Dolgorukovskaya Yayla

It consists of two structural arrays: the lower one, about 560-1025 meters high above sea level, and the upper one, represented by the Tyrke-Yaila hill (about 1000-1287 meters above sea level). Yaila is composed mainly of marble- like limestones .

In the east, the deep valley of the Burulcha river yayla is separated from the neighboring massif Karabi-Yayla , in the west it ends with fairly steep rocky slopes to the valley of Salgira . In the south it borders on the Demerdzhi-yayla massif (it is connected with it by a narrow ridge of the Tyrke-yayla hill), in the north it gradually decreases and passes into the valley between the Main and Inner ridges of the Crimean mountains. In the southern part of the Yaila, the small river Subotkhan flows .

The main heights of Dolgorukovskaya Yaila:

• Buki - the highest point (1023 meters);
• Chalbash (1003 m);
• Kolan-Bair (914 m), where the Mound of Glory memorial is located;
• Yankoy-Bair (883 m).

Strong winds (more than 40 m / s) prevail on the Yaila 90 days a year, therefore the temperature is much lower than in the foothills. At the same time, on Subatkan-Yale, the most sundial hours in Crimea per year are up to 2505, when in Simferopol it’s only 2458. The average annual rainfall on eastern eggs is 450-600 mm (as in the foothills). Snow cover with a height of 0.13 to 0.16 m lasts 100-105 days (in the foothills of 35-40 days) ^[2] .

Historically, the plateau was of the Crimean Tatar name Subatkan-yayla by the name of the river Subotkhan (Subatkan) flowing along it. However, the name of the plateau - Dolgorukovskaya Yaila - appears on the maps relatively recently. P. I. Sumarokov uses the term "Demerdzhi-yayla" (he places the Red Caves on its northern slope). In 1903, geologist V. M. Tsebrikov included this whole area in the concept of “Karabi-yayla”. The same geographical terminology was adhered to in 1911 by P. Petrov. The name "Dolgorukovskaya Yayla" comes from the name of the landowners Dolgorukovs, who owned lands adjacent to the egg from the west, they included the village of Mamut-Sultan (now Dobroe) with the adjacent lands of the upper reaches of Salgir, including the Kizilkobinsky tract with an egg located above it. In the monograph by A. A. Kruber, published in 1915, “The Karst Region of the Mountain Crimea,” the term Dolgorukov Highlands was used for the first time. This name is also used on the botanical-geographical map of E.V. Wolfe published in 1921. As a stable place-name "Dolgorukovskaya Yaila" is approved already in this century, most likely, in the beginning or even the middle of the 20s ^[2] .

During the Great Patriotic War , Crimean partisans actively operated in this area. In their honor, several monuments were erected in the north-eastern part of the yaila, including the Mound of Glory .

• Dolgorukovskaya Yayla

• A. A. Schepinsky Red Caves: Dolgorukovskaya Yaila, Simferopol: Tavria. - 1987 - 110 s.