Top 5 Natural Monuments in Voronezh

Рядом с бывшими усадьбами Тулиновых-Толстых (сейчас пансионат имени Дзержинского) и Михневых-Кряжовых-Кожуховой (сейчас детский санаторий) произрастает вдоль дороги сразу пять дубов-великанов. Скорее всего, в свое время деревья росли на территории усадебного парка известных дворян. На данный момент можно увидеть стеснённые постройками двух великанов - два дуба черешчатых возрастом около 200 лет.

Удивительное явление природы открывается на центральной усадьбе Биосферного заповедника у Толшевского Спасо-Преображенского монастыря. Дуб и липа, растущие вместе 100 лет! Ещё недавно это были "два дуба да липа" - два старых дуба, в развилке которых выросла липа. Разглядывая их, все интересуются - как такое получилось? Достоверно никто не может рассказать, как образовался этот "союз". Мы часто наблюдаем такие молодые деревца, выросшие на карнизах и крышах старых домов. А почему бы не поселиться на дереве?! Много десятилетий стволы дуба "охраняли" липу, однако с возрастом ствол липы постепенно увеличивался в диаметре, распирая развилку из дубов.

An ancient park located on the grounds of the Venevitinov-Olenin estate in the village of Starozhivotinnoye in the Voronezh Region. This picturesque area features centuries-old oak trees, dirt paths, a pond, and the Church of St. John the Baptist, preserving the ambiance of the 18th century.

Among the largest springs in the Voronezh Region, there is a source located between the Serdyuki farmstead and the abandoned Klyuchi farmstead at the foot of a chalk mountain. "Klyuchi", another name is Serdyukovsky Klyuch. The spring is located on the southern outskirts of the Serdyuki farmstead near the disappearing Klyuchi farmstead. The spring was consecrated in the name of the Holy Blessed Matrona of Moscow and Xenia of Petersburg on the feast of the Baptism of the Lord in 2018. In common parlance, this place is called Serdyukovsky Klyuch or Klyuchi. The water comes out at the foot of the chalk slope. Seven streams flowing out of the chalk layer merge into one reservoir, from which the stream begins. After 3.5 km, it flows into the Potudan River. The activity of the spring is about 20 liters per second. In 2017, a beautiful wooden closed bathhouse with a font, topped with a dome with a cross, was built at the spring. Water outlets were cleared, the area around the spring was fenced, and places for rest were provided.

An oval-shaped lake that turns into a swamp. The only large population of turtles of a rather rare species, the pond turtle, has survived here (well, how can one not remember the turtle Tortilla from "Buratino"). Local residents claim that there were once countless turtles here.

Geological natural monument of the tract "Krivoborie". The first mention of Krivoborie dates back to 1389 in the description of the journey along the Don of the Moscow Metropolitan Pimen to Constantinople. In the 16th century, the tract Krivoj Bor is constantly found in the schedule of Russian patrols. At the end of the 17th century, the meadows near Krivoj Bor belonged to the Karachunsky Monastery. It was then that the monastery peasants settled here, founding a village whose name came from the tract Krivoborie itself. The tract is a high bank of the Don River, located at an angle of approximately 80 degrees. The height above the river is 50 meters.

In the Repyevskiy district of the Voronezh region, on the outskirts of the Sasovka 2-aya farm, near the Ust-Muravyanka river, there is a hill popularly called "Pyramid". Many springs flow from under the hill. They form a large stream that feeds the Muravyanka river. The most intense of the springs is consecrated in honor of the icon of the Mother of God "Giver of Bread". At the same time, the arrangement of the spring together with the font was organized quite recently - somewhere in 2015, approximately.