Sights of Miass and the surrounding area, where to go?

Sights of Miass
The city of Miass is the regional center of the Chelyabinsk region. It is located at the foot of a whole group of ridges of the Southern Urals, they are called the Ilmen Mountains. The name of the city comes from the name of the Miass River.

In 1773, merchant Larion Luginin organized a settlement in this place in connection with the construction of a copper smelter.

Subsequently, gold deposits were developed in the valley of the Miass River. In 1824, even Emperor Alexander 1 came to the gold mines. This mine was called Tsarevo-Alexandrovsky.

Turgoyak

The Ural lake Turgoyak is called “the younger brother of Baikal” for its beauty and transparency.
The depth of the reservoir reaches 34 meters, and the water is considered healing due to its radon content. Turgoyak is a fairly cold lake with a rocky bottom, but residents of Miass and guests of the city enjoy visiting the beaches and swimming in it in the summer. The lake periodically hosts regattas - sailing competitions. One of the tournaments is for the prize of Fyodor Konyukhov - the famous traveler loves to visit Turgoyak.

Regatta on Turgoyak. Photo: provided by the ANO "Investment Development Agency of the Miass City District"

Not far from the western shore of Turgoyak is the island of Vera, a place where religious buildings and ancient workshops were discovered. There is a chamber tomb, a quarry from the 4th millennium BC, as well as the ruins of an Old Believer monastery from the 19th century. The name of the island is given by the name of a hermit girl who allegedly fled here and lived for a long time in an underground house. Vera Island is a cultural heritage site, and in order to preserve ancient structures, tourist access is limited.

Location: 11 km from Miass

Lake Turgoyak

Lake Turgoyak is considered one of the most beautiful and cleanest in the entire Urals. The lake is located in a mountain basin near Miass and is recognized as a natural monument.

Turgoyak surprises with its depth and amazing transparency, which reaches 10 - 17 meters . The lake is considered the younger brother of Baikal, and the water is second only to Baikal in its purity.

Holy Trinity Church

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To this day, we have managed to preserve the Holy Trinity Church, which was previously included in 24 churches in the Miass district. The foundation stone for the religious landmark took place in 1887, and its consecration took place in 1889.

The Holy Trinity Church is a cemetery church, built thanks to the local merchants. Despite the small size of the object, one can note the beauty of the external and internal decoration, created on the basis of marble, amber, carved oak, and English iron.

In 1936, the church was converted into a workers' dormitory. After 8 years, the object was returned to believers. Since 1994, a Sunday school has been operating at the church.

Location: Kolesova street - 21.

Church of the Epiphany

The Church of the Epiphany is located in the central part of Miass. This temple is considered one of the most important in the entire city. The religious site has four chapters and a bell tower.

Construction activities started in 1994. However, construction was temporarily suspended due to lack of funds. In 2007, financial problems were resolved. As a result, in 2012 it was possible to complete construction, carry out interior decoration, and hold a consecration ceremony.

Location: Kolesova street - 21.

Battle losses and prisoners

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In addition, several machine guns were lost, or, more simply put, abandoned during the flight. The report of the Provisional Military Committee of the Miass Plant dated June 1 reported:

“...The Bolshevik offensive on Miass was successfully repulsed. The Czechs and the formed squad bravely walked with clear hope of success. The Red Army soldiers fled in disarray and to this day are hiding in the forests and mountains, making their way to Zlatoust. During the battle, 9 machine guns, many rifles and ammunition were captured. On the battlefield, abandoned weapons, overcoats, boots are lying everywhere, in addition to this, a lot of butter, sugar and in general a lot of other things that were apparently looted in Syrostan were found. Among military rifle cartridges there are many explosive ones, with the ends cut off, so when wounded, large lacerations were obtained, from which most died. Our losses: 14 killed, 7 seriously wounded and 5 lightly wounded...”

As a result of such a hasty retreat of the Reds, the Miass detachment of Yakubaitis was surrounded by Czechs and volunteers in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bMokhovaya Mountain and pressed against a swamp near the Black River. Yakubaitis was killed in battle, and the remnants of the detachment under the command of I. Silkin left the encirclement through the swamp under the cover of machine gunner F. Gorelov. Gorelov was captured and executed.

At the Turgoyak junction, Podvoisky and other members of the VVI personally distributed defense areas for each detachment, indicating firing positions for machine guns. The armored train stood in a recess at the siding, and VVI member Stogov installed field guns under the rocky cover of the quarry. But the Whites did not attack Turgoyak and returned to the right bank of the Miass River.

Natural Science Museum of the Ilmen State Reserve

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The Ilmensky Nature Reserve is located in the eastern part of the Southern Urals and covers an area of ​​32,100 kilometers. The reserve complex contributes to the successful conservation of rocks, minerals, fauna and flora that are typical of the Southern Urals.

The natural science museum began its work back in 1936. In Europe, news of Ilmen came more than two hundred years ago, after which active study of the area began.

The museum is included in the TOP 5 of the largest and most interesting geological and mineralogical museums in Russia. Here you can see minerals, crystals, rocks. Moreover, 279 types of minerals were found in the Ilmen Mountains.

Visitors have even more opportunities to appreciate the natural exhibition. This is facilitated by the picturesque design of the museum visit.

Every visitor can 100% enjoy an amazing pastime.

Zharov's House

Zharov's house ideally complements the historical part of Miass, in which one can find halos of the factory, gold mining, and merchant way of life. The city surprises with its strict rectangular layout.

Miass is an ancient city that is ready to surprise with its architecture and confirm the value of history and existing traditions.

Miass is not rich in historical and architectural monuments. There are no centuries-old churches and elaborate Stalinist houses, merchant mansions, there is neither a fortress wall nor a Kremlin here. The pride of Miass residents is, first of all, the nature surrounding the city: the Ural forests, numerous lakes and mountains. But the most famous natural attraction is the crystal clear Lake Turgoyak, which will be the subject of a separate article. Today we will walk through the city center, which is popularly called “Avtozavod”, and tell you about its attractions.

Our journey, like real hikers, will begin from the bus station. Such a natural-urban landscape opens up if you turn your head to the opposite direction.

It’s best to start getting acquainted with the city center from Avtozavodtsev Avenue, where almost all public transport in Miass goes from the bus station.

Municipal transport in Miass is almost completely ruined and the main carrier here, as in many other cities of Russia, is a fixed-route taxi. Unfortunately, private owners use the cheapest and most uncomfortable GAZelle models.

Municipal transport is represented by trolleybuses (5 routes, the 2 longest ones were closed) and buses (47 routes have been closed over the history of their existence). Most of the trolleybus fleet are morally and physically obsolete vehicles that are subject to write-off, and, according to residents, they operate irregularly. Therefore, Miass residents usually prefer minibuses to trolleybuses and buses.

The main attraction of the center of Miass is the shopping and entertainment center. The design of the building cannot be called successful, but it does its job - the bizarre appearance of the complex with ears in the form of verandas and a trunk reminiscent of a ski jump is well remembered.

By the standards of the regional center, it has a huge area. Here you can find fashionable clothing brands, sports stores, household goods stores, shoe stores, cosmetics stores, a Spar grocery hypermarket and a cinema. On a weekday visit, the shopping center was almost completely empty.

Opposite the “Elephant” is Torgovy.

An undoubted advantage here is the presence of a children's playground and a square with benches for residents to relax. The park lives up to its name.

To appreciate the entire center of Miass, let’s walk further down the street to the Automobile Plant.

The modern building of Sberbank on Avtozavodtsev Avenue.

Monument to fellow countrymen who died during the Great Patriotic War.

Fragments of Soviet cultural heritage.

Nice Soviet details.

Of particular interest is the Stalinist development in the last blocks in front of the automobile plant.

Similar three-story brick houses - Stalin buildings are typical for small towns in Russia.

Here is the main dominant feature of the city - the Palace of Motorists with Stalinist turrets on both sides.

Very reminiscent of centers in other cities with a population of 100-200 thousand people. For example, the square in front of the Drama Theater in Prokopyevsk.

Houses with a spire, characteristic of Soviet buildings.

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If you don’t want to spoil the impression of the city, it’s better not to look into the courtyards even on the main street.

The journey through the center of Miass ends near URALAZ.

The Ural Automobile Plant is a leading manufacturer of trucks.

The plant produces up to 3,000 vehicles per year: flatbed trucks, crew buses, truck tractors. Together with IVECO, the production of dump trucks, truck tractors, timber trucks, log carriers and chassis has been launched.

In memory of the first car produced by URALAZ on July 8, 1944, a monument to the ZIS-5B car was erected.

Walk of honor for the best car manufacturers.

This is where our acquaintance with the center of the Ural city comes to an end. On our next trips we will walk along the banks of the Miass River and Lake Turgoyak, and also visit the park of stationery figures.

Sights of Miass

Below I tried to answer as fully as possible the question of what you can see in Miass (and there are plenty of interesting sights here). If any worthy place is left outside the scope of the review, write in the comments. All places described in the review are marked on the map, which you will find below.

The old part of the city is located in the area of ​​the Miass Pond dam . The buildings of the 19th – early 20th centuries have been preserved here. The architectural and industrial complex of the copper smelter has also partially reached, but it’s not so easy to get to the territory of the former enterprise. The pond dam has been reconstructed several times. Nothing remains of the former hydraulic structure, built in the 18th century.

It is better to start your acquaintance with Miass with the local history museum . It is located in the former two-story mansion of gold miner E.M. Simonova . In total, on the territory of the former estate of E.M. Simonov there are three buildings: a house with a mezzanine (Pushkina St., 6, now owned by a private individual), a large two-story house (Pushkina St., 8, it houses a museum) and a one-story outbuilding (utility building) between them.

Yegor Mitrofanovich Simonov was able to rise from the very bottom and become a wealthy gold miner. However, wealth did not go to his head. Contemporaries spoke of him as a kind, open person. In 1879, Simonov bought a large plot of land in the dammed part of the city from the widow of the titular councilor, Chashikhina. From Chashikhina's old buildings, he preserved a residential building with a mezzanine, built by an unknown architect. In the 1880s, Simonov built a new large brick house nearby with a beautifully decorated facade in the eclectic style. After the revolution, in different years the house housed a local history museum, a pedagogical college, an auxiliary school, etc.

Miass Local History Museum (Pushkina St., 8; tel.) was founded in 1920. Over its almost century-long history, the museum has replaced several buildings. It has been located in Simonov's house since 1995. Of the interior decoration, only a marble staircase with cast-iron railings, elements of stucco molding and a stuffed bear greeting guests remained from the owner. The museum has sections “Settlement of the Urals by the Bashkirs”, “Foundation of a copper smelter and the history of the development of gold mining”, “Prospector’s hut”, “Road to the temple”, “Office of a mining engineer”, “Miass sawmill”.

After getting acquainted with the museum, you should go towards the pond dam. To the right of the dam you can see the house of Dunaev (Pushkina St., 2), which owned the mill that operated here. It is interesting that Dunaev was the first in the city to install electricity and loved to demonstrate this “miracle” to guests. Later, the house was bought by brothers Vasily and Timofey Yurkin, who moved to Miass from the Moscow region after 1871. And the house next door with a mezzanine, which belonged to the Romanovsky sisters, has been virtually destroyed these days. Meanwhile, the Romanovskys were famous philanthropists of the city; the first women's gymnasium in Miass was built with their funds.

Having crossed the dam of the pond dam to the other side, notice an abandoned two-story house standing near the pond. This is the former house of the plant manager (Proletarskaya St., 2). The building was built at the end of the 18th - beginning of the 19th century. This was the first stone building in the city. A garden was laid out around it, fenced with a cast-iron lattice, there was a greenhouse, and marble steps went down to the pond. Now nothing remains of its former splendor.

Across the road is the factory office building (Proletarskaya St., 1). It was built in the style of mature classicism in the 1820s. It was originally built as a knife factory for the Zlatoust arms factory, but was never used for its intended purpose. When gold was discovered in 1823, the office of the Miass plant and gold mines . Since 1915, the administration of the sawing (tool) factory settled here. At the time of our visit to Miass, the building was in disrepair. Good news came recently. In 2021, through the efforts of the Miass Garment Factory and local philanthropists, the building was completely restored and reconstructed. A cultural and exhibition center was opened here with a cinema, exhibition halls, an art salon for original works and gifts, a jewelry salon and a virtual reality club. The Gold Museum is due to open here in 2021.

On the right is the entrance to the former Miass Tool Plant. Behind the barrier you can see the monument to V.I. Lenin - honorary whipper . At a festive meeting on May 1, 1923, the chairman of the trade union committee A.V. Zhdanov proposed to enlist Vladimir Ilyich Lenin on the plant’s staff. The workers supported the proposal. Lenin was officially appointed to the position of honorary whipper of the third category. A notcher was a worker who made notches on files. Vladimir Ilyich received his salary. It was transferred to various funds, for the organization of cultural events, for children's recreation, and during the war it went to the needs of the army. This monument was also placed on it. The leader of the world proletariat was paid until 1991. Thus, according to the papers, Vladimir Ilyich worked at the Miass enterprise for 68 years, although he was destined to live only 54 years...

And on the other side of the office building begins Labor Square (formerly Church Square) - the main square of old Miass. There are many old merchant houses from the 19th – early 20th centuries around. Celebrations took place on this square, trade was conducted, and life was in full swing. Previously, the Peter and Paul Church stood on Church Square. The first stone church of Miass began to be built in 1808 and was consecrated in honor of the apostles Peter and Paul in 1815. The massive one-story church had features of a pseudo-Byzantine style. In 1825, a three-tier bell tower was built. The church was closed in 1932 and demolished in 1939. Nowadays there is a monument to Lenin in this place.

To the side of the square is the building of the former Gostiny Dvor (Proletarskaya St. 1/2). Now there are numerous shops and offices renting space there. The building is disfigured by reconstruction, siding and advertising. The fact that this was once a guest courtyard is only reminiscent of the shape of the windows on the first floor.

On the left there is a fire department building with a characteristic tower-tower (they were also covered with siding), and behind it is the house of the priest Malyshev . The house is very beautiful, it’s worth going up to it and admiring the remains of its former magnificent decor. Even mosaic elements have been preserved. Alas, the abandoned house is deteriorating and is about to collapse. It can no longer be restored.

The best preserved complex of merchant houses is on Proletarskaya Street. On the corner with Truda Square stands the house of the merchant and gold miner Zharov (Proletarskaya St., 1). The building was built at the end of the 19th century in Art Nouveau style. In 1918, the 1st City Committee of Workers', Soldiers' and Peasants' Deputies was located here, as a memorial plaque reminds. Nowadays various shops have settled here.

Next door is the complex of houses of the merchant Smirnov (Proletarskaya St., 5). Smirnov was the manager of Bakakin's trading house, amassing good capital. The house was built in the second half of the 19th century so that the façade faces the main street, and the warehouses face the parallel street on the other side. After the revolution, the sawmill club was located in the building.

For a long time, Smirnov’s house stood abandoned, but he was lucky. The building recently fell into good hands and was restored by a local businessman. Now there is a store, a cafe, a culinary shop, and also a dumpling museum . The entrance to the museum is from Sporta Street, where a monument to dumplings .

Across the road stands the building of the former trading house A.F. Bakakina (Proletarskaya St., 12). The building was built in Art Nouveau style. At that time, it looked very modern: large windows with blinds that closed at the top, rich decoration of the facade with stucco molding, carved doors, and an elegant roof topped with forged iron grilles with ornaments. Above the main entrance there was a stucco inscription “A.F. BAKAKIN." After the revolution, the building housed a gold buying store, which is why the windows were blocked. Since the 1950s, the City House of Culture has been located here.

Next door is a beautiful pharmacy building , which performed these functions even before the revolution.

At the three-point intersection of Proletarskaya, Lenin and Detsky lanes there is a corner building of the former trading house of the Elabuga merchant I.G. Stakheev (Lenina St., 2), built in 1912 on the site of a wooden volost government building that had previously stood here. There was a store on the ground floor, and a restaurant on the second floor.

Turning onto Lenin, you can see several more beautiful merchant houses. Among them, the most interesting is the house of the merchant A.F. Bakakina (Lenin St., 12). However, this beautiful mansion was built in the second half of the 19th century by another merchant - V.I. Kuznetsov, who owned a mill. After the death of V.I. Kuznetsov, his heirs sold the house to Troitsk merchant and gold miner Alexander Fedorovich Bakakin. The house belonged to him until the 1917 revolution. In Soviet times, this mansion housed first the UKOM, and then the city party committee and the city executive committee, a children's clinic, and a skin dispensary. It is interesting that in 1957, the Sverdlovsk Film Studio filmed scenes of the film “In the Power of Gold” based on the works of D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak. At the end of the 1970s, the building was transferred to the city museum. Over the course of several years, repairs and restoration were carried out, but later the commission, after assessing the condition of the house, concluded that the building would not withstand the excursion load. At the end of 1983, the building was transferred to UZHKH. However, this organization operated only the outbuildings and the yard. At that time, the Kasli cast fireplace disappeared, the fireplaces with stucco and tiles were destroyed, the decor was knocked down, and the carriage house in the yard was destroyed. Later, a construction company bought the mansion for an office and renovated it, but today the building is abandoned again.

The merchant Bakakin also owned other buildings in Miass. Opposite is the building of the former store of the merchant Bakakin (Lenin St., 17). The Art Nouveau building was built at the beginning of the 20th century. After the revolution, the building was adapted into the Energia cinema; artists also performed here and lectures were held. Not only films were shown here, but also performances and concerts by local and visiting artists.

Away from the center (almost 1.5 km from here) at st. Lenina, 121 there is an architectural complex of stone barracks buildings , built in 1842 with funds from the Miass Gold Mining Partnership. 300 soldiers serving in the mines were stationed here. Among the buildings, the hospital - a beautiful one-story building with columns. Built in 1850-64 according to the design of the architect F.A. Telezhnikova. The hospital was designed for 80 patients. A large garden was laid out around it. The outbuildings housed a pharmacy and a doctor's apartment. Today, the building of a vocational school is located here.

But let's return to the center of the old city. There are several old houses on Sverdlov Street. The house of gold miner Zharov (Sverdlova St., 3) was built at the end of the 19th century in the eclectic style. The facade is decorated with stucco and forged metal. The building is decorated with a large balcony and parapet lattice, made by the famous blacksmiths the Dorofeev brothers. Zharov rented out the building. There was a merchant's club here, and since 1895 there was a trusteeship of people's sobriety, a reading hut.

On the neighboring house (Sverdlova St., 5) you can see a memorial plaque stating that revolutionary S.G. lived here. Uralov (Kislyakov).

At the address st. Pervomaiskaya, 10/1 the minaret of the mosque . It is a tall brick tower on a dilapidated cube-shaped base. Next to the minaret there was a mosque, a Muslim printing house, and a Muslim school. The mosque was opened at the end of the 19th century and belonged to Mullah Salah-Etdin Bashirov. In 1925, the mosque was closed and destroyed, leaving only the minaret. Now it has been fenced off, blocking free access.

Moving towards the new city center, pay attention to the Holy Trinity Church (October Square, 3). It was built on the cemetery in 1887-89 at the expense of local merchants and gold miners. No expense was spared. Built of red brick with decor in a pseudo-Russian style. The domes are covered with English iron, the floor is made of gray marble, the carved iconostasis was ordered in Moscow and made of solid polished oak, with fine carvings. In 1939 the church was closed, in 1941 there was a dormitory for workers, but already in 1944 the church was returned to the believers. This is the only surviving old church in Miass. In the past, the city already ended here.

Behind the church is the old Trinity Cemetery , where famous people are buried. For example, mining engineers and philanthropists Romanovsky; mining engineer, discoverer of the Chelyabinsk coal basin, caretaker at the Kaskinovsky and Muldakakevo mines, bergmeister of the Miass gold mines I. I. Redikortsev Sr., merchants Kuznetsov, Belyaev, parents of gold miner E.M. Simonov, families of clergy, Hero of the Soviet Union M. Kushnov, famous doctors G.K. Mavritsky, V.P. Klenkov, writer V.R. Graviskis and others.

Fedya Gorelov , was also buried here . He was born in 1901. As a child, he studied at a lower vocational school, then worked first at the Dunaev mill, and then at a sawmill. In December 1917, Fedya joined the ranks of the Red Guard and took part in the battle with the White Czechs near Mount Mokhovaya. The circumstances of his death are not precisely known. According to local writer V.R. Graviskis, which he expressed in the book “The Red Son of the Guard,” Fedya was executed by local rich people for participating in the seizure of valuables. Fedya was hanged from a roadside pine tree and was not allowed to be buried for a long time. During Soviet times, the street where Fedya Gorelov lived was named after him.

In another cemetery, a Muslim one (at the exit from the city in front of the railway line to Uchaly), there is the grave of the revered poet and educator Miftakhetdin Akmulla, who was killed in 1895 near Syrostan.

On Oktyabrskaya Square near the Holy Trinity Church there is a monument to the mass grave of 70 Bolsheviks and Red Guards executed by Kolchak’s troops during the Civil War. The dead were reburied on July 20, 1919, three days after the liberation of Miass from the whites. In 1920, the remains of the soldiers of the Turgoyak Red Guard detachment, shot by the White Czechs in 1918, as well as the ChON soldiers who died in 1920, were also reburied in a mass grave. In 1957, a concrete monument lined with marble was erected. The author of the project is architect N.P. Ipatov.

Another monument dedicated to the events of those years is on the outskirts of Miass, in the northern part of the Chashkovsky Mountains, where battles took place during the Civil War in the summer of 1919. Kolchak’s troops gained a foothold on a hill, and they were defeated only by coming from the rear with the help of guides from among the local residents. was erected here in honor of the liberation of the city . You can get to it along Shirokoy Lane. The memorial inscription on the monument reads: “Here on the Chashkovsky Mountains on July 17, 1919, units of the Red Army defeated Kolchak’s troops. Miass became a Soviet city forever.”

To the north of the historical center the city is crossed by a railway. Near the new railway station of the Miass-1 station (Akademika Pavlova St., 42a), built in 1981, there is a memorial sign reminding that construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway began from Miass in 1892. It was installed in 1992 in honor of the 100th anniversary of the start of construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway. In front of the station there is an art object “Golden Elk” - a symbol of Miass, installed in 2017. The author of the project was SUSU student Maria Ivanova, who won a grant of 300 thousand rubles to create a sculpture. They made the “moose” in Vologda, then delivered it to the Urals.

Viktor Denisov, whose father participated in the construction of the station, told an interesting local legend on our channel in Zen:

“The new Miass station was built backwards. The project came and we couldn’t figure out where the station was facing the railway and where it was facing the city. And since the facade differs little from the back side of the station, they confused the back with the front and built it that way.”

The old station building has also been preserved . You can get to it along Truda Street. The building was built in 1904 in Art Nouveau style. Signs with the name of the station are made in pre-revolutionary style. The station building is unique in that its walls are decorated with a rare rock called miaskite, named after the city of Miass. This is a rare type of granite, the deposit of which was first discovered in the surrounding area. The building is an architectural monument. After the construction of the new station, only electric trains stop at this station, and the station is also used as a cargo sorting station.

On the old station building you can see a plaque in memory of the railway workers who died here during the Civil War. However, tragedy has happened here before. In 1908, a mail train was raided at Miass station. There were about 17 invaders. They fought their way into the station building, where cashiers with valuables had barricaded themselves. The locked door was blown up using gunpowder. As a result of the raid, 7 guards and police were killed (according to other sources, there were 4 killed and 10 seriously wounded). The spoils of the invaders were several bank bags with money worth, according to various sources, from 60 to 86 thousand rubles, as well as more than 20 kg of gold. Having taken possession of the valuables, they seized a locomotive and rode it to the Syrostan station, near which they disembarked and went through the forest to the shelter. Later, some of the militants were detained and sent to hard labor (by the way, they were defended in court by lawyer A.F. Kerensky, who later became chairman of the Provisional Government).

Moving further along Truda Street and then along the highway to Chebarkul, you can get to the village of the Ilmensky State Mineralogical Reserve . The Institute of Mineralogy of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences operates here. On May 14, 1920, by decree of V.I. Lenin, the Ilmen Mountains (they stretch north from here along the entire city) were declared a mineralogical reserve, one of the first reserves created in Russia. Here, for the first time in the world, 18 minerals were discovered, among them: ilmenite, ilmenorutile, potassium-ferrisadanagaite, cancrinite, makarochkinite, monazite-(Ce), polyakovite-(Ce), samarskite-(Y), svyazvinite, ushkovite, fergusonite-beta -(Ce), fluoromagnesioarfvedsonite, fluororichterite, chiolite, chevkinite-(Ce), aeshinite-(Ce). In total, 264 minerals and more than 70 rocks are known here. There were over 400 mines in operation.

In 1930, on the initiative of A.E. Fersman, a mineralogical museum was created here. The Natural Science Museum of the Ilmensky Reserve is one of the five largest geological and mineralogical museums in the country. The museum has six halls on three floors, with a total area of ​​2050 meters. They present about 9 thousand exhibits. Next to the museum building there is a monument to Lenin, opened in 1940.

On the territory of the village, a house for scientists has been preserved, where geochemist A.E. worked. Fersman, mineralogist N.M. Fedorovsky and geologist A.N. Zavarnitsky. And at the address st. Shkolnaya, 14 (not far from the old station) there is a school building built at the beginning of the twentieth century, where in 1911-1917 the base of the radium expedition of the Academy of Sciences under the leadership of Academician V.I. Vernadsky. The participants of the expedition were mineralogists and geologists V.I. Kryzhanovsky, L.A. Kulik, N.M. Fedorovsky, D.S. Belyankin, A.E. Fersman. There is a memorial plaque on the building.

Below lies Lake Ilmenskoe (Ilmen) . It received its name from the Ilmen ridge, the name of which, in turn, is derived from the Bashkir “ilmen” - “safe, accessible”. Until recently, the largest and most famous art song festival in the Urals, Ilmensky (Ilmenka), named after the lake, was held on the shores of the lake.

Modern Miass began to grow from an automobile plant that arose during the Great Patriotic War. The central street of the city, Avtozavodtsev Avenue, branches off from it. 3-4 storey “Stalin” buildings predominate here, and there is also a beautiful Palace of Culture for Automobile Manufacturers. In 1985, a monument to the first car . The first Ural car "ZIS-5V" rolled off the assembly line on July 8, 1944. The car had a wooden cabin and welded bent fenders. At that time it was the best domestic car of this class. On July 20, 1944, the first batch of cars was sent to the front, and on September 30, 1944, the thousandth car had already rolled off the assembly line. There is a museum of the history of Ural cars in the plant management building.

Near the intersection of Avtozavodtsev Avenue and Mira Boulevard (near the city administration) you can find the art object “I Love Miass” . The red color of the heart in the composition symbolizes love, and the gear is taken from the coat of arms of Miass, being a symbol of the industrial city.

Nearby is the “Grieving Mother” memorial with an eternal flame - in memory of those killed on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War. It was installed in 1967, sculptors V.P. Chertovikov, E.I. Makarov. There is also a monument to the victims of political repression.

On the other side of Avtozavodtsev Avenue, a small pedestrian zone “Wheel of Time” . At the entrance there are forged arches with a clock.

Even further north begins the Mashgorodok district, the construction of which began in 1955. The main attraction of this part of the city is the park of giant stationery figures “Bureaucrat” (7 Oktyabrya Ave., near the Medeo shopping center). It appeared in 2010, created with funds. According to the creators, this is a tribute to the work of ballistic missile developers living in Mashgorodok, for whom drawing and stationery items are of great importance. There are five figures in total: a compass, a paper clip, a button, scissors, and a stadiometer. There is also a wish tree. The area is fenced with a fence in the shape of colored pencils. In 2011, the paper clip installed here was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest in the world. Its height is 9.28 m, width 2.72 m.

Another interesting place is the mini-park of fairy-tale figures “Bereginya” (October-Zhukovsky Avenue), which opened in 2017. Here you can see the heroes of Russian fairy tales. And in front of the Prometheus Palace of Culture (Makeeva Ave., 14) you can see the bust of Academician V.P. Makeev, who for a long time headed the design bureau, thanks to whose appearance this microdistrict appeared in Miass.

Dumpling Museum

• Master classes “Homemade dumplings: we make them ourselves, we eat them ourselves”
• Coming to Miass and not visiting the first and only Museum of Dumplings is equivalent to coming to Moscow and not visiting Red Square
• The Museum of Dumplings is a whole historical complex located in the house of the merchant Smirnov

The most interesting and delicious museum in the city, which is liked by both adults and children. Here you can learn the history of the traditional Siberian delicacy, take part in master classes on making dumplings and, of course, tastings. The exhibition tells about 40 different types of dishes, which we are accustomed to consider as originally Russian. Guests are presented with models of dumplings from different countries, each of which has its own shape and manufacturing secrets.

Interesting places to relax with children

There are several places in Miass where you can have fun spending time with your child.

City Park

The most desirable place of entertainment for children is the city park.

It is located in the center of Turgoya highway.

In addition to entertainment attractions, the park includes:

• playgrounds;
• summer cafes;
• tables for playing table tennis;
• grounds for playing football, volleyball and badminton;
• there is a shooting range for crossbow shooting;
• corral for horse riding.

Cinema "Hawaii" in the Prometheus Palace of Culture

The cinema, which supports 2D and 3D formats, is located on the territory of the Prometheus House of Culture at 14 Makeev Avenue. This is one of the most modern multiplex cinemas in the Chelyabinsk region. The cinema is equipped with air conditioning and a 6-channel sound system. The approximate cost of tickets is from 140 to 260 rubles.

Miass city pond

In the summer and in good weather, you can have an interesting time on the shore of the local city pond enjoying the picturesque bays and coves. This is an artificial reservoir located in the very center of the city. It was created in 1776 to provide water for a copper smelter.

Miass city pond

Today it is a favorite vacation spot for city residents.

The most beautiful and interesting places to visit

Each tourist can choose an excursion according to his interests.

Mikhailovsky Palace

This is a large entertainment center located in the old part of the city. The building was built more than 200 years ago, and once housed a tool factory within its walls. The palace was recently restored. The designers were faced with the task of preserving not only elements of ancient architecture, but also things found during the work.

The renovated premises were given over to a cinema; on the ground floor there is a museum, the collection of which includes genuine military medals, replicas of state symbols, etc. It is planned to open a gold museum and a children's center.

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Mikhailovsky Palace after restoration.

Church of the Epiphany

This is the largest Orthodox church in the city. It took more than 18 years to build. Today, about 1000 people can visit the temple at the same time.

Guests of the city are attracted by the interior decoration of the church. When painting the altar, minerals mined in the local mountains, such as Miass lapis lazuli, were used.

The temple receives many pilgrims who come to venerate the relics of the righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye, Amphilochius and Job of Pochaev.

The Church of the Epiphany has a beautifully decorated iconostasis.

Ilmen Lake

The reservoir is located in the south-eastern outskirts of the city. Its area is just over 4.5 square meters. km, the depth does not exceed 6 m. The border of the Ilmensky Nature Reserve runs along the eastern shore, while the western shore is given over to a recreational area. There are recreation areas for townspeople and a children's health camp here.

Coastal areas are densely populated by fauna. Among them there are also rare ones - the river otter and some types of dragonflies.

Ilmen Lake has an area of ​​4.5 square meters. km.

Argazinskoye Reservoir

The man-made lake is located 50 km north of Miass. This is a favorite vacation spot for citizens and photographers who come here in search of picturesque landscapes. In summer, recreation centers and private accommodation are available.

The water in the Argazin reservoir is very clean.

Miass city pond

A beautiful body of water with picturesque bays, islands and bays appeared in 1776 as a result of the construction of a dam on the Miass River. The high water level was supposed to ensure the operation of the copper smelter's mechanisms. The dam still exists. It was rebuilt and reconstructed several times. The last renovation was carried out in 2011.

Miass city pond from a bird's eye view.

Railroad station

There are many old train stations in the Chelyabinsk region, but only in Miass is this building included in the list of cultural heritage sites. The architectural monument was erected at the end of the 19th century. Today it is not used for its intended purpose, but is of great interest to travelers.

The city's old railway station is a cultural heritage site.

Estate of gold miner Zharov

House built at the end of the 19th century. in an eclectic style, with a strict layout. After the revolution, the city council of deputies was located within its walls.

Until now, its premises are in good condition and today are given over to shops.

There is a legend that every person photographed against the backdrop of the estate will receive the wealth of the merchant Zharov.

House of merchant Zharov in Miass.

Ilmensky Reserve

A visit to the reserve will be interesting for lovers of flora, fauna and natural minerals. There are several lakes on the territory, surrounded by a mountain range.

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The hills are distinguished by a rich composition of rocks, including more than 260 types of minerals. Somewhere in the depths of the reserve, in impassable swamps, topaz and mica deposits have been preserved.

Travelers can walk through the forest, explore gem mines (there are 87 of them on the territory of the reserve) and visit the largest geological and mineralogical museum in the country. It has a unique collection of rocks.

The picturesque Ilmensky Nature Reserve in Miass.

Church of the Holy Trinity

The church was erected at the end of the 19th century at the expense of patrons - priests, merchants, discoverers and mining engineers. Among others, it was distinguished by an iconostasis made of solid polished oak. The church is active; in 1994, a Sunday school was opened for children and adult parishioners.

Beautiful Church of the Holy Trinity.

Intercession Church

The chapel, erected in 1819, became the only place of worship for the Old Believers. The initiator of its construction was the creator of the copper smelter I. Luginin. In the middle of the 20th century. the chapel was destroyed, but in 1999, with funds from benefactors, a new brick church was erected in its place.

Miass, located in a unique natural area, is a place that is well suited for relaxation. I recommend visiting it to people who are interested in the history, achievements, flora and fauna of the country.

Intercession Church for Old Believers.

Monument to the first Ural car

On July 8, 1944, the first ZiS-5V vehicle rolled off the factory assembly line. 40 years later, a monument dedicated to the first Ural car was unveiled. Around the monument there are stands with photographs of produced cars.

The history of the automotive industry in Miass started in 1941, when it was decided to create a foundry and automobile engine production. Subsequently, the projects began to be successfully implemented. In 1944, the first vehicle, called the ZiS-5V, was produced.

Park of stationery figures "Bureaucrat"

One of the most worthy objects in Miass is the “Bureaucrat” park, dedicated to office supplies. The sculptures are surprising in their large sizes, as a result of which they create an amazing ensemble.

An entire park is dedicated to paper clips, compasses, scissors, buttons, and measuring rulers. This fact contributed to the inclusion of Miass in the Guinness Book of Records.

Simonov Estate

The estate of gold miner E. M. Simonov is an object of cultural heritage of Miass. Previously, the Chashikhina estate was located here, which Simonov acquired in 1879. From the previous complex, only a 2-story residential building was left, since other buildings were built taking into account the same stylistic principles.

Simonov's house is located on a cliff. The building surprises with its richly decorated facade, and it was built in an unusual “brick style”. To date, only the main staircase has survived from the rich interior.

Currently, the Simonov estate houses an exhibition dedicated to Miass.

Location: Pushkin street - 8.

Religious buildings of Miass

Miass is not a resort town, but there are a huge number of historical attractions on its territory.

Church of the Epiphany in Miass

The white stone church with 5 domes is located at Miass st. Kolesova 21. It is located 990 m from the city center. You can get to the church by public transport to the stop “Karpova Boulevard”, “Fersman Street” or “Vocational Lyceum No. 38”. The church is open to visitors from 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Holy Trinity Church

The red brick Orthodox Church is located in the city of Miass in the Southern Territorial District. The church was erected in 1887 on the site of an old wooden chapel on the territory of the cemetery.

You can get to the church by public transport to the “Gorbolnitsa” or “PATP” stops. The church is open to visitors from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Temple of the Icon of the Mother of God

The temple is located at Miass, st. Makeeva 36 "b". The temple is an ensemble of 2 red brick buildings with a blue roof and golden domes. You can get to the temple by any public transport to the “Sportivnaya” or “Northern Market” stops. The temple is open to visitors from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Museums of Miass

There are many museums in the city where you can learn the history of the Ural region and local main attractions.

MBU City Museum of Local Lore of the Miass City District

The museum is located at Miass, st. Pushkin House 8. This is the oldest museum in the Chelyabinsk region, founded on November 24, 1920. The museum displays exhibitions dedicated to gold mining in the Miass Valley.

The museum tells about the history and culture of the region. The exhibits include ancient books and documents dating back to the beginning of the last century. The museum is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ticket prices range from 100 to 120 rubles.

Natural Science Museum of the Ilmen State Reserve

The museum is located at the address Miass, the territory of the Ilmensky Nature Reserve. Samples of stones and minerals mined on the territory of the reserve are exhibited here. The museum-reserve is open to visitors from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ticket prices range from 50 to 100 rubles.

Museum of the History of Ural Automobile Manufacturers

The museum is located at Miass, st. Avtozavodtsev house 1, next to the city Victory Park. There is a car park 100 m from the museum. The museum is open Mon-Fri. from 8 to 12 o'clock. Various models of cars of various modifications are exhibited as exhibits in the museum.

History of Miass

The city arose on the Miass River, from which it received its name. The name of the river could come from the Turkic language, meaning “small swamp”.

In 1773, the Tula merchant, founder of the Zlatoust plant I.I. Luginin received permission to build a copper smelter on the Miass River. However, due to the outbreak of the Peasant War, construction stopped. The plant was launched only on August 12, 1777. It became part of the Zlatoust mountain district and changed owners along with it. In 1798, the heir to the founder of the plant, I.M. Luginin sold the enterprise to the treasury. In the 19th century, copper production declined, the plant became unprofitable and closed. Administratively, the Miass plant was part of the Troitsky district of the Orenburg province.

A new milestone in the development of Miass is associated with gold. In the 1820s, rich gold deposits were discovered here, and many gold mines appeared in the valley of the Miass River. For example, in 1836, 54 mines and 23 gold deposits were developed here.

The richest and most famous mine in the vicinity of Miass turned out to be Tsarevo-Alexandrovsky (in Soviet times it was renamed Leninsky), discovered in 1824 by the master of charge Medzher. It is noteworthy that Emperor Alexander I visited this mine during his trip to the Urals and tried to mine gold himself.

In 1842, a young prospector Nikifor Syutkin found a nugget here weighing 36 kg 21 g. The length of the nugget was 39 cm, height - 28 cm. The nugget was called the “Big Triangle” for its shape. This is the largest gold nugget in Russia and the world that has survived to this day (larger finds are also known, but they were melted down). The “Big Triangle” is kept in the Kremlin Diamond Fund in Moscow. For the find, the prospector was paid a huge reward for those times of 1,200 rubles in silver (in parts). However, as they say, Syutkin quickly became an alcoholic and squandered everything, dying in poverty.

In general, this mine was distinguished by numerous finds of large nuggets. For almost half a century, the Miass Valley was the main gold depository of Russia. Miass turned into a wealthy settlement.

In 1839, Gustav Rose named a new discovered rock - miaskite - in honor of the Miass plant. It is found on the Ilmensky, Ishkulsky and Saitovsky ridges. In Miass there is the only building in the world lined with miaskite - the old station.

Miass is the birthplace of the famous Ural photographer V.L. Metenkova. It is also associated with the names of famous scientists L.A. Kulika, A.E. Fersman, V.I. Vernadsky.

Since 1891, the Trans-Siberian Railway (Transsib) was built in Russia - the longest railway in the world (more than 9 thousand km). She passed through Miass. Construction officially began on May 19 (31), 1891 near Vladivostok. Tsarevich Nikolai Alexandrovich, the future Emperor Nicholas II, was present at the laying of the road. However, in fact, construction started earlier - in early March 1891, when construction of the Miass - Chelyabinsk section began. The first train (working, with building materials) was met in Miass on July 5, 1892, and the first passenger train from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok passed in 1903.

After the outbreak of the First World War, in 1915, the sawtooth was evacuated from Riga to Miass. He gave birth to the Miass sawing (tool) factory. In Soviet times, the plant produced a wide range of notched and threaded products: from large files to manicure files. Its products were exported to more than 40 countries. In 1981, the billionth (!) file was produced. To transport such a quantity of products, 34,000 wagons would be needed, and their length would be 400 km.

The civil war swept across Miass, claiming lives. The beginning of the civil war on the territory of Miass was the mutiny of the Czechoslovak corps. On May 27, 1918, the Miass Red Guard detachment was sent to suppress the rebellion in Zlatoust, and on May 29, a counter-revolutionary coup was carried out in Miass; a company of White Czechs entered the city. The offensive operation of the Reds under the leadership of N.I. Podvoisky and I.M. Malysheva failed. On June 1, they were defeated at Mount Mokhovaya. The captured soldiers and local Bolshevik leaders were shot. In 1919, after the fighting, the city was liberated from the whites.

In 1919 (according to other sources, in 1926) Miass received the status of a county town. In 1923, the Miass City Council proposed renaming the city Tukhachevsk (in honor of the military leader M.N. Tukhachevsky, who led the fighting in the Miass region during the liberation of the area from the Whites), but the petition was rejected.

During Soviet times, gold mining continued and dredges appeared on the river. Since 1988, dredge No. 5 has been operating at Miassok Pond. One of the large placer deposits has almost been mined here, and about 2 tons of gold have been mined. Nuggets were rarely found here.

In 1941, due to the outbreak of war, the Moscow Automobile Plant was evacuated to Miass. On its basis, the Miass Automobile Plant was founded in 1943. At first, the plant produced engines and gearboxes, and on July 8, 1944, the first Ural car ZIS-5 rolled off the assembly line (in honor of this event, one of the central streets was named 8 July Street). The cars were sent to the front, and the famous Katyushas were installed on them. After the war, the automobile plant continued to operate, producing various models of Ural trucks. It was named the Ural Automobile. The enterprise still operates today (under the name automobile).

In the 1950s, the missile design bureau (SKB-385) was transferred to Miass from Zlatoust, now it is the State Missile Bureau. It was engaged in the development of serial production of missiles developed by OKB-1, which was headed by S.P. Korolev. So in the northern part of the city a new (and youngest) district arose - Mashgorodok.

In the 1980s, trolleybuses began to operate in Miass. There are fewer and fewer cities with trolleybus traffic in the Urals every year, but they still operate in Miass. Our reader, Viktor Denisov, told an interesting fact. It turns out that in the late 1990s and early 2000s, travel on public transport was free for all citizens and guests of Miass.

“I don’t remember anything like this in any city in Russia or even in the world, although I’ve traveled almost the whole world. Everywhere they collect fares, but in Miass travel on buses and trolleybuses was free. For travel, money was transferred from enterprises in the city of Miass. It was nice to travel far and for free. There were no conductors or controllers. The city is very stretched along the Miass River and the Ilmen-Tau mountain range, and the trips are just as long.”

The city of Miass is very extended. It stretched out in a rather narrow and long (about 30 km) strip along the river. It occupies an area of ​​111.9 km², the total length of roads is 454 km. Currently, the population of Miass is 151 thousand people (it is in 4th place in the Chelyabinsk region after Chelyabinsk, Magnitogorsk and Zlatoust).

Ski resort Sun Valley

The ski resort is located at the foot of the majestic Mount Known near Miass. The mountain is included in the Ural mountain range.

Sunny Valley has been successfully operating since 2001. Every tourist has the opportunity to enjoy their holiday from November to April, since it is at this time of year that all tourists can appreciate the protection from the wind.

In summer, tourists are also offered extreme entertainment:

• Rope park.
• Skate park.
• Excursions to Mt.

However, in winter there are even more opportunities for extreme sports:

• Skiing.
• Half lip.
• Alpine sleigh.
• Slopestyle.

Sun Valley is a place where brave people should visit.

Location: Romanenko street - 50A.

Museum of Local Lore

Visitors to the museum center can see valuable exhibitions that reveal interesting facets of the history of Miass. Anyone can see exhibits dedicated to the city. Moreover, you can visit a Bashkir yurt, a craftsman’s hut, and get acquainted with the mining industry and sawtooth factory. Today, the exhibition continues to be updated.

Location: Pushkin street - 8.

Meeting with intelligence

Gilin's right column, in addition to the units specified in the order, was reinforced by the newly arrived Nyazepetrovsky, Nikolsky and Kusinsky detachments. Immediately after the start of the movement, it became clear that the Red Guards did not know how to march at night or maintain communication and interaction between units. But, despite all the costs, the column safely reached the Zlatoust-Miass highway, where it met a scout patrol returning from the direction of Miass. Intelligence reported that on the western side of Mokhovaya Mountain, near the gunpowder warehouses, white units were stationed.

Gilin decided to change the route and bypass Mokhovaya Mountain, about which he sent a report to the Field Headquarters, where it was received at 2:40 on June 2. Fearing the actions of the Whites from Mokhovaya Mountain to the rear of the attackers, Podvoisky ordered Malyshev and VVI member Nikolaev to withdraw from the defensive line along the Miass River, part of the forces and capture Mokhovaya Mountain before dawn, and then advance together with Gilin on Miass.

Nikolaev's mounted reconnaissance went ahead, but did not find any whites on the approaches to the mountain. However, when the infantry was brought up, a completely natural misunderstanding occurred. On the crest of a height, against the background of a bright sky, a horseman was seen from the advancing chain. They called him, but he did not respond, they called him again - the result was the same.

In violation of all rules, the rider was fired upon. It turned out to be his own intelligence officer. They didn’t hit him, but the whites were alarmed and, occupying the trenches, opened fire. In the chain of Reds, as Yambulatov, a participant in that battle, put it,

Districts and real estate of Miass

Miass is a very elongated city. Officially, it is divided into five administrative districts: Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western and Central. Naturally, no one calls them that in everyday life. If you ask about the division of the city on its streets, they will tell you, first of all, three main parts: the Old Town, the Automobile Plant and Mashgorodok.

Mashgorodok

The most educated and intelligent part is considered to be Mashgorodok (founded in 1959 for the technical intelligentsia of the Miass Machine-Building Plant and the Makeev State Rocket Center). However, residents of other parts of the city consider her snobbish and arrogant.

One of the pleasant features of Mashgorodok is the complete absence of poplars, so familiar to any city. Linden trees, rowan trees, birch trees, lilacs - and no poplar fluff in the summer. In addition, it’s only a 15-20 minute walk from Mashgorodok to Lake Turgoyak.

Mashgorodok

Old city

The Old Town is the historical part of the city, a completely unprestigious place to live. This is mainly the private sector. The houses here have their own characteristics: a stone ground floor and a wooden upper floor. Many of them are protected as historical monuments, for example, the house of gold miner Simonov, built in an eclectic style in the second half of the 19th century.

Old city. Simonov's mansion

Automobile plant

The automobile plant is the real center of the city. The city administration, tax office, prosecutor's office, pension fund, etc. are located in this area. The only shopping and entertainment center is located here. It really looks like an elephant because of the porch with a canopy that resembles an elephant's trunk.

TRC Elephant

Each of the three main parts of the city has its own Orthodox church. There is no mosque, despite the fact that the Muslim population is represented in sufficient numbers.

It is necessary to note several more areas of the city that are not included in the main parts. The village of Stroiteley is located between Avtozavod and Mashgorodok. It was built in the 50s by mobilized sailors, so the names of the streets poetically recall the expanses of water: Amurskaya, Sevastopolskaya, Kerchenskaya, Nakhimovskaya. The Miass branch of the Chelyabinsk Classical University is located in the village of Stroiteley.

The villages of Vostochny and Melentyevka are entirely private sector. The village of Dynamo was successfully built on a hillock, fifteen minutes from the central part of the city and at the same time completely separate. Polikarpovsky Pond was once a clean drinking pond, with water lilies and lilies. But today only extreme sports enthusiasts can risk swimming in it.

Cottage villages located in urban areas deserve special attention. Firstly, Turgoyak. Initially, the village existed as an ordinary village, but gradually turned into a real kingdom of houses with turrets and elaborate facades, expensive mansions, palaces, etc. Many of them function as mini-hotels. The most expensive real estate is here, despite the fact that between the new palaces there are still unsightly houses with crumbling fences. Their residents do not want to sell their huts even for big money.

One of the houses in the village of Turgoyak

Secondly, Forest Village. It is located not far from Mashgorodok, turn left before reaching it two or three hundred meters. The cost of elite cottages there reaches 17 - 20 million rubles.

The areas of townhouses in Komarovo (Avtozavod) and at the end of Mashgorodok are also considered an elite residential area. The cost of a townhouse with a plot of 6 acres, all communications are central, with a landscaped, fenced territory of the complex, in rough finishing - from 6.5 million rubles.

In the background is Komarovo

Buying an apartment in Mashgorodok today is much more expensive than at the Avtozavod or in another part of the city.

What is the Ilmensky Nature Reserve famous for?

Rivers and lakes

Having found out where this protected zone is located, you can examine in detail the rivers and lakes located in this territory. We will try to answer below what plants and animals live in the reserve, what precious minerals and other questions.

Bolshaya Cheryomushka river.

Looking at the map, you can see that the territory is rich in reservoirs. The longest river in the area under consideration is Bolshaya Cheryomushka, the length of its channel is almost 10 km. It has a narrow channel through which the purest mountain water flows, flowing into Lake Ilmenskoe.

The Belaya, Teply Klyuch, Ilmenka, Nyashevka, etc. rivers also flow within the reserve. In addition to rivers, the reserve is famous for lakes, which can be easily found on a detailed physical map of the Southern Urals. There are only 30 lakes, including both large and small. Let's name some of them.

Lake Big Kisegach.

The remaining reservoirs are several times smaller than Lake Big Kisegach, with the exception of Lake Big Miasso with a diameter of 9 kilometers and an area of ​​11 square kilometers. Also within the forest park are lakes Ishkul, Maly Terenkul, Karmmakul, Baraus, Maly Kisegach.

Animal and plant life

The territory of the reserve is characterized by the habitat of different species of animals. Here you can find squirrels, hares, badgers, chipmunks, wolves, minks, stoats, foxes, wild boars, deer, and roe deer. Previously, animals were hunted in these places for profit. However, with the advent of the reserve, the population of game animals was restored.

In the 19th century, local authorities decided to develop the American mink population on the territory of the current reserve. As a result, the European mink was completely eliminated and joined the list of extinct animals in the Ilmensky Nature Reserve.

Today, rangers carefully monitor, which helps effectively combat poaching. Also, to prevent moose from eating tree bark, salt is added to their habitats.

The differences between mountain and plain areas create ideal habitat conditions for the birds of this South Ural reserve. The space of rivers and swamps was filled with swans, geese, seagulls, and cranes. And the forests are inhabited by wood grouse, gulls, and waders. Golden eagles, ospreys, and snipes regularly circle in the sky.

The territory of the forest park is densely occupied by vegetation. Pine and birch forests are common here. In the south there are swampy thickets, in the east there are steppes and copses, and in the west there are dark coniferous forests.

Creeping goodyear, green moss, green moss pine, blueberries and lingonberries spread across the earth's surface of the lowlands. In the mixed forest zone, a rare species of lady's slipper grows. In the southeast and south, expanses not occupied by forests grow blueberries, cloudberries, cranberries, sundews and other meadow vegetation.

The territory of the forest park is densely occupied by vegetation.

Minerals

From geography lessons we know that the Urals have a large amount of minerals, which means the Ilmensky Nature Reserve is no exception. Below we look at the most famous gems characteristic of this territory:

• Sapphire is a medium blue colored precious mineral that is a type of corundum.
• Topaz – Transparent topaz with spots is found. There are also stones ranging from yellowish-golden to brown.
• Hyacinth – This mineral is often called the blood stone due to its bright purple color.
• Amazonite is a variety of potassium silicate with a light chrome tint.
• Corundum is a mineral formed during the solidification of magma, which has several shades. Padparadscha - pale orange, blue - sapphire, red - ruby, ordinary - colorless, opaque.

In general, there are so many minerals in the protected zone that listing them would take a lot of time. These are garnet, aquamarine, phyrsite and miaskite. For a complete list of precious stones and minerals, you can look for yourself in special literature on geology.

Sapphire is a medium blue precious mineral.

Children's Art House “Youth” (formerly “Island”)

• Municipal autonomous educational institution of additional education for children "House of Children's Creativity "Youth" named after Academician V. P. Makeev
• There are many children's clubs at the center
• Concerts are often held on the stage of the center

Since Soviet times, the Children's Art Center has opened its doors to children of all ages. Today, here you can practice not only dancing, drawing or sculpting, but also modern types of art: digital photography, 3D design, aircraft modeling, etc. Master classes, performances and sports competitions are constantly organized on the basis of DDT. Guests of the city who come to Miass with children can also take part in them.