Belokurikha, Russia

Belokurikha

Belokurikha is a city and balneological resort in Altai Krai, Russia, located on the Bolshaya Belokurikha River, 250 kilometers south of Barnaul, the administrative center of the region. As of the 2010 census, its population was 14,661. Within the framework of the administrative division, it is included in the city of regional significance Belokurikha - an administrative unit with a status equal to that of districts. As a municipal entity, the city of regional significance Belokurikha is included in the Belokurikha urban district.

 

Belokurikha's history

In the 1920s, a resort village was founded on the site of the village of Novobelokurikha. An office, a canteen, an outpatient clinic and a solarium were built here, and in 1928 a hydropathic establishment with 24 baths and a polyclinic were built, in 1931-1934 wooden dormitories were erected. The leaders of the Soviet state and their wives rested here, the Russian writer K.G. Paustovsky lived.

In 1942, the All-Union pioneer camp "Artek" was evacuated to Belokurikha.

The development of the largest resort in the east of the country became possible thanks to the Soviet statesman Efim Pavlovich Slavsky. It was E.P. Slavsky stood at the origins of the creation of the resort town of Belokurikha, which today is widely known not only in Russia, but also far beyond its borders.

In the 1960s, most of the sanatoriums were built in which guests of the resort are now treated and rest. The first in 1961 was put into operation the sanatorium "Metallurg", now "Edem".

In 1970, the village received the status of a resort of all-Union significance, in 1982 - the status of a city, and since 1992 it has been a resort of federal significance.

In 2003 and 2016, Belokurikha was visited by Russian President V.V. Putin.

 

Resort

At present, the resort area of ​​Belokurikha is capable of receiving over 5 thousand vacationers at a time. There are 19 sanatorium-resort and sanatorium-health-improving institutions for 5000 places in the city, balneotherapy includes 27 types of procedures using mineral and fresh water. The number of sanatoriums, health resorts, hotels, small boarding houses in a specially protected natural area is steadily growing. In 2006, several public buildings with a total area of ​​22,952.4 m² with a total cost of 239.6 million rubles were commissioned on a turnkey basis. The construction is carried out at the expense of private investors.

In 2015, Belokurikha was visited by 219 thousand tourists, including over 130 thousand people rested in sanatoriums.

 

Treatment factors

Climatotherapy

It is characterized by a relatively high average annual air temperature for Siberia (+ 4 ° C). Mild winters, cool summers, warm spring and autumn months, mostly calm, short-term frosts in winter, alternating with frequent thaws and constant barometric pressure.

 

Mountain air

Light air ions are the main therapeutic component of mountain air. In Belokurikha, the content of light air ions is from 1014 to 2400, which is twice the content in the world famous Swiss resort of Davos (1006). Increased air ionization is especially noted on the adjacent highlands - terraces.

 

Thermal waters

Belokurikhinsky springs are thermal nitrogen-siliceous radon-containing waters, or nitrogen springs. They surface at temperatures between 30 ° C and 42 ° C. They contain a small amount of radon, a lot of nitrogen, fluorine and silicic acid, as well as various trace elements. Alkaline mineral water. Also used are therapeutic mud from the salt lakes of the Altai Territory.

 

Skiing

At the beginning of 2010, three main ski slopes were equipped on the territory of the resort: "Katun" - the central slope of the resort with a length of 800 meters, "Severny" with a length of 650 meters and "Tserkovka" with a length of 2050 meters.

 

"Siberian Davos"

At present, Belokurikha is gaining fame not only as a balneological resort, but also as a venue for major events: the UNESCO International Forum and the Wildlife Fund under the motto "Nature, Ecology, Man", the annual Siberian Davos (the official name is "Western Siberia: region , economics, investments ") - a traditional international economic conference bringing together high-ranking economists and political scientists.

 

Research Institute of Balneology

In February 2016, the Altai Scientific Research Institute of Balneology was established in Belokurikha. The institution plans to study the natural healing factors of the region and develop on their basis methods and methods of treatment, as well as draw up programs for the development of the health resort complex of the region, the resorts "Belokurikha" and "Belokurikha-2". The research institute is part of the Siberian Federal Scientific and Clinical Center. NTAT is staffed with 40 specialists from Tomsk, Barnaul and Belokurikha.

 

Belokurikha-2

The tourist and recreational cluster "Belokurikha-2" under construction is located 10 kilometers from the city of Belokurikha. It will include a developed medical base, tourist infrastructure, an interesting layout, as well as seven ski slopes. The new cluster will accommodate a growing number of tourists (the average annual occupancy of health resorts in the resort town of Belokurikha is over 85%).

As of March 2015, 3.1 billion rubles out of 10 planned were invested in the construction of the cluster.

 

In 2017, it was planned to prepare the engineering infrastructure: commission a power line, lay a gas pipeline and a water supply system, as well as a drainage system.

In 2018, the new tourist complex Belokurikha-2 is receiving guests.

The historical and architectural complex "Andreevskaya Sloboda" has been operating since 2017. The distillery, the house of the healer and the former dwelling house of the merchant Andreev have been restored and are open to the public. The Gogol tavern offers an extensive menu with a national flavor in the form of pies, salted bacon, sbitn, green cabbage soup and other dishes; the writer's museum room has been opened, which has been recreated from famous images.

Mishina Gora offers the highest mountain-skiing complex in Altai with a modern set of comfortable services, technical equipment and a level of security.

The famous tourist routes of Belokurikha: Tserkovka, Round, Rock of Confessions, Two Brothers, Turtle, Gates of Love and others. Rock Four Brothers belongs to the Tigireksky State Nature Reserve and is located 3.5 km south of Belokurikha. The monument covers an area of ​​about 36.7 hectares and includes the Four Brothers outlier and other small outliers within a radius of 250 meters. The vertical dissection of the granite rock resembles four heads, which served as the basis for the name. The height of the granite block is about 12 meters.

The entire ridge, on which the outliers are located, is covered with a birch-pine forest, in which about 60 plant species grow, some of them are listed in the Red Book.

In just a year, up to 14 million tourists come to the region, it entered the top three leaders of Russian health tourism at the end of 2017 (analytical agency "TurStat").