Settlement
Budug
(Kuba area)
HOW TO REACH
To
reach Budug from Cuba is possible along the mountain
road leading from gorge of the Ag-Chai River through
settlement Tulyakaran, further through the tract
Yarym Yaylag passing by Kazhma Budug. The road goes
along strong cross-country terrains on wood slopes,
the Alpine meadows and rocky sites of stony hills
Chereke, where are outputs of marble breeds. Distance
from the town of Cuba down to the village Budug
is 38 km. This distance is overcome for 2,5 hours.
In Budug it is also possible to drive from countries
Jheg or Alik on the automobile track, which is passing
through the Alpine meadows, and a small village
Zeid, where the sunnit mosque constructed by architects
from Iraq was well saved. Mosque is about 200 years.
This way to Budug also passes along strong cross-country
terrains. The distance from settlement Jheg and
Alik up to Budug is about 15 km. It takes an hour
to overcome the way. This way, as well as a way
from Cuba, partially passes along the ground clay
road with greater differences of heights.
The most part of roads leading to Budug is unpaved
and at the most insignificant rain get soaked turning
to dense clay medley, which are disable to overcome
even by off-road cars.
An inhabitant of Budug, the chairman of municipality
Adaev Bahram, told about history of the settlement
and sights around it.
It is possible to reach Budug from Cuba in a car
of the raised passableness. A payment for transportation
there and back is 150-200 thousand manats.
The description of the way route to Budug and its
timing are presented in application 1 and 1À.
Photographic materials are presented in an electronic
kind on a disk.
All ethnic communities included in "Shahdag" group
live quite separately, however their languages have
a lot of loans from the Azerbaijani language. It
testifies that ethnocultural contacts between representatives
of "Shahdag" groups and the Azerbaijani have old
history.
Application
1
CHRONOMETRY
It
is possible to drive from village Budug to Jheg
through Jarym-Yaylag tract from gorge of the Kudial-Chai
River in summertime and in dry weather. Distance
from Jheg up to Budug is 17 km. Time taken is approximately
an hour.
| ¹ |
Sites
of a route |
Distance
(km) |
Time
(min.) |
The
note |
| 1 |
Villages
Dzheg-ruins of the village Ergyuge |
6 |
20 |
The
stony road sharply rises upwards from gorge
the Kudial-Chai River has opposite sat down.
Jheg also leaves on the Alpine meadows |
| 2 |
Ruins
of Ergyuge - Zeid |
5 |
25 |
From
ruins of villages Ergyuge the unpaved road
with a deep track winds on a hillside with
rises and descents and goes down in the village
Zeid. Cable and electric columns serve as
reference point in the direction of Zeid.
The road is passed only in dry weather. There
was saved a mosque of XVIII century in Zeid,
which does not operate |
| 3 |
Zeid-
Budug |
6 |
20 |
Stony
road from Zeid to Budug on a hillside goes
down to settlement Kazhma Áóäóã. From Êazhma
the road Budug abruptly goes down to Budug |
Application
1A
CHRONOMETRY
Route:
Guba - Budug Distance 38êì
T ime taken is an hour and a half.
| ¹ |
Sites
of a route |
Distance
(km) |
Time
(min.) |
The
note |
| 1 |
Guba-motorway
Guba -Gonaxkend - the bridge across the Ag-Chai
River |
4 |
5 |
From
Guba asphalt road goes on a line Guba -Gonaxkend,
in front of the bridge the road turns off
the Ag-Chai River to the right into a valley
of the Ag-Chai River and goes on the right
slope of a valley of the river |
| 2 |
The
bridge across the Ag-Chai River - the village
Tullakaran |
12 |
25 |
From
the bridge an asphalt road passes into the
gravel one and rises on a valley of the river
up to village Tullakara. |
| 3 |
Villages
Tullakaran - Suxta-Kalla |
3 |
6 |
Unpaved
road goes on a wood slope along the right
coast of the Ag-Chai River |
| 4 |
Suhta-Kalla
- the tract Jarym-Yaylag |
14 |
25 |
Unpaved
road rises upwards on a wood zone on the Alpine
meadows of the tract Jarym-Yaylag. The natural
boundary Jarym-Yaylag begins on the edge of
a wood zone. |
| 5 |
Jarym-Yaylag
tract - Budug |
5 |
30 |
The
unpaved road on the Alpine meadows abruptly
rises up to Kazhma-Budug, and then sharply
goes down on a stony site in Budug. |
PROGRAM
OF TWO-DAY ROUND TO BUDUG
Day
I
-
First half of a day: departure Baku; arrival at
Guba, change into off-road cars (UAZ) and round
in Budug; picnic-lunch on a coast of the Ag-Chai.
- Second half of a day: Arrival at Budug and accommodation
in rural houses; Excursion to Budug and the village
Gazhma-Budug located above, acquaintance with a
household life, ethnography of the settlement; supper
with local dishes.
Day
II
-
First half of a day: breakfast; excursion to falls
named by local residents "Ahjid", to a canyon of
the river Kara-Chai with visiting ancient grottoes
and sanctuary "Pir Banovsha" on horses or afoot,
tea drinking and lunch, review of vicinities.
- Interested persons can climb on mountain "Chereke"
and the tower construction named "Dakhma". (fantastic
view of surrounding districts opens from here);
returning to Budug; dinner.
- Second half of a day: returning to Cuba, wherefrom
coming back to Baku.
