All about Tash-Jargan in Crimea

Tash-Dzhargan is the name of the natural boundary and mountains located in the Crimea near Simferopol. In ancient times, there was a Crimean Tatar village of Tash-Dzhargan, which translates as “split stone”. Now it is a popular holiday destination not only for tourists, but also for local residents. It's so rare in our time in the immediate vicinity of the city you can find charming landscapes of wild nature.

Tash-Dzhargan is a mountain range, which is located within the inner ridge of the Crimean Mountains. It stretches 125 kilometers from Inkerman Heights to Mount Agarmysh. The height of Tash-Jargan is about 547 meters. The tract is located between the picturesque river Alma and the longest Crimean river Salgir. The nearest settlements are Partizanskoe, Levadki and Chistenkoe villages.

The name Tash-Dzhargan also bore the disappeared village, which was located in a beam at the foot of the mountain of the same name. It was mentioned in 1579 in the letters of the Polish envoy Martin Bronevsky. It is believed that Karaites lived in this area at that time. After the decree of Catherine II on the annexation of the Crimea to Russia in 1784, the settlement was assigned to the Simferopol district.

As a result of the reforms of Paul I from 1796 to 1802, Tash-Dzhargan belonged to Akmechetsky district of Novorossiysk province, and after 1802 became part of the Eskiordinsky volost of Simferopol district. In the autumn of 1805, there were 14 courtyards and 70 inhabitants in the village. All of them were Crimean Tatars. But already in 1842 most of the Tatars moved to Turkey, and less than 5 courtyards remained in the village.

In 1860, after carrying out the Zemstvo reform of Alexander II, Tash-Dzhargan was assigned to the Mangush volost and was recorded in papers as a farm with 1 yard and 5 inhabitants. In 1892, the village was part of the Podgorodne-Petrovskoe rural society and consisted of 3 inhabitants in 3 households. After 1900, the village of Tash-Dzhargan is no longer mentioned in the documents.

The greatest interest among tourists is Grotto Teshkli-Koba. The name is not in vain translated as “leaky cave”, since this cave is an open karst cave. On the east side, it has a perfectly round hole with a diameter of about 4-5 meters. Below, at a depth of 12 meters, there is a wide-open cave, and the west side looks like a bridge hanging over the entrance.

Scientists believe that artesian flows contributed to the formation of such a cavity. Under their powerful pressure in the nummulite limestone, such a large cave formed over time.

Human sacrifices at that time were quite common. Apparently, therefore, stories are popular among the local population and among tourists that in the grotto Teshkli-Koba people hear crying and moans, and some even are ghosts.

The travelers are also interested in the ancient dolmens taurus. They are a way of burial, in which bodies were placed in specially made boxes of stone slabs. Archaeologists here have found several surviving remains of the graves of ancient people. Many dolmens did not survive, as the local population used the processed stone slabs as a finished material for their construction needs.

The Tash-Dzhargan tract is a great place that tourists strive to capture for memory, taking photos and shooting video. Especially often they do it on the background of the rocky mountainside, which weathered the weather with the figures of the most bizarre and fantastic forms. In spring, this area is impressive for its bright beauty, because primroses bloom, adonis, adonis, wild peonies bloom. In the autumn here is also very picturesque, besides you can taste the matured dogwood.

If you climb the mountainside near the village of Partizanskoe, then you can see eponymous reservoirwhich fits very harmoniously into the local landscape. There are benches on mountain paths, you can relax and then continue on your way further. In the summer hot weather you can swim in the cool waters of Alma or Salgir.

From Simferopol to Tash-Dzhargan can be reached both by own car and by public transport. If you choose the second method, then in Simferopol you should get into the bus number 57 or number 86, which go to the village of Chistenkoe and to the village of Levadki. In both cases, you need to get off at the terminus and climb a bit along the road.

From the settlement of Levadki you can reach the edge of the plateau opposite Teshkli-Koba. If you want to go straight to the grotto, then you must get out of the village of Chistenkoye to the dirt road, and at the fork, turn left and down.

By car, you need to move from Simferopol on the road to Bakhchisarai and drive to the village of Levadi or Chistenkoe. Depending on what part of the mountain you want to see first. The coordinates of the villages are as follows: 44.8573350, 34.0805270.

Tash-Dzhargan - a unique place that is suitable for visiting at any time of the year. The majestic beauty of the Crimean nature and historical sights will not leave indifferent neither adults nor children. There are all conditions for informative and pleasant rest.

In the next video you will be able to observe the beauty of the Tash-Dzhargan tract from a bird's-eye view.