In the South Urals, there are places not only covered with beautiful legends, but also endowed with mystical powers.
Rock Shaitan-stone
Where: Lake Itkul, Verkhneufaley district.
Distance from Chelyabinsk - 210 km.
How to get there: move around the lake through the village of Itkul to the village of Klyuchi. In Klyuchi, turn towards the lake onto a forest road and drive 5 km to the pumping station. From the station along the lake you can walk to the cliff 1 km.
This is a huge stone, more precisely, a piece of rock, which by an unknown force (well, surely a shaitan!) Seemed to be chipped off the shore and thrown into the lake. It sticks out of the water like a lonely rock. It is not easy to get to it, although the Shaitan-stone is only 20 meters from the coast, but the coast is painfully steep - you cannot go down. It is best to swim in a boat and try to climb the rock from it. Such pilgrims, judging by the number of rock inscriptions in the style “Vasya was here. And Vova”, a lot. The stone is 10 meters high, smooth and slippery, polished with water - not everyone manages to catch on to climb up. There is a rumor that the water around the stone is bewitched, and it is rather difficult to swim out of there, the body seems to be shaking and paralyzing, but of course, no one kept statistics. Apparently, due to the inaccessibility of such a close rock, rumor endowed the Shaitan-stone with mystical power. Say, whoever climbs up and does not fall into the water, luck awaits him. But no special rituals were observed around the stone. While.
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Grave of blessed Evdokia
Where: the village of Chudinovo, Oktyabrsky district.
Distance from Chelyabinsk - 70 km.
How to get there: go in the direction of the village of Oktyabrsky, Oktyabrsky district, turn left near the village of Bolshenikolsky and move about 30 km to Chudinovo.
There lived a certain Dunya Makhankova in Chudinovo. She had a gift to heal people, and sick and suffering people came to her from everywhere. Dunyasha helped her to overcome her illness, improve her financial situation, and get married. Dunya died, but the folk path does not overgrow to her grave. People called her Saint Dunyasha (she was not canonized by the church) and believe that after her death she did not lose her miraculous abilities. They come and ask for help. They say that Dunyasha is picky. It is not even necessary for her to bring photographs, she herself sees who and how to help. Moreover, a person with evil thoughts will receive nothing. They also say that strange things can happen in the cemetery. For example, suddenly a powerful sunbeam will sparkle from dense dark clouds. Enthusiasts, by the way, ennobled the grave, erected a greenhouse chapel around it.
Faith Island
Where: Lake Turgoyak, the city of Miass.
Distance from Chelyabinsk - 90 km.
How to get there: by boat.
The place is sacred for several reasons. A hermit named Vera, who lived in the local caves in the 19th century, was elevated to the rank of a saint by the Old Believers during her lifetime. In addition, archaeologists consider this cave itself (or, in other words, dolmen) a megalith - a structure that is several thousand years old! Megalith is such a burial box, covered with a stone slab, but quite spacious.
There are three cell rooms and a corridor, you can even stand up to your full height. It is in this megalith that the hermit Vera allegedly lived.
The construction is recognized by cult archaeologists: they believe that the burial complex was made according to the same principles as gallery tombs in France and Great Britain. Excavations of settlements of ancient people are underway on the island, who lived here not for a couple of centuries, as in Arkaim, but for several millennia. Near the megaliths (there are three of them on the island) there is a stone mountain, on the mountain there is an iron cross.
The most excited tourists must climb this mountain, whisper, with their eyes closed, their secret desires and tie beautiful ribbons on the cross. Some still leave food and money.
Miass anomalous zone
Where: in the area of the Ural ridge near the city of Miass.
Distance from Chelyabinsk - 115 km.
This place is very strange, it is impossible to find its photo or exact coordinates. There are no markings where the zone begins or ends. Local residents do not like to talk about it. Mysticism, and more!
There are many mysterious, inexplicable and strange things. Allegedly, there is a territory that outwardly is not particularly remarkable, but for some reason causes attacks of fear and horror in people. This was noted not only by stupid tourists, but also by educated geologists and just local residents.
What the horror is connected with, no one can say for sure. Perhaps the matter is in karst sinkholes, because of which the earth can really go out from under your feet, and this is scary. Perhaps the reason is the proximity of the V. P. Makeev State Missile Center. In this center, at one time, the development of the so-called Kozyrev mirrors was carried out - a complex of complex spiral-shaped mirror planes, allegedly changing space and time. The work on the apparatus for moving to parallel worlds was never completed, because during the experiments people experienced unbearable fear and physical suffering. Paranormal enthusiasts believe that it is because of this fantastic apparatus in the Miass area that the anomalous zone arose.
Mount Iremel
Where: Republic of Bashkortostan, Uchalinsky district, 9 km north-west of the village of Baysakalovo.
Distance: 240 km.
How to get there: drive to the village of Tyulyuk, Katav-Ivanovsky district, from there the ascent begins. There are many guest houses for tourists in the village.
Bolshoi Iremel is one of the highest peaks of the Uraltau ridge (1,582 m) and generally one of the highest in the Urals. You can climb both from the Chelyabinsk region and from Bashkiria. There are a lot of legends and stories about Iremel, and all are extremely respectful. The mountain has long been considered sacred: in dry years, peasants performed a procession on it, asked for rain. The mysterious and rebellious Iremel was chosen by both ufologists who observe flying saucers there, and esotericists of all stripes, who consider the mountain a place of power, and climbing it is a special test. The one who got up, not being afraid of either the wind or the cold, and rose energetically, and cleared the chakras, of course. Groups of people wishing to hike to Iremel gather in social networks in order to "connect to the portal." Be that as it may, the mountain has a beneficial effect on people, teaches them to overcome difficulties and fosters a love of nature. Only spending the night at the top is, for some reason, highly discouraged.
