By the Bazhov places

Near Yekaterinburg there is a whole complex of historical, cultural and natural attractions, united by the name “Bazhov places”. Sysert picturesquely located on the steep slopes of the deep valley of the Sysert River and the ponds formed by it, among coniferous forests, at the foot of the mountain. Sysert is the birthplace of the famous Ural writer Pavel Petrovich Bazhov, who was born in 1879. Bazhov is a Russian writer, a talented handler of folk legends, legends, Ural tales. He was born and spent his youth in Syserti (more than 50 km from Yekaterinburg). The image of Syserti, as the center of a large mountain district, is captured by the writer in many works. On the anniversary of Bazhov, the exposition “Malachite Province” was opened in the Sysert Museum of Local Lore. In this museum you can also get acquainted with the history of Sysert factories. The life of the Bazhov family is presented in the House-Estate of P.P. Bazhov. All objects here recreate the environment in which the writer grew up. The museum also hosts a meeting “Visiting the Mistress of the Copper Mountain”. Syserti museums give an idea of the material world that surrounded P.P. Bazhov since childhood. But in the formation of the talent of the writer, nature played a huge role. In the vicinity of Syserti there is a unique beauty of the lake - Lake Talkov stone. This is an old Talkovo mine flooded with groundwater. Historic monuments are the Cathedral of Simeon and Anna (1788), the building of the first cither school (1735), the building of the first hospital (1759), the chapel built in honor of the elimination of the cholera epidemic (1803). Talkov Stone is a beautiful natural place in the vicinity of Syserti.