question of where the border of Asia and Europe, interested scientists for centuries.The reason for this is not only a constant updating of information on the flora, fauna and geological structure of our continent, but also a specific political and socio-economic aspect.
key role in the concept of "border of Asia and Europe," playing the Ural Mountains, as well as the work of scientists XVII-XVIII centuries.As you know, up to the active development of the eastern Urals is considered the main land border between Russia and the Siberian Khanate.Even then, the locals and the colonists celebrated a significant difference in flora and fauna, which is observed on different slopes of the mountain range.
border between Europe and Asia on the map in the middle of the XVIII prepared in France, already separates these two parts of the world, although the dividing line between them is quite conventional and is not so much geographical as political and cultural character.In fact, the first scientific treatise on this subject can be regarded as the work of the Swedish researchers Philip Stralenberg, published in 1730.In this treatise of more than twenty pages was devoted to what the Ural Mountains and is the place where the border of Asia and Europe.
Almost simultaneously with the work of the Swede in the Russian study is published in VNTatishchev, who has long engaged in the creation of mining plants, showed great interest in the geographical description of the Ural region.According to him, he was able to prove Strahlenberg that it is in the area of the Ural Mountains and is the dividing line between Europe and Asia.From that moment on, this provision has become almost an axiom.
boundary between Europe and Asia on the map is a very interesting curve.For example, in the northern part of its watershed is completely superimposed on the border of the Republic of Komi, Yamal-Nenets and Khanty-Mansi district.This is evidenced by the fact that all the rivers to the west of this line fall into the Volga River, and to the east - in the Ob.
Then the border of Asia and Europe passes between Perm and Sverdlovsk regions, after penetrating into the last railway station "Asian."Subsequently, the watershed reaches the Birch Mountains, turning then to Ekaterinburg.Along the way, now we have two memorable sign - the old and the new Moscow highway, which symbolize the watershed, but none of them is exactly on the border.
So, the old post located just south.The fact is that the convicts who drove to work in Siberia, here bid farewell to Russia and sought to take with a pinch of his native land.It's a place considered a watershed, and visited him in 1737, the future Emperor Alexander II.A new sign, set in 2004 by "The capital of the Urals", also coincides with the geographical boundary.But this reason is more prosaic: this place is more convenient in terms of attracting tourists and the development of the necessary infrastructure here.
