The greatest Russian mountains

The highest.
The highest mount in Russia is Elbrus. It’s elevation is 5642 meters. This is a stratovolcano, which was born about 20 billon years ago. This is the most interesting part of Caucasus Mountains.

The most beautiful.
Following the opinion of thousands The Altai mountains is the most beautiful rocks in Russia. The highest peak is Beluckha mount (4506m). The most picturesque place (except Beluckha) is Karakolskye lakes.

The most distant
The name of the most distant mount in Russia is Alaid. It is a volcano in the eastern part of our country – Kurily islands. The height of the summit is 2339 meters. The last active period was in 1996 year

Ural mountains.
Some interesting facts about our home mountains.

The highest.
Narodnaya mount is the highest Ural mount, which take place in the polar Ural area. The height of this rock is 1895 m above the sea level. The name was given by A.N. Aleshkov, famous Russian scientist ant traveler.

The lowest.
The lowest part of the Ural is The middle Ural, which is including Perm, Carbon, Trias areas. This is the well preserved peneplain.

The most terrible.
The most terrible mount in our list is The mountain of the dead. This mount has two other names: Holat Syahyl and the Dyatlovs pass, but the first name is the most popular. It’s looks like an ordinary mountain range on the North of Ural. The elevation is only 1079 m

What happened:
The tragedy took place in February 1, 1959. The group of nine experienced tourists, were trying to conquer the top of The mountain of the dead. Stopping overnight on the mountain pass, at night, all the members of the group died under mysterious circumstances.

Circumstances & facts of the death:
The first two bodies found from air pilot Gennady Patrushev. As later established investigators, in a panic-stricken horror, climbers cut the tent by their knives and ran down the slope. Some of them were without any clothes. Most died from the cold. However, as has established a consequence, three people died from horrific injuries: broken ribs, broken heads, bleeding. One of the girls was fuond without the language.

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Within ten years after the tragedy over the Dyatlov's pass crashed three aircraft. Including manned Patrushev. On the bodies of the two died group Dyatlova, as found on the wreckage of the aircraft manned Patrushev, were found traces of rate radiation.