Urakov the hill Photo: Urakov the hill

In Kamyshinsky area of the Volgograd region on the territory of the natural Park Shcherbakovskaya, a few kilometers from the reservoir there is an interesting object of natural-historical heritage of the region - Urakov the hill. The uniqueness of this object gives the labyrinth is an ancient man-made underground tunnels.

Towering ninety feet above the reservoir, Urakova from the top of the hill offers spectacular views of the Volga on the one hand, and on the other side - panoramic view of the bend of the river with a small ples. At the foot of the hill from the side of the Volga are horizontal entrances to tunnels-caves. The formation of a labyrinth of caves dates back to the 17th-19th centuries. The most likely purpose of these underground passages, length in kilometer, is the ancient quarries of the Volga Germans living in this region since the seventeenth century. According to another version, in caves hiding (in times of persecution) schismatics. In one of the far caves were discovered preserved remains of the old believer monastery. Underground tunnels dug in the soil is soft enough (Sandstone) and therefore, as a result of landslides, the length and the number of caves is decreasing every year. On-site Urakova of the hill by car and without a guide can be dangerous, there is a possibility of failure of underground voids.

In the immediate vicinity of Rakovski the hill is Nastin the hill and the hill of Stepan Razin, having the form of a lush loaf. Also nearby, in the natural Park was opened Ternovsky the settlement, which is the oldest settlement of the Golden Horde in the fourteenth century.

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