Cliff Stepan Razin
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Five kilometers from the village of Belogorsk Krasnoarmeysk district of the Saratov region is a cultural-historical monument of nature - Cliff Stepan Razin. The plot is steep cliffs located between two ravines - Stenkina prison and Danilovsky near Datura-mountain.

Archaeological studies have shown human settlement on the territory of the cliff back in the Bronze Age. The cultural layer of this era have been found burial tribal village (Don-Volga Catacomb culture). On the territory of the ravine are four Old Believers caves stretching over 600 meters (presumably previously presented a unified system of tunnels).

The most valuable archaeological sites belong to the era of the Great Horde, and the most popular at the time owned by a popular uprising (1667-1671 years) and stay in these places Stenka Razin and his party .  A little further south, in the territory of the park Shcherbakovskaya are several attractions associated with the chieftain (Urakov and Nastya's hill) .  According to legend, at the top of the cliff he has a military camp, where he lived and where Stepan Razin rebels hunted down and rob the ships sailing along the Volga .  The prisoners were thrown into a ravine, later named Stenkina prison and hid the loot in the Datura-mountain .  Since the last connected a lot of mystical events and varied folklore .  Also in the story of a legendary Cossack leader, its lush wedding on the Volga and thrown overboard Persian princess mentioned this particular cliff .  History privacy formidable chieftain formed the basis of his favorite folk song "Because of the island to the rod .   " . 

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Cliff Stepan Razin