Photo tours in Mangyshlak.

“Everything is not so here, here it breathes heat
Barely broken sprout
And the breeze sways slightly
The Face of the Desert. Here is the East"

Raisa Yasonovna Grigorashvili. "Mangyshlak".

Historical monuments of Mangystau.

Arans are the remnants of driven hunting structures. They are pens of limestone slabs tapering to the cliff of the plateau. Age from 100 to 300 years old. Stone structures in the form of extended rows of stones, deliberately set by a human hand.
These are hunting pens - arans - intended for catching steppe hoofed inhabitants - saigas. Local old-timers say that back in the 30s of the XX century, these buildings were used for their intended purpose. Now they are historical monuments of the economic development of the Ustyurt plateau.
Geographic coordinates of the arrows of Ustyurt in the vicinity of the First panoramic platform in the Boszhira valley: N43 ° 27'55.97 "E54 ° 02'16.83"
Geographic coordinates of the arrows of Ustyurt in the vicinity of the Fifth panoramic platform in the Boszhira valley: N43 ° 24'31.80 "E54 ° 06'22.50"
Geographic coordinates of the arrows of Ustyurt in the environs of the Shomishkol salt land: N45 ° 44'55.03 "E56 ° 02'28.98"
The geographic coordinates of the arrows of Ustyurt in the environs of the Manaysor salt land  (Donyztau cliff): N46 ° 13'22.66 "E56 ° 09'39.74"
Geographic coordinates of the arrows of Ustyurt on the northern side of the Asmantai-Matai salt land in the Aktobe region: N45 ° 43'00.64 "E57 ° 20'03.55"

Authority:
Andrey Astafiev, Aktau town.

Photos by
Alexander Petrov.