- Ural: where is the “Stone Belt of the Russian Land” located?
- How to get to the Urals?
- Rest in the Urals
- Ural beaches
- Souvenirs from the Urals
Not every adventure lover knows where the Urals are. Before visiting this region, it is worth considering that on the western side of the Ural Mountains the climate is distinguished by its mildness and humidity, and on the eastern side (beyond the Urals) it is drier.
Ural: where is the “Stone Belt of the Russian Land” located?
Being one of the Russian regions, the Ural is located at the junction of Europe and Asia and is divided by the West Siberian and East European plains. The Urals and Trans-Urals are located on the western and eastern sides of the Urals. The Urals together with them include the Perm Territory, Kurgan, Orenburg, Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk Regions, Bashkortostan, Udmurtia, Komi, Tyumen Region (west).
How to get to the Urals?
You can get from Moscow to the Urals by train on the Trans-Siberian railway, spending more than a day on the road, or by plane (each regional center has an international airport, the largest of which are Ufa, Roshchino, Koltsovo) in about 3 hours …
Rest in the Urals
In Chelyabinsk, tourists should pay attention to the Scarlet Field (recreation park), Lake Smolino, the 12-meter monument “Tale of the Urals”, the “Mannequin” theater; in Yekaterinburg - the Church on the Blood, the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, the Bazhov house-museum, the museum of the history of jewelry and stone-cutting art, the Europe-Asia obelisk, a butterfly park; in Nizhny Tagil - the Bondin Park, the Museum of Armored Vehicles, the Sorrow Monastery, the Cherepanov Monument, the Provision Warehouses; in Kurgan - the cathedral mosque, the city garden named after Lenin, the monument to Natasha Argentovskaya; in Orenburg - Nikolsky Cathedral, the cultural complex "National Village", the Khusainiya mosque; in Ufa - the Lyalya-Tulpan mosque, the Intellekus museum, the Mustai Karim public garden; in Perm - the monument “Salty ears of Permyak”, the house of Gribushin, the Perm rotunda, the Peter and Paul Cathedral, the parks named after Gorky and “Balatovo”; in Magnitogorsk - the 29-meter chime, the Magnitogorsk art gallery, the museum-apartment of Boris Ruchev, the monument "Rear to the Front", an ecological park; in Izhevsk - the St. Michael's Cathedral, the Izhevsk Zoo, the Mikhailovskaya Column, the Kalashnikov Museum (there you can not only inspect weapons, but also look into a cafe and spend time at the shooting range).
Those who wish will be able to receive medical treatment in the sanatoriums of the Urals, go to the Arkaim settlement, spend leisure time in Banny, Abzakovo and other ski resorts, as well as in Taganai (guests will be offered to visit a souvenir shop and a museum of nature, in June to take part in the celebration of the festival of the author's song Black rock, and in February - to attend the marathon "Ski Track for the Clouds"; of the laid ecological paths, interest is attracted by "To the Eternal Wind", "Taganai in 600 steps" and others), "Zyuratkule" (travelers will be able to visit the house of the moose "Sokhatka", go on excursions "On a visit to the forest giants", "On the shore of Lake Zyuratkul" and others) and other national parks.
Ural beaches
“Keys of the Urals” (Lake Baltym): the equipment of the sandy beach (undergoing treatment for ticks) is represented by a barbecue area, a playground, a cafe, gazebos, a rental point for jet skis and sunbeds. Those who wish will be offered a massage here.
“Laguna” (Lake Tavatui): beach umbrellas, boats, catamarans, balls, shuttlecocks and badminton rackets are rented on the beach, there are cafes, areas for playing volleyball and football, recreation areas with barbecue and gazebos.
Souvenirs from the Urals
Ural souvenirs can be malachite boxes, Ural gems (jewelry with lapis lazuli, jasper, rock crystal), cosmetics of the Kalina concern, clay products (dishes, figurines, etc.), unique book editions, Ural Rowan tincture, Vivat, Russia!.
