Ekaterinburg-Beresov, Russia/ekatberezov520
Previous | Home | NextReka Barancha (Barancha River), a tributary flowing into the Tagil River at Nizhniy Tagil, must have looked much like this when Ermak [pronounced Yermak] Timofeyevich, the first explorer beyond the Urals, rafted down this stream during the beginning of his exploration of the trans-Urals in 1580. Two and a half centuries later platinum was discovered in this region. The first commissioned platinum mine was on this stream in 1824. Notice the alluvial deposits in the foreground, which was the source of the original discovery of platinum in the early 1820's in the Nizhniy Tagil region. The view is south, with the city of Baranchinsky just behind the viewer (N58 09.27 E59 43.04). Baranchinskiy is 30 km northwest of Nizhniy Tagil. Courtesy, Konstantin Lopachak.
