Russia, Karachay (lake): photos and reviews

Karachay is a lake that is famous for its mysteriousness; It is often called a terrible pond. It stretched for 130 thousand meters. Unfortunately, now it does not exist. On November 26, 2015, the last square meter of the square occupied by this lake fell asleep.

Destruction of the lake

What prompted the government to allocate about 17 billion rubles and zazhushat sandlessly fill the unique lake Karachay in the Chelyabinsk region? It's all about Mayak, which is located in a nearby area. This factory at one time made forced, but extremely thoughtless actions. The workers threw out all the liquid radioactive waste into this very lake, thereby increasing the level of radiation throughout the territory. And soon a misfortune happened. Lake Karachay (Russia) began to grow thin, the water level decreased due to evaporation. And along with it, the waste also evaporated: the wind carried off a pair of radioactive gases, thus in great danger were three areas - Chelyabinsk, Sverdlovsk and Tyumen. The authorities decided to pour concrete over the entire area of the lake in order to protect other territories from radioactive fumes.

Name of the pond

Karachay - a lake, with a detailed study of the history of which opens an interesting fact associated with the name of this pond. The fact is that initially it had a completely different name - Karagaisas. It is known from the data of 1790, according to the document on land surveying. In fact, the lake was so shallow that several times it dried up and was not even indicated on the map - the surveyors simply did not notice this reservoir and did not make any data about it. A curious fact: on the maps of 1936 the territory of Karachai was marked as marshland. It is assumed that its depth did not reach even two meters. Up to the present day the name Karachay came, apparently, due to censuses and landings, the name Karagaisas was replaced by a more sonorous and easy to remember.

The decision that destroyed the lake

Hard times for the lake came in 1951. It was then that a certain Slavsky announced the idea of using the reservoir as a place for the release of radioactive waste. The idea was supported. Karachay is a lake, which literally six months later became the main reservoir used to remove liquid radioactive waste. It is quite expected that soon it became a most dangerous place not only in the Chelyabinsk region, but also in the world. For the entire period of Karachai's use, according to the above-described purpose, about one hundred and twenty million curies accumulated in the lake (an extra-system unit for measuring activity), which is a huge excess of the norm and represents a real danger to humans.

Location

If we talk more about where Karachay Lake is located, then it is known that it occupies the territory in the central part of the interlacing of the Ulagach, Tatish, Malaya Nanoga, and Kyzyltash lakes in the Chelyabinsk region. Also nearby is the Misheljak River. And everything seems to be all right, but the lake ruined the location of the Mayak plant on its territory, from where radioactive substances were emitted.

Extinction of the animal world

According to some information, it is known that the radioactive lake Karachay was the residence of ducks. So say local residents who hunted there once. Also there it was possible to catch small fish. Unfortunately, after the plant began discharging liquid hazardous substances, all living creatures perished. At the moment, a person who has stayed for five minutes on the territory of Karachai, will begin to experience severe nausea and poisoning, but if he remains there for an hour, even his ambulance will not save him from death.

The main problem of the lake

Karachay - lake (photo above), which had many problems. A few years (1961-1964), the reservoir had a lowered water level, which resulted in the denudation of the bottom in some areas. In 1961 a very strong wind rose on the territory. Radioactive substances that accumulated in the pond began to evaporate together with water. It is because of this that poisonous fumes have spread over huge distances. As a result, not only the nature of the area was affected, but also people - according to some sources, about five hundred thousand people were poisoned. After this incident, the authorities decided to completely eliminate the lake, to fall asleep to the green lawn. They began this process in 1986. Even then, the shallow sections of the reservoir were liquidated in a short time. In the 1980s, when the climatic conditions in the area changed dramatically, the water level rose sharply. In this regard, all work was stopped. The state began to carry out a number of processes that affected the lake and artificially lowered its water level. On November 26, 2015, it was announced that the conservation work had been completed. Now this place is a territory covered with arrays of rocky soil and blocks of concrete.

The Urals Hiroshima

Tourists arriving at this lake, of course, no. Journalists of a well-known British newspaper recently stated that Karachay is the most dangerous place on the planet. And although now the area of the whole reservoir is tightly covered with concrete, it really remains dangerous because of the large proportion of radiation in the air. Now this territory is called "Ural Hiroshima" or "Chelyabinsk Chernobyl". By the way, there is a house for sale at a rather attractive price, but you can live in it, alas, not for long.

Using the example of Lake Karachay, one can understand how a person sometimes, because of his thoughtless behavior, has a destructive effect on nature and destroys something that could benefit him. It is unfortunate that such a large territory is affected and will cease to be dangerous only after centuries.