Балаган Веселый (без пола)
The place
Балаган Веселый (без пола) ("Merry balagan without a floor") in the Republic of Adygea/Krasnodar Krai, Krasnaya Polyana/Sochi area (Western Caucasus, Russia), at 1402 m elevation, on trail No. 30 of the Kavkaz Reserve. Continuous Russia Western Caucasus cluster (batches 260-348, ~36 records). "No floor" condition reported, traditional alpine shepherd's balagan with crumbling shingles (route 30 GKZ Massimova-Kacha-Zilbelet, 55 km, 3 days), zone with Oriental beech (Fagus orientalis) and Nordmann fir (Abies nordmanniana) at the foothills of the Greater Caucasus, heritage of the Circassian Adyghe people deported in 1864 (Muhajir, 500,000 to Turkey and the Balkans).
The setting
Adygea/Krasnodar Krasnaya Polyana/Sochi Western Caucasus Russia 1402 m trail 30 GKZ, continuous cluster batches 260-348 ~36 records, no-floor condition alpine shepherd's balagan crumbling shingles route 30 Massimova-Kacha-Zilbelet 55 km 3 days, Fagus orientalis/Abies nordmanniana, Circassian Adyghe Muhajir 1864 500,000.
