Lake Shira
Shira, Republic of Khakassia, Russia
Description:
In the center of the village of Shira is a lake with the same name. Near it are lakes Itkul and White. On the western side of Shira, the village of Pearl is built. This is a truly unique, environmentally friendly place to live and relax. The landscape of this region is dominated by steppe motifs, but there are rare birch groves. The uniqueness of this place is due to the dry climate, healing air, many menhirs and memorial steles near the lake.
Lake Shira has a small width: only 5.3 kilometers. Its length is 9.5 kilometers, and the depth is not less than 24 meters. In the lake water is weak salinity. It has a unique composition: it contains a lot of magnesium, sodium and potassium compounds, sulfates, chlorides and alkali. At the bottom of the lake there are rich deposits of silt. Sludge substance has healing properties and helps to treat many diseases, such as: problems with the digestive organs, gynecological diseases, diseases of the nerves, urinary system and musculoskeletal system, a number of eye diseases.
You can get here from Abakan by rail to Shira station. Take a car or taxi to the village of the same name. The traveler will have to drive 15 kilometers to the village. The lake is in its very center.