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Rock Paintings of Shulgan-Tash Cave

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  • Tikhon Puliaev

The Rock Paintings of Shulgan-Tash Cave comprise almost 200 red ochre wall paintings from the Late Paleolithic.

The paintings are found in several chambers of the limestone cave system. The cave is over 3km long and consists of two storeys. Geometric motifs, steppe animals such as mammoths and bison, and human beings are depicted. Shulgan-Tash Cave is also seen as a cult sanctuary and legends from the ancient Bashkorts are attached to it.

Community Perspective: this site has been unreviewed so far. Tourists can only visit the outer rooms of the cave on guided tours and there is a museum with replicas.

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Full Name
Rock Paintings of Shulgan-Tash Cave (ID: 1743)
Country
Russia
Status
Inscribed 2025 Site history
History of Rock Paintings of Shulgan-Tash Cave
2025: Inscribed
Meets criterion 3
2018: Added to Tentative List
Added to tentative list
Type
Cultural
Criteria
  • iii
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  • Archaeological site: Rock Art
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  • Palaeolithic and Mesolithic
    "A. V. Ryumin correctly determined the time of creating the drawings as the Paleolithic." (official description)
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    The name "Shulgantash" comes from the Bashkir language. "Tash" in translation - a stone, and Shulgan - a river that flows into the White near the entrance to the cave. (Russian Wikipedia)
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