Chemal HPP & Apiary #13. Altay. Siberia. Russia. 4K

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00:00 What have you already watched
00:30 What will we see today
01:02 Chemalskaya HPP
03:35 Apiary #13
08:35 In the next video...

The Chemalskaya Hydro Power Plant was built in 1935, and according to some sources, it was built upon the initiative of Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin's wife, Ekaterina Ivanovna Kalinina, and Sergo Ordzhonikidze himself chose the project for the power plant.

I'm not sure if this is completely true, but it seems possible. At that time, there was a sanatorium near the village of Chemal that the Soviet elite used to visit. Almost all of the elite liked to stay there, including Kalinin and his family.

Therefore, in order to provide electricity for this sanatorium, a hydroelectric power plant was built on the Chemal River in 1935, near the point where it flows into the Katun.

They were prisoners from the Siberian Special Purpose Camp who were working on the construction of a hydroelectric power plant.

According to various sources, between six hundred and a thousand people were involved in the project.

The conditions at the construction site were harsh, and people eventually could not withstand the hardships, leading to riots that were brutally put down. Many people lost their lives, and there are rumors that a significant number of bodies were buried in the concrete foundation of the power plant.

Overall, the area has a dark atmosphere.

Although excursions to the site are no longer permitted, there are still other ways to have fun, such as...

The guide, Alina, introduced us to apiary No. 13, evidently loving her job as an apiarist, interacting with bees and tourists. She was very energetic and had a great sense of humor, with a reserve of positivity in her heart. The apiary tour passed in a flash, as they say. I think you all felt it!

In the next video, which will conclude the adventures of day four of our amazing Altai Mountains tour, we will visit Chechkysh gorge. This is another significant place that must be seen.

Besides being a picturesque gorge, it is one of the few locations in the world where Bronze Age petroglyphs have been discovered and are in excellent condition.

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