Shcherbakovsky (natural park)

The uniqueness of the nature of the Shcherbakovsky bend lies in the combination of various natural complexes and objects - landslide amphitheatres and hillocks, karst fields, virgin fescue-feather grass steppes, upland and bayrack forests, and valley ecosystems . ^[one]
There are four zones in the Shcherbakovsky park: environmental, recreational, buffer and agro-economic. The task of nature conservation is to preserve unique natural complexes. The recreational area includes tourist routes and ecological trails - the Volga Switzerland, Urakov Bugor, Shcherbakovskaya Balka, Danilovsky Gully and others. In the agricultural sector there is a restrictive regime. There may be agricultural activities that are not harmful to nature. ^[2]

Near the Urakova mound is a Mesolithic workshop (Middle Stone Age) . The age of parking is 10-11 thousand years. A unique monument of the catacomb culture (the Bronze Age) is the Ternovsky hillfort . And the Ternovskoe settlement is the Zolotoryda settlement of the 14th century. ^[3] .

The reliable fact of the passage of the Itil (Volga) river by the hordes of Batu Khan is known. ^[four]

The richness of the plant world is due to the presence of fescue-feather grass and fescue-wormwood sections of the steppe; bayrach, upland, and river valleys of floodplain forests; as well as an abundance of man-made forest stands. In the park there are rare species of plants listed in the red books of various ranks. This is large-flowered penny ^[5] , meadow and open lumbago, Russian hazel grouse , Don serpukha , Gelman's raspberry , Gesner's tulip , multicolored iris, dwarf iris , Cretaceous noricum, high goniolimon , cotoneaster Alaunsky , Kermek Bunge , Spirea Litvinets Aliyeva ^[6] , a Bashkir sledge, a rough katran , a Russian cornflower , etc.

The fauna is represented by valuable hunting and hunting species, such as elk , wild boar , roe deer, red deer , badger , fox, and hare . Along the river valleys and in the bays there are common beaver , muskrat , American mink and European mink . Of the birds found: white-tailed eagle , burial ground , great spotted eagle and small spotted spotted eagle , saker , osprey , strept , avdotka , bustard . Shcherbakovskaya bend of the Volga received the status of a key ornithological territory of international importance .

Natural Monuments :

• Shcherbakovskaya beam
• " Stolbichi " is a steep coastal wall, composed of flakes of yellowish-gray color of Paleogene age, which is divided into ten tall (up to 80 m) towers during exogenous processes. ^[7]

In addition to the natural monuments available in the park, the Urakov Bugor natural attraction is of great value. ^[eight]

On the territory of the park a contest of the author’s song “Volga open spaces” is held. ^[9] In 2009, the festival was held at the festival glade "Patriarchal Oaks Beam". The purpose of the contest is to develop the creative potential of individual performers, creative associations and copyright song clubs, popularize the activities of the natural park and expand the scope of the services offered, and foster a careful attitude to nature and the environment. ^[10] In spring, the regional children's environmental holiday "Bird Day" is held, the purpose of which is to attract the attention of citizens - children and adults - to the problems of bird protection in the spring and create conditions for nesting in the green zone of the region. The holiday is timed to April 1 - International Bird Day . ^[eleven]

• Shcherbakovsky Natural Park (inaccessible link) on the website of the State Center “Tourism Center”
• Resolution of the Head of Administration of the Volgograd Region of June 4, 2003 N 421 "On the establishment of the public institution" Natural Park "Scherbakovsky" " (inaccessible link)
• Natural park "Scherbakovsky"
• Switzerland in the Volgograd region
• Natural Park