Grigorievskoe Gorge. Grigorievskoe gorge of Issyk-Kul. Hot springs and view of the southern coast of Issyk-Kul

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Geography

The village of Grigorievka is located on the northern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul, at the foot of the Tien Shan Mountains.

Population

Infrastructure

The main activity of the local population is animal husbandry, agriculture and household plots, as well as tourism services. More than 20 thousand people visit the Grigoryevskoye Gorge every year. However, the nature management culture of visitors is at a low level. Left garbage, unorganized fires, damaged trees, improper collection of mushrooms and medicinal herbs, barbaric catching of fry cause irreparable harm to the environment, and many others. I would like to note the fact that the local population, interested in seasonal earnings, in view of the low environmental culture, perhaps not realizing the negative consequences, also causes great harm to the environment. This includes cutting down green spaces, shrub vegetation, burning garbage, pollution of the irrigation network with household waste, etc.

Story

In 1910, peasant migrants from the central provinces of the Russian Empire (Kursk, Voronezh, etc.), who arrived at a settlement in the Chon-Aksuu valley of the Semirechensk region, in order to obtain permission to allocate land for the construction of a residential village in this area at a general rural gathering decide to send Petersburg of his confidant - Grigory Nikolaevich Lytikov. But the first trip, for some unknown reason, became fruitless, permission to build a village in the valley was not received. In 1912, he was sent again with a request: as a result, the messenger brought the good news: "The construction of the village was allowed." Thus, in memory of a remarkable person, a public leader, the village began to be called by the name of Grigory Lytikov - GRIGORYEVKA.

The village began to be built up from Kuibyshev Street, originally called "Kuturzhinskaya", the first settlers of which were families who moved from Kuturga, a village located in the nearby Tyup region. Then Voronezhskaya, Bazarnaya, Kabatskaya, Kosyachnaya streets appeared (all these streets were renamed in different years). Gradually the village grew. But in August 1916, in connection with the royal decree on the mobilization of the indigenous population for rear work (the First World War was going on), a national uprising broke out in Kyrgyzstan, called the "Kyrgyz rebellion". It also affected our village: the village was almost completely burned by the rebellious Kirghiz. After the fire that happened during the "Krigiz rebellion" Grigorievka began to rebuild.

In the summer of 1918, as elsewhere, the establishment of Soviet power in the Issyk-Kul region on the territory of the Przhevalsky district began. In the 1920s, before the formation of the first artels in the village, many peasants already had wealth, grew bread, fished, raised their economy. With the beginning of collectivization, the creation of collective farms, dispossession began, many families suffered from repression. Then - years of hardships and hardships during the years of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45, but the multinational rural community lived together: Russians, Kyrgyz, Balkars, Uighurs, Kazakhs, Belarusians, Ukrainians - the whole village achieved victories in peaceful labor. Distinguished fellow villagers were awarded state awards, awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, the Badge of Honor, and various commemorative medals.

Grigorievskoe gorge

Grigorievskoe Gorge (Kyrgyz name Chon Ak-Suu) is located on the northern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul, 60 kilometers from the city of Cholpon-Ata and 110 km from the city of Balykchy. The Chon-Ak-Suu valley descends from the Kungei Ala-Too ridge near the village of Grigorievka.

Grigorievskoe Gorge is considered one of the most famous sights of Issyk-Kul. The sweet smell of pines, green mountain slopes, the sound of a mountain river, high mountain lakes lure tourists from Issyk-Kul. The most beautiful Tien Shan firs grow in this gorge.

Here you can also take a walk or ride a horse, enjoying the surrounding nature; see semi-wild yaks, handicraft and horsemanship demonstrations, listen to folk music, drink koumiss and even take part in setting up a yurt in a real Kyrgyz atmosphere. Also in the gorge you can hunt with a golden eagle .

The mountain slopes of the Grigorievsky Gorge are covered with red mountain poppy, which spreads like a carpet along the valley. The length of the valley is 35 kilometers. Stormy glacial water of crystal clearness rushes along the bottom of the gorge. The middle part of the valley is crowned by two snow peaks: Kum-Bel peak (4200 m.) and Eshenbulak peak (4647 m.).

There are three most beautiful alpine lakes in the gorge. In the first part of the gorge is the Lower Lake, higher in the At-Jailoo pastures (which means summer pastures) is the Middle Lake, and about 6 km from it is the most beautiful of the three lakes - this is the Upper Lake. Behind this lake at an altitude of about 3500 m, forests turn into beautiful alpine meadows. Due to the gentle slope of the gorge, all landscape belts are pronounced and have a greater extent than in other Kungei Ala-Too valleys.

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- What a beast! .. Well? ..
“I went after another,” Tikhon continued, “I crawled into the forest in this manner, and I lay down. - Tikhon unexpectedly and flexibly lay down on his belly, imagining in his faces how he did it. “One and do it,” he continued. - I'll rob him in this manner. - Tikhon quickly, easily jumped up. - Let's go, I say, to the colonel. How to make a noise. And there are four of them. They rushed at me with skewers. I attacked them in such a manner with an ax: why are you, they say, Christ is with you, ”Tikhon cried out, waving his arms and frowning menacingly, exposing his chest.
“That’s what we saw from the mountain, how you asked the arrow through the puddles,” said the esaul, narrowing his shining eyes.
Petya really wanted to laugh, but he saw that everyone was holding back from laughing. He quickly turned his eyes from the face of Tikhon to the face of the esaul and Denisov, not understanding what all this meant.
“You can’t imagine arcs,” Denisov said, coughing angrily. “Why didn’t you bring peg?”
Tikhon began to scratch his back with one hand, his head with the other, and suddenly his whole face stretched into a radiant stupid smile, which revealed the lack of a tooth (for which he was nicknamed Shcherbaty). Denisov smiled, and Petya burst into merry laughter, which was joined by Tikhon himself.
“Yes, quite wrong,” said Tikhon. - The clothes are poor on him, where to take him then. Yes, and rude, your honor. Why, he says, I myself am the son of Anaral, I won’t go, he says.
- What a beast! Denisov said. - I need to ask...
“Yes, I asked him,” said Tikhon. - He says: I don't know you well. There are many of ours, he says, but all are bad; only, says, one name. Ahnete, he says, it’s good, you’ll take everyone, ”Tikhon concluded, looking cheerfully and resolutely into Denisov’s eyes.
“Here I’ll pour in a hundred gog” yachs, and you will be the arc “like a cog” chit, ”Denisov said sternly.
“But what’s to be angry about,” said Tikhon, “well, I didn’t see your French? Here, let it darken, I’ll give you whatever tab you want, at least I’ll bring three.
“Well, let’s go,” said Denisov, and he rode all the way to the guardhouse, frowning angrily and in silence.
Tikhon came in from behind, and Petya heard the Cossacks laughing with him and at him about some kind of boots that he had thrown into the bush.
When that laughter that had taken possession of him passed at Tikhon's words and smile, and Petya realized for a moment that this Tikhon had killed a man, he felt embarrassed. He looked back at the captive drummer, and something struck him in the heart. But this awkwardness lasted only for a moment. He felt the need to raise his head higher, cheer up and ask the esaul with a significant air about tomorrow's enterprise, so as not to be unworthy of the society in which he was.
The officer sent met Denisov on the road with the news that Dolokhov himself would arrive immediately and that everything was fine on his part.
Denisov suddenly cheered up and called Petya to him.
“Well, tell me about yourself,” he said.

On leaving Moscow, Petya, leaving his relatives, joined his regiment and soon after that was taken as an orderly to the general who commanded a large detachment. From the time he was promoted to officer, and especially from entering the active army, where he participated in the battle of Vyazemsky, Petya was in a constantly happily excited state of joy that he was big, and in a constantly enthusiastic haste not to miss any chance of real heroism. . He was very happy with what he saw and experienced in the army, but at the same time it seemed to him that where he was not there, the most real, heroic things were now happening. And he was in a hurry to catch up to where he was not.
When on October 21 his general expressed a desire to send someone to Denisov's detachment, Petya so pitifully asked to be sent that the general could not refuse. But, sending him, the general, remembering Petya's insane act in the battle of Vyazemsky, where Petya, instead of going by road to where he was sent, rode into the chain under the fire of the French and fired two shots from his pistol there - sending him, the general he specifically forbade Petya to participate in any of Denisov's actions. From this, Petya blushed and became confused when Denisov asked if he could stay. Before leaving for the edge of the forest, Petya thought that he must, strictly fulfilling his duty, immediately return. But when he saw the French, saw Tikhon, learned that they would certainly attack at night, he, with the speed of young people moving from one look to another, decided with himself that his general, whom he still respected very much, was rubbish, German, that Denisov is a hero, and the esaul is a hero, and that Tikhon is a hero, and that he would be ashamed to leave them in difficult times.
It was already getting dark when Denisov, Petya and the esaul drove up to the guardhouse. In the semi-darkness one could see horses in saddles, Cossacks, hussars, adjusting huts in a clearing and (so that the French would not see the smoke) making a reddening fire in a forest ravine. In the hallway of a small hut, a Cossack, rolling up his sleeves, was chopping lamb. In the hut itself there were three officers from Denisov's party, setting up a table out of the door. Petya took off his wet clothes to dry and immediately began to assist the officers in setting up the dining table.
Ten minutes later, the table was ready, covered with a napkin. There was vodka on the table, rum in a flask, white bread and roast lamb with salt.
Sitting at the table with the officers and tearing with his hands, over which the bacon was flowing, fatty fragrant mutton, Petya was in an enthusiastic childish state of tender love for all people and, as a result, confidence in the same love of other people for himself.
“So what do you think, Vasily Fyodorovich,” he turned to Denisov, “it’s all right that I’ll stay with you for a day?” - And, without waiting for an answer, he answered himself: - After all, I was ordered to find out, well, I will find out ... Only you will let me into the very ... into the main one. I don't need awards... But I want... - Petya clenched his teeth and looked around, twitching his head up and waving his arm.
- In the most important ... - repeated Denisov, smiling.
“Only, please, give me a command at all, so that I command,” Petya continued, “well, what is it worth to you? Oh, do you have a knife? - he turned to the officer who wanted to cut off the mutton. And he handed over his folding knife.
The officer praised the knife.
- Take it, please. I have a lot of them…” Petya said, blushing. - Fathers! I completely forgot,” he suddenly exclaimed. - I have wonderful raisins, you know, like this, without stones. We have a new marketer - and such wonderful things. I bought ten pounds. I'm used to anything sweet. Do you want? .. - And Petya ran into the hall to his Cossack, brought sacks, in which there were five pounds of raisins. Eat, gentlemen, eat.

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The administrative center of the aiyl okrug Sadyr Ake. .

Geography

Grigorievka is located on the northern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul, at the foot of the Kyungoy-Ala-Too, one of the ranges of the Northern Tien Shan.

The distance from Grigoryevka to the district center of the city of Cholpon-Ata is 34 km, to the regional center - Karakol - 109 km, to the capital of the republic - Bishkek - 295 km.

Story

Population

Infrastructure

The main activity of the local population is animal husbandry, agriculture and household plots, as well as tourism services.

More than 20 thousand people visit the Grigoryevskoye Gorge every year. I must say that the culture of nature management of visitors is at a low level. Left garbage, unorganized fires, damaged trees, improper collection of mushrooms and medicinal herbs, barbaric fishing for fish fry, cause irreparable harm to the environment, and much more. etc. I would like to note the fact that the local population, interested in seasonal earnings, in view of the low environmental culture, perhaps not realizing the negative consequences, also causes great harm to the environment. This includes cutting down green spaces, shrub vegetation, burning garbage, pollution of the irrigation network with household waste, etc.

This part of our journey through East Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan will focus on the Grigorievsky Gorge or Chon-Ak-Suu. It received its first name from the village, spread out at the entrance to the gorge, the second - from the river flowing through it.

The gorge is separated from the highway along the northern coast of Issyk-Kul and the village of Grigorievka by only a few kilometers of a dirt road.

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It is located in the Kungei-Alatau mountains, which are part of the Northern Tien Shan mountain system and serve as a natural border between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

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Here, at the foot of the Tien Shan firs, the Chon-Ak-Suu river carries its fast waters to Issyk-Kul. Its name is translated into Russian as "Big White Water".

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To say that the Grigorievskoye Gorge is popular with tourists is to say nothing. This is one of the most famous gorges in the Issyk-Kul region. It appears in the vast majority of reports. I remember the Baikal analogue - Shamanka rock on Olkhon.

Tourists get here from the recreation centers of the northern Issyk-Kul on paid tours or get on their own in their cars, hitches or taxis. At the peak of the season, there is a real "passage yard".

We were lucky to be here out of season. Three cars with tourists, several yurts with souvenirs and koumiss, not completely installed, and children jumping with golden eagles under the wheels of a car - all that was met on the way to the highlands.

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Therefore, no one prevented us from admiring the beauties of the mountains.

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After 10 km of the way along a narrow gorge, the mountains parted, and at an altitude of 2200 meters, the expanses of alpine meadows opened up.

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This is the territory of summer alpine pastures (At-Jailoo). There are fewer tourists here, but there are plenty of yurts of shepherds and cattle.

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Never seen so many foals before.

Kyrgyzstan is a country of high mountains, fast rivers and clear lakes. Most of the territory is occupied by the Pamir-Alay and Tien Shan mountain ranges, between which beautiful green valleys are hidden.

One of the most picturesque places in Issyk-Kul is the Grigorievskoe gorge.

Photos by Dmitry Chistoprudov

From Bishkek, we reached the coast of Issyk-Kul and almost immediately went to the water. Issyk-Kul - the largest lake in Kyrgyzstan, it is included in the 25 largest lakes in the world in terms of area and is in 7th place in the list of the deepest lakes. The Kyrgyz call it the "pearl" of Kyrgyzstan.

Near the town of Cholpon-Ata, a huge number of stones are scattered, on which you can find ancient drawings - petroglyphs. However, I did not find anything beautiful. (Clickable, 1920×1200 px):

Grigorievskoe gorge. A country road runs along the Chon Ak-Suu valley, which in some places can only be driven by an off-road vehicle. It is especially difficult at the intersection of the road with a crystal clear mountain river:

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Walking through a high-mountain valley, we wandered into At-Jailoo (which means summer pastures) to visit shepherds - shepherds of sheep:

Shepherds are fine. Grandfather, grandchildren and grandmother:

That's how they live. (Clickable, 1920×1200 px):

Pasture:

Nature has preserved its originality here, and neither time nor man has power over it. The middle part of the gorges is wooded and conquers with the most beautiful Tien Shan firs:

The length of the gorge is about 35 kilometers, and along its entire length there are numerous hiking and horse trails along the picturesque slopes and steep mountain paths. (Clickable, 1920×1200 px):

Panorama of the Grigoryevsky gorge Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan. (Clickable, 3000×868 px):

Mountain waterfall from glaciers:

An amazingly beautiful place.

A small lake at an altitude of 3,000 meters. (Clickable, 1920×1200 px):

At the intermediate peak. Panorama. (Clickable, 3000×686 px):

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With the climb, the forests turn into beautiful alpine meadows:

The Grigorievskoye Gorge stretches down from the Kungei Ala-Too ridge and runs from the north almost parallel to the coastline of Lake Issyk-Kul.

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On the shore of Lake Issyk-Kul. The words "ysyk kel" in translation from the Kyrgyz language means "hot lake", because the lake does not freeze in winter. (Clickable, 1920×1200 px):

This part of our journey through East Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan will focus on the Grigorievsky Gorge or Chon Ak-Suu. It received its first name from the village, spread out at the entrance to the gorge, the second - from the river flowing through it.

The gorge is separated from the highway along the northern coast of Issyk-Kul and the village of Grigorievka by only a few kilometers of a dirt road.

It is located in the Kungei Alatau mountains, which are part of the Northern Tien Shan mountain system and serve as a natural border between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

Here, at the foot of the Tien Shan firs, the Chon Ak Suu river carries its fast waters to Issyk-Kul. Its name is translated into Russian as "Big White Water".

Tourists get here from the recreation centers of the northern Issyk-Kul on paid tours or get on their own in their cars, hitches or taxis. At the peak of the season, there is a real "passage yard".

Therefore, no one prevented us from admiring the beauties of the mountains.

After 10 km of the way along a narrow gorge, the mountains parted and at an altitude of 2200 meters the expanses of alpine meadows opened up.

This is the territory of summer alpine pastures (At-Jailoo). There are fewer tourists here, but there are plenty of yurts of shepherds and cattle.

Never seen so many foals before.

In search of a place to park, we climbed higher and higher along the gorge. We passed two lakes along the way. They did not stop at the lower one because of the proximity of the shepherds' camp.

The shores of the middle lake turned out to be swampy.

The road further deteriorated significantly and did not make sense. It began to get dark and, judging by the map, the forest was ending. Before the next steep descent, we turned around and returned to the previously looked after secluded place near the bridge over the Chon Ak Suu river.

Having broken the parking lot, we walked a little around the district.

On the bridge, shepherds drive cattle to pastures. 7 km north of it is the border with Kazakhstan.

And behind the peaks in the south was Issyk-Kul.

In the growing dusk they went to bed. The second day in Kyrgyzstan turned out to be very eventful.

During the day, the sun shone in the gorge, and the air temperature fluctuated around +20 degrees C. At night, it dropped to +2 degrees C. Height affected - 2500 meters. If for me, my second half and daughter, such a temperature is not critical. That's for the younger such a cold is undesirable.

We spent the whole morning thinking. Relaxing, eating, walking.

I really didn't want to leave here. Beautiful peaceful places and a good place to park.

The weather put an end to doubts. Blowing all night and morning, the wind brought clouds and began to drizzle. We had to return to Issyk-Kul.

In order to diversify the return route, we decided to lay it along the neighboring Semenovsky Gorge, which is separated from Grigoryevsky by the Kokbel Pass 2360 meters high.

The Semenov Gorge itself was not impressive. There are no such gorges as in Grigoryevsky, and the anthropogenic influence is greater. Most of the road through it has been paved, a power line has been laid out, and permanent livestock farms and camp sites have been built. The bad weather did not encourage photography.

Therefore, without unnecessary delays in the rain, we rounded the eastern tip of Issyk-Kul and stopped for the night in Karakol. In the following posts I will talk about the sights of this city. And at the end of this post, a few panoramas of the Grigorievsky Gorge.