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Description

The Shiryaevo adits, located on the slope of Mount Popova in the Samarskaya Luka National Park near the village of Shiryaevo, are evidence of the long history of limestone mining in this region. The limestones that make up the Zhiguli are distinguished by their antiquity - they are more than 300 million years old.

Back in the early 19th century, Prince A.D. Volkonsky encouraged peasants to mine lime, making this activity the main duty of serfs. Peasants formed artels and mined limestone on the mountain slopes. This type of activity flourished for several decades, even after the abolition of serfdom.

At the end of the 19th century, Saratov merchant Georgy Sergeevich Vanyushin began large-scale industrial development of Zhiguli carbonate rocks in the village of Shiryaevo. He founded the Shiryaevets and Bogatyr factories, which led to the emergence of the village of Vanyushino. The third quarry arose near the village of Shiryaevo, which belonged to the industrialist Ushkov, around which the Bogoyavlenskaya Dacha plant arose.

In the 20-30s of the last century, when the development was carried out by the Northern Chemical Trust (SCT), the adits were actively used for mining. The main workforce became prisoners, and then prisoners of war.

Currently, the adits are abandoned and partially closed. Their microclimate attracts bats for wintering, and this place is an interesting point for studying the history and industrial heritage of the region.

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