SHULGANTASH

Капп Николь Владиславовна

Преподаватель: Сагитова Элиза Ралифовна

Перевод художественного текста с башкирского языка на английский ШҮЛГӘНТАШ

Автор: Әхмәт Сөләймәнов

SHULGANTASH

If you ask what is the most beautiful, the greatest natural monument of the Southern Urals no one will doubt answering it.  They’ll answer that it is of course Shulgantash.  

Even if you've never been in this cavey when you hear about it you’ll  want to know more about this cave. The more you found out about  it everyone begans to uderstand that they want to see more with his own eyes, to breathe  it’s fresh ai, to  tastes it’s sweet water.

The cave is located between the village of Akbulatovo and the town of Kuvalamatovo in the Burzyansky district. The reserve was established in 1958 as the Agidel branch of the Bashkir Reserve District, and on January 16, 1986 it was transformed into an independent reserve. It was certainly possible to see it not only from the shore of the bank of the river  but also from the stream. What is it like to be created by nature itself and be surrounded by lakes. It’s very easy to climb  the path passing through the bushes and feel the influx of moist air. what makes the mind clear Thanks to this atmoshpere which increase your mental clarity.

 After taking a couple more steps forward, you’ll find yourself in front of a huge hole.  They say: its width is forty meters, its height is about twenty meters.

No doubt when they see it  you involuntarily imagine that this is the home of heroes from Bashkir legends such as Alpamysh.

The Shulgan river  also flows in the cave. It flows between and out from under the stones in a hurry to join with the Whate river. if you look calmly, you can see the game of clear water and air. А slight movement and the water immediately falls under the stones.

«They knew where to find shelter» - say those who saw it once.

- Wild ducks also find shelter here in winter. In winter, this river does not know how to freeze," those who knows these places add.

– We are still at the very beginning of the journey, which will take place in the "underworld". What awaits us ahead? After we passed through the iron gate, the mud started.

But after you walk a little you come out on a dry road where the large stones appear in front of you that block the way. It seems that the cave protects itself from unexpected guests.

The length of the first floor was about three hundred meters. There are rocks everywhere. They are everywhere and lie under my feet.   They are called stalagmite.

At the end of spring, the ice trails that flow from the ceiling of the caves. become mostly at the ends, so those in turn become stalactites.

 Previously, they were connected to each other and represented a whole fabulous phenomenon. The beauty of the cave will remain in the memory of people coming and going for a long time, but this beauty will not last long.

The cave was a hundred meters from the entrance to the cave. Previously, you had to climb slippery wooden stairs. Iron ladders are now installed. Along them, you can carefully climb thirty meters, the upper floor appears. Being in a spacious hall with high ceilings, even your barely audible whisper is heard very far above your head.

There is a clay trodden slippery road under your feet so you need to tread carefully so as not to slide into the abyss

After walking along the second floor more than five hundred meters, you get under an underground lake. The journey ends here.