Near Moscow caves Siany

Not all Muscovites know that in some twelve kilometers from their city there is a large system of caves. This fact may seem unexpected, but it has a logical explanation. These caves - Syan - were made by human hands and not just. In Syan was mining limestone rocks for the construction of white stone in Moscow.

A bit of history

These moves have the largest length of moves in the Moscow region. And in Russia they occupy the 5th line. The total length of underground passages is 19 km, and this is only known and proven. There is a possibility that the caves of Siany near Moscow may be more extended. In this case, their position in the ranking of caves will rise.

Large caves in the suburbs began to be created in the XIII century. The fastest increase in underground passages was in the 15th century, when limestone construction was actively developing. Peasants mined it in the galleries only in the winter. This is due to two reasons:

1. In the rest of the year the peasant people worked on the ground, growing bread and raising cattle.
2. In the winter time, the risk of caving in the passage decreased. In the past, people still did not have enough experience and resources to ensure the security and support of arches. In winter, the ground froze from severe frosts, and the mobile areas froze.

The stones were mined in these galleries until the 20th century. Work underground completely ceased in 1917. In the thirties of the last century, a number of stones were extracted from the caves in order to strengthen the runway at the Domodedovo airport. Since that time, limestone rocks were no longer tolerated from Syan. During the Great Patriotic War, a hospital for wounded soldiers was broken in the dungeon.

14 years of silence

In the 1960s, speleologists became interested in these caves. And there are a lot of them to appear here. Caves began to live a second life. A few years later, the government decided to wall out all entrances and exits for security reasons. Dungeons were empty for 14 years, after which activists opened one of the exits. In 2007, it was brought in a normal appearance, the concrete rings were dropped and a ladder was made. This did not diminish the extreme.

Caves of Siana are not considered a refined place for tourists. Visitors are required to follow recommendations for behavior in caves, there are regular tours, and some even celebrate holidays. For example, to celebrate the arrival of the New Year in the dungeon is not so trivial.

Life Underground

Raising bonfires is strictly prohibited by the established rules of conduct, because other speleologists may suffer from the carbon monoxide released. Some visitors are in the cave for more than a day and are forced to cook food and boil water on gas and alcohol. These features of staying under the ground give a certain zest to such campaigns. Maybe it will surprise you, but there are people who can not go to the surface for a few days at all. You can lie down and sleep in special expansions of moves. Under the ground sometimes organize performances of artists and dances.

Many tourists are attracted to the cave of Siany. How to get there, they know, unfortunately not all lovers of extreme type of recreation.

Conditions in the dungeon

Conditions in the cave do not change year round. Stable from 7 to 10 degrees above zero, and humidity - about 80 percent. If you have warm and comfortable clothes, then you will not experience unpleasant sensations. This is the case if you do not have claustrophobia. The height of the ceilings can be in the range from 0.3 to 2.5 meters. The width of the passage is about 1.5 meters.

All passages studied by speleologists are in special maps, which will help tourists not get lost. All caves and halls are named in the cave. In addition, traveling through the galleries, you can meet professional speleologists who are always ready to help or give advice. Every tourist will be charmed by the caves of Siany. Photos are obtained in these places mysterious and mystical.

Interesting places and rules of conduct

As soon as you go down to Syany through the active entrance (he is so far one) called "Cat's Laz", you will notice the notebook. This is an impromptu visitor magazine . Everyone who enters and leaves, must necessarily make an appropriate entry in this notebook. It is designed to help rescue teams in the event of an emergency situation, promptly and accurately have data on how many people are now in the dungeon.

It should be borne in mind that, meeting under the ground, the permanent guests of the dungeons greet each other with the phrase: "Good". Without the usual ending in the form of time of day, because there is no way to determine what is really in fact. You do not need to shine in each other's face, especially to strangers. This is unpleasant, so in Syanah it is customary.

The underground realm looks like another reality. Walking, you can get into the hall, called "Aristarchus". In this place a human skeleton was found long ago. Now on metal shackles, Aristarchus, who is considered a local deity, is hanged. There is a legend that to obtain protection from a deity one should leave gifts. For this reason, the whole hall is littered with the things of the guests and worshipers of the deity. In Syan, you can not scatter and leave behind any garbage. This simple rule is strictly observed by all without exception, even though its implementation is not controlled.

In the system of the caves of the Sian caves one can stumble upon an interesting grotto, called the Milky Way. For simplicity, it is called briefly: "Mllechnik." The vault is formed by amazing rocks, which are played by millions of lights in response to the beam of the lantern. Reminds the starry sky. When the light is turned off, it will continue to shine for some time with phosphorescent lights. Seen to be remembered for life.

In the system there is one more interesting place - "Creeping Laz". It has a very small height and width, but its length is decent. "Pike" will give you a charge of adrenaline, if, of course, overcome the natural fear of enclosed space.

How to get to the cave?

Six kilometers away from the Lenin Hills, you need to go along the main road towards Yama. After the bridge turn left to the village Novlyanskoye. At the end of this village you need to cross the Pakhru river, there is platinum. Next way we keep along the river to the left. The entrance to the caves is located in the second ravine on the right, there is a bus stop nearby .

Caves Siany most visited in the New Year holidays and winter time in general. In the summer of the people there is much less, because there are also their difficulties. Not everyone dares to after a strong heat almost naked plunge into the underground coolness.

There are practically no dangers in caves, especially if you prepare well. You can go on an excursion with your family members or acquaintances. This holiday will be remembered for a long time. Be sure to visit the caves of Siany. How to get there, now you also know.