Borodino Cave

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Borodinskaya Cave is located in the eastern part of the Batenevsky Ridge in the basin of the Koksa River (left tributary of the Yenisei). Its entrance is located on the slope of a narrow gorge dissecting a limestone ridge. It is a well 6 m deep, which leads to a wide and high (up to 5 m) gallery, gently descending into the depth of the cave.

Not far from the entrance there is a powerful glacier descending by an icefall on the sloping floor. There are eight grottoes in the cave. The largest of them are Grandiose, Temple and Wandering. The length of the Grandiose Grotto is 160 meters, width 50 meters and height up to 20 meters.

The floor of the Borodinskaya Cave is covered with clay and covered with blocks of limestone, on which stalagmites are located. The largest stalagmite Upper Pagoda, located in the Temple Grotto, reaches 5 m in height and 1.5 m in diameter. Small stalactites are developed on the ceiling of some grottoes. Dazzling whiteness shines on the natelic drapery in the northern part of the Grandiose Grotto. Cave pearls were also found here.

Organ pipes were found in some grottoes. The total length of the cave is 1020 m, depth 60 m, volume 12 thousand m³. Borodinskaya Cave (by Zh.L. Tsykina)

1 - Light grotto; 2 - Temple grotto; 3 - Grandiose grotto; 4 - Jeanne's grotto; 5 - Waiting grotto; 6 - Distant grotto; 7 - Dry tree grotto; 8 - Poklonovy passage; 9 - Wandering grotto; 10 - Vstrechny passage.