Dvuyakornaya bay, Ivan Baba island. Ordzhonikidze webcams

Dvuyakornaya bay, Ivan Baba island. Ordzhonikidze webcams

The surroundings of Ordzhonikidze are rich in stunning corners of nature, picturesque panoramas of bays, capes and mountains.
An interesting place is Ivan Baba Island, located at Cape Kiyak-Atlama. It was formed as a result of an earthquake in ancient times. In the Middle Ages, the location was called St. John's Island. This was the name of the temple built by sailors who survived the shipwreck. Only the remains of the temple walls have survived to this day.
This place is also notable for the fact that on the seabed, there is an old steamer "Constantine", which was wrecked at the end of the 19th century due to heavy fog. There are no people on the island, but a huge population of cormorants lives. You can only get here by boat or boat.
Cape Kiik-Atlama itself, whose name is translated from the Crimean Tatar as "wild goat's jump" is located between the two bays surrounding Ordzhonikidze. During the reign of the Bolsheviks, the Gidropribor plant was located on the cape, where torpedoes and other underwater shells were produced and tested. The sites of an ancient man dating back to the Stone Age were also found here.
The Klimentiev ridge with the main peak of the same name is very popular. It is named after the hang glider who crashed in these places. The mountain is 268 meters above sea level. The ridge is about 8 km long. It is important to take into account that strong winds are raging on the hills, which can become an obstacle to calm contemplation of the local beauties and even carry danger.
Competitions in various extreme sports are held annually on Mount Klimentiev. There is also a flying school for delta and paragliding, where everyone can master this dangerous but wonderful sport.
There is a 7-meter memorial stele on Klimentiev Mountain, which is crowned with a model of the A-13 paraglider, as if balancing on strong wind currents.
Among the oldest buildings in the vicinity of Ordzhonikidze is an ancient Greek Orthodox church. This is the oldest building of this kind in the entire North Caucasus. It has a 1.5-century history. Old frescoes have been preserved inside the stone structure. The paintings of the walls of the western part of the temple and around the altar have survived to the greatest preservation.
According to some reports, the author of the painting was the teacher of Andrei Rublev himself - Theophanes the Greek, who is a native of Byzantium. Guided tours are held in the temple. And guests are offered to taste natural honey, which is extracted in the apiary nearby.