Elbrus — the path of General Emmanuel: KBSU student suggests new move in tourism

Release date: 08.12.2022

On December 5-6, within the framework of the All-Russian Student Forum «Your Move-2022», the ideaton «More than History» was held at KBSU — an intensive search and development of tourist regional routes to places of historical events and iconic places associated with historical heroes and characters in the KBR. In two days, nine project teams formulated their tourism and local history ideas and presented them to the competent jury.

The project was attended by students of the Social and Humanitarian Institute, namely representatives of the training areas «Tourism» and «History» from the 1st to the 4th year of the bachelor’s degree and undergraduates.

«In any subject of Russia there are unique places, monuments of history and culture dedicated to important dates and significant events, there are many of them in Kabardino-Balkaria. Our university celebrated its 90th anniversary this year and is marked by significant historical events. And in connection with the current geopolitical situation, it is especially important to position the identity of each region of Russia, to strengthen the role of domestic tourism in Russia. According to surveys, many students have never or no more than once traveled even within their region, which is sad, given how rich our republic is in history and beauty. And it is precisely to increase the popularity and accessibility of one of the significant values of student life — the “opportunity to travel” that the implementation of the project “More than History” is aimed at», — said Aksana Karasheva, Associate Professor of the Department of Economics and Management in Tourism, SGI KBSU, chairman of the jury of the ideaton.

Within two days during the intensive, the teams developed 9 promising routes, made a transport and logistics calculation, approximate monetization calculations, and also collected cultural and historical content linked to locations. And here they are in the order of receipt of readiness reports:

“Walking tour of the Atazhukinsky garden”

Walking tour of the unique park of the city of Nalchik. The history of the twentieth century through the history of the park, which has the largest variety of plant species in the North Caucasus.

«Years of the Great Patriotic War in the KBR»

Excursion to the places of military glory of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, as well as the city of military glory Nalchik. He tells about the tragic pages in the history of Kabardino-Balkaria, connected with the struggle against the fascist invaders.

«Resort world of Nalchik»

Walking tour of the resort town of Nalchik. The tour is held in the resort area of the city.

«Excursion «Forever with Russia» in Nalchik and its environs»

Walking tour of the city of Nalchik. The tour tells about the entry into the Russian state of Kabarda and Balkaria.

«Festival of Flowers»

Walking tour of the city of Nalchik. The tour is thematic and tells about the traditional annual event, which is held on the day of the Republic — the Festival of Flowers.

«Climbing Elbrus in the footsteps of the pioneers»

A tourist route repeating the expeditionary path of the pioneers to Elbrus led by General Georgy Arsenyevich Emmanuel.

«Kyazim Mechiev. From the village of Shyki to an outstanding talent»

Auto excursion to one of the most picturesque gorges of Kabardino-Balkaria — Bezengi. The story tells about the life of the outstanding educator of the Balkar people, Kazim Mechiev.

«The University is our home»

Walking tour of Nalchik. The tour tells about the formation and development of education in Kabardino-Balkaria, as well as about people who worked for the good of their fatherland.

«And my land will live… a journey to the origins of Kaisyn Kuliev’s inspiration»

Excursion route about the life and work of the great Balkar poet Kaysyn Kuliev. The route to the upper reaches of the Chegem River along one of the most picturesque gorges of Kabardino-Balkaria.

«Personally, I think that the main attraction of the Caucasus, in any case, is Mount Elbrus. The curator of the project, Stanislav Kushchev, supported me in this, and we decided to build a historical and tourist route exactly as it passed in 1829 on the expedition of General George Emmanuel. This route will start from the memorial plate located in Nalchik, along the same paths, glades and plateaus and further to both peaks. Along the way, tourists will receive information about the history of climbing, national-cultural, geological, tourist features of the republic», — one of the forum participants commented on his project idea.

In accordance with the regulations, the proposed projects were evaluated according to the following criteria: the number of people in the audience who would like to take such a route; ideological link to the history of the region; realistic route creation; financial feasibility and accessibility for tourists. After counting the votes, the project of the team No. 6 «Climbing Elbrus in the footsteps of the pioneers» was recognized as the winner, which will take part in the federal stage of the «Your move» project.