Kungurskaya Cave is one of the ten longest gypsum caves in the world. The cave has dozens of lakes, grottoes and impressive high shafts, which are called organ pipes. In the tourist part, stalactites and stalagmites are illuminated. One of the largest karst caves in the European part of Russia is more than 8 km long and up to 27 m deep. In the Kungurskaya Cave there are 70 lakes, 58 amazingly beautiful grottoes and 146 high shafts, which are called “organ pipes”. The first plan of the underground passages was drawn up at the beginning of the 18th century by the famous geographer and cartographer Semyon Remezov, who was sent to the Kungur district by Tsar Peter I. About 1.3 km of the cave is equipped for one and a half hour excursions. In the cave you can see stalactites and stalagmites aged 10–12 thousand years. The surface of the halls and columns is covered with layers of ice and frost. There are man-made ice sculptures in the grottoes. Frozen crystals shimmer in different shades in the backlight and create a unique fairy-tale atmosphere.