The Main Ural Range (GUR) is between Europe and Asia. Main Ural Range (GUH) – between Europe and Asia Gukh Main Ural Range

Diary of the trip.

The Main Ural Ridge - such a pompous name has mountain range, stretched for 50 km. located clearly from north to south on the border between the Perm and Sverdlovsk regions, the border itself runs in the center along the entire ridge. The nearest cities are Severouralsk and Solikamsk.
We decide to explore this route. There are practically no descriptions on the Internet, so we develop the route ourselves at our own peril and risk. Severouralsk - Pokrovsk-Uralsky - Bayanovka and further along the road to Kvarkush. What kind of road? Is it possible to drive along that road? How close can you get? Where to leave the car? Which side and along which paths should we go? Is it even possible to go there?
In general, we struggled with these questions for two weeks.
Having connected the weekends of all participants, the departure was scheduled for 12 am on Friday, September 6, we need to turn around in one day, but we still haven’t found any answers.
Friday, September 6 - by chance (all accidents are not accidental) I stumbled upon the phone number of the owner of the Zvezda base, which the road passes by, I called and received answers. Hallelujah! Gismeteo promises a weekend without rain in that area. The best!
According to the plan, at 12 at night we leave Yekaterinburg, the highway to Serov, we are fined a couple of times - admission ticket on North.
Here comes Severouralsk - we cross the bridge over the canal and immediately turn left (bypass), go to the second gate made of pipes above the road, and immediately turn left to Pokrovsk-Uralsky, the village remains on the left side to us on Bayanovka. Bayanovka was also supposed to remain aside, but somehow we were drawn there, the navigators categorically refused to show the direction and circled around the village with us, recording the track.
Saturday, September 7, 5 a.m. - we took the road to Kvarkush. It rained all week along the logging road, respectively 56 km. We drove this road in 2.5 hours. It starts to rain - the gismeteo did not disappoint!
8 am - we are at the base - the rain is not letting up, the ridge is covered in fog. Where to look for the trail? While they were drinking tea and getting ready, base worker Alexey appeared and said: “I saw you a long time ago, but I didn’t want to go out in the rain!” He cast a sad glance over our table, where there was nothing stronger than chicory, explained where to look for the trail, was sincerely surprised that we would climb the mountains in the rain and fog and, as an alternative, offered us a bathhouse, chatted a little more, and, having lost to us interest went into the house.
At 8:30 we set off in the direction indicated by Alexey. This year, having wandered through off-road terrain, kurumnik, windbreaks and swamps, we were ready to meet it all again, but the spirits of the mountains, through the hands of the aborigines, decided to give us a gift - flooring made of boards. And we walked along this flooring, like a red carpet, to the foot of the ridge. Thank you and greetings Spirits of the area. We install the neutralizer and get a bonus - the rain stops!
The mountain is completely made of kurumnik! The rains washed away the soil from under the stones, the stones are unstable and mobile, the moss on the stones became soft and slippery. The grip of track shoes on rocks is zero. So what now - we won’t go up? We will, but we’ll just go more carefully, especially since we’re light, so everything will work out!
The top is shrouded in fog, it’s a pity we won’t see all the beauty and all the greatness. Being careful, but also trying not to lose pace, we climb up. It seems that this is the top, the base is visible far below from behind, and ahead of us the next climb is visible from the fog, and beyond that there is another.
The fog was apparently bored, so he started a game with us, now that we are in the middle of the ascent, the fog slid down, revealing the peak in front of us and covering the foot of the mountain.
Seeing the top, Marina rushed forward (after all, you need to take a heavier backpack with you for such especially nimble ones) before this thought had time to flash, part of the fog covered Marina, and she had to stop so as not to lose sight of us. Well, Yulia was climbing behind (she has no experience in walking on the ridge), Ilya belays her, fog creeps up on them from behind, and we periodically lose sight of them. So what should we do now? Will wait! Fortunately, there is something to do - small islands of grass among the kurumnik - this is a blueberry paradise. We started eating blueberries, blueberries, lingonberries and some other berries that were also very tasty (we still haven’t learned the name). And so the entire climb, while waiting for Yulia, we grazed on the blueberry islands, agreeing with each other that it was probably good that Yulia walked slowly!
The last third step was climbed on all fours - a steep climb of 60 degrees, the stones under our feet crawl and crumble, we walk at a distance so as not to cover each other with stones.
Here is the peak height of 1070m, and the most high point GUHA is Mount Humboldt - 1410m. after 40 km. from us to the north. The distance is covered in fog, it’s a shame I really wanted to see Konjak, Denezhkin Stone, Kvarkush. We are looking for a place for the converter, well, of course, the fog is right there, but without it, now we can’t see even the next 5 meters.
Connection with peacemakers, thought form, launch! The fog clears a little. After spending a little more time alone with the mountain and ourselves, we begin the descent, no less extreme than the ascent, and again enjoy Yulka’s slow movement in the blueberry meadows.
Now the fog has hidden the foot from us, so it can’t sit still, and we get a little lost on the path, the especially nimble ones completely take to the left and get lost in the fog, okay, at least you can hear your voice (after all, some people need to tie weights to their legs). Here is the path leading to the base.
The mountain evoked very positive emotions. Fabulous place, blissful, very pleasant and inviting, friendly. I wanted to stay there for 3-4 days, completely disconnect from the bustle of the city and merge with the nature of this place, take a steam bath, swim in the stream, and walk along the ridge to the north. (The cost of accommodation at the base is 500 rubles per day. The bathhouse is included in the price, the phone number of the base owner is 8 953 608 1006 Vasily Ivanovich).
It’s 2 p.m. We change clothes and have lunch. Thank you all and God bless you on your way back.
An extreme logging road, we meet a group of quad cyclists - that's who have the freedom, all dirty up to their ears, but terribly happy. Closer to the village there is a local population, apparently they have gone for mushrooms and pine cones, and the hunting season has begun (maybe it never ended).
B-a-i-n-o-v-k-a - we are trying to drive using the navigator, but for some reason we are cutting circles around the village. It’s a depressing sight: abandoned houses, dirt, garbage dumps, no living creatures of any kind - devastation. I remembered the villages of Bashkiria and Kazakhstan - solid houses, clean courtyards, streets full of chickens and geese, herds of cows in the fields, herds of horses. And it became a shame for the state!
Meanwhile, the boys realized that we were driving along the track recorded by the navigator at night and began to get out of the village with the cheerful name Bayanovka. We looked at the picture of the track on the navigator, it turned out that we drove around the entire village in a circle, stopping at all four exits, something like a four-pointed star (now the thought came - a neutralizer). Well, let everything go well for them now! Amen!
Here is Severouralsk, what kind of city they have beautiful church and stands on a high place, so that it is visible from all sides. That's it, now it's a direct road to Yekaterinburg. And this is just the beginning of the journey...
Good time everyone!
I'm starting a series of posts about a trip to Ural Mountains 2012.
I'll start from the end))
Today I will tell you in a nutshell about the wonderful place, the Zvezda recreation center, which is located at the foot of the GUKh.

From the city of Severouralsk, which is located in the Sverdlovsk region, there is a road through the villages of Bayanovka and Pokrovsk-Uralsky.
This road crosses the Ural mountains and taiga and ends at the Kvarkush ridge.
It’s easy to find the base when you drive along this taiga gravel road; on the right there will be a turnoff on which stands an Iron Star, such a small greeting from the USSR.
Going down to the base, you will see cozy houses located in a small clearing, with stunning views of the Main Ural Range.
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It seems that the mountains are small and not high here, but you need to remember that the base itself is located at an altitude of almost 700 meters above sea level.
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Prices at the base are very cheap, a day costs 500 rubles per person, which includes living space with a bed, use of a kitchen,
where there is gas and a Russian stove, a bathhouse, and if you want barbecue in the evening, they will prepare everything for you.
You can play billiards, sit by the fireplace, watch TV with your favorite films.
Here and there there are benches and gazebos, barbecues where you can sit romantically with a friend, chat with friends,
or simply sit quietly and enjoy the surrounding wildlife.
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There are very kind and friendly guys working at the base itself. The director is also very interesting person, a real Russian man, like the base workers (but not about that today).
The uniqueness of the base lies in the fact that you can come up with a lot of entertainment...
So many...
Let me give you a few examples:

You can stupidly come to the base, sit on its territory, drink beer, eat barbecue, go to the bathhouse...
But this is not all about us, and sadly many people come there for this...
But what’s the point if the most ancient mountains on the planet are under our noses, and we weren’t driving to sit still...

From the base itself there is a trail all the way to Gukha, where there is a place for fires, gatherings, etc. literally 15 minutes from the base.
But we are not so lazy and want to move on...
The base workers laid a marked trail up to the plateau, + tourists trampled...
a leisurely walk, 30-40 minutes and we are at the top, from which a wonderful view of the surrounding mountains opens up, and in particular Mount Denezhkin Kamen and its reserve.
You can buy a permit in advance to go to the reserve and make a foray to it, walking along the ridge or along it to the north. Excellent route, three days at the base,
then you get ready and go to the reserve with your backpacks, then back to the base and relax.
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You don't have to walk that far, for the lazy)).
We move on, when we have reached the top according to the marks, we rise to a plateau that takes us to another planet...
Here you can find lunar and Martian landscapes, and whatever you want....
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The view from the plateau cannot be described in any words; every meter you can take pictures and take pictures...
We walk along the plateau to the side Perm region, the border of our region and the Sverdlovsk region runs clearly along the center of the ridge, on one half of the plateau in Sverdlovsk, on the other half in Perm...
moving to Perm...
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Coming out to the opposite edge of the plateau, a view of the valley opens up, and ridges, mountains, ridges, mountains... You even begin to feel dizzy... from delight and views.
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By the way, in the valley exactly in the middle there is a house where tourists, hunters, fishermen stay...
Here’s another route for you, live at the base, then go to a house for a few days, live there, live a clean life, cook firewood, pick millions of berries and mushrooms,
walk to the surrounding peaks and admire and admire....
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You can also go north from the base along the stream, reach where the stream becomes the Sosva River and catch fish there, grayling, taimen too.
but we are on the ridge and admiring the views....
If you go down to the house in the valley, you can see GUH in all its glory....
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and if you move to the opposite side of GUKH and the plateau from which we descended, then you can look at everything at once! there you can see the Kazan stone, from which there is a wonderful view, and you can climb the “Chalice” or go down to a height of 1300.
Here is a panorama with "bowls"
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You can also drive about 25-35 km along the road from the base, I don’t remember exactly now, and go to the Zhigalan waterfalls for a couple of days; it’s easy to find information about them on the Internet.
This is such a wonderful base, such a Vedic place, such a Northern Urals.

In the full report I will tell you how I got there, how I communicated, what I saw there, and of course a bunch of photographs from the ridge and from the surrounding peaks and the house))
By the way, there is not just one house, but several, you can live in each one, because each one is in a different place, with its own beauty and romance.

By the way, I almost forgot, you can ski here until June 15th.
What the guys from Tchaikovsky did successfully was some kind of ski section.
so there’s plenty of entertainment there, the main thing is imagination and asking good questions from director Vasily.

The base lacks a normal website where all the surrounding routes and other advantages will be described, but I think this is all ahead.

The most important thing to remember is that we need to respect the beauty around us, not litter and behave with dignity, like a human being!

And finally, I’ll show you a few more photos from the trip...
The Ural, such a Ural, mysterious as in fairy tales, and pure as a romantic tear :)

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All the details are in the full report, there is a lot of material to prepare, so everything has its time.

All the best!

We went to Sosvinsky stone . Sosvinsky Stone is a mountain in the Northern Urals (Sverdlovsk region), adjacent to the Main Ural Range. It is called Sosvinsky Stone because it is located near the source of the Bolshaya Sosva River.

So, we went to reverse side, passing again. After some time, a beautiful one opened up to us.

View from the road to the Main Ural Ridge.

Pine tree overlooking the GUKH.

I must say, we had one of the popular routes of the Northern Urals - “Zhigalansky waterfalls - Sosvinsky stone”

Base "Zvezda" on Sosvinsky stone.

Finally we arrived at a turning point, near which there was a sign welded from metal corners in the shape of a five-pointed star. It's only a short distance to the Zvezda tourist base. It works all year round. We arrived there around 5-6 pm. The base turned out to be quite decent for the taiga wilderness.

Dining room with attic, on the second floor there is a guest room with a dozen beds. There is a fireplace in the dining room and even a satellite TV. Two more houses for tourists; one is a barracks type - with about 10 rooms for two and three people, the other is smaller with 4 rooms, it is called a house with a fireplace. At the time we were there (2007), another house was being built. Electricity at the base comes from a generator and turns on in the evening. Heating is stove-water. There is a bathhouse. The toilet is outside. The cost of living is 500 rubles/day per person (2012 price), this includes bed linen, a bathhouse, and use of a kitchen; you must bring your own food. There are places for barbecues, places for tents, there is even a small wooden jump for skiers and some kind of football field with a gate.

A stream flows between the buildings of the dining room and bathhouse, which then turns into the Bolshaya Sosva River, which merges with Malaya Sosva to form the Sosva River.

In general, you can relax quite well at the Zvezda base, despite the fact that all this is located in close proximity to the State University of Culture, because the camp site itself is located at an altitude of almost 700 m.

The dining room of the Zvezda camp site against the backdrop of the mountains.

Off-road equipment at the camp site.

The source of Bolshaya Sosva.

The nature here is beyond words, mesmerizing. Very beautiful sunsets, the sun sets just behind the mountains.

Sunset over the Sosvinsky stone.

It was also very interesting to watch the clouds as they caught on the tops of the mountains.

Twilight in the mountains.

Climbing Sosvinsky Stone.

The next day, the long-awaited climb to the GUKH. Our guide was one of the base workers. We crossed the stream and followed a path, not even a path, along a clearing in the forest, made by the base workers especially for tourists. Around there are old trees covered with moss and lichen, huge fern leaves. You walk like in a fairy tale in a dense forest. After about 15 minutes, rocky mountain slopes covered with open forests opened up. Gradually the climb became steeper, and so the nature changed and began to resemble mountain tundra with dwarf trees. Underfoot are huge boulders covered with moss.

Mountain tundra. Sosvinsky stone.

On one of the glaciers of the Sosvinsky stone.

- “Look, what is this? Water is dripping from the lower edge of the glacier, and there too, but now a small stream is flowing along the slope, gradually increasing. Wow, there are whole thickets of grass along the banks of this stream. So this is it, what kind of river.”

It's very close to the top. Five minutes and here she is. Oh, what beauty, the picture that opened up took everyone’s breath away. The top of the Sosvinsky stone is a wide plateau, on which, closer to the eastern side, there is a mountain of stone boulders 3-4 meters high, and the western part of the plateau is covered with vegetation and there is already the Perm region. Approaching this side of the plateau, a view opens across the valley, and ridges and mountains and again mountains and ridges. Even your head begins to spin from overwhelming delight. There are also ridges of mountain ranges to the north and south. This is a whole Mountain country and there is no end to it.

The top of the Sosvinsky stone.

If you look to the east, where we came from, the endless taiga with the island of our camp site stretches under your feet.

View from the mountains to the camp site.

Standing there at the top, you feel peace and tranquility, and boundless happiness.

What other routes can be laid from the Zvezda tourist center?

The climb to the Sosvinsky Stone itself took about 40-50 minutes for us - a group of people with no experience hiking trips. Well, if you are prepared, have the appropriate clothes and shoes, you can go from Sosvinsky Stone further west through the valley to Kazansky Stone. And if you follow the ridge to the north, you can reach the Denezhkin Stone nature reserve. Or you can go along the source and reach the Bolshaya Sosva River. In general, it would be a fantasy, but any route can be invented.

The best time for tourism in the Northern Urals is the month of July, as it is the warmest, so to speak the Velvet season in these parts. In July, snow can still fall, and in August it is already a bit cold in the mountains, with a piercing icy wind at the top. Well, for those who are not afraid of snow or rain, come here all year round. Romance. Fortunately, the base, as I already said, is open year-round. In winter, ski tourists come here, you can come here and plow through the snowy expanses. By the way, you can ski here until July. Snow in the mountains does not melt for a long time.

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The Main Ural Range, or simply GUKH, is a chain of mountains stretching from south to north, separating the European and Asian parts of Eurasia. The length of the ridge exceeds 50 kilometers, it is the largest mountain range in the chain of the Ural Mountains. Includes several large mountains, which are of great interest to tourists. Also, the Main Ural Range is the administrative border of the Perm Territory and the Sverdlovsk Region. Visiting these picturesque place will open for you the very heart of the Ural Mountains.

Mount Humboldt - among the Ural Mountains

The most high peak in the system of the Main Ural Range (GUR) is Mount Humboldt. Its height is 1410 meters. The top of the mountain is located in the Sverdlovsk region, the foot of the western part is in the Perm region. Until the 21st century, the mountain was called Lampa Kutimskaya, named after the Lampa River, flowing from the foot. Next, the Lyampa flows into the Kutim River, which is part of the Vishera River basin.

Mount Humboldt is interesting for its harmony. Half of the mountain, 700 meters, is occupied by forest, and the other half is rocks, made of kurumnik. From north to south the mountain stretches for 5.5 kilometers, from west to east for 4 kilometers. The slopes of the mountain are quite steep, so winter time snow is possible. The most convenient time to visit the mountain is from June to September. Already in the first month of autumn, the first snow and the establishment of snow cover are possible.

The path to Mount Humboldt is organized through the Sverdlovsk region. The casting begins in the city of Severouralsk, from which the Main Ural Range is 40 kilometers away. When visiting the mountain, we recommend using the services of a guide who knows the area. Despite the fact that climbing the mountain does not present any great difficulties, the services of a guide will help you choose the most suitable one. optimal route and won't get lost.

GPS coordinates of Mount Humboldt 60°22’21.63″N 59°11’00.94″E

Kazan stone - memory of gold

It is located in the eastern part of the Krasnovishersky district of the Perm region. The southwestern part of the Main Ural Range (GUR) chain. The height of the Kazan Stone is 1035 meters above sea level. Despite its relatively small sizes, dominates the area. Stone is a favorite place for tourists with an initial level of training. This is where you can begin your acquaintance with the Main Ural Range.

Kazan Stone is covered with forests up to approximately 800 meters. Further about 200 meters there are rocks from kurumnik. The shape of the mountain is dome-shaped and the top is flat. Kazan Rock is not as steep as Mount Humboldt, which is why it is recommended for beginner hikers. The snow cover melts at the end of May. The mountain is open to tourists both in summer and winter.

The toponymy of the mountain is of great interest. Scientists believe that the name of the mountain was given by the Kazan gold mine located nearby. The mine operated from the beginning of the 20th century, and was closed after the depletion of gold-bearing rocks in the middle of the century. The Surya River, where gold was mined in the past, originates right at the Kazan Stone. Also, the Polkhovka River originates here, the waters of which flow into the Uls River.

Among other peaks of the Main Ural Range, Sosvinsky Stone can be distinguished. This mountain is located in the southeastern part of the ridge, next to the Kazan Stone. The height of the Sosvinsky stone is 955 meters, so it is somewhat lost in sight of the Kazan stone. Climbing the mountain is not very difficult, so it is also suitable for beginner hikers.

Between the East European and West Siberian plains. The length is more than 2000 (with Pai-Khoi and Mugodzhary - more than 2500) km, width from 40 to 150 km. There are many lakes, Lake Tavatuy is known (about 50 km north of Yekaterinburg), as well as the so-called Chelyabinsk lakes- several dozen large and small lakes located in the north of the Chelyabinsk and partly in the southeast of the Sverdlovsk regions. Some of them (Uvildy, Irtyash, Uelgi) have a length of more than 10 km. The Chelyabinsk lakes also include lakes Turgoyak, Shablish, Big Kasli and others.

Name

In ancient sources, the Urals are partly associated with the Riphean and more often with the Hyperborean mountains. According to Ptolemy, the Ural Mountains consist of the mountains Rimnus (Rimninus - the Yaik or Ufa River; Middle Urals), Noros, "Noros" - the Southern Urals, from which the Daix River flows (Ural?) and northern part- The Hyperborean Riphean Mountains are clearly the watershed between the basins of the Caspian, Black Sea and Baltic (Sarmatian Ocean), etc. Russian pioneers called it Stone, under the name Ural, these mountains were first mentioned in Russian sources at the end of the 17th century. The name Ural was introduced by V. Tatishchev from the Mansi “ur” (mountain). According to another version, this word is of Turkic origin.

Geological structure

The Ural Mountains were formed in the late Paleozoic during an era of intense mountain building (Hercynian folding). The formation of the Ural mountain system began in the late Devonian (about 350 million years ago) and ended in the Triassic (about 200 million years ago).

Is integral part Ural-Mongolian folded geosynclinal belt. Within the Urals, deformed and often metamorphosed rocks of predominantly Paleozoic age come to the surface. The strata of sedimentary and volcanic rocks are usually strongly folded and disturbed by discontinuities, but in general form meridional stripes that determine the linearity and zoning of the structures of the Urals. From west to east the following stand out:

Pre-Ural marginal trough with a relatively flat bedding of sedimentary strata in the western side and more complex in the eastern;
zone of the western slope of the Urals with the development of intensely crumpled and thrust-disturbed sedimentary strata of the Lower and Middle Paleozoic;
The Central Ural uplift, where among the sedimentary strata of the Paleozoic and Upper Precambrian, in some places older crystalline rocks of the edge of the East European Platform emerge;
a system of troughs-synclinoriums of the eastern slope (the largest are Magnitogorsk and Tagil), made mainly of Middle Paleozoic volcanic strata and marine, often deep-sea sediments, as well as deep-seated igneous rocks breaking through them (gabbroids, granitoids, less often alkaline intrusions) - the so-called. greenstone belt of the Urals;
Ural-Tobolsk anticlinorium with outcrops of older metamorphic rocks and widespread development of granitoids;
The East Ural synclinorium, in many ways similar to the Tagil-Magnitogorsk synclinorium.

At the base first three zones, according to geophysical data, an ancient, Early Precambrian foundation is confidently traced, composed mainly of metamorphic and igneous rocks and formed as a result of several eras of folding. The most ancient, presumably Archean, rocks come to the surface in the Taratash ledge on the western slope of the Southern Urals. Pre-Ordovician rocks are unknown in the basement of the synclinoriums on the eastern slope of the Urals. It is assumed that the foundation of the Paleozoic volcanogenic strata of synclinoriums are thick plates of hypermafic rocks and gabbroids, which in some places come to the surface in the massifs of the Platinum Belt and other related belts; these plates may represent outliers of the ancient oceanic bed of the Ural geosyncline. In the east, in the Ural-Tobolsk anti-clinorium, outcrops of Precambrian rocks are quite problematic.

Paleozoic deposits of the western slope of the Urals are represented by limestones, dolomites, and sandstones, formed in conditions of predominantly shallow seas. To the east, deeper sediments of the continental slope can be traced in an intermittent strip. Even further east, within the eastern slope of the Urals, the Paleozoic section (Ordovician, Silurian) begins with altered volcanics of basaltic composition and jasper, comparable to the rocks of the bottom of modern oceans. In places higher up the section there are thick, also altered spilite-natro-liparite strata with deposits of copper pyrite ores. Younger sediments of the Devonian and partly Silurian are represented mainly by andesite-basalt, andesite-dacitic volcanics and greywackes, which correspond to the stage in the development of the eastern slope of the Urals when the oceanic crust was replaced by a transitional type crust. Carboniferous deposits (limestones, gray wackes, acidic and alkaline volcanics) are associated with the most recent, continental stage of development of the eastern slope of the Urals. At the same stage, the bulk of the Paleozoic, essentially potassium granites of the Urals intruded, forming pegmatite veins with rare valuable minerals. In the Late Carboniferous-Permian time, sedimentation on the eastern slope of the Urals almost stopped and a folded mountain structure formed here; On the western slope at that time, the Pre-Ural marginal trough was formed, filled with a thick (up to 4-5 km) thickness of clastic rocks carried down from the Urals - molasse. Triassic deposits are preserved in a number of depressions-grabens, the emergence of which in the north and east of the Urals was preceded by basaltic (trap) magmatism. Younger strata of Mesozoic and Cenozoic sediments of a platform nature gently overlap folded structures along the periphery of the Urals.

It is assumed that the Paleozoic structure of the Urals was formed in the Late Cambrian - Ordovician as a result of the splitting of the Late Precambrian continent and the spreading of its fragments, as a result of which a geosynclinal depression was formed with crust and sediments of the oceanic type in its interior. Subsequently, the expansion gave way to compression and the oceanic basin began to gradually close and be “overgrown” with newly forming continental crust; the nature of magmatism and sedimentation changed accordingly. The modern structure of the Urals bears traces of severe compression, accompanied by a strong transverse contraction of the geosynclinal depression and the formation of gently sloping scaly thrusts - nappes.

Minerals

The Urals are a treasury of various minerals. Of the 55 types of the most important minerals that were developed in the USSR, 48 are represented in the Urals. For the eastern regions of the Urals, the most typical deposits of copper pyrite ores (Gaiskoye, Sibaiskoye, Degtyarskoye deposits, Kirovgrad and Krasnouralsk groups of deposits), skarn-magnetite (Goroblagodatskoye, Vysokogorskoye, Magnitogorskoye deposits), titanium-magnetite (Kachkanarskoye, Pervouralskoye), oxide nickel ores (group of Orsko-Khalilovsky deposits) and chromite ores (deposits of the Kempirsay massif), confined mainly to the greenstone belt of the Urals, coal deposits (Chelyabinsk coal basin), placers and bedrock deposits of gold (Kochkarskoye, Berezovskoye) and platinum (Isovskiye). The largest deposits of bauxite (North Ural bauxite-bearing region) and asbestos (Bazhenovskoe) are located here. On the western slope of the Urals and in the Urals there are deposits of hard coal (Pechora coal basin, Kizelovsky coal basin), oil and gas (Volga-Ural oil and gas region, Orenburg gas condensate field), potassium salts (Verkhnekamsk basin). The Urals are especially famous for their “gems” - precious, semi-precious and ornamental stones (emerald, amethyst, aquamarine, jasper, rhodonite, malachite, etc.). The best jewelry diamonds in the USSR were mined in the Urals.

The depths of the mountains contain more than two hundred different minerals. For example, reserves of “non-melting ice” - rock crystal in Mount Narodnaya. The bowls of the St. Petersburg Hermitage are made from Ural malachite and jasper.

Geographical aspects

The conventional border between Europe and Asia runs along the eastern foot of the Ural Mountains.

Geographically, the Ural Mountains are divided into five parts:

Central or Middle Urals,

In the north, a continuation of the Ural ridge can be considered mountain system Pai-Khoi, in the south - Mugodzhary.

Peaks

Highest peaks:

Subpolar Urals - Mount Narodnaya (1895 m above sea level).
Southern Urals - Mount Yaman-Tau (1640 m above sea level).
Northern Urals - Mount Telposis (1617 m above sea level).
Polar Urals - Mount Payer (1499 m above sea level).
Middle Urals - Mount Oslyanka (1119 m above sea level).

Notes

Sources

3rd edition Big Soviet encyclopedia, article "Ural"

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Constituting a conventional border between Europe and Asia, it begins off the coast of the Kara Sea at a latitude of 68°30 N. and from here it stretches almost without turns almost to the banks Aral Sea, if we assume that the Mugojrar Mountains are its continuation, what is there... ... Encyclopedic Dictionary F.A. Brockhaus and I.A. Efron

This term has other meanings, see Kazan Stone. Kazan Stone ... Wikipedia

Husband. back, the back surface of the human body, the upper surface of an animal; longitudinal middle of the back, from the neck to the lower back or sacrum; | the bones that form this part, the spinal column; bony spine, spinal or spinal vertebrae; A person has 24 of them... Dahl's Explanatory Dictionary

- (ridge simple), ridge, husband. 1. Same as the spine. || trans. Back (simple). Place the bag on the ridge. || trans. The back as a symbol of labor, physical energy (colloquial). He carried everything on his backbone. Take the rap with your own backbone. 2. Mountain chain, row… … Ushakov's Explanatory Dictionary

ridge- bta/, m. 1) The spine of an animal, fish. The ridge of the omul. 2) simple. Human spine and back. Each branch doused us as if from a rain pipe, a cold stream climbed under the tie and flowed along the spine (Turgenev). Synonyms:... ... Popular dictionary of the Russian language

RIDGE, bta, husband. 1. Spine, as well as (simple) back. Bend (break) x. (translated: hard work; simple). 2. Mountain range. Ridge, slope of a ridge. Ural x. | adj. spinal, oh, oh. Ozhegov's explanatory dictionary. S.I. Ozhegov, N.Yu. Shvedova... ... Ozhegov's Explanatory Dictionary

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