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Kungur Ice Cave is a pearl of the Urals, one of the most famous and popular tourist attractions of the region.

Ice, stalactites and stalagmites, miraculous sculptures, mysterious grottoes and underground lakes. Kungur Ice Cave is a unique monument of nature. Grottoes of the Kungur Ice Cave amaze with its beauty and diversity. Diamond grotto will surprise with iridescent ice patterns. In the Polar grotto is an ice column, similar to a frozen waterfall. The name of the grotto Charnel is associated with a refuge made of stones in a nearby grotto.

In the grotto of the Cross, a wooden cross was once found. In the grotto Ruins of Pompeii, among the heaps of stones, one can discern the sculpture of a turtle and a crocodile. In the Sculptural grotto - created by nature stone frog princess. In the grotto Meteoric skillfully directed spotlight allows visitors to admire the "meteor".

IMPORTANT
If you are thinking of visiting the Kungur cave in the summer, just remember to bring warm things with you - you are going for a walk in the realm of eternal winter. In winter and early spring, the necessary equipment will already be with you.

LOCAL FEATURES
Before entering the cave there are souvenir shops, where they sell mainly crafts from decorative minerals.


HISTORY
Cave tours have been held since 1914. For tourists, the route is equipped with a length of 1.5 kilometers (while the length of the cave is 5.7 kilometers). It is believed that the air inside is incredibly clean. In the caves is pretty cold. In some grottos, the temperature drops to –17.7 ° C (Hash grotto) and even to -32 ° C (Diamond grotto).

Underground lakes - and there are 70 of them here - are striking with such clear water that you cannot immediately understand whether it is there or not. The largest lake has an area of 1460 square meters. m, and in depth reaches 3 m. The name justifies itself - this is the Great Lake. The longest grotto in the cave stretches for 200 meters, in it you can see a number of small lakes. The age of the cave is 10-12 thousand years. The first written mention of this place dates back to the XVIII century.

In 1914, Alexander Timofeevich Khlebnikov, grand-nephew of K.T. became the first guide and “keeper” of the cave. Khlebnikov - famous traveler, writer, director of the Russian-American company, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In the same year, the cave was visited by the German princess Victoria von Battenberg - the elder sister of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, the wife of Nicholas II.

Legends
There are many legends associated with the Kungur Ice Cave. They say that in the XVI century in these places, before going to Siberia, Yermak wintered. Icons, a cross and a stone crypt-house were found in the grottoes. Perhaps, after the church reform of Patriarch Nikon, Old Believers were hiding there.

To get to the Central grotto, you need to overcome a difficult climb - steps "Lady's tears." Associated with them is the story of little Louise (daughter of Princess Victoria von Battenberg). According to legend, Louise on these steps broke her knee. However, children's troubles did not prevent her from later marrying the Swedish king and becoming queen. It is believed that if a girl breaks her knee on these steps, she will definitely meet her prince. In addition, women throw lucky jewelry and coins into the waters of the Great Lake.

It is rumored that in the Meteoric grotto people with a guilty conscience see in the dark the silhouette of a mysterious White Caver.

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