A trip to the Karaganda region and Central Kazakhstan -
Tours and excursions in Ulytau Mountains -
Ulytau Mountains, a natural landmark of the Karaganda region, the mountain range consists of low hills and hills. The area is very beautiful in spring and early summer, when nature blooms here and the region is filled with the colors of spring. The hills are covered with seas of flowers and various other vegetation, and we recommend traveling here at this time. The length of the mountains is 200 kilometers. Mount Akmeshit, which is located here, is sacred.
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How to get there and visit -
The Ulytau Mountains are located in the territory of the Karaganda region, in the Ulytau district, the Republic of Kazakhstan. The highest point here is Mount Akmeshit (1133 meters above sea level), as well as this mountain is a landmark. Ulytau is called "the land of lakes and springs."
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History
The area of the Ulytau mountains has been the center of Saryarka and the entire steppe since ancient times. Ulytau is a sacred place of the Kazakh people, spiritualized and legendary for thousands of years, sung by poets. The beauty of this ancient mountain is due to the importance of the national history of Kazakhstan. Ulytau became a favorite place of the nomadic khans. Here is the horde of Jochi Khan, the eldest son of Genghis Khan, from where Batu Khan began his campaign to the east.
Mausoleums to Jochi Khan and Alasha Khan, one of the founders of the Turkic-speaking tribes, have been erected in Ulytau. Their names have been forever preserved in the folklore of Altai, Uralsk, Crimea, the North Caucasus and Uzbekistan. Toktamys, Khan of the Golden Horde, the great commander of the Horde, is buried here in Edirga. The great Aksak Temir left a record on a stone slab on Mount Altynshoky in Ulytau in 1391.
The monuments preserved in Ulytau, apparently, belong to the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras. Archaeologists have unearthed many ancient settlements and tools. The largest Paleolithic workshop in Kazakhstan has been discovered on the banks of the Karakengir River. It is known that the rich settlements of antiquity along the rivers were rich in ancient tombs and mounds.
The mystery of the "mustachioed mounds" has not yet been solved. Some archaeologists say it's a tomb, others say it's an ancient observatory. Archaeological excavations have shown that mining was widespread here more than 3,000 years ago, and local tribes exported copper, tin, silver and gold to Iraq, India and Greece.
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