Stolbichi is a little less famous on the Volga than U&eguli; from them the lower reaches of the Volga actually begin. The width of the river reaches up to four versts. Stolbich's painting is highly eeeective. You see here colossal breastworks, riddled with caves, now prominent mounds with a highly original profile, now crumbling walls, falling down towards the Volga from a great height. Many of the individual hillocks, or, as they were called here, shikhanov, have special names associated with legends about former robbers. Among the cliffs, these hillocks stand out sharply due to their height, steep cliffs to the Volga and deep ravines separating them from adjacent hills.
Ten versts from Bannovka, near the village of Lapot, the tourist will see from the steamer there was a high shikhan, which dropped steeply to the Volga and rose in height
Stolbichi on the Volga.
more than 60 fathoms. Shikhan is this hillock of Stenka Razin. They say that the pits on the mound at the time contained silt; Whether this is true or not, it is difficult to say, according to Bethea, but it is true that there really is a pit and that during excavations many bones were found in it; If these bones are the remains of limp captives, then it is not difficult to imagine in what comforts they were kept. According to legend, Stenka Razin lived on this hillock for a long time, and his dwelling was decorated with incredible luxury, and at the highest point of the shikhan there was a luxuriously crafted chair like a throne. From this chair, the notorious robber watched the ships passing along the Volga, from where he gave orders and carried out all sorts of reprisals: he would wave his handkerchief and the ship would stop....
The people firmly believe that a great treasure will be buried in Stenka Razin’s hill. There were quite a few hunters to open this treasure, but, unfortunately, no one has been given it until now, since it is enchanted.
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Here, by the way, it would be useful to cite a mythical legend relating to Stenka Razin’s hillock and the treasure buried in it.
It was a long time ago. A ship was moving along the Volga, drawn by barge haulers. When we reached Stenka Razin’s hillock, one of the barge haulers asked his comrades if any of them wanted to go to the hillock with him. The hunter has been found. They went ashore, the first barge hauler, and said to their comrade: “Look, no matter what you saw, no matter what you heard, you are silent.” They climbed onto a hillock and saw there an opening covered by a door; the door was not locked and, opening it,