Cave Lighting Project Presentation in Russia

The Cave Lighting Project was presented to a meeting of the Speleological and Karst Commission of Russian Geographic Society in Saint Petersburg.
The LED Cave Lighting Equipment was demonstrated in the Sablinsky Caves, Leningrad Region, Russia.

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Cave Lighting geography has tremendously expanded within the last few years. We have equipped Show Caves in Germany, France, Slovenia, Georgia and the Czech Republic. Furthermore, we have demonstrated our lighting systems in caves located in Belgium, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Sweden, Romania and even China. Representatives from both Vietnam and Oman even came to learn our methods.
Finally Russia is on this long list too!

23 May 2010.
Sablinsky Caves, Ulyanovka village, Leningrad Region, Russia.
Cave Lighting LED-Equipment Presentation.

Levoberezhnaya Cave, Russia.

There are about 12 Sablinsky Caves. These caves were once mines, where sand was excavated to produce glass. These caves are a part of the Sablinsky Natural Monument. Aside from the caves in the Complex ,there are also two waterfalls, the Sablinka and Tosna rivers, cliffs, burial hills, A.K.Tolstoy’s former mansion and Commander Alexander Nevsky’s camp where his soldiers gathered before the Battle With The Swedes.
In the largest cave, Levoberezhnaya, there already existed a show route. However, since 2000 it had only been open to guided private groups of tourists.
The main attractions of the Cave are:
- three underground lakes, each 3 meters deep;
- the `Cave People` exposition, `A Miner`s Corner`, `Mineral Collection;
- St Nicolas, The Wonderworker’s chapel.

During the presentation, Serge Krasko, the project manager explained how the Cave Lighting equipment was manufactured specifically to be used in caves. He demonstrated overall equipment performance including underwater use.
The Image Report of the Cave Lighting equipment presentation, Levoberezhnaya Cave:

Yuri Lyahnitsky (a speleologist, Candidate of Geology-Mineralogy Science, the Chairman of the Speleological and Karst Commission of Russian Geographic Society) and Serge Krasko (a speleologist, Cave Lighting Projec Manager) discussed the problems of developing show caves in Russia Before demonstrating the lighting equipment in the cave, Serge Krasko briefly explained the Cave Lighting Project… including the light fixtures used in caves, the show caves in Europe and the problems that were faced A.Yushko and the representatives of the Leningrad Region Non-Governmental Organization "Nature and Heritage Reservation" The stairs at the entrance of the Levoberezhnaya Cave The entrance of the Levoberezhnaya Cave Part of the show route. The most frequent visitors of the cave are groups of Students. There are thematic excursion for them. There is a ‘Miner`s Corner` exposition located in one of the chambers of the cave. There is a `Cave People` exposition in another chamber On the walls of the mine, one can see the copies of cave drawings from the Kapovaya Cave in Bashkiria and the copies of the drawing from the Nio cave in France They used to excavate sand here, but now it is a part of the show route LED Cave Lighting equipment presentation. Serge Krasko explained the advantages of the LED lighting and about the specific construction of a Cave Lighting power lamp Test Illumination The underground lake in the Levoberezhnaya Cave. A Variant of illumination The underground lake in the Levoberezhnaya Cave. A Variant of illumination The underground lake in the Levoberezhnaya Cave. The demonstration of the Cave Lighting equipment performance. Underwater test The underground lake in the Levoberezhnaya Cave. The demonstration of the Cave Lighting equipment performance The underground lake in the Levoberezhnaya Cave. The demonstration of the Cave Lighting equipment performance Many thanks to the `Red Mammoth` team, Yuri Lyahnitsky and Anton Yushko for making the presentation. Also to Yuri Fominykh and Oleg Minnikov for their photo images Photo by Yuri Fominykh, Oleg Minnikov

24 May 2010.
St. Petersburg, Russia
The Cave Lighting Project was presented to a meeting of the Speleological and Karst Commission of Russian Geographic Society. Serge Krasko made a presentation explaining the history of the Project `Technical Aspects of Creating Underground Museum Complexes (European Experience)`. He described the cave projects located in Herbstlabyrinth (Germany) and La Grotte de Clamouse (France), which have been equipped by the Cave Lighting Project. He did so with the assistance of interactive panoramas.

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