Today we will tell you about the most mysterious places of the Republic of Bashkortostan or Bashkortostan. Those who visited there shared their impressions and memories of what secrets the Bashkir land keeps in itself.
Turakhan's mausoleum
The mausoleum is a small stone building and was built during the Tatar-Mongol yoke in the XII century. Although the fact that it was the Mausoleum was located there is still debated, because no sarcophagus was found inside. Nevertheless, such a building is one of the oldest in all of Russia.
According to some reports, there could be a courtroom in which criminals were tried, tortured and executed, according to other sources it was just a stone yurt. But from time immemorial, the Bashkirs called the building keshene, which means a mausoleum.
“This is how this structure has stood for nearly a thousand years - small and mysterious. How many stones remember him! I wandered around keshene, fighting the wind, and it seemed to me that there was a living being in front of me. Who was not at all happy that I had disturbed his winter peace,”a user under the nickname Varandey writes in LJ.
Where: Chishminsky district
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Chandar
The village itself did not represent any historical value, until in 1999 Professor Chuvyrov discovered a mysterious stone slab there. It is a relief map made by representatives of an unknown highly developed civilization about 50 million years ago.
The plate depicts the area from the Ufa Upland to the present-day town of Salavat. It even shows the bottom of the rivers of that time. And now Bashkir diggers note that the area is also fraught with some mystical mysteries. According to them, from time to time otherworldly voices are heard there and shadows appear from nowhere.
“I was told that when you arrive in Chandar, you cannot say that all this is nonsense, otherwise something bad will happen. I didn't listen and said right there that all this is bullshit and nothing like that exists. When we were leaving the village, a fog suddenly started, in which we saw the outlines of a truck into which we almost flew. Unfortunately, from the photographs of Chandar, only the sign indicating the entrance was photographed, since the camera inside the village refused to work for me for unknown reasons,”writes Vladislav Zubarev from Ufa.
Where: Nurimanov district
Holy waters of Narystau
According to legend, the companions of the Prophet Muhammad are buried here on the mountain - the son and father of Zubair bin Zayit and Abdurrahman bin Zubair. The water flowing down from the foot of the mountain is considered curative. According to local residents, more than once those who came to the spring for help - to heal joints, to save loved ones from drunkenness or serious illness, came back here again - to say "thank you" to the spring.
In 2011, it was decided to improve the memorial sites, and fundraising for the construction of the mosque began, but the progress was very slow. Fortunately, the initiative was supported by the URAL Charitable Foundation, and in just a month Narystau acquired a beautiful memorial complex and a mosque.
“Despite the fact that many people are very skeptical about Narystau, it is hard to deny that this place has some special power. People from all over Russia go there, bathe children, drink, collect bottles of water with them. By the way, finding plastic bottles there is worth its weight in gold, if you are going to go, take it with you. People climb the mountain in cold and hot weather to pray for the most important desires, and they say that a lot of them come true.
For example, I met a middle-aged married couple there, a year ago they came here from the Orenburg region, asked for a child. Then they returned again - a woman of 8 years old could not get pregnant and gave birth to a son. Perhaps this is, of course, an accidental coincidence, but the fact that people believe in the power of Narystau is a fact,”Svetlana Anisimova from Ufa told us.
Where: Miyakinsky district
Akhunovsky menhirs
Uchaly Stonehenge does not represent a monumental structure as in England. The scale of ours is much more modest - the monument is a large circle, in the center of which there is a vertical stone about two meters high, next to it is slightly smaller, and it encircles all of this 8 menhirs (standing stones - ed.).
Despite this, the place is a real paradise for pilgrims. According to legend, the most secret desires are fulfilled here. In addition, the megalithic complex in the village of Akhunovo was included in the top ten places in Russia, where, according to tourism experts, you need to go to fulfill your desires. The monument in the Uchalinsky district is celebrated not only as an ancient cult complex, but also as one of the largest observatories in Eurasia in terms of the number of observed astronomical events.
“Akhunovo is the most amazing ancient monument that I have ever had to explore. In the midst of excavations, I was told that this is the best monument that we have studied in our entire life. We will never find and excavate something like this again! We never really understood this object, never felt its true meaning. I can't even dream up anything about it - a complete stop of fantasy, a stupor,”says researcher Fyodor Petrov.
Where: Uchalinsky district
Aulia spring
Mount Aushtau near Lake Aushkul annually gathers thousands of pilgrims. For about a month a year, a healing spring beats here, which is known even in Mecca. According to legend, the waters of the spring bring health, help and healing of the soul. And in fact, eyewitnesses say that the waters of the Aulia spring help relieve an allergic reaction, remove kidney stones and have a beneficial effect on digestion. The thing is that the water from the source is very soft, since in its essence it is melted snow. In the past, it was even used as a medicine and was taken on a spoon.
According to one of the legends, a caravan passed through this area, and the inhabitants, thinking that they were going to war, fought the pilgrims. After the battle, people learned that the leader of the caravan was a righteous wanderer - awliya named Ramadan. He was buried at the top of a mountain near the village. After the death of Ramadan, a miracle happened: a clean spring came out of the mountain. Now it comes to life only in late spring for several weeks, in May-June. Water from this spring can be stored for years.
“This water is really miraculous! For several years my mother suffered from kidney pain. We decided and went to this source. Even the place itself makes you cleaner, and after my mother began to take this water, the pains began to go away. I do not believe in otherworldly forces and witch doctors, but it seems to me that this is really a miracle,”writes Alena Borisova from Sterlitamak.
Where: Uchalinsky district
Abortion
The building is located deep in the forest, and, apparently, it was in this connection that a terrible legend arose, which attracts young people to visit here. According to it, illegal abortions were carried out in this building in Soviet times. Therefore, it is hidden deep in the forest. According to another version, there was an ambulance station for workers from nearby factories. In fact, this is an abandoned maternity hospital.
Until 2010, the building was in excellent condition - two floors and a basement could be safely visited. But then there was a massive fire - the roof collapsed, blocking the stairs. After that, the fire repeatedly engulfed the building, and, according to the "tourists", now the abortion clinic is almost completely destroyed.
“When my friends and I first came there (it was about 2008), nothing had yet been destroyed and burned. You could normally go into two basements and walk through all the wards on the 2nd and 1st floors, but now you can't do anything about it - the stairs have been destroyed, all the cellars have been almost filled up … Of course, there were no shouts and crying of children, ghosts or spirits, but creepy enough for the first time. Many strange things that happened inside, my friends and brothers told me, but at these moments I was sitting in the car - it was scary, so there is something to be afraid of …”- Gulnara Utyaganova shared her impressions.
Where: Ufa district.
Abandoned camp "Dubki"
Scary stories after lights out in the company of guys from the squadron. Well, who did not have such a thing in childhood? It's another matter when adult men retell absolutely, it would seem, unthinkable things one after another. Children's camp "Dubki" successfully functioned and delighted the kids with a fun holiday. And there is no secret that the health complex has closed. There are hundreds, and maybe thousands, of similar stories across the country.
But there are not so many oddities told about any place as about "Dubki". Fans of extreme recreation note that some kind of devilry is going on there. On the territory of the camp, a child's scream is heard, the car alarm turns on autonomously, the doors of the buildings are constantly slammed. According to one of the legends, a murderer was hiding on the territory of the camp.
“We walked through an abandoned building, I clicked my camera. Sometimes we heard the creak of doors and the slamming of windows, but we blamed everything on the wind, although it was not very strong. One of us went to the window (more precisely, to what was left of it) and suddenly froze, staring into the courtyard. After a couple of seconds, he shouted for us to come up to him. We ran up, began to peer into the darkness, but saw nothing. He said he saw the silhouette of a little girl in the dark. We assured him that it seemed to him, and began to wander further through the building. And suddenly … we heard a children's cry from the street, and so piercing that the blood froze in my veins. It ended as abruptly as it began,”says Kirill Ovchinnikov.
Where: Chishminsky district.
Sterlitamak meteorite
On the night of May 17-18, 1990, in the Sterlitamak district of Bashkiria, the sky lit up brightly. A 300-kilogram iron meteorite fell from the sky onto a flat field of one of the state farms. This event was observed by dozens of eyewitnesses.
As a result of the collision of a celestial body and earth, a crater was formed, which residents can observe to this day. Before that, eyewitnesses had only once seen a meteorite fall, which led to the formation of a crater. Now the meteorite is kept in the Museum of Archeology and Ethnography of the Ufa Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
“Now the crater is located in the middle of a field, seven hundred meters from the nearest highway. There is no sign or tablet that a celestial body has fallen here, despite the fact that such places are rare and unique on our planet,”writes LJ user Ruslan Lukmanov.
Where: Sterlitamak district
House of Aksakov
Sergei Timofeevich Aksakov, a famous Russian writer who gave the country the "Scarlet Flower", was born in Ufa and lived here until he was 8 years old. His contemporaries noted that there was often a place for mysticism in Aksakov's life. It continues in his mansion, which is still located in the historic center of Ufa. Museum workers claim that there is a ghost in the house.
The spirit of the writer's grandfather walks through the rooms; Aksakov himself wrote about this in his autobiography. The abnormality of the place was also confirmed by ufologists who came to the museum. Perhaps this is due to the fact that the building has been preserved in almost the same form as 2 centuries ago. Furniture and all items are in the same places.
“Perhaps this is the most unusual place I have ever visited. No, I did not see ghosts, I did not hear otherworldly voices. The point is different … Some extraordinary aura reigns in the house of Aksakov. Probably, this cannot be explained in words. You need to feel it! For a moment it seemed to me that I was in the 19th century … Or maybe in a fairy tale? - says Artem Zubarev from Neftekamsk.
Where: Ufa, st. Rasulev, 4.
Shulgan-Tash
The Kapova Cave is of interest even without any legends, because it was formed over a million years ago. Its length is about 2 kilometers, and the cave has as many as three floors. And the blue lake decorates all this historical splendor. The water in it is considered healing, but you should not drink it, but rather take a dip. There is still life in the cave. These are bats and fish in an underground river, as well as repeatedly found here traces of large animals, which, apparently, were looking for a refuge.
The main attraction of Shulgan-Tash is rock paintings. After all, according to researchers, they are already about 18 thousand years old! Mostly animals are depicted - bears, mammoths, horses, rhinos. True, now the climate in the cave calls into question the preservation of historical painting. The cave is closed to the public to preserve the monument.
“The beauty of these places cannot be described in words. The cave itself, which keeps a thousand-year history, welcomes its visitors with open arms. The mountains reaching up to the clouds resemble the mighty Bashkir warriors who for centuries have defended the interests of their people,”said Ruslan Abdrakhmanov from the Davlekanovsky district.
Where: Burzyansky district.