A few kilometers from the city of Luga is a beautiful lake, whose area is 15 square meters. km, and the length is 14.5 km. Its name is the Cheremenets, from the old Russian word “chorma,” that is, a hill.
What is this reservoir famous for?
The shores of Lake Cheremenets are mostly high, often steep. There are
white sands that consist of quartz, and, as you know, it is an indispensable material in the production of chemically resistant glass and mirrors. In some places it comes to the surface of drywall - loose deposition of calcium carbonate.
The bottom of a natural reservoir is covered with sand. Vegetation in the water is rare, mainly reed and horsetail thickets, reeds grow on the shallows. Scientists have discovered that the Cheremenets Lake has a rare aquatic creature - a kladofor alga of spherical shape. The water is light blue and transparent, the top layer of which is heated to 25 degrees. In December, the Cheremenets Lake begins to freeze, and thaws in April-May.
To fishermen
There is a pleasant message for fishing lovers - bream, pike, burbot, perch, roach are found here. If you want to go fishing, come to the Cheremenetskoye lake - fishing is a fairly popular form of leisure here, and fishermen can be seen both in summer and in winter.
Those interested in history
How old is this reservoir, if the glorious army of Alexander Nevsky fought in his lifetime? Legends and legends were inherent in those days, one of which read: a vision appeared once to one peasant - the icon of St. Apostle I. The Theologian. Rumors reached Moscow Prince Ivan III, who ordered a monastery to be built on the western island. They called him Cheremenets. The monastic shelter owned the land and Lake Cheremenets itself, for fishing in which the monks took a fine from the peasants.
Later, freethinkers and those who needed to be removed away from the authorities were imprisoned in the monastery. Criminals, supposedly for correction, also got here. In 1929 the monastery was closed. Now there is a camp site "Cheremenets", which is popular with lovers of boat trips and exciting fishing. The air in these places is clean and fresh, the lake is surrounded by coniferous and deciduous forests, in which there are a lot of mushrooms and berries, which makes the Cheremenetsk lake especially attractive.
Sanatoriums and attractions
Due to the amazing climate, pine forests, sands with quartz content and the close proximity of the reservoir, several sanatoriums have been built on the coast that are successfully functioning.
An attraction of these places, which deserves attention, is an old park, in which maples, ash and oaks with thick trunks grow, which testifies to the antiquity of the green monument. At the park in the distance stands the house in which Sergey Mironovich Kirov, a statesman of Soviet times, lived and worked.
It’s worth visiting these places at least once! You will not only be pleasantly surprised by the colorful landscape, wonderful air and Lake Cheremenets. A map of the depths and their names will open the curtain of history.