Mount Yamantau

The Jamantau (Russian Ямантау, Bashkir useless or worse mountain ) is with 1640 meters the highest mountain in the southern Urals. He is the belonging to Russia Republic of Bashkortostan directly on the border with Chelyabinsk Oblast. In the vicinity of the mountain lies the nature reserve Shulgan -Tash and known by Stone Age cave paintings of Kapova. The mountain has a double peak, next to the Great there is also the little Jamantau (1510 m) as the secondary summit.

Military complex and conspiracy theories

Fame of Jamantau in the U.S. due to a launched in conservative circles conspiracy theory according to which he is regarded as a Russian counterpart to the legendary Area 51. After dortigem faith it is home to a vast underground complex of the Brezhnev era, would have monumental proportions.

Secured is the existence of military installations of the Russian army at the nearby cities Meschgorje closed and Snezhinsk. Furthermore, it should actually be a secret, atomic bomb -proof bunker under the mountain. According to U.S. sources of local complex should accommodate 60,000 people. It is to be operated there also nuclear weapons research.