Ak-Kaya White Rock

Mount Ak-Kaya is not only a geological landmark, but also an interesting natural monument of the Crimean foothills on the road from Simferopol to Feodosia. A path a little more than 40 kilometers long passes through the longitudinal valley between the Main and Inner ridges. Upon leaving Simferopol, a wavy plain opens. On the right you can see the raised wooded spurs of the Main ridge, on the left the plowed slope of the Inner ridge. The road passes through an area built up by rather durable Paleogene limestones.
Belogorsk is an ancient Crimean city, formerly called Karasubazar (Crimean Tatar name meaning Market on Karasa). In the Middle Ages, an important trade route passed through it, linking the east of the Russian Plain with the Old Crimea and the Black Sea ports of Feodosia and Sudak. Today, almost nothing remains of the ancient Karasubazar except the ruins of the inn of Tash Khan.
A few kilometers north of Belogorsk, a precipitous inner ridge rose, crowned by the picturesque rock of Ak-Kaya. From a distance, it looks like an elegant white-stone palace. The impression of a palace with perfect architectural forms is enhanced on a summer sunny day by the dazzling whiteness of the limestones and margels that make up Ak-Kaya. Therefore, it is very successful its Crimean Tatar name, which means nothing more than the White Rock.
To go to Ak-Kai, from the city center we will head northeast to the highway to Nizhnegorsk. The valley, generously irrigated by the waters of Biyuk Karasu, is immersed in orchards, plantations of roses, lavender and sage. Five kilometers of a pleasant path, and we are at the foot of Ak-Kai. Its summit, a hundred meters above the valley, may seem difficult to reach. But this is a deceptive view, as it can be climbed on several paths without much effort.
Ak-Kai is interesting in many ways. In the cave at its foot in the first centuries of our era lived Sarmatians, left on the walls signs of connecting and intersecting straight lines and arcs. In the Middle Ages, the rock was a place of execution: convicts were thrown from the top. In the vicinity of Ak-Kai, the troops of A. V. Suvorov in 1777 without a fight scattered and fled the Turkish-Tatar army. Soon in 1783, Prince G. A. Potemkin on the plateau of Ak-Kai took an oath of allegiance to Russia from the Crimean Tatars.

Phazaniya nursery "Cold Mountain" is located in the Crimea, 8 km west of Belogorsk in the Kara-Kush (Black Bird) tract, belonging to the state hunting farm "Cold Mountain". In a picturesque place of Belogorsk district, at an altitude of 499 m above sea level, on a small plateau with an area of about 800 hectares, there is the only state pheasant nursery in Ukraine, the main task of which is the aviary breeding of pheasants and their settlement on the territory of Crimea and Ukraine to enrich the natural hunting fauna.

Pheasants were brought here from Romania and built enclosures for their breeding. At first, eggs were hatched by hen chickens, and eventually an incubator appeared. When the chicks hatch, they are assigned to the area where they are raised until the age of 75 days. At this age, the bird can already be released into nature, because when it is young, it is more susceptible to the natural environment. In the tract there are special enclosures, the conditions in which are close to natural, and the bird feels comfortable. Each group of pheasants has its own birdhouse, which they recognize by their voice. Birds are specially trained workers who raise their “chads” from the “childish” age.

Every year 5-6 thousand pheasants are grown here. Over the years of the hospital’s existence, more than 300 thousand heads of pheasants were grown, which took root well in the hunting grounds of the Crimea and Russia.
 

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