The mountainous system of the Great Caucasus has a small but very picturesque and peculiar Republic of Adygea, which is part of the Russian Federation. This unusual place attracts thousands of tourists with its unique natural beauties and interesting sights. It's amazing how a lot of natural wonders are concentrated on a relatively small territory (7,600 sq. Km). So, let's get acquainted with the main interesting places of Adygea.
Hajokh Gorge in AdygeaHajokh Gorge is an ideal place for tourists who love active recreation. Situated near the village of Kamennomostsky, the gorge is a stony crack almost 400 m long in a tortuous form on the Belaya River. The depth of the Hajokhskaya gorge reaches 40 m, and the width varies from 2 to 6 m.
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Ust-Sahrai and Novoprokhladnoe rivers flow through the Sakhra river, the mouth of which originates in the Thach mountains. Descending from the high rocks, overgrown with dense forest, the water of the river form six small waterfalls. Some of them form lake bowls, where you can swim in the warm season.
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In the interfluve of the Kurdjips and Belaya rivers there is the Great Azish cave with a depth of 37 m and a length of just over 600 m, of which only 220 m are equipped and suitable for mass tourism. Following the striking beauty of the halls, decorated with bizarre, winding streams, visitors enter the room where Lozovushka underground creek flows.
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A unique natural museum is located in the valley of the Belaya River on the site under the bridge. Ammonites are huge fossilized balls, in which shells of mollusks, reminiscent of the shape of a twisted mutton horn, are enclosed.
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As the Republic is surrounded by the massif of the Greater Caucasus, mountain tourism is quite developed here. The route to Mount Fisht (2868 m) with glaciers on the slopes is popular. Beautiful rivets are surprised by the ridge of Unakaz with a length of 100 km. The Monk mountain is also popular with tourists. An unusual form is struck by the rock Camel, Mount Trident and the Rock of the Devil's finger.
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St. Michael's Monastery is considered "Mecca and Medina" of every self-respecting tourist of Adygea. The complex, located in a picturesque area, on the slope of Mount Fisiabgo, near the village of Pobeda, was based on the donations of parishioners at the end of the XIX century. On the territory of the complex pilgrims and tourists visit the stone Holy Trinity Church, the bright wooden Uspensky temple, the elegant brick temple of Archangel Michael, the mass grave of the disabled, killed by the fascists, and the crypt of Archimandrite Martyr. In addition to visiting monuments of architecture, visitors are invited to ride horses from the local stables, taste monastery pies with tea. Be sure to go up to the mountain of Fisiabgo, from where you can see a magnificent view of the complex and the neighboring mountain peaks. Here you can drink healing water from the holy spring of Panteleimon the healer, take a dip in the font, walk through the man-made courses of the Monastery Cave with a length of 200 m.
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Among the sights of Adygea, the Museum of Nature of the Caucasian Biosphere Reserve near the village of Guzeripl, on the right bank of the Belaya River, also attracts attention. Tourists here can admire the artificial waterfall of the Molchepa river, see the unique dolmen, the common grave of the defenders of the village in the Second World War. In the museum itself visitors are introduced to the history of the creation of the Caucasian Reserve, with a variety of local flora and fauna.
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If you are still in search of inspiration and picturesque landscapes, go on a trip to such mountainous places as the Carpathians and Bashkiria .