Mysterious Russia: places where people will definitely get scared.

Mysterious Russia: places where people will definitely get scared.

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Foggy City of the Dead, or Dargavs — necropolis on the bloody River, North Ossetia

According to a dark legend, one day an unprecedented beauty woman appeared in Dargavs. Everyone dreamed of her. The rivals were ready to destroy each other. They fought over her, and then killed the charmer. After her death, the men were cursed. The survivors buried the dead, but the earth did not accept the bodies and threw them to the surface. Then the locals had to erect stone towers-tombs.

Kashkulak cave is located in the dense forests of Khakassia in the area of the picturesque Kuznetsky Alatau highlands.

Locals call it the cave of the Black Devil. Shamans performed their rituals here. It is easy to get lost here: three tiers are connected by wells, the total length of the passages is 820 meters, the depth is 49. Animal bones lie on the floor of the cave, the ceilings are soaked with soot, in some places there are still ashes from sacrificial fires. A temple made of stalagmite has been preserved, on which the sacrificial rite took place.

Kashkulak cave, Khakassia

Manpupuner, Komi Republic

Manpupuner or Weathering Pillars—

one of the wonders of Russia, is located on the territory of the Pechora-Ilych Reserve. About 200 million years ago, mountains towered there.

These are seven stone pillars standing separately at an altitude of 700 meters above sea level. The lowest is 22 meters, and the tallest is 50 meters. According to a legend, who lived next door to Mansi, these are seven petrified brothers who did not want to marry their beautiful sister to an evil shaman, for which they paid with their lives.

Crimean Valley of Ghosts, Crimea

The Crimean Valley of Ghosts is located on Demerdzhi Mountain.

It is all covered with stone "mushrooms", which were created by nature by leaching and weathering of rocks. In summer, mirages appear there, similar to ghosts, and in autumn and winter the slopes are covered with fogs. Because of them, it seems that stone statues are moving and changing their outlines.

The Valley of Ghosts has more than 100 stone blocks ranging in size from one and a half to two to 25 meters.

Legend has it that these are petrified silhouettes of nomads who killed an innocent girl and frozen in the most unexpected poses.

Teletskoye Lake, Altai

Teletskoye Lake is the second in Russia in terms of fresh water reserves. The name Teletskoye Lake was given almost 400 years ago by Russian pioneers, because Teles — Turkic tribes lived here. Many locals consider it cursed. Even in winter it does not freeze to the end. There is a legend about the "forest of the dead" at the bottom of the lake. The temperature at depth, even in the height of summer, does not exceed 4 ° C. Due to this, at a depth of more than 100 m, the bodies are simply "preserved" and remain there for centuries in their original form.

Russian Ghost Cities

The USSR or Soviet Union built dozens of cities with controlled access, now known as Ghost Cities. These cities were completely cut off from the outside world except for gated roads coming in and out of the towns. Most were built around nuclear power or research centers. These towns are nearly all abandoned now, a testament to the iconic Brutalist architecture of the period.

On June 30th of 1908, there was a massive explosion in Siberia which knocked down 80 million trees, covering an area of 830 square miles. The explosion had the power of as many as 30 megatons of energy, more than 1,000 times the energy of the atomic bomb which was dropped on Heroshima.

The Tunguska Event

This is, of course, well before any atomic weapons had been invented by humans. Speculation has ranged from UFOs to a meteorite exploding before it impacted the ground since there is no crater.

The Dyatlov Pass Incident

The Dyatlov Pass Incident is without a doubt one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the 20th Century. 10 skiers from the Ural Polytechnic Institute set out to travel to a nearby ski town. The trip was not thought to be dangerous. One turned back due to illness and the other nine were all killed by an “unknown compelling force”.