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Выполнили работу: Молева Наталия, Балабашина Юлия
Научный руковадитель: Нуяндина Ольга Александровна
Over 300 mil l ion years ago the whole region was covered by the sea. Only rare
islands remained about the Zhiguli Mountains.
About 150 mil l ion years
ago near Syzran and
Bezenchuk the fossils of
dinosaurs were founded.
About 1,5 mill ion years ago over 30 species of plants and 100 species of insects have been preserved in the Zhiguli Mountains since the Ice Age.
Men appeared
here about 100 000 years ago.
The name of Zhiguli Mountains is the Deviyi Gory, because militant Amazons once roomed here.
The name of Zhiguli came from the Turkic word Jiguli which meant «barge haulers» in 13-14 th centuries.
The name Zhiguli was acknowledged by Catherine II .
Sometimes the Zhiguli are called
“a Russian Switzerland”. The
beauty of the scenery was f irst
mentioned by travelers of the
16th c the ambassador of the Venetian Republic - Cantarine, Britain –
Jankinson.
One of the highest
mount is mount
Strelnaya.(378 m)
The song "Iz-za ostrova na strezhen" is connected with the mount Strelnaya.
Stepan Razin captured a beautiful princess in Persia. He felt in love with her. But his friends began to grumble that Razin had
betrayed free l ife and his fr iends. So Razin ordered them to throw Princess over board
and went on his previous l ife.It is believed that the Ataman`s camps and treasure were located on mount Strelnaya.
Ivan and Grunya fel l in love with each other. But Grunya was a daughter of a rich mechant from
vil lage of Ussoliye. Grunya`s father was against their marriage. Ivan joined Stepan Razin and
gained the name Molodtsov for his feats.Then Grunya lef t her home and joined him. But
her father brought the czar`s troops and the Razinities defeated. Ivan cl imbed a high mount
and was surrounded. He said good-byes to Grunya and plunged into the Volga. Then Grunya did the same. So the mount has been called Molodetsky
Kourgan and a small hil l near it is Dviya Gora.
The legend of Molodetsky Kourgan and Deviya Gora.
Mount Svetyolka is near the village of Ussolye the beginning of the Z. M. Long ago mount Svetyolka
served as a signiling hill.There was a pot with tar. If a watchman saw
nomands he set the tar pot on fire. So, the local people would be alerted.
Mount Lepyoska takes its name from
its f lat top. The mountain is covered by feather –
grass.
Mount Lepyoska
The Zhiguli Mountains form a
large green island between
the forest-steppe and steppe
regions.
There are more than 830 species of plants, some
of them grow only in the Z. M., for example: haw
thorn, sunrose and spurge.Plants of the
Crimea and the Caucasus
Mountains can be seen here
alongside species of Urals
and Siberian flora: pine and
oaks, maple and aspen and birch.
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