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Mountain Attractions In Uchkeken

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Uchkeken is a rural locality and the administrative center of Malokarachayevsky District in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia. Population: 16,512 ; 15,052 ; 13,872 .
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  • 2. Mt. Elbrus Baksan Valley
    Mount Elbrus is the highest mountain in Europe, and the tenth most prominent peak in the world. A dormant volcano, Elbrus is in the Caucasus Mountains in Southern Russia, near the border with Georgia. Elbrus has two summits, both of which are dormant volcanic domes. The taller west summit is 5,642 metres ; the east summit is 5,621 metres . The east summit was first ascended on 10 July 1829 by Khillar Khachirov, and the west summit in 1874 by a British expedition led by F. Crauford Grove and including Frederick Gardner, Horace Walker, and the Swiss guide Peter Knubel of St. Niklaus. Khachirov's nationality is claimed both by Kabardians and Karachay and used by nationalists of both sides. He was a guide for an Imperial Russian army scientific expedition led by General Georgi Emmanuel. While ...
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