Features of Paleolithic painting of the Kapov Cave (Shulgan-Tash)

The article describes the methodology and results of fixing the Paleolithic painting of the Kapov Cave. The characteristics of the most interesting drawings and their typification are given. A comparison is made between the drawings of the Kapov Cave and the paintings of the caves of Western Europe. The high importance of the painting of the Kapov Cave as an object of culture, art and archeology of world importance is substantiated. The existence in the Paleolithic of an independent South Ural center of the most ancient culture, similar to the Western European, but having certain specifics and individual characteristics, is proved.