Most Fanagoriyskaya Cave
   Photo: Large Fanagoriyskaya Cave

Most Fanagoriyskaya cave - a natural monument, which is located on the right bank of the AAK, 12 km south-west of Fanagoriyskaya village at the confluence of two streams - the cave crevices and cracks Burlachenkovoy. The cave is a little less than 1500 m and the height - 25 m.

The first written mention of the cave date back to 1666 in the late XIX - early XX century., In spite of the difficult path to it, the cave is often visited by pilgrims, who are treated with prayers to God.

There is a theory that the karst caves Fanagoriyskaya channel went to the Black Sea, which is about 25 km. Colonel Kamenev, who was a participant in the park at the base of the mountain Abadzekh, visited in 1881 in the cave said that the cave is not only historic, but also speleological and medical value.

Cave passages laid on the largest cracks. Most Fanagoriyskaya cave is a whole gallery, which is expanding in places large enough rooms. The cave entrance is 1, 5 × 1, 5 m. Further stretches a narrow corridor that goes to the first room with drips. In total, there are four large cavity hall. The biggest is the third hall, whose length is 34 m. All subsequent rooms have a length of about 30 m, width - 15 m, height - 30 m.

During the existence of the cave formed a huge amount of sinter formations. On the walls you can see calcite sinter crust and Druze calcite. Some sinters reach 4-5 m. The walls of the cave also has many recesses, cavities and niches. One of the attractions of the cave is a stone waterfall, which is a powerful calcite speleothems in place a pre-existing stream.

The high air ionization in the Big Fanagoriyskaya cave has beneficial effects on the human body, promoting cures many ailments.

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