Chertovo gorodishche. Russian devil and Tatar Satan are often mentioned in the titles of the Ural rivers, coastal rocks and lairs. Each place has its own legend, but they have one thing in common - the wild beauty of many parts of the Ural nature always scared people: it seems that it is not a God's creation, but the scene of the battle between good and evil, exertion of evil forces.
Perhaps that is why the rock on top of a small mountain located near the station Iset is called the Chertovo Gorodishche. Once it was a wilderness in the 30 miles from Yekaterinburg. Now it is almost in the city.
Chertovo Gorodishce - is majestic cliffs on the mountain top in 6 km to the south-west of the village Iset. The top of Chertovo gorodishche is 347 m above the sea level. The last 20 meters are the mighty granite ridge. The notched ridge of granite towers stretches from southeast to northwest. From the north Chertovo gorodishche cuts off by an impregnable wall, but from the south the rock is flatter and you can climb it as it has giant stone stairs. The southern part of Chertovo gorodishche is rather intensively destroyed. It is evidenced by stone deposits on the southern slope of the mountain. It is caused by sharp temperature variations on the well-sunlit southern slopes.
You can get to the top of the rock by a wooden staircase set up out there. From the summit you can see a broad panorama of surrounding mountains, forests and lakes.
Chertovo gorodishche has a structure similar to a mattress and creates a false impression that it is composed of flat plates. The origin of the "stone cities" refers to the distant past of the Ural Mountains. The rocks are made from granites, which have a volcanic origin and were formed about 300million years ago. During this time the Mountain was subjected to severe deterioration of the temperature difference, wind and water. As a result a bizarre natural formation was formed.
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