The beauty of the Lena Pillars is both majestic and somewhat gloomy. That is why the legends of the local peoples about this landscape, for the most part, have a dramatic ending.

HALF A MILLION B.C.

It was then that this peculiar stone “fence” began to form, set up by nature itself along the banks of the Lena, which eventually turned into a complex geological formation and one of the wonders of nature.

The Lena Pillars are a fantastic erosive landform: a “fence” stretching for forty kilometers from vertically elongated remnant rocks. The pillars stand along the right bank of the Siberian Lena River, below the confluence of the Blue River with the Lena, where the Lena cuts through the Prilenskoe plateau with a deep valley. The most densely palisade pillars lined up in the area between the city of Olekminsk and the village of Pavlovsk: the rocks with their bases go straight into the river water. The pillars are separated from each other by deep and steep crevices, partially filled with rock fragments.

The average height of the Lena Pillars reaches 220 m above the river level. At the base of these river cliffs are limestones of the Cambrian period, about 550 million years old, formed from bottom sediments of the shallow and warm sea. The Lena Pillars themselves were formed much later - "only" about 400 thousand years ago.

The Lena Pillars are located within the boundaries of the tectonic Siberian platform. Approximately half a million years ago, as a result of tectonic processes, faults formed here, in which river beds began to emerge, and subsequently deep river valleys, which caused the development of karst processes (washout of limestone rock). Together with the strongest erosive weathering and a significant amplitude of annual temperature (up to 100°С: from -60°С in winter to +40°С in summer), it formed a peculiar rock configuration. Each vertical crack in the limestone massif continuously expanded under the influence of water, wind and temperatures, which led to the separation of the next block from the general rock massif. Also noteworthy is the unusual multi-colored rocks of the Lena Pillars, in which red sandstone is interspersed with light gray limestone.

Lena Pillars and today - sacred place for Yakuts and Evenks. In the old days, only shamans could come here, an ordinary person was afraid of the spirits of the rocks, considering the pillars to be petrified people.

NATURE PARK

Lena Pillars is also a natural park, organized in 1995 and subordinate to the Yakut Ministry of Nature Protection.

Nature Park Lena Pillars was organized by a decree of the President of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in 1994 and by a decree of the Russian government in 1995. It is currently subordinate to the Yakut Ministry of Nature Protection. The park documents indicate that its main task is the development of ecological tourism.

In addition to the Lena Pillars, there are three more valuable natural objects in the park: Sin Pillars, Buotam Pillars and Tukulan Sands - Samye Kumaga and Kysyl Elesin.

The tukulan sand zone, up to 5 km long, also includes separate sections of the cold northern sandy desert. There are also areas of permafrost with unique flora and fauna.

The proof that people of the Stone Age lived here - the inhabitants of the banks of the Lena - is the parking ancient man at the mouth of the Deering-Yuryakh stream, belonging to the Ymyyakhtakh culture and the Deering Paleolithic culture. The age of the latter caused fierce disputes among archaeologists around the world. Also in the area of ​​the park, fossilized remains of representatives of the ancient fauna were found: mammoth, bison, woolly rhinoceros.

Of the representatives of modern fauna living in the Lena Pillars area, one can name musk deer, red deer, northern pika, sable, brown bear, elk, roe deer. Within the Lena section, which is part of the park, there are Siberian lamprey, Siberian sturgeon, taimen, East Siberian lenok, tugun, whitefish, pizhyan, valek, East Siberian grayling, nelma, Siberian vendace, omul, muksun. Among the birds there are protected species of world importance: kloktun, osprey, golden eagle and peregrine falcon.

According to their natural criteria, the Lena Pillars were included in the list world heritage UNESCO in 2012

ATTRACTION

Natural:

■ Geological complex Lena Pillars.

■ The Lena Pillars Natural Park (including the Lena, Buotam and Sinsk pillars, sand dunes of tukulans, frozen ecosystems, bison nursery "Bizonoriy").

■ Nozdrevata cave.

Historical:

■ Petroglyphs - rock carvings of animals.

■ The site of the ancient man Deering-Yuryakh (II millennium BC).

■ Pillars in Siberia have long been called picturesque rocky peaks, remnants, ridges of pillar-shaped outcrops formed as a result of weathering of crystalline rocks. In addition to the Lena Pillars, the Nizhneudinsk and Krasnoyarsk Pillars are also known.

■ The name of large fluttering sandy massifs tukulan comes from the Evenk “tukal” – sand. Accordingly, “tukalan” is a sandy massif or dune.

■ Geological formations similar to the Lena Pillars abroad are multi-colored pillars of the Monument Valley along the border of the US states of Arizona and Utah, as well as columnar forms grand canyon in Arizona and Shilin Stone Forest in China.

■ In the area of ​​excavations in 1982 at the site of a Neolithic burial of the Ymyyakhtakh culture of the 2nd millennium BC. e. stone tools of the Deering culture were discovered, which were originally dated 2-3 million years ago. But, if this is so, then in Siberia a person appeared earlier than in North Africa - the ancestral home of Homo habilis (handy man) recognized by archaeologists. Subsequent analysis showed that the age of the Deering culture is 260-370 thousand years. This indicated that man had explored the banks of the Lena already in the Lower Paleolithic and could potentially penetrate from here to Beringia and from there to America. True, some scientists argue that the artifacts of this culture are not tools, but natural formations, that is, just stones.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Location: central Yakutia,.
Origin: the result of water and wind erosion, as well as a significant annual temperature range.
The Lena Pillars Natural Park was founded in 1995.
Administrative affiliation: Khangalassky ulus, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russian Federation.
Nearest settlements: Yakutsk - 299,169 people. (2015), Pokrovsk - 9047 people. (2015). Lena river.

NUMBERS

Lena Pillars
Length: 40 km.
Average height above the river level: 220 m.
Maximum height above river level: 321 m.
Distance: 104 km downstream of the Lena - the city of Pokrovsk, 200 km - the city of Yakutsk.
The area of ​​the natural park Lena Pillars: 4.85 km 2.

CLIMATE

Sharply continental.
Winters are long and harsh, summers are warm, often hot, but short.
Average January temperature: -39°С.
Average July temperature: +18.5°С.
Average annual rainfall: 320 mm.

What bizarre fantasies nature does not present us with, creating the wonders of the landscape! Here are the peaked rocks along the coast of the Lena River in Yakutia - either petrified trees, their tops looking up, or ancient castles with towers propping up the heavens with their spiers!

Bizarre geological formations stretch along the right bank of the upper reaches of the river for more than 520 km from the city of Olekminsk to the village of Pavlovsk, but their density is especially high between the villages of Petrovsky and Tit-Ari. The height of most of the pillars exceeds one hundred meters, some of them rise almost 220 meters above the river level.

It is believed that the rocks that make up the unique monument of nature began to form in the early Cambrian period - approximately 550 million years ago. However, the formation of the Lena Pillars occurred much later, 150 million years later, when the processes of gradual uplift of the Siberian Platform began, leading to the appearance of faults and river valleys. Activation of karst destruction, erosive weathering contributed to the emergence of bizarre rock formations that excite the imagination of everyone who was lucky enough to see them with their own eyes.

Once upon a time amazing creation Nature was admired by the Decembrist A. A. Bestuzhev-Marlinsky and the famous writer V. Korolenko, and today not only nimble tourist boats, but also imposing passenger ships certainly stop at the Lena Pillars.

The pillars are beautiful in any season. In spring, their dark gray silence is embellished by snow-white clouds of flowering bird cherry, pale purple spots of lilac, soft emerald moss rugs. In summer, a pink sea of ​​willow-herb is spread at the foot of the mountain, as well as a variety of flowers, lilies and grasshoppers. In autumn, the entire right bank of the Lena blazes with crimson, and the winter marble-snow attire is majestic and festive in its own way.

A ringing silence froze among the rocks, only occasionally it is broken by the timid chirping of swallows and swifts, who have arranged their mink dwellings in the limestone walls, and sometimes the creak of firs, pines and mountain ash, clinging their roots to the crevices between stone blocks, is heard.

Natural Park "Lena Pillars"

In the 90s of the last century, in the vicinity of a unique natural monument, a natural park of the same name was founded, which includes two branches - "Sinsky" and "Stolby" and covers a total area of ​​485 thousand hectares.

On the territory of the park, in addition to the Lena Pillars, there are many other valuable natural objects of interest for ecological tourism. The remains of ancient animals - bison, mammoth and woolly rhinoceros - were found in the natural park. Rare permafrost ecosystems are under protection. Over 20 species of vegetation found in the park are listed in the Red Book of Russia, and the Siberian Crane, Lesser Swan, Golden Eagle, Peregrine Falcon, Osprey, White-tailed Eagle are among the protected species of fauna of world importance.

In 2012, the park was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List according to natural criteria.

Attractions nearby Lena Pillars

Within the park there are many picturesque objects that many tourists seek to see.

In addition to Lena, the Sinsk pillars are no less beautiful, which are not so impressive in size - no more than 50-100 m above the water level and stretch in the lower reaches of the Blue River for 180 km. Especially grandiose in the place where the seething stream is hidden under the rocks.

Downstream after the mouth of the Kharyya-Yurekh River, the beautiful Buotama makes its way among the same rocks as the Lena Pillars. The Buotamsky rocks impress with the multicolored rocks that come to the surface - dolomites, limestones, marls.

The natural park is also famous for a rare kind of landscape - the northern sandy desert, presented in the form of large billowing sandy massifs - tukulans. There are two tukulans in the protected area - Kysyl Elesin, sand dune near the mouth of the Buotama, and Saamys Kumaga with a length of almost 5 km, consisting of ridges, shafts and hollows overgrown with herbs, thickets of wild rose, and sometimes tall pine trees.

Within the boundaries of the natural park, a site of primitive people was found at the mouth of a small river, Deering-Yuryakh, during the excavations of which stone tools and burials of the late Neolithic period were found.

Excursions to the Lena Pillars

Weekend tours to the Lena Pillars are very popular. Those wishing to go on a trip along the Lena gather on Friday evening at the Yakutsk river station and set off on one of the ships. By morning, the cruise ship lands at the foot of the cliffs. The whole day a group of tourists spends in nature, and in the evening they return to the ship. On the way back, a 6-hour stop is expected on Rassoloda Island to search for pirate treasure. Arrival in Yakutsk late in the evening on Sunday.

Excursions to the Lena Pillars are also made by small 12 or 15-seater boats from Yakutsk or along a combined route: by car to the villages of Upper Bestyakh, Bulgunnyakhtakh or Elanka, and then along the river. The cost of the trip is approximately 6-8 thousand rubles for one person.

A visit to the Lena Pillars Natural Park is possible by purchasing a ticket at the office of the environmental institution in the city of Pokrovsk. Its cost ranges from 250-350 rubles for a one-day stay and 650-850 rubles for a three-day stay in guest houses of tourist centers. Interesting eco-trails are offered for tourists in the park:

• Tukulan,
• The feathered world of Buotama,

as well as rafting routes along the rivers Sinyaya and Buotama. Recreation in the park is also possible in winter - a trip on snowmobiles through the ice crossing "Batamai - Lena Pillars" is no less exciting than a cruise on a motor ship along the Lena.

Where to stay

The easiest way to see the Lena Pillars is to stay in one of the hotels in Yakutsk and go to one day tour along the river for sightseeing. The cost of accommodation in hotels in the capital of the Republic of Sakha - Siberia, Sterkh, Landysh, Lena, Tygyn Darkhan and others from 800 to 5000 rubles. In Pokrovsk, there is the possibility of temporary settlement at the recreation center Buotama. On the territory of the Lena Pillars Natural Park there are several options for accommodating tourists - in the guest houses of the Labydya area, in the hunter's house and at the Lena Pillars recreation center in the village of Verkhny Bestyakh, at the Ust Buotama camp site of the Buotama section of the natural park.

How to get to the Lena Pillars

Russia, Republic of Sakha, Khangalassky ulus, Pokrovsk

From Moscow to Yakutsk, air travel will be more rational than other options. Plane tickets will cost from 7800 rubles for one passenger. If you need to go to Pokrovsk, you should use bus number 202, the fare is from 200 rubles.

Do you want to see a monument created by nature itself in unimaginably ancient times, and still causing primal awe and delight? Then be sure to visit natural park Lena Pillars.

Natural Park Lena Pillars (Russia)

This miracle of nature is located in the Republic of Sakha (or Yakutia), just 180 kilometers from the capital - the city of Yakutsk. It is here, on the territory of the Olekminsky and Khangalassky uluses, that amazing geological formations are located, which received the name.


The Lena Pillars Natural Park in Yakutia is divided into 2 isolated sections - the stone pillars themselves, stretching along the right bank of the Lena River and the Buotama River basin, as well as the Sinsky section, which is located on the left bank of the Lena, just above the mouth of the Sinyaya River.

- these are massive stone sculptures, scientists estimate their age at 570 million years. Then, on the site of present-day Yakutia, a warm sea splashed, washing the shores of the ancient continent. Then, under the influence of a changing climate and the movement of continental plates, numerous rocks of the most varied, bizarre shapes appeared.


The Evenks and Yakuts considered it a sacred place. They believed that the rocks are frozen human figures created by unknown giants. When you see these statues with your own eyes, this legend is easy to believe - it often seems that the rocks are moving, changing the silhouette. This amazing effect is especially noticeable at sunset.

Lena Pillars and UNESCO

The pillars were included by UNESCO as a protected site in 2012. Ask why?


On the territory of the natural park, numerous archaeological finds have been found that date back to the early Cambrian period.


In addition, archaeologists have found long-extinct mammoths, woolly rhinoceroses and other fossil animals here in exceptionally well-preserved form. Known Lena Pillars National Park also with its petroglyphs and tukulans (sand dunes, a real northern desert).

Video about the Lena Pillars of Yakutia

Lena Pillars on the map of Russia and the world

Coordinates: 61°07′45″ N 127°31′05″ E

Stone forest of Yakutia. To the south of Yakutsk there is an extended stone ridge called the Lena Pillars. It is located on the banks of the Lena River, from which it got its name. The length of the ridge is about 80 km, if we count the accumulations of the largest rocks. The highest of them rise above the river bank by 200 meters. The massif is formed by ancient limestones and began to form more than half a billion years ago.

Lena Pillars is the most famous landmark of Yakutia, which can be reached at any time of the year. Lena Pillars is a unique landscape complex located along the banks of the Lena River in Yakutia. Rock formations elongated, unusual shape border the water artery for several kilometers. The natural attraction is divided by a natural barrier - a wide water artery. On the right bank there is a site "Stolby", and on the left - "Sinskiy". The area is considered a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A national park has been created on its territory.

This place has long been sacred for the Yakuts and Evenks.

In ancient times, this place was considered sacred. Ordinary mortals were not allowed to approach the Pillars, otherwise heavenly punishment could fall on them. Only elders and shamans had the right to visit the sacred place, for conversations with the spirits of the rocks. The reverence evoked in people by this place is explained by the visual feature of the rock formations - from a distance they resemble petrified people standing in full growth. Many legends have been associated with this illusion.

Geologically, the rocks are an example of early Paleozoic sedimentary rock formations. In ancient times, at their foot, in their place, there was a shallow warm sea, which washed the ancient Siberian continental area. It was its inhabitants who formed the rocks with the remains of their skeletons and shells. After the sea dried up, and as a result of a tectonic fault, the valley of the Lena River crashed into the land. River activity, weathering and activation of karst processes led to the formation of these bizarre forms.

Lena Pillars - a true treasury for science

You can admire the Pillars from the river - this is a wall of slender, tall remnants of a rare shape, they stretch like outgrowths from underground. The view from above and the hiking trail are also quite impressive. The closer you get to the Pillars, the more bizarre shapes they protrude from the total mass of the stone wall. Some formations look like old ones gothic castles, others resemble high medieval towers without windows, others - rows of stone trees or people's faces are elongated. Silence, stillness and calm water surface create a special mood. The name “Temple of Nature” suits this place very well. When the sun sets, the shadows lengthen and begin to move - this creates the illusion of mobility of the rock Pillars - they sway and want to say something. Who knows, maybe they really have something to tell? There is no doubt about this - the ancient remnants have witnessed several eras, climate and relief changes.

Lena Pillars - a monument to the history of the Earth

Lena Pillars are interesting not only from the point of view of geology - it is a unique monument of archeology and history. In their deposits, the remains of animal organisms are ideally preserved. The fauna here was extremely diverse, various representatives of groups with bone and mineral skeletons, buffaloes, mammoths, rhinos, horses. In some samples, soft tissues and even embryos were preserved. That is why the protected area has such a high scientific value. stone formations are not the only landscapes of the Lensky Reserve that cause admiration. Tukulan sands are located on the same territory. This loose, migrating mass of light color develops over the territory, creating bizarre wavy dunes. Within the sands there are patches of cold northern desert.

Lena Pillars began to be actively visited only at the beginning of the last century. Therefore, the anthropogenic factor did not have time to fundamentally affect the unique natural object. Local authorities carefully monitor the protection of the site, while simultaneously contributing to the development of tourism. The ecosystem of the surrounding nature is unique and has not been changed by man, which is another most valuable feature of this natural park. Arriving here, try to immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the surrounding natural idyll. This is a place of epics and legends, shamans and outlandish creatures. There is a belief among the local population that a Bigfoot of enormous growth walks in the mountains and along the banks of the river. On his belt hangs a pouch containing a potion made from wool and animal claws. He can attack strangers he doesn't like, but he can also help those who get lost, or show the place where the treasure is hidden.

Journey to the Lena Pillars

Lena Pillars can be visited all year round. Lena freezes and it is possible to get to the place on snowmobiles. In summer it is possible to travel by water transport of any kind. The territory of the park is divided into routes of varying complexity and duration. The hiking trails are well equipped with log steps, wooden railings, gazebos, benches and occult sites - places of communication with the spirits of nature. The reserve is a favorite vacation spot for the local population and an interesting tourist site. You can arrange a boat trip, a river rafting or an extreme trip. The beauty of the banks of the Lena and the water surface itself is simply mesmerizing, and the presence of historical, natural and geological monuments makes the trip very informative.

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The trip to the park can take several days. Arriving at the territory of the Pillars, you must definitely climb to the top and forever remember the stunning landscape that will spread before your eyes. Here, on prepared sites, organized tourist groups entertain shamanic performances - the rite of ritual. The caves located in the remnants are very interesting. The most accessible and frequently visited Nozdrevata Cave, it is formed by several halls. The stone dungeon is 33 meters long and 8 meters high. The most romantic trip can be called river cruise, which originates in Yakutsk. The trip can be done from June to September. Those who love extreme sports can ride along the Yakut highways in an off-road vehicle to the village of Elanka, then motor boat to the banks of the Lena Pillars.

Sandy arrays "Tukulan"

Translated from the Evenki language, tukulan means sands. The air temperature reaches up to +40 degrees C. Tukulan is located 8 km from the mouth of the Buotama River. Tukulan "Samys Kumaga" 40 km from the mouth of the Buotama River. The development of extreme tourism is expected in the summer. Vegetated eolian landforms: sickle-shaped, staple-shaped, spear-shaped dunes, hollows of blowing, and only instead of the tumbleweed, which is characteristic of the Central Asian deserts, is a rare endemic plant of Scriabin's thin-legged. Just below this sandy phenomenon is the mouth of the Buotoma River - a wonderful bright valley, beloved by water tourists, although difficult to access in the upper reaches, from where it is convenient to start rafting along it.

The Lena and Sinsk Pillars are steep, completely sheer rocks, composed of Cambrian limestones. Such limestones were first discovered and described in England, in the county of Wales (the old name is Cambria). Subsequently, the land rose high above sea level, powerful faults in the earth's crust broke its surface. Time, rainfall, river water and wind have turned the earth's rock solids into bizarre structures of the Lena Pillars. Their length along the banks of the Lena River, together with powerful stone remnants, is about 80 km. In 1966, the first All-Union tourist route was opened to the Lena Pillars - since that time, people from all over the country and from abroad come to admire the miracle of nature.

On the rocks, in the river valleys, there are rock paintings - "pisanitsy", ancient Turkic runic inscriptions. Bloody drawings on the rocks along the banks of the Lena River form a one-of-a-kind gallery of ancient fine art. The age of the drawings is about 5-8 thousand years. Only shamans were allowed to draw on stone. Most of the images contain mystical signs - shaman tambourines, symbols of other worlds. Most of the writings were made in such a way that even now they can only be seen under certain lighting at certain times of the day. Many drawings are hidden from prying eyes in stone niches and grottoes, under some there are altars. The semantics of the drawings is connected with the cult beliefs of the ancient inhabitants of Yakutia.

The site of the ancient man "Deering-Yuryakh"

A little lower than the “pillars” is the mouth of a small stream, Deering-Yuryakh, with traces of an archaeologists’ camp that once was there. For many years they have been conducting excavations in this area and usually organize for tourists an interesting excursion into the distant past. Here, in the Deering-Yuryakh area, the oldest tools on earth were found - stone choppers. Similar, barely processed, stone tools, made of flint boulders and pebbles, had previously been found only in Africa, which is why this continent was considered the ancestral home of mankind. The version put forward by the Yakut scientists was simple and logical: if the great glaciation started from here, then the first person should have appeared here to pick up a tool in order to survive. And with the discovery of choppers, this version received some confirmation.

At the bottom of neat quarries, opened by powerful equipment, and then with spatulas and brushes, the oldest “anvils” dotted with numerous blows have been preserved, right next to them lie failed products, rounded by time, but even after many thousands of years coinciding at the place of the split. Unfortunately, there are no organic remains, but what is there is impressive. It is possible that somewhere in the rocky house of the Lena Pillars there is also the dwelling of those people who came to Deering-Yuryakh to work in the primitive “workshop”. Near the excavation site, a cave was found that served as housing at a later time, in the Neolithic era.

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The results of these excavations are unique only from an archaeological point of view, but also from a geological point of view. The geological sections unearthed by archaeologists' pits and ditches testify to the complex variations of ancient climates and the geological processes associated with them. But each understood line of this book of nature and the formation of mankind gives rise to new doubts, questions and ideas. And there is no limit to the inquisitive thought of researchers of the prehistoric past of the ancient land near the Lena.
And on the high left bank of the Lena is located Elanka, founded in 1830 as a postal station. Not far from the village of Elanki and on the cape of Toion-Ary (near the village of the same name), rock art of primitive artists, discovered by Academician A. Okladnikova, has been preserved.
The main task of the Lena Pillars park is the development of ecological tourism. Eco-tourism refers to communication with living wildlife without causing damage.
Majestic rivers: Blue - with clear water, all surrounded by beautiful graceful rocks, Buotama - bubbling over mountain rifts falls into the Lena and, of course, Lena - the blue meridian, which in our middle reaches simply amazes with its splendor and grandeur.

Come to the park, enjoy communication with nature.

Fascinating nature, historical monuments - all this will remain in your memory for a lifetime after visiting this wonderful place in our country.

national park"Lena Pillars"

The Lena Pillars National Park was formed relatively recently, just over 15 years ago. In the mid-1980s, as a result of archaeological excavations at the mouth of the Deering-Yuryakh stream, which flows through the park, a site of ancient people, traces of prehistoric Deering culture, was discovered. Scientists have found not only tools, jewelry and household items, but also the remains of ancient animals: woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiguibatis), bison (Bison priscus) and mammoth (Mammulhus primigenius). There is a version that the Deering-Yuryakh site is one of the oldest in the world.

According to natural criteria, the national park claims to be included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The Lena Pillars National Park is one of the natural wonders of Yakutia. Their shape has been honed for millions of years under the influence of weathering forces and solar radiation. They became like palaces, towers, houses, temples, and even people and animals.

general information

• Full name: Lena Pillars National Natural Park.
• IUCN Category: II (National Park).
• Foundation date; February 10, 1995.
• Yakutia region, Khangalassky ulus.
• Area: 485,000 ha.
• Relief: mountainous.
• Climate: sharply continental.
• Official site: http://www.lenskiestolby.ru/.
• Email: [email protected]

Walk in the park

The path from Olemkinsk to the village of Pavlovsk along the Lena River leaves an unforgettable impression. After all, it is here that the amazing pearl of the North is located - the Lena Pillars. The national park consists of two branches: "Stolby" and "Sinskiy".

On the right bank of the Lena one can see fluttering sands-tukulans. Translated from the Evenki language, "tukulan" means "sand". The air temperature here can reach +40 °C. There are no analogues to such a miracle of nature anywhere else on the planet. For scientists origin Tukulan is still a mystery.

Vegetable world

464 species of higher vascular plants have been identified on the territory of the Lena Pillars park. The plain larch taiga dominates. Interestingly, only here grows an endemic plant - Redowskia sophiifolia. It is not found anywhere else in the world. In tukulans there is another very rare plant - Scriabin's thin-legged (Koeleria skrjabinii). There are many other rare flowers and herbs here: small-flowered wallflower (Parietaria micrantha), spotted slipper (Cypripedium guttatum), Pennsylvania lily (Lilium rep-sylvanicum), etc.

A truly amazing plant is the Arctic lupine (Lupinus arcticus). The fact is that its seeds have broken all world records of viability. So, in 1954, during archaeological excavations on the Canadian Yukon plateau, the seeds of this plant were found. Their age was also determined: 10,000 years. After the excavations were completed, the seeds lay in storage for about 12 years until they were tried to germinate. The experiment was successful!

There are many bizarre mosses and lichens on the territory of the Lena Pillars. Moss moss, or reindeer moss (Cladonia rangiferina), has a very high frost resistance. Thanks to this, it serves as an excellent food for reindeer even in the most severe cold weather, making up to 90% of their diet in winter.

Animal world

The park is inhabited by 42 species of mammals, 99 - birds, 27 of which are rare and endangered, 4 - amphibians and reptiles, 23 - fish.

Yagel, or reindeer moss, is one of the most frost-resistant types of lichens.

Most often in forests and coastal areas there are columns (Mustela sibirica), sable (Martes zibellina), American mink (Neovison vison), steppe polecat (Mustela evers-manni), wolverine (Gulo gulo). Smaller animals include flying squirrel (Pteromys volans), common squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), Asian chipmunk (Tamias sibiricus), long-tailed ground squirrel (Spermophilus undulatus), white hare (Lepus timidus).

The golden eagle is the largest and strongest eagle, but today this species itself needs protection, therefore it is listed in the Red Book of Russia

Musk deer (Moschus moschiferus), a relatively small deer-like animal, is found here. The body length of an adult musk deer reaches one meter, the height at the withers is 70 cm. It does not have horns, instead of them, fangs serve as a tournament weapon for males. Pay attention to the Latin name of this animal. The word moschus is of Greek origin and means "musk", and moschiferus means "bearing musk". Each male musk deer has a special abdominal gland that produces musk, a strong-smelling substance that has long been used and highly valued in perfumery.

Lena pillars in the fog

Lesser swan (Cygnus bewickii), peregrine falcon (Falcoperegrinus), gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus), white-tailed eagle (Hali-aeetus albicilla), golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), osprey (Pandion haliaetus), white crane live in the Lena Pillars National Park , or Siberian Crane (Grus leucogeranus), and dozens of other bird species.

The golden eagle is one of the most famous birds of prey, the largest and strongest eagle. Recently, their number has sharply decreased, mainly due to serious violations in the ecological balance of nature and the targeted destruction of birds. Golden eagles, like many other predators, have very sharp eyesight: they are able to see a hare from a distance of 2 km. Golden eagles can attack animals that are equal and even larger than them in size: foxes, deer and their cubs, chamois, roe deer, sheep.

For visitors

park mode

The park has ecological routes and paths that introduce tourists to unique natural monuments: the Lena Pillars, tukulans, flora and fauna.

How to get there

From Yakutsk to the park "Lena Pillars" the distance is about 180 km, from Pokrovsk - 104 km. The easiest way to get to the national park is by tourist boat. You can also get from Olemkinsk. More detailed information information about tourist routes can be obtained from the administration of the park.

Where to stay

One of the options is the Buotamskaya recreation center, which is located on the right bank of the Lena River in the park. It has ten heated houses. In addition, you can stay at the recreation center "Verkhny Vestyakh", located a few kilometers above the village of the same name. The base is electrified, there are summer houses, a bathhouse, a dining room. Up to 20 people can stay here.