жигулевские горы

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.