Кордон Ольховочный
The place
Кордон Ольховочный ("Olkhovochny Ranger Post") in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ivdel/Severouralsk area (Middle Northern Urals, Denezhkin Kamen Zapovednik, Russia), at 478 m elevation, Denezhkin Kamen slope. Continuous Urals Denezhkin cluster in Russia (batches 260-383, 2 entries). Ranger post of the Denezhkin Kamen Zapovednik (Olkhovochny, meaning "alder grove," from Alnus incana, a forest place name + Denezhkin Kamen Zapovednik, 782 km², 1946, a narrow protective strip of the last dark forest of the Northern Urals + Nature Reserve, part of the Vishera-Vishera-Denezhkin ecological corridor + Denezhkin Kamen, 1492 m, an iconic summit + heritage of the Mansi people (a Finno-Ugric Vogul people, 12,000, speakers of Mansi, Northern Urals + Mansi iconography, Konda Zima, 1500 BC, engraved panels + Dyatlov Pass Incident, February 1, 1959, 9 students dead near Otorten/Kholat Syakhl in the Ural range, an unsolved mystery with yeti/UFO/storm theories + Ivdel Gulag, USVITL, 1937-1953, 15% of the USSR population, forced labor, Norilsk, NKVD).
The setting
Sverdlovsk Ivdel/Severouralsk Middle Northern Urals Denezhkin Kamen Zapovednik Russia 478 m Denezhkin slope, continuous cluster batches 260-383 2 entries, Olkhovochny ranger post alder grove Alnus incana + Denezhkin Kamen Zapovednik 782 km² 1946 last dark forest of the Northern Urals + Vishera-Vishera-Denezhkin corridor + Denezhkin Kamen 1492 m, Mansi Finno-Ugric Vogul 12,000 Mansi Northern Urals + Konda Zima iconography 1500 BC engraved panels + Dyatlov Pass Feb 1 1959 9 students Otorten Kholat Syakhl mystery + Ivdel Gulag USVITL 1937-1953 15% USSR Norilsk.
