Zhigulevskie mountains. Stone bowl. Bashny.Net

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Zhigulevskie mountains, located in the Middle Volga steppe near the southern border, are the only mountains of tectonic origin in the Russian Plain.
Despite the fact that from the point of view of geography Lada - only hills, and their height reaches 400 meters above sea level (the highest point - 381 m 2), form the vertices of slopes, valleys have a pronounced mountainous character. Many peaks Lada crowned rocks and cliffs, slopes abruptly break into the Volga River.
1. Mount Strelna - the highest point Lada.





Coniferous-deciduous forests and mountain pine forests, rocky steppes broad intermontane valleys are narrow and deep ravines, deciduous forests and steppe meadows, forests and osokorevye Volga shoreline - all this creates a unique variety of landscapes nature Lada.
2. Lada near s.Shiryaevo



And now, in fact, stone bowl. So called the expanded portion Shiryaevo valley, which in this place changes its direction from north to south-east, expanding due to the mouths of gullies flowing into it and forms a sort of giant pot or bowl with stone sides, cut by ravines. The bowl is surrounded on all sides by high ridges and bumps, folded huge limestone slabs and talus rubble from under the springs which emerge. Located in the 8-10 km from the village Shiryaevo.
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The village Shiryaevo



From solar fields to the spring comes the beaten path. True, it is necessary to poddnimatsya pretty high mountain. From the village on Shiryaevo Shirayevskaya ravine to the spring a dirt doroga.Mne in this sense, no luck and had to climb the beaten trail. So advice: Take comfortable shoes, learn from others' mistakes)))
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Stone Bowl attracts numerous tourists. This place is a Lada, which come in the form of ground water sources, and one of them knocks the decks in the ravine from the boards all year round at a height of 30-40 m from the valley floor. This spring is called "St. Nicholas", but usually it is called the "Spring stone bowls" .Zhiteli surrounding towns and villages, the cities of Samara region visited him and revered as a special (holy). Spring is named in honor of St. Nicholas St. Nicholas.
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Near the spring is a small chapel. Originally it was made of wood, but after a fire it is made of white marble. Participated in the construction of the pilgrims. Near the spring is a stone of marble bowl filled with water. In her throw coins for good luck. I really thought this had not occurred (
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What is surprising, at the source of almost no mosquitoes (although on the approach to it all were already fairly bitten). And it's all for some water from the spring.
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Then go footage filmed on CellPhones.
A few photos from the museum Repin



National costumes



Samovar



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