Things to Do in Belokurikha

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  • Takarasina
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    Cerkovka means "a little church" in Russian. Origin of the name will be obvious if you look at it - a real dome. Russians love various legends and many even seem to believe them. As far as that rock is concerned, people say there once was a sterile man who touched it and immediately became prolific as a rabbit. Made his girlfriends happy!
    As to us, we visited it on a sunny August day (not to touch it!). The sky was cloudless but still an obvious haze was noticeable - Yakutian forest fires reached even Altai. About 3,000 kilometers' distance! In any case, though, it did not impede us taking pictures and filming so we used our time quite fruitfully.
    One can really grab a bite there, buy some souvenirs and get chummy with chipmunks and nuthatches. The latter are on alert while the former are rather bold (or brazen?).
    Panorama opening from the top is awestriking, really. Do also mind that slopes of the mountain are not very steep so in summer one can easily take a walk down. In rush hours that would be an even more effective alternative due to an endless queue to the cableway.
    Recommended!
    Written August 30, 2021
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  • Takarasina
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    Can't call it a cable car but rather really a chairlift. Obsolete and not very comfortable. Quite reliable though.
    We were there in the beginning of August together with our guide. He showed Belokurikha to us four and - icing on the cake - brought us to that "airlift" to the Tserkovka mountain (which is translated into Russian as "a small church", by the way).
    Views during descent are much more captivating than during ascent. On the other hand, slopes are not that steep there so one may also take a walk down to the foot. It is even a more effective alternative in rush hours, i.e., in high season, during days-off and holidays and in case the weather is good.
    Chipmunks are abundant up there and they are absolutely tame (or cheeky?). Will take sunflower seeds or pine nuts (better - shelled) literally from your hands so think about the stuff in advance.
    Recommended (to those who are not acrophobic, of course).
    Written August 31, 2021
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  • Takarasina
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    We were there in the beginning of August together with our private guide Vyacheslav who, actually, was the one to bring us there. We'd told him that we'd prefer a drive, he rented a minivan for us and approached the sight as close as possible - just half a kilometer walk.
    One might say the rock is nothing special, just another creation of Mother Nature but I'd argue that it is really worth seeing. One important moment, however, is that you'd better go there on a weekday and in late afternoon. You'd thus avoid crowds and take advantage of natural lighting when taking pictures and filming. I'd also add that in case of inclement weather there's no point going there unless you're a "rock-fan" (wow, what a pun!) - there's a forest path leading up there so you'll have all chances to be mucky all over.
    NB! There're no toilets or food booths there. I mean, at all.
    Written August 31, 2021
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  • Takarasina
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    Such object already exists here, with absolutely same names both in English and in Russian!
    Shame, shame, shame!!!
    (As to that chairlift, we tried it in the beginning of August on a warm clear day. See my earlier corresponding review.)
    Recommended (I mean, the chairlift)!
    Written August 31, 2021
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  • Takarasina
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    Efim Slavsky was a "nowhere man" in the USSR. He was one of those masterminding a Soviet atomic project so his name was known in that country to selected few only.
    We visited a monument to him in the middle of August during our private tour of Belokurikha - a South Siberian spa town at the foothills of Altai mountains.
    I loved it! The minister sits on a simple bench, relaxed, deep in his thoughts, with his right hand covering a portfolio (with secret documents?). Everybody may sit down next to him, take a photo, hug him on his shoulder and say - Thank you, grandpa, for the spa!
    Because he was the founding father of Belokurikha as a Soviet balneological resort (actually, it existed since 1867 but communists ruined that "bourgeois superfluity" and in was only after WWII and mostly thanks to his efforts that a long-overdue reconstruction was started).
    Recommended.
    Written September 3, 2021
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  • Takarasina
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    Tripadvisor automated translators produced another chef d'oeuvre!!! It seems to become their good tradition.
    We saw that rock in mid-August when on a private tour of Belokurikha. Our excellent guide Vyacheslav brought us four to a chairlift to the hill overlooking the town and we took a walk there.
    The Turtle rock is not very far from the Tserkovka one (Tripadvisor prefers to call it Cerkovka Mountain - see my review) but one needs a guide to show the way to it since it nestles in the forest while corresponding signs are missing.
    It's big, quirky and photogenic. There was practically no-one around so we took pictures and enjoyed our time there.
    Recommended!
    Written September 3, 2021
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