Zhdanko Ridge is a geological monument of nature of Russia of federal rank, named after the Russian general of the Corps of Hydrographers Mikhail Yefimovich Zhdanko.
The Zhdanko ridge, in addition to having an impregnable view of the Zhdanko Mountain, whose height is 682 m, includes the Vladimirskaya and Bogatyr Mountains located to the north. The ridge is formed by lava molasses, has a length of 13 km. At the same time, it is relatively narrow – only 1.5-2 km, and it's clearly defined peaks (the highest point of the ridge 682m), distinguished by the sharpness of the teeth, look beautiful against the sky, which gives the mountain formation an extraordinary picturesqueness.