Kiselyov's Rock - a wild holiday near a cliff. The myth of tears floating over the mountain

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44.111396 , 39.033104 The camping is located in a very picturesque place, right at the foot of the Kiseleva rock. Camping on the Kiseleva rock

Access to the campsite

The camping is located in a very picturesque place, right at the foot, or rather it’s worth clarifying that the tents are scattered around different places, for example, this is where everyone parks their cars (you can’t go any lower), many people also put up tents right there and go down to the sea.

If you walk a little lower, along the well-trodden path, you will find yourself at such a “fork” that leads to the rock itself, and 2 descents to the sea. The right one is steeper, there is even a rope hanging there to make ascent and descent easier, which is why there are significantly fewer tents there.

It’s better, of course, to go left and put up a tent right on the shore:

It is worth considering that the descent to the sea is steep and if you want to go down to the sea at dark time days, then this is only possible with a flashlight and you still need to be careful.
This is the staircase that will lead you directly to the beach

There is a warning on the beach that swimming is prohibited because people have drowned. But, of course, everyone swims, and I would like to emphasize that the bottom in this place is unique, you can swim 20-30 meters and run into stones, which you can climb up to your full height and the water will not even reach your knee. Actually, in the photographs taken from the rock itself, this description clearly shows the color of the water.

Here, look at these people



Camping cost

They charged us 300 rubles per night for the car “with all the people” (mid-August 2014), and the seller asked if it was normal. There was a feeling that bargaining was appropriate in that dialogue. But they no longer began to bargain, because... They wanted to quickly relax and see the beauty.

Pros:

• you can pitch a tent right by the sea;
• a very picturesque place, the Kiseleva rock will not leave you indifferent;
• in principle, the entrance is not difficult;
• not expensive camping;

Minuses:

• not a simple descent to the sea (to set up a tent, you don’t have to go there, but you will want to swim. Let me clarify, not simple is a very subjective concept and someone will fly by and not notice, and someone will make an effort, but you have to be prepared for that , that it may be inconvenient for someone to go down);
• dirty, alas, but in August there is a lot of dirt = (If you look, even in the photographs you can see heaps of garbage (hello to the pigs who cannot take out a bag of garbage with them). But the dirt is not only from garbage, below, by the sea, there are problems with the toilet, the fact is that the toilet is located upstairs, naturally no one goes upstairs, so a small stream of hands, right next to the stairs, turned into a toilet. Rubbish and a problem with the toilet spoiled the overall impression a little;

As you know, I have an extremely negative attitude towards “seal holidays” on the Black Sea coast. But last season I went there for a few days to show my beloved four-year-old child what the sea was after the mountains of Adygea. I won’t repeat myself about this hellish trip, but today, when it started snowing outside again, I wanted to show something summery and hot. The choice fell on Kiselev's Rock. This quite picturesque natural attraction is located four kilometers northwest of Tuapse, between Cape Kadosh and the mouth of the Agoy River. It is known largely due to the fact that the famous fishing scene from the movie “The Diamond Arm” was filmed on the beach near this very rock.

02 . Kiselev Rock in all its glory. According to various sources, the height of this “wall” is from 43 to 46 meters.

03 . If you look at the rock from the side, you can see that it consists of rhythmically interlayered thin layers of sandstone and marl. This layer of shallow marine sediments was formed in the Upper Cretaceous - 80 million years ago.

04 . The layers of rocks are placed vertically and extend towards Cape Kodosh parallel to the seashore, but not straight, but curved in the form of a giant arc encircling the bay.

05 . The rock is surrounded by rich flora, including 7 species of vines and up to 30 species of shrubs and trees, including Pitsunda pine. Kiselev's Rock, together with the Mouse Minks located 700 meters to the north, is part of the protected Kadosh forest park. The area of ​​the park is 300 hectares. The rock itself covers an area of ​​1 hectare.

06 . Getting to Kiselev Rock and swimming in clear sea water (at least relative to city beaches) is not so easy. First, having left the asphalt, you need to drive on a dirt road. More precisely on primers, since there are several exits and the condition of the road depends on weather conditions. However, in dry weather, almost any car can pass carefully. Next, you will have to pay 100 rubles per person and so much for each car to drive a little more, and then, having gathered your children, towels and beach umbrellas, set off for the extreme, crumbling descent down. Something near the goat path. No railings, just branches and tree roots. Only at the very end is a wooden staircase (visible in the title photo).

07 . But if the extreme descent down to the beach is compensated by well-deserved relaxation in the sea, then the tiring climb to the top, when you are wet with sweat, with dirty feet, torn flip-flops and an exhausted child under your arm, you get to the car to greedily share the remaining water in the heated in the back seat of a bottle, alas, forever puts Kiselev Rock in the category of dubious attractions. Yes, yes, I finally got one.

08 . But since we finally went down, let’s admire the amazing creation of nature a little more.

09 . Something like a circle of young geologists. While everyone else was swimming and sunbathing, these girls and boys were climbing rocks and breaking off pieces of rock.

10 . Kiselyov's Rock in "The Diamond Arm". Does everyone remember the scene when the boy walked on the water? It was filmed here.

11 . At the beginning of the 20th century, not far from this place there was a dacha of Alexander Alexandrovich Kiselyov, a famous Russian democratic artist and wanderer. In his paintings, he glorified the beauty of the nature of the Black Sea region, and on one of the canvases he depicted this rock. Locals as a token of gratitude to the artist, the rock was named after him, and in Tuapse there is even a Kiselev memorial art museum. But despite the relative inaccessibility, as well as the historical and natural significance, the beach near the cliff is clogged with garbage from “grateful” descendants. However, like the entire Black Sea coast.

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I have already been to Kiselev Rock several times. And for a long time, when this place did not gain its popularity last fall, when we... The place is beautiful and convenient for spending the night in a tent near Tuapse. Now, if only it were cleaner here, and more deserted...

Kiselev's Rock is located not far from Tuapse, or rather between Tuapse and Aga. It reaches a height of 46 meters, and if God forbid it falls, then it is unlikely that anyone will assemble the resulting “constructor”. You can drive up to the rock by car, but more on that below. Nowadays it is a popular place among people, but it remains beautiful to this day, at least for now. I can’t say that I would recommend going there in the summer season, but I generally don’t quite understand everyone who goes to the Black Sea as savages during this period.

Kiselev Rock is named after the artist Kiselev, who was the first to depict it in his paintings. His dacha was located nearby on Cape Kadosh. True, this happened back in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I wonder if it weren't for this rock, would anyone know this artist? Or, to put it another way, if it weren’t for this artist, who would have known this rock? :)

Other places for wild recreation can be seen in the article -.

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Kiselev's Rock is one of the main attractions of the Tuapse region. On Victory Day, after a walk around Tuapse, we headed to Kiselev’s Rock.
Probably, almost every Krasnodar resident considers it his duty to visit Kiselev Rock at least once.
Why is Kiselyov’s Rock so famous?

• Firstly, it is depicted in the paintings of the artist Alexander Kiselev, who glorified the beauty in his works Krasnodar region and the Black Sea coast. The Kiselev Rock itself is named after him.

This is the picture.

• Secondly, Gaidai’s most famous and beloved film, “The Diamond Arm,” was filmed at Kiselyov’s Rock. Remember the fishing footage when Nikulin and Mironov were fishing at the White Rocks? Yes, it was filmed here.

• And thirdly, Kiselyov’s Rock is a very beautiful place, simply mesmerizing.

View from above

Beach at the Kiselev Rock

View of the nudist beach

How to get to Kiselev Rock

I know several ways.

1. Walk along the coast from the Tuapse beach, which is located behind the ship repair yard. The road is not very good (if you can call it a road) and walking in the heat is stressful. But for those who like hiking, it’s just the thing.
2. By boat. Several times a day, a motor ship departs from the port of Tuapse and takes tourists to Kiselev’s Rock. There you can go ashore, walk, swim and take photographs to your heart’s content.
The price of a boat trip to Kiselev Rock is from 450 rubles. Children - 300 rubles.


This is the ship.

3. By car. Literally two kilometers before reaching the city of Tuapse, you will see an unremarkable entrance to the right. You can clearly see it in the photo here.


You turn and drive. Soon the sign “Car Camping Skala Kiseleva” will appear.

You can turn here and stay at the campsite. Or you can drive further and you will also see another entrance to the right. We turned there. To be honest, the road is not very good. It’s better not to take risks in a passenger car and on bald tires. But if you are an ace driver or an SUV, it is quite possible to drive through.


We rode to the very end of the road. Then the road turned into a narrow path leading down to the sea. Here we set up a bivouac.

The descent to the sea is not easy. You need to go down very carefully, and not in flip-flops, but in normal shoes.


The view from the top from Kiselev Rock is amazing. But you also need to admire it carefully. One wrong move - and goodbye to the sea and the sun!

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There are incredibly beautiful places near Tuapse, created by nature itself and very popular among tourists. One of these attractions is the Kiselyov Rock.

We went to her at the beginning of September last year.

It is located four kilometers northwest of the city of Tuapse, in a picturesque gorge between the mouth of the Agoy River and Cape Kadosh.

The height of the rock is 46 meters. A high rock with three sides of a light stone side juts out into the Black Sea. Its smooth facade is absolutely vertical and looks as if a sculptor cast it in a huge concrete mold.

The top of the cliff is covered with forest, and at its base there are rocky wild beaches.

The road to the rock is very picturesque. Magnificent mountains, winding serpentines...

Sometimes the sea could be seen in the distance.

The only thing that has always marred our trips to Tuapse is the wild traffic jams - both in the city itself and at the entrance to it... If you go there by car during the holiday season, you can immediately add several hours to the time spent in traffic jams.

Traffic jams at the entrance to Tuapse

There are several different routes to Kiselev Rock. I will tell you more about them in the next article. For now I’ll just say that we tried three of them.

Kiselyov's Rock in the history of art

The Kiseleva Rock is a natural monument of the Tuapse region and belongs to the territory of the Kadosh forest park, which is under state protection. The area of ​​the park is 300 hectares. And the area of ​​the Kiselev rock itself is 1 hectare.

Crimean and Pitsunda pine grow in Kadosh Park. There are also vines and even orchids here.

But this rock became famous not only for its unusual beauty. Her name went down in the history of Russian art.

It was named after the Itinerant artist Alexander Alexandrovich Kiselyov, who lived in these parts and was very fond of painting this rock.

Rock. Painting by artist A. A. Kiselyov

And now in Tuapse local artists are selling reproductions of the painting “Kiselev’s Rock”. However, in Tuapse on Platanovaya Alley they sell paintings by contemporary artists depicting the rock. They are in great demand among visiting tourists. As well as magnets with the image of the famous rock, which will be cheaper than paintings...

In the history of Russian painting, Kiselev’s paintings “Outskirts of Tuapse”, “Descent to the Sea”, “Kadosh Rocks” are known. And the artist wrote all this here. He first came to Tuapse in 1886, and last worked here in 1910. A year later he died.

There is a Kiselev Museum in Tuapse.

Kiselyov Rock is also famous for the fact that the fishing scenes of the famous Soviet comedy “The Diamond Arm” were filmed near it - remember those delightful scenes?

At the beginning of the 20th century, in the vicinity of the rock, at the dacha of the painter Kiselyov, the writer Maxim Gorky, the marine painter Ivan Aivazovsky, the writer Alexander Serafimovich and others lived famous representatives Russian culture.

Kiselyov's Rock. Vintage postcard

Modern artists continue to paint this amazingly beautiful place. Here is a stunning picture of our contemporary.

Stones at Kiseleva Rock. Painting by contemporary artist Vasily Zolottsev. 2008 Canvas, oil.

Beautiful, is not it?

Camping "Skala Kiseleva": nIf you go to the left, you will come to a rock...

At the top of the rock there is the campsite “Kiseleva Rock”, on its ridge covered with forest. The road to the campsite is dirt, with quite deep ruts. It’s problematic to drive here on a puzoter after rain.

On the road to the campsite there is a tree and puddles

Relax in this beautiful place, among the pines, it’s probably wonderful. But we came here just to look at the rock and its surroundings, since we did not plan to live in a campsite.

Entrance to the campsite is paid - 50 rubles (the price may have changed since last year). This is if you don’t live there, but just leave the car and wander around the surrounding area for a few hours. If you live in a campsite, then 150 rubles per day. There is a shower and toilet there.

The forest itself is very quiet.

From time to time there are huge fallen trees, as if a hurricane had passed through here.

Their huge spine-trunks with large ribs-branches look like the skeletons of dinosaurs...

Many trees are overgrown with lichen.

And some had vines growing on them.

And there are not only pine trees here, as throughout Black Sea coast, but also huge oak trees.

If you go left, you will come to a rock... However, if you go straight and to the right, you will also come to a rock...

From the campsite there are three paths to the rock. One of them leads to the very top, to the edge of the cliff (remember the photo - where the couple stood?).

The other - very sharp and steep - leads to wild beach with huge boulders, which is located on the northwestern side, to the left of the cliff, when viewed from the sea.

Going down this path with small children is unrealistic. Although for those who dare, there is a tightrope here.

And the beach there is good only in one way - there are no people on it at all. But swimming is problematic - the bottom is cut by sharp ridges coming from the rock and strewn with large boulders.

Although the views here are very beautiful. And just for the sake of a photo you can go down...

The third path is also quite steep. Although it starts off well and rather shallowly.

On one side there is a rock, on the other there is a cliff, and then a slippery stone path drowns in water.

This path leads to a tall wooden staircase that descends directly to the southeastern beach.

View from the stairs to the beach

It can be quite noisy here because pleasure boats and boats with tourists dock here. And music plays on the ships...

And this is another day, the ship arrived...

Yes, and tourists don’t just stand on the shore, but walk back and forth along the beach, take pictures, shout to each other, wave their arms and climb Kiselev’s rock. Some manage to climb quite high.

People on Kiselev Rock

Now find them again...

And romantically minded couples do not look for easy ways. They climb the path leading from the campsite to the very top of the cliff, and admire the sea from there.

People on top of the Kiseleva rock

By the way, the place is quite suitable for lovers. There is one legend about Kiselyov’s rock. Very sad. And, of course, about love... And also about the fact that you need to treat your loved ones more carefully and not give them exorbitant tests...

But about this - in continuation of our story about this amazingly beautiful place.

Have you been there? Did you like Kiselyov's Rock?

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