Manpupuner

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Ural Mountains ... more than 200 million years ago they proudly rose on a young planet Earth and witnessed many grandiose events. For millennia, water and wind gradually destroyed them. And today the Ural Mountains are among the lowest in the world. But there were places in the Urals where nature could not cope with the stone. One of them is known to us under the name of Manpupuner

The first thing under the influence of the environment was the destruction of soft rocks, and the stronger ones were able to reach our days. Geologists call them remains. On Magnupuner, the remains are huge stone pillars 30 to 42 m high.

This place is truly mystical, because the pillars of weathering, as the remains are so ancient, that even Mansi worshiped them during the period of paganism, and even in their translation language Manpupuner means "a small mountain of idols." Mansi, unlike geologists, knows the true origin of the stone pillars.

Legend

The legend says that once the giants decided to steal the beautiful daughter of the leader - Aim. Brother Põgrychum went to save her. For this, the good spirits gave him a magic shield. When the giants were ready to grab Aim, Pygrychum pulled out a shield, and the sunlight, reflecting from him, turned the giants into stone.

Manpupuner was officially recognized as one of the seven wonders of Russia.

Weathering posts

Total in Manpupuner 7 stone statues. The pillars have a bizarre shape and at different angles can resemble that of a horse's head, then really a figure of a giant. They say that stone statues even change their location. Actually, of course, they are easily confused because of their changing form. Manpupuner is officially recognized as one of the seven wonders of Russia.

The main drawback, but the main advantage of Manputpuner is its inaccessibility. This mountain is far from residential areas, and therefore you can reach it either on foot or by helicopter. But the same obstacles make Manpupuner an endlessly fabulous place.

The oldest stone statues in height with a 15-storey house in themselves can amaze the imagination, and if you add to this the uninhabiting of this place, then one can imagine what pristine silence and purity will meet travelers on this majestic plateau. Here, as never before, you understand that time is just a convention.

Pillars on the Manpupuner Plateau

How to get there

So how do you get to Manpupuner? If you are a prepared tourist and long hiking trips are only for you, then safely go to Manputpuner on the ground. Today seasoned travelers have mastered several paths, both from the Komi side and from the neighboring Sverdlovsk region. This is a very popular destination for sports tourism, and on social networks you can often come across invitations to go on a group trip to Mansi fools.

If you do not like hiking and can hardly carry canned food and songs to the guitar, then here's a much more expensive, less romantic, but no less exciting way to get to the Pillars of weathering. It's a helicopter ride. This way and more sparing to the local ecosystem. The fact is that on the plateau of Manpupuner grows a rare white moss. And careless tourists ruthlessly trample it, but meanwhile it grows only 5 mm per year! When flying to Man'pupuner, you can enjoy the fascinating panorama of the Ural taiga.

The flight hour by helicopter costs from 40 000 rubles for 20 people. To get, for example, from Ukhta to the plateau, it will take 4 hours

If these methods still do not suit you, you can use ordinary transport. Here everything is just necessary:

First get to Syktyvkar
then leave Syktyvkar by train or car to Troitsko-Pechorsk
from Troitsko-Pechorsk by a passing car to Yaksha village
from Yakshi to cover 200 km on a motorboat
and walk a little - about 40 km,

but then Manpupuner will open to you in its grandeur in full.

Everyone who goes to the plateau on foot should understand that it is necessary to go along the taiga, and with you need to have protection from bloodsucking insects, as well as good wind and waterproof clothing. It is better to go in July, because in August the long rains begin.

Hotels and restaurants in Manpupuner? No, did not hear

I think it's clear, as God's day, that those who go to stone idols on foot will have to sleep in tents. And there will be nowhere to eat, especially closer to the plateau. If you forget the provisions at home, you will have to eat the fodder or hunt for the local game, which from the first is almost always bad. If you fly by helicopter, then of course you can find the hotel in the departure points case to ask for a night's lodging for good hosts

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