniferous forest. We will stop here for a few minutes and have a look around. To the right rises the mass of Chatyrdag, to the left of it the mountains Demerdzhi, Tyrke, Yaman-Tash are clearly visible. In the foreground is the forest-covered Kolan-Bair height, against the background of the forest there is an obelisk. To the left of Kolan-Bair is the Mound of Glory.
Having understood the situation, continue on your way. The road on which you were driving makes a sharp turn to the left and goes down into the ravine, where it forks. Turn right and in 10-15 minutes you will be at the Mound of Glory.
Here you can leave your transport and take a short tour of the partisan memorial. After seeing the monuments of Kolan-Bair and the height 887, return to Simferopol by the same road.
