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Beloretsk-16
Mezhgorye (; ) is a closed city, closed types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located in the southern Ural Mountains near Mount Yamantau, about southeast of Ufa, the capital city, capital of the republic, on the banks of the Maly Inser River (a tributary of the Kama River). Population: History Founded around 1979, it was known as Ufa-105 () and Beloretsk-16 (). Town status was granted to it in 1995, at which time it was given its present name. It is the only closed town in Russia to be situated in a republic. Administrative and municipal status Within the subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions, framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the city of federal subject significance, closed administrative-territorial formation of Mezhgorye—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the administrative divisions of the Republic of Bashkortostan, districts.Resolution #391 As a subdivisions of R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Yamantau
Yamantau ( ba, Ямантау, russian: гора Ямантау) is a mountain in the Ural Mountains, located in Beloretsky District, Bashkortostan, Russia. Standing at 1,640 metres (5,381 ft) it is the highest mountain in the Southern Ural section, and is featured within the South Ural Nature Reserve. Yamantau is notable as the subject of claims by the United States that a secret extensive bunker complex of the Russian government or Russian Armed Forces is contained within the mountain, similar to the Cheyenne Mountain Complex. Name The name of the mountain is derived from "Yaman Tau" (Яман тау), which translates to "evil mountain", "bad mountain", or "wicked mountain" in the local Bashkir language and the other Turkic languages of the Idel-Ural, Idel-Ural region. Bunker complex claims Yamantau, along with Kosvinsky Mountain (600 km to the north), are claimed by the United States of being home to a large secret nuclear facility or bunker, or both. Large Diggi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |