The middle mountains,where the Tigireksky reserve was created,is a transitional zone from the Siberian steppes to the mountain systems of Altai and Sayan. Forest-steppe andrough taiga, rare species of fauna make up a special value of this territory, which received the status of a protectedin 1999.

One of the youngest nature reserves in Russia is relatively small -41.5 thousand hectares(for example, in the neighboring Altai Republic there are reserves many times and even tens of times larger). It covers the western partTigirek ridgeand the eastern part of Kolyvansky, the upper part of the Belaya river basin and its watershed with the upper reaches of the Alei river. Another large river in the reserve isbeauty-inya- well mastered by water sportsmen.

The forested eastern slopes of the protected mountains slope steeply down to river valleys that often run alonggorges and canyons... Alpine mid-mountainous relief distinguishes the more southern part of the buffer zone.

The mountains

"Visiting card" of the territory -Shlyapnaya mountain, which is located in the buffer zone of the reserve, 2 km west of the village of Tigirek. And the highest reserved peak (2200 m) ismountain black.

The first in the scientific community to receive famemountain Loose stone(now - Developed). IN1767 yearit was climbed by a naturalist and correspondent of the St. Petersburg Academy of SciencesEric Laxman... He determined the height of its peak above sea level (1962 m) with his own hand made mercury barometer. Onmountain developmentberyl was mined in the 19th century,emeralds, rose quartz, aquamarineand other semi-precious and semi-precious stones. The most beautiful view of the Tigirek developed in the amphitheater opens from the panoramic platform on the ridge of the Leafy Mane.

Monuments

TOnatural and geological monuments of regional importancein the reserve referssection of the Silurian Tigirekand a large cave complex in a limestone cliffmountains Semipeschernayaand karst canyonThe Scary Log... The most famous caves in the status of monuments areScary, Foot and mouth disease, Hyena's Lair and Big Khanharinskaya.

Two historical monuments have also survived on the territory of the protected area.Tigirek outpostin the village of Tigirek - a rampart and a wide ditch remained from it - gave rise to a military settlement of the Cossacks. It was foundedover 250 years agoas part of the Kolyvano-Kuznetsk defensive line. LeftoversBeloretsk redoubtit is more difficult to find - they are lost in dense protected forests on the left bank of the Belaya River.

INHABITANTS OF THE TIGIREK RESERVE.

PLANT WORLD OF THE RESERVE.