Khakassia - Chakassien

The Republic Khakassia (Хакасия) is in the Russian federal district Siberia. It is surrounded by the republics Altai and Tuva, the oblast Kemerovo and the region Krasnoyarsk.

Regions

Administratively, the republic is divided into eight districts: Altai, Askiz, Beisky, Bograd, Ordzhonikidze, Tashtyp, Ust-Abakan and Shirin districts.

places

• 53.71666666666791.4166666666671 Abakan is the administrative center of the republic
• 53.191.42 Sayanogorsk The actual city was founded with the construction of the Yenisei reservoir with hydropower plant and the aluminum plant in the 1970s.
• 5490.253 Sorsk lies in the eastern foothills of the Kuznetsk Alatau and is a center of molybdenum and copper ore mining
• 53.81666666666791.2833333333334 Chernogorsk lies north of the western Sajan Mountains, was built in 1936 and is the center of hard coal mining
• 52.6590.0833333333335 Abasa lies in one of the most remote areas of Khakassia. It has an iron ore deposit and is the starting point of the 250 km long mountain road to Tuva

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  Abakan Music Fountain

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  Sayanogorsk

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  Monument to the dead miners in Chernogorsk

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  Abasa city center

Other goals

• The 52.054189.17241 Khakassian nature reserve has visitor centers in Abasa and on Lake Itkul, which give you the opportunity to find out about the flora and fauna in the taiga and on the lake.

• The 54.51055555555690.20252 Shirasee is frozen over from November to the end of April. The water level of the lake can fluctuate by up to 4.5 m.

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  Khakassian nature reserve

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  Shirasee

background

Khakassia is named after the Khakass people, close relatives of the Kyrgyz, who make up only about 10% of the population. Khakassia is often referred to as the archaeological Mecca of Siberia because of its enormous amount of important archaeological sites. Khakassia is full of monuments of cultural history donated to the region by the people who have inhabited and traversed its steppes for 30,000 years. Travelers may be interested in the many kurgan (burial mounds), sacred sites, petroglyphs, stone obelisks, ruined cities, ruins of fortresses (which are up to 3,000 years old) and nearby ubiquitous menhirs.

language

In Khakassia the official languages ​​are Russian and Khakassian. The Khakass language belongs to the Khakass-Altaic group of the Eastern Turkish languages. The script based on the Cyrillic script was created in 1924, and the old Turkish runic script (Orkhon-Yenisei script) was used even before the Mongol occupation.

getting there

By plane

By train

From Moscow from Yaroslavsk terminus along the Trans-Siberian, then in Achinsk to Abakan. By train No066Y "Sayans" or No068Y Moscow-Abakan, the travel time is a little more than three days, the distance is less than 4400 km.

In the street

From the Kemerovo region you drive on the M53 "Baikal", from Krasnoyarsk on the M54 "Yenisey".

mobility

Tourist Attractions

• The 53.894290.77323 Great Salbyk burial mounds is the largest megalithic burial mound in the middle Yenisei Basin. It is a monument to the Tagar culture.

• The Khakassian Republican National Museum Reserve 53.2258390.089174 Kazanovka is a state institution located in the southwestern part of the region at the foot of the Abakan Mountains. The first museum reserve of Khakassia was established in 1996 on the territory of the Askizsky district of the republic. The area covers 18.4 thousand hectares. All kinds of cultural and natural heritage are united here: picturesque landscapes and a rich archaeological fund. The evidence of Khakas folk life is also well preserved.

• The 54.3234388989.9069135 Tuimskiy pinge is a man-made earth collapse at the site of an underground mine that closed in 1954 near the village of Tuim. Initially, tungsten ores were processed (Kiyalykh Uzen deposit), later copper-molybdenum ores were discovered. The deposit was mined underground. As a result of blasting, the pit roof sagged and later collapsed, creating an artificial depression.

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  Great Salbyk burial mounds

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  Kazanovka Reserve

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  Tuimskiy pinge

activities

The region offers a variety of options for all tastes. There are baths and recreation areas near the lakes. The country, on the other hand, has seen the migration of many peoples, whose archaeological remains can be visited. In addition, nature offers many opportunities for recreational activities.

kitchen

The national cuisine of the Khakass is typical of Siberian semi-nomadic peoples. The main foods are of animal origin, such as mutton and horse dishes, dairy products, vegetable food is mainly represented by cereals (rye, millet), from which the famous kakass dish talgan is made. Herbal teas with thyme and oregano and the sour milk drink Ayran are popular drinks.

For the traveler there are no problems with eating, in the cities and districts of Khakassia there are many cafes and snack bars with European and Caucasian cuisine, Khakasian dishes can only be found in specialized restaurants or in the warm season in tourist centers, for example, in open-air museums .

nightlife

security

You should prepare for extreme climates, especially in winter you need suitable clothing to protect yourself against the cold. It is helpful, whenever possible, to use local sources of information to be warned of floods, forest fires, etc. There are forbidden areas that you should avoid as much as possible.

Nature is very pristine and represents a danger for the inexperienced. If you are in the forest, you should watch out for snakes, which usually warm up in the sun on the stones. There aren't many of them, but some could be venomous vipers. The other problem these (and other regions of the Northern Hemisphere) have is ticks. Your bites may be infectious, vaccinations are recommended.

One should never stray further from human settlements without the appropriate equipment and leave the path, destination and intended period of the hike or rafting tour behind with every tour.

climate

literature

Web links

http://www.r-19.ru/ - Official website of Khakassia