10th anniversary of the Lena Pillars National Park, UNESCO object

Deposits of Cambrian Period (542-513 million years ago) are very widespread in Yakutia. The Cambrian is one of the most scientifically important periods in the history of the Earth and life. The Cambrian evolutionary "explosion" of complex life forms has always interested scientists from all over the world. In the Lena pillars National Park, in the layers of carbonate deposits continuously accumulated in the Early Cambrian for more than 20 million years (535-514 million years ago), and according to experts of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (hereinafter - IUCN), covering the period from the lower Cambrian to the Middle Cambrian about 30 million years, recorded a turning point in the development of the organic world milestone - the mass occurrence of calcareous algae and marine animals with a solid skeleton and shell for the first time on Earth. This remarkable event has universal, global significance. With the results of fundamental interdisciplinary research carried out by several generations of scientists on the territory of the Park, the causes of this event are most fully established for the first time. The natural monument "Lena pillars" is an outstanding example of significant geomorphological features of the relief associated with such an amazing phenomenon as "eternal" (perennial) permafrost, and frost-breaking weathering of carbonate rocks in conditions of a very significant (up to 30 degrees) difference in the daily temperature of atmospheric air. At the suggestion of scientists, supported by the leadership of the Lena pillars Park, it is planned to create a museum “Cambria" in Yakutsk and the open museum on the site "Oi-Muran" MO "Yedyaysky nasleg" of the Khangalassky ulus. With some gaining momentum achievements and large-scale long-term plans for the future, the Lena pillars National Park celebrates its 10th anniversary on July 2, 2022 in the status of a UNESCO object - the Treasures of All Mankind.

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