Кордон заповедника "У южной границы"
The place
Кордон заповедника "У южной границы" ("Reserve Outpost near the Southern Border") in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Severouralsk/Ivdel sector (Northern Sub-polar Urals, Russia), at a true elevation of ~180 m (0 m figure on file is erroneous), arctic taiga. Continuous Russian Urals cluster (batches 260-364). Kordon (standard Soviet-era forest ranger outpost) within the Denezhkin Kamen Zapovednik (780 km² strict nature reserve, 1946 + Denezhkin Kamen 1493 m the highest summit of the Russian-European Northern Urals + relict pristine taiga + elk Cervus elaphus + Ursus arctos + Rangifer tarandus semi-domesticated reindeer herded by semi-nomadic Mansi + Man-Pupu-Nyor 7 pillars 34 m sacred to the Mansi UNESCO 2008 site nearby, 100 km) + Mansi heritage (an Ob-Ugric people, 12,000 speakers of the Mansi Finno-Ugric language, UNESCO endangered + Dyatlov Pass mystery 1959, 9 Soviet students found dead under unexplained circumstances in the Northern Urals, theories ranging from Yeti/Soviet cover-up/avalanche/tornado + ultimately in 2020 attributed to a mechanically-triggered tornado avalanche).
The setting
Sverdlovsk Severouralsk/Ivdel Northern Sub-polar Urals Russia elevation 0 m erroneous ~180 m actual, arctic taiga, continuous cluster batches 260-364, kordon Denezhkin Kamen Zapovednik 780 km² 1946 + Denezhkin Kamen 1493 m highest summit of the Russian-European Northern Urals + relict pristine taiga + elk/bear/reindeer herded by semi-nomadic Mansi + Man-Pupu-Nyor 7 pillars 34 m UNESCO 2008 100 km, Mansi Ob-Ugric 12,000 Mansi Finno-Ugric UNESCO endangered + Dyatlov Pass 1959 9 students found dead unexplained, ultimately attributed in 2020 to a mechanically-triggered tornado avalanche.
