The weathering pillars are a unique geological monument. Mansi Bolvany - one of the seven wonders of Russia
Weathering pillars (remnants) on the Man-Pupu-Ner plateau are calling card Ural. Once upon a time, the Weathering Pillars were objects of the Mansi cult. In connection with mysterious origin these pillars, the local population - Mansi, Komi and Russians - created various legends about their appearance
Weathering pillars (Mansi blockheads) are a unique geological monument in the Troitsko-Pechora region of the Komi Republic of Russia on Mount Man-Pupu-ner (which in the Mansi language means "Small Mountain of Idols"), in the interfluve of the Ichotlyaga and Pechora rivers. There are 7 pillars in total, height from 30 to 42 m. 
Weathering pillars are located quite far from inhabited places. Only trained tourists can get to the pillars. From the side Sverdlovsk region And Perm Territory There is hiking route. The plateau and weathering pillars can be reached by helicopter. From Syktyvkar - the capital of the Komi Republic - two and a half hours to fly. Otherwise - first by car, then by boat, and the rest of the way - on foot. It will take at least a week to overcome more than 400 kilometers in this way. 
About 200 million years ago, in place of stone pillars were high mountains. Millennia passed. Rain, snow, wind, frost and heat gradually destroyed the mountains, and first of all the weak rocks. The hard sericite-quartzite shales, of which the remnants are composed, were destroyed less and have survived to this day, while soft rocks were destroyed by weathering and carried by water and wind into relief depressions. That's where the name comes from - weathering pillars 
The closer you get to them, the more unusual their appearance becomes. One pillar, 34 m high, stands somewhat apart from the others; it resembles a huge bottle turned upside down. Six others lined up at the edge of the cliff. The pillars have bizarre outlines and, depending on the place of inspection, either resemble the figure of a huge man, or the head of a horse or a ram. It is not surprising that in the past, the Mansi deified the grandiose stone statues, worshiped them, but climbing Manpupuner was the greatest sin 
The seasons change, and so does the landscape. Very impressive area winter period, When Mansi boobies completely white, like crystal 
In the autumn there are fogs, and the Pillars appear through the haze - there is something divine in this spectacle. They are created by nature, but looking at them, one cannot believe that a person could repeat something similar. 
Numerous legends are associated with the weathering pillars, before the Weathering Pillars were the objects of the Mansi cult. One of them is described in the book by Professor Vera Varsanofeva "Mountain Life":
"Voguls, wandering here with their herds of reindeer, say that these stone pillars were once seven Samoyed giants who went through the mountains to Siberia to destroy the Vogul people. But when they climbed to the peak, now called Man-Pupu-ner, their leader, the shaman, saw Yalping-ner, the sacred Vogul mountain, in front of him. In horror, he threw his drum, which fell on a high conical peak rising south of Man-Pupu-ner and called Koip, which means drum in Vogul. And the shaman and all his companions were petrified with fear."
According to another legend, six mighty giants pursued one of the Mansi tribes, leaving behind the stone belt of the Ural Mountains. At the head of the Pechora River at the pass, the giants had almost overtaken the tribe. But a little shaman with a face as white as lime blocked their way and turned the giants into six stone pillars. Since then, every shaman from the Mansi tribe has always come to the sacred tract and drew his magical power from it. 
Another ancient Mansi legend:
“In ancient times, in the dense forests that approached the very Ural Mountains, the powerful Mansi tribe lived. The men of the tribe were so strong that they defeated a bear one on one, and so fast that they could catch up with a running deer. In the Mansi yurts there were a lot of furs and skins of dead animals. From them, women made beautiful fur clothes. Good spirits that lived on sacred mountain Yalping-Nyer, helped the Mansi, because the wise leader Kuuschai, who was in great friendship with them, was at the head of the tribe. The leader had a daughter - the beautiful Aim and son Pygrychum. Far beyond the ridge spread the news of the beauty of young Aim. She was slender, like a pine tree growing in a dense forest, and she sang so well that deer from the Ydzhid-Lyagi valley came running to listen to her. Heard about the beauty of the daughter of the leader of the Mansi and the giant Torev (Bear), whose family hunted in the mountains of Haraiz. He demanded that Kuuschai give him his daughter Aim. But she refused, laughing Aim, from this proposal. The enraged Torev called his brothers the giants and moved to the top of Torre Porre Iz in order to seize Aim by force. Suddenly, when Pygrychum was on the hunt with a part of the soldiers, giants appeared in front of the gate stone city. The whole day there was a hot battle near the fortress walls.
Under clouds of arrows, Aim rose to high tower and shouted: - Oh, good spirits, save us from destruction! Send Pygrychum home! At the same moment, lightning flashed in the mountains, thunder boomed, and black clouds covered the city with a thick veil. - Insidious, - Torev growled, seeing Aim on the tower. He rushed forward, crushing everything in his path. And only Aim had time to descend from the tower, as it collapsed under the terrible blow of the giant's club. Then Torev again raised his huge club and struck at the crystal castle. The castle crumbled into small pieces, which were picked up by the wind and carried all over the Urals. Since then, they have been found in Ural mountains transparent fragments of rock crystal. Aim with a handful of warriors hid under the cover of darkness in the mountains. In the morning we heard the noise of the chase. And suddenly, when the giants were ready to seize them, in the rays rising sun Pygrychum appeared with a shiny shield and a sharp sword in his hands, which were given to him by good spirits. Pygrychum turned the shield towards the sun, and a fiery sheaf of light hit the giant in the eyes, who threw the tambourine aside. Before the eyes of the astonished brothers, the giant and the tambourine thrown aside began to slowly turn to stone. In horror, the brothers rushed back, but, falling under the beam of Pygrychum's shield, they themselves turned into stones.
Since then, for thousands of years, they have been standing on the mountain, which the people called Man-Pupu-Nyer (Mountain of stone idols), and not far from it rises the majestic peak of Koyp (Drum). Ahead is a "shaman" with a raised hand, and behind him, at some distance, the rest of the companions ... "
Weathering pillars have a special energy. Alexander Borovinsky, minister natural resources and protection environment Republic of Komi:
“The energy there is somehow not the same, you leave from there and understand how small you, a person, are in this world ...”
Mikhail Popov, surgeon, tourist:
"The closer we approached these blockheads, the more we were seized with horror, fear, especially since we had read the legends of the Komi and Mansi peoples..."
Residents of Komi are sure that stone blockheads on the Manpupuner plateau are a real miracle ... In 2008 weathering pillars entered the first seven wonders of Russia, according to the competition
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Man-pupu-ner (Mountain of stone idols) - unique miracle nature, giant stone idols located in the remote region of the Northern Urals, on the territory of the Komi Republic. They rise above the plateau to a height of 30 to 42 meters, most of them slightly expanding upwards. There are 7 of them.
About 200 million years ago there were high mountains in the place of stone pillars. Millennia passed and...
In the past, climbing the Man-pupu-ner was the greatest sin among the Mansi, only shamans had access there. In 2008, weathering pillars on the Man-pupu-ner plateau took 5th place in the final of the 7 Wonders of Russia competition.
14.07.09
So the bags are packed. We left Solikamsk in a great mood. We thoroughly prepared for the trip, the weight of backpacks is about 50 kg, each.
16.07.09
8 a.m. Arrived in Ivdel. Before the beginning of the route (Auspiya River) can only be reached by "Ural", because. all bridges over major rivers Vizhay, Toshemka, Ushma were burned. We drove for 8 hours, which is 160 km off-road. The road is broken, especially after Ushma. On the way we stopped at the Ministry of Emergency Situations, registered. They wrote down the itinerary and the date of departure. They said that last year, three singles were rubbed. Two have been found and one is missing. There was one fatal case. The weather is sunny, we arrived at the place at 18.00. The water in Auspiya fell, they forded. We walked 5 km to the first stop.
17.07.09
The weather is hot we go along the path along Auspiya. The trail does not match the one on the map. It goes up to 300m from it and winds strongly (on the map - a straight line). Lots of wetlands. We reached the parking lot with a "spoon". Little firewood, a lot of tired. The first day walking is very difficult.
18.07.09
We barely got up, the whole body hurts. The weather is warm, we go along a very swampy path. By 10.00 the trail went up. The slope to the Dyatlov Pass is overgrown with aconite the size of a human being, very beautiful. And so, by 12.00 we are at the infamous Dyatlov Pass, where on the night of February 1-2, 1959, a group of 9 UPI students died.
There are many versions of their death - from the fall of a rocket, the arrival of a UFO, an avalanche and the arrival of Bigfoot. The facts of death are contradictory. For some reason, the hikers cut the inside of the tent in the middle of the night and ran down the slope (almost naked, barefoot), at the end of which their bodies were found. All the dead have a reddish-purple skin color, some have multiple fractures, one has no tongue. The investigation opened on the fact of their death was terminated, and all materials sunk into the secret archives. Bright memory…..
Snowmobile tour to the Dyatlov Pass (near Manpupuner). 8 days, 460 km, from 15,000 rubles per person!!!
The places around the pass are creepy. The wind howls in the stone remnants, the rocks on the pass are like details of an ominous musical instrument create strange sound effects. And nearby rises the gloomy dome of Mount Kholatchakhl (Mansi "mountain of the dead"). The mountain has a bad reputation - people often died here. According to the legend, 9 Mansi died on the summit. In 1961, on the mountain, geologists died in a plane crash, with 9 crew members! And after almost 10 years, another group of 9 people from St. Petersburg died in the area of the same Kholatchakhl! Many call it the darkest place in the Urals.
From the pass you can see Mount Otorten (Mansi "Don't go there") with the remains and Mount Mottevchahl.
It seems like a stone's throw, but you put on a backpack and the distance doubles.
Covered heavy rain, the cold northwest wind blows along with the backpack.
We went down to spend the night in the tract Poritaitsori. This is a very picturesque gorge with a snowfield, with waterfalls. different heights up to 7 m. The channel of the source of the Lozva, passing under the snowfield, forms arches and grottoes. Feel all the muscles.
07/19/09 In the morning we got up easier, apparently we are starting to work. Everything is covered in fog. We argued a bit where to go, opinions were divided. So some tourists get lost. We have breakfast and wait for the weather. The wind is strong, it got cold up to +5, but there are no mosquitoes. From the tract to the city of Otorten traverse along the peaks. By lunchtime we went to the city of Otorten, the mountain is crowned with a stone ridge, made of stones up to 5 m high. Otorten decided to bypass on the right, went down to the source of the Lozva. The rain covered, they cooked on kurum, got wet. Slippery rocks, difficult to walk. mountain ranges in this area they do not exceed 1200 m, but because of the constant winds and the harsh climate, the taiga does not rise above 700 m, so they took a gas burner with them. We climbed the pass to Mottevchahl in 2 hours, by 23.00. It's cold, the wind hasn't stopped all day. Dinner on gas.
20.07.09
fog in the morning, strong wind, temp.+3, we are waiting for the weather. For breakfast, cocoa with condensed milk. There is no firewood, we dry our wet clothes on ourselves. A grandiose panorama of blue mountains stretches to the horizon. We left at 10.00. The wind has changed to the north, blowing all day. On the pass for the city of Mottevchahl covered with hail, walked 30 minutes. Mottevchahl bypassed on the left, the rise of 60 degrees. We reached the city of Yanyghachechahl. Overnight at the source of the Sulpa, dinner on the wood.
21.07.09
It got very cold at night, temp. 0+1, very cold. Cloudless morning. We climbed the slope of height 917.2, we fall knee-deep into moss, it is difficult to go. We went to the old Mansi trail, the speed doubled. No wonder they say that the paths are the roads of the mountains. Parking in the forest. From the parking lot, Mount Coyp (drum) is clearly visible.
22.07.09
The cyclone raged for 3 days. Cloudy, comfortable. The path coincides with the stream, in some places you fall through knee-deep. At the top of the Pecherya-Talyakhchakhl mountain, the path forks, we need to take the left, but it is not trampled, it has grown - this knocked us down. We went on the right, strayed and went to the source of the Pechora. We realized that we had to go back, but we lost our strength and time at 4 o'clock. We have been walking for 13 hours. We spent the night in the Pechora Valley, near the Europe-Asia stele. Swamp water tea and sleep.
23.07.09
Wake up at 6:00 am, leave at 7:00 am. We returned to the city of Pecherya-Talyakhchakhl, turned to the left lapel. After the summit 758.4 the trail disappeared, they fell off strongly to the left. We make our way through dense thickets. Wilderness. Mossy stumps, dense forest, fallen giant trees all around. Windbreak. Habitat of Baba Yaga. There are bear tracks everywhere. For 2 hours we reached the left tributary of the Pechora. Terrible transition. Gas lunch. Cloudless, hot, sunbathing on a beautiful, rocky shore. The source at the great Pechora is soft and picturesque. And here we are at the foot of the Man-pupu-ner ridge, climbing in 1.5 hours. The entire eastern slope is overgrown with Red Book flowers. Entire glades of lilac orchid and snow-white lyubka.
And at 16.00 we are on the plateau. The idols are amazing. Fantastic place. Once on the plateau, you feel an extraordinary energy. I remembered an ancient Mansi legend that the pillars were once Samoyed giants who went through the mountains to Siberia to destroy the Vogul people. But on the top of Man-pupu-ner, their shaman saw the sacred Vogul mountain Yalping-ner in front of him. Terrified, he threw down his tambourine and all his companions were petrified with fear. And the tambourine turned into Mount Coyp.
They reached the idols at the limit of their strength. But, having rested, we decided to return to Pechora and make a good stop. It is very difficult to leave, the Pillars almost physically pull us towards them, not wanting to let us go. We turn around constantly.
We went home in a great mood. Tours to the Vologda side were not taken, we had to go down the windbreak for almost 2 hours. It got dark. We walked along the path, it turned out to be bearish. You experience a feeling of coldness in the back of your head from the gaze of a bear lurking somewhere.
By 23.00 we reached the Pechora. Today is the hardest day.
24.07.09
A day is a small happiness. No need to go anywhere, no need to wear a backpack. Washing, washing, repairing equipment. We sunbathe, imperceptibly burned.
25.07.09
Woke up at 8:00 from stuffiness. Heat. Climbing to a height of 758.4 without a path. We make our way through the thickets of which there is no end. The ascent is heavy, for 3 hours. The clothes were soaked through. 10 hours passed in a day.
26.07.09
Heat, +34. Barely got up, my legs hurt. We save water. Walked 14 hours. We reached the town of Yanyghachechahl and suddenly came across a herd of deer. You experience delight looking at animals in the bosom wildlife. They are at home. It got dark quickly, in the dusk they were looking for water and firewood. The tent was pitched under the light of a fire at 24.00.
27.07.09
Heat, +35. The mountains on the horizon fascinate with their beauty. Chocolate for breakfast. Today we need to reach the city of Otorten. Yesterday on the kurum they beat off their legs, they barely got out of the tent.
We met a strange girl Dasha from St. Petersburg, she travels alone, a student. Doesn't know how to use a compass. On the neck are cards and a whistle. She goes to Man-pupu-ner, she got burned, she barely goes, and there is still almost 100 km. God is there for her.
We reached Lake Lunthusaptur (Mansi "goose nest lake") by 23.00. According to Mansi legend, during the Flood, only one goose survived on this lake.
The tent was pitched on the lake. There is no firewood. Usually, water boils on gas in 10-15 minutes, but here there is no wind, and in 40 minutes only small bubbles appeared in the boiler, the water is barely warm. They laughed that she was bewitched, drank water and went to bed.
28.07.09
Quiet, fabulous morning on Lunthusaptur lake. Yesterday's fatigue seemed to have been blown away by the wind. Cloudless. Heat. Mountain Lake small, but very harmoniously combined with the surrounding landscape, with a car, a snowfield, overlooking the city of Kholatchakhl. The water is icy, there are a lot of cloudberries on the shore.
We walked around the lake, climbing to a height of 1073.7, very steep and long. Traverse along the peaks to the Kholatchakhl mountain along the moss. Legs get stuck up to the knee, it is difficult to walk. Overnight stay on the northern slope of Kholatchakhl. They drank "dead" water from the stream on the slope. Dinner on gas.
29.07.09
Rain in the morning, everything is covered with fog. Visibility 50 m, we are waiting for the weather. In the afternoon we reached the Dyatlov Pass. On the pass we met extreme people on quad bikes. They say that they were on the ridge. Chistop. The descent from the pass to the source of Auspiya takes 1.5 hours.
There is a great stop at the headwaters. For dinner, rice with stew from the bookmark.
30.07.09
All day we walked along the path, in places it coincides with streams, in places swampy.
31.07.09
We reached the ford through Auspiya, we are waiting for the car. The weather is sunny, parking on an excellent meadow. The water in Auspiya rose significantly. We wash, we wash.
I am sitting after a hearty dinner, rested, and it seems that everything was very simple, and the time flew by like a moment. The pain, and the rain, and the cold, and the kilometers traveled were forgotten, and during our journey we covered about 240 km.
We saw not only the magnificence of the Ural nature, but perhaps no less important - it tested the strength of character and felt the friend's shoulder.
When a dream is achieved, life loses some meaning until the path to a new dream begins. These thoughts swirl in my head and are connected with the end of our campaign.
lovers exotic countries and travel I want to say that striving for distant beauties, we sometimes do not notice the violets under our feet.
And if the idols of Man-pupu-ner are not a wonder of the world, then one of the wonders of Russia is for sure!
Coordinates : 62°15′00″ s. sh. 59°20′00″ E d. / 62.25° N sh. 59.333333° E d.(G)62.25 , 59.333333
weathering pillars(Mansi blockheads) - a unique geological monument in the Troitsko-Pechora region of the Komi Republic of Russia on Mount Man-Pupu-ner (which in the Mansi language means "Small Mountain of Idols"), in the interfluve of the river. Ichotlyaga and Pechory. Ostantsev 7, height from 30 to 42 m. Numerous legends are associated with it, before the Pillars of Weathering were objects of the Mansi cult.
It is located quite far from inhabited places. Only trained tourists can get to the pillars. From the side of the Sverdlovsk region and the Perm region there is a walking route. Pillars are considered one of the seven wonders of Russia.
About 200 million years ago, there were high mountains in the place of stone pillars. Millennia passed. Rain, snow, wind, frost and heat gradually destroyed the mountains, and first of all the weak rocks. The hard sericite-quartzite shales of which the remnants were composed were less destroyed and survived to this day, while soft rocks were destroyed by weathering and carried by water and wind into relief depressions.
The closer you get to them, the more unusual their appearance becomes. One pillar, 34 m high, stands somewhat apart from the others; it resembles a huge bottle turned upside down. Six others lined up at the edge of the cliff. The pillars have bizarre outlines and, depending on the place of inspection, either resemble the figure of a huge man, or the head of a horse or a ram. It is not surprising that in the past, the Mansi deified grandiose stone sculptures, worshiped them, but climbing Manpupuner was the greatest sin.
The seasons change, and so does the landscape. The area is very impressive in winter, when the remnants are completely white, like crystal. In autumn there are fogs, and the Pillars appear through the haze - there is something divine in this sight. They are created by nature, but, looking at them, one cannot believe that a person could repeat something similar.
Ancient Mansi legend
“In ancient times, in the dense forests that approached the very Ural Mountains, the powerful Mansi tribe lived. The men of the tribe were so strong that they defeated a bear one on one, and so fast that they could catch up with a running deer.
In the Mansi yurts there were a lot of furs and skins of dead animals. From them, women made beautiful fur clothes. The good spirits who lived on the sacred mountain of Yalping-Nyer helped the Mansi, because the wise leader Kuuschai, who was in great friendship with them, was at the head of the tribe. The leader had a daughter - the beautiful Aim and son Pygrychum. Far beyond the ridge spread the news of the beauty of young Aim. She was slender, like a pine tree growing in a dense forest, and she sang so well that deer from the Ydzhid-Lyagi valley came running to listen to her.
Heard about the beauty of the daughter of the leader of the Mansi and the giant Torev (Bear), whose family hunted in the mountains of Haraiz. He demanded that Kuuschai give him his daughter Aim. But she refused, laughing Aim, from this proposal. The enraged Torev called his brothers the giants and moved to the top of Torre Porre Iz in order to seize Aim by force. Suddenly, when Pygrychum was on a hunt with a part of the soldiers, giants appeared in front of the gates of the stone city. The whole day there was a hot battle near the fortress walls.
Under clouds of arrows, Aim climbed a high tower and shouted: - Oh, good spirits, save us from death! Send Pygrychum home! At the same moment, lightning flashed in the mountains, thunder boomed, and black clouds covered the city with a thick veil. - Insidious, - Torev growled, seeing Aim on the tower. He rushed forward, crushing everything in his path. And only Aim had time to descend from the tower, as it collapsed under the terrible blow of the giant's club. Then Torev again raised his huge club and struck at the crystal castle. The castle crumbled into small pieces, which were picked up by the wind and carried all over the Urals. Since then, transparent fragments of rock crystal have been found in the Ural Mountains.
Aim with a handful of warriors hid under the cover of darkness in the mountains. In the morning we heard the noise of the chase. And suddenly, when the giants were already ready to grab them, Pygrychum appeared in the rays of the rising sun with a shiny shield and a sharp sword in his hands, which were given to him by good spirits. Pygrychum turned the shield towards the sun, and a fiery sheaf of light hit the giant in the eyes, who threw the tambourine aside. Before the eyes of the astonished brothers, the giant and the tambourine thrown aside began to slowly turn to stone. In horror, the brothers rushed back, but, falling under the beam of Pygrychum's shield, they themselves turned into stones.
Since then, for thousands of years, they have stood on the mountain, which the people called Man-Pupu-Nyer(Mountain of stone idols), and not far from it rises the majestic peak of Koyp (Drum).
Links
- Vladimir Kitaev - Together to stone idols.. in August 2008
- The composition of a student of the 41st grade, school No. 715 in Moscow, Korystov Seryozha - How I spent the summer on Manpupuner
- Report on the ski route of the third category of complexity completed in the region of the Northern Urals in November 2001.
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See what "Weathering Pillars" are in other dictionaries:
Reserve in Russia, near Krasnoyarsk, on the right bank of the Yenisei. Founded in 1925. Area 47154 ha. Unique granite-syenite remnants “pillars”, height up to 100 m. Dark coniferous (fir) taiga prevails; cedars. Brown bear, lynx, roe deer… encyclopedic Dictionary
Name in Siberia and the Urals, rocks or cliffs formed as a result of weathering and denudation. Geological dictionary: in 2 volumes. M.: Nedra. Edited by K. N. Paffengolts et al. 1978 ... Geological Encyclopedia
pillars- rocky peaks, remnants, ridges of outcrops, often very beautiful and picturesque, pillar-shaped, formed as a result of weathering of crystalline rocks (Nizhneudinskiye Pillars, Lena Pillars, Krasnoyarsk pillars and others) … place names Eastern Siberia
pillars- rocky peaks, remnants, ridges of outcrops, often very beautiful and picturesque, pillar-shaped, formed as a result of weathering of crystalline rocks (Mikhailovsky pillars in the Blagoveshchensk region) ... Toponymic Dictionary Amur region
The Manpupuner Plateau, on which weathering pillars are located, is located in the Komi Republic on Mount Man-Pupu-Ner. These pillars are a unique and inimitable landmark of the Urals.
There are various legends about the appearance of these mysterious pillars. Weathering pillars are also called Mansi blockheads. In total, there are 7 pillars on the Manpupuner plateau with a height of 31 to 42 meters.
About 200 years ago, there were mountains on the site of the Manpupuner pillars. Many millennia have passed. Rains, snows, winds destroyed the weak rocks, but the sericite-quartzite shales that make up the pillars remained. Hence the name "weathering pillars".
In winter, the pillars are white and resemble crystal vases.
The legend of the Mansi people about the Manpupuner pillars.
The weathering pillars of Manpupuner at a certain time were an idol for the Mansi people. Legends and myths were written about them.
According to one of the legends, the powerful Mansi tribe lived in ancient times. Any man of this tribe could kill a bear with his bare hands. Such prosperity and power to the people was provided by the spirits that lived on Mount Yalping-Nyer. The ruler of the Mansi was Kuuschai, he had a daughter, Aim, and a son, Pygrychum. The giant Torev found out about the beauty of his daughter. He decided that at any cost he would take Aim as his wife. But the beauty refused him. When Pygrychum went to the mountains to hunt, taking some of the soldiers with him, Torev called his brothers, and together they went to the fortress where the beautiful Aim lived. With a big club, the giant destroyed both the tower, where Aim called for help from the spirits, and the crystal castle, which shattered into thousands of fragments. By the way, since then, fragments of rock crystal have been found in the mountains of the Urals. The girl had to hide under cover of darkness in the mountains with a handful of surviving warriors. At dawn, Aim heard the clatter of the approaching giants, but it was at that moment that her brother Pygrychum, who had returned from hunting, arrived in time. The light that was reflected from Pygrychum's shield fell on the giants, and they turned into stones. The giants stayed here forever and were called the "Mountain of Stone Idols". Torev has turned into a separate stone that resembles an upside down bottle.
In fact pillars on Manpupuner Plateau much more, just this group is more crowded. In the Mansi language, weathering pillars are called Small Bolvans. Geologists believe that the seven pillars are kekurs. Kekurs are rocks that do not stand in an array, but separately, and have the shape of a pillar. People who have been near the pillars say that they were overcome by fear of such a height and open space around.
There is evidence that these places are places of worship, and ceremonies were held here. Tourists say that in this place you don’t feel like eating, chatting, or drinking.
Weathering pillars on the Manpupuner plateau in the Komi Republic are one of the 7 wonders of Russia, and every year more and more tourists visit this unusual place.
