Медвежий хутор
The place
Medvezhy Khutor ("Bear Farm") in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Beloretsk/Belorezetsk area (Southern Urals, Russia), at 925 m elevation, on the slope of the Iremel Massif. Continuous Southern Urals Russia cluster (batches 260-344, ~10 entries). A khutor (a Cossack term for an isolated single-family rural transhumance homestead), Medvezhy meaning "bear", a common toponym in the forested Ural foothills (Ursus arctos, 50,000 individuals in Bashkortostan, a significant population, 15% of the Russian total), a zone of southern Ural taiga (Picea obovata + Abies sibirica + Betula pendula + Populus tremula) and near Iremel, 1,582 m, Bashkortostan's 2nd-highest peak, sacred to the Bashkirs, and Yamantau, 1,640 m, the highest peak but off-limits, a "military classified mountain".
The setting
Bashkortostan, Beloretsk/Belorezetsk, Southern Urals, Russia, 925 m, Iremel, continuous cluster batches 260-344 ~10 entries, khutor "Medvezhy" bear, a forested Ural foothill toponym, Ursus arctos 50,000, 15% of the Russian total, southern taiga Picea/Abies/Betula/Populus tremula, Iremel 1,582 m, 2nd-highest, sacred to the Bashkirs, Yamantau 1,640 m, the highest, off-limits, military classified.
