«Altai turistskii» iyuli 1983 g.
A.Poznyakov
Full member of the Geographical Society of the USSR,
Заслуженный работник культуры РФ
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Lake Teletskoe can rightly be called the center of hiking trails in the Altai: One of them starts from the shores of Lake, others cross it. Alpine lake attracts the attention of a growing number of tourists with its unique, pristine beauty.
The first meeting with Russian TELETSKOE lake occurred 350 лет назад. In 1633 here he snuck a small detachment of Cossacks led by boyar son Peter Sobanskogo. He insight to the East river Bii, arising from the Teles lake. On his way met a detachment of armed Teleuts headed by Prince Mandraki and put them to flight.
In 1642 Sobansky year again came to the lake, wintered here with a group of, spring and entered the southern part of the lake. Reported Sobanskim information served as the material to produce the first maps of the area.
Voluntary membership Altai 1756 the structure of Russia was a turning point in their historical destiny. Teletskoye lake began to appear different expeditions, who studied the lake, flora and fauna, minerals.
Before the October Revolution of these places still remained inaccessible and little studied area of the Altai Mountains. Siberian writer publicist NM. Yadryntsev, Teletskoe visited lake and valley in Chulyshman 1878 году, with a heavy heart, wrote about the horrible state of the inhabitants of this area.
"Âñ ¸ chudovyschno large, prichudlivo fantastic. It seems, great spaciousness and peace and why would settle here and look people? But they came through here, pounded hunger, war, hostility of neighboring tribes, and settled in the crevices. This is the fate of the Altai tribes ... But if people have, even at the bottom of cracks, in crevices, – the spirit of knowledge must find them, spirit of brotherhood should connect them with other people ... "
Dwelt on the shores of not numerous tribe, called itself Teles. From this tribe called Russian lake Telesskim, later it became a Teletskoe.
In the works of world-renowned geographer, who lived in the first half of the nineteenth century, Karl Ritter, we read, that Chinese maps 1818 goda Thun is called Altay (Ortai) deer Altai. In Turkic tribes of the Altai and Tuva this lake called Altai-Nor.
One of the first European scientists - Traveler, Teletskoe visited the lake and swam along its shores in 1826 году, Bunge was a nerd. According to him, swimming on the lake would be of great interest to tourists, but only on the banks of the Teles lake no cities, or villas, no vineyards, no gardens, neither alpine huts, which are in the European Alps.
Osnovatelem sadovodstva of Teletskom Oser Stahl D.S.Rachkin, and he began with the cultivation of apple trees. And his pupil NI. Smirnov surpassed his teacher. In its garden grows almost all, except citrus.
In the early 20-ies on Teletskoe Lake was organized permanent meteorological, and 1931 year here, on the right bank opened Altai State Reserve – one of the largest in the world.
Shore of Lake Teletskoye still little explored by archaeologists. Drevnetyurskoe time, there are almost a thousand-year period in the history of the Altai, then left and Bereg Oser. Так, in the tract Bele preserved burial and little-known to those skilled stone statue. But there are still finds an earlier time. In the area of the village and the river mouth Yailu Kokshov were found two bronze knives Karasuk type. There is an assumption, that the lake was inhabited in the Neolithic. According to some reports on the lake found petroglyphs, stone implements, Ceramics.
Archaeologists must hurry, as already now begin to transform camp "Golden Lake", providing improved services to tourists.
