Bashkiria, Lake Aslykul. It is included in the list of the most visited places by tourists. It is the largest lake in the region. But in my opinion, this place is too advertised. It is beautiful here, but not really. Just for one look. There is no particular desire to come back here again. There are several viewing platforms, but it is almost impossible to get down to the shore - everywhere there are private territories or impenetrable forest

A few gloomy autumn landscapes from remote corners of the Republic of Bashkiria. The pictures show the nature of early September. When autumn was just beginning in the Volga region, here in the Ural Mountains it was already in full swing. Now there is probably snow in places, the remains of green foliage have flown off, and only green coniferous trees dilute the gloomy landscapes. But despite the gloom, the places are still very beautiful.

The small town of Tirlyan, Bashkiria. The town is small, but used to be a large industrial center. There was a metallurgical plant here. Raw materials for the plant were mined in quarries nearby. But the raw material reserves were depleted, production methods had advanced far, perestroika hit in the 90s and production gradually died out. And later there was a natural disaster - the reservoir dam burst, and part of the plant and the city itself. All that remained of the plant were a few buildings, partially destroyed, and the plant administration building.

Photos of the Bashkir forest in early September. Autumn comes here much earlier than in the European part of the country, so some of the leaves have already turned yellow. This part of the forest is closer to the top of Bolshoy Kumardak Mountain, so the soil here is already rocky, in some places there are stone rivers - large scatterings of stones that resemble a real river. And the most important thing is that in September there are very few mosquitoes and other flying vermin, which are very annoying in the summer.

A few photos of September mushrooms from the forests of the Southern Urals. The places there are remote, there are no mushroom pickers, so only forest dwellers can encroach on these mushrooms. A large number of mushrooms there have already grown to enormous sizes and dried up, or have become food for worms. And they have lost their photogenicity. But there were several specimens that turned out quite beautiful in the pictures

Beautiful autumn landscapes of Bashkiria. Early autumn, at the very beginning of September. The trees and grass are still green, but the sun even at midday already gives a soft light, making the picture pleasant for the eyes. Now in those places everything is already yellow and gloomy, in some places it even snowed. Perhaps this winter I will be able to get to these places again and compare the landscapes. I imagine that there will be white snow fields with green stripes of spruce forest plantations. But that day is still far away...