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Altai Republic

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For other places with the same name, see Altai (disambiguation).

Border between Altai republic and Altai krai
Border between Altai republic and Altai krai

Altai [1] is a republic Western Siberia, which has an amazing variety of landscapes: from boundless steppes to impassable taiga forests. The Altai Mountains are the highest in Siberia. The route goes through the spots of Roerichs expeditions, through southern Altai. The Altai Republic and nearby Altai Krai were very popular hunting, fishing and adventure tourist sites during Soviet times. Since 2000, tourism has rebounded and the regions now enjoy increased Russian and foreign tourist traffic. The region is popular for rafting, kayaking, rock climbing, horse riding, fishing and hunting.

[edit] Regions

[edit] Cities

Altai republic has no more cities; the major towns are as follows:

[edit] Other destinations

  • Golden Mountains of Altai — UNESCO World Heritage Site
    • Altaisky Nature Reserve
    • Katunsky Nature Reserve
    • Teletskoye Lake
  • Lake Aya

[edit] Understand

[edit] Talk

The Altai are a Turkic ethnic group closely related to Kazakhs and speak their own language of Altai. However, Russian is spoken nearly universally.

[edit] Get in

Altai republic has no railway and only one mid-sized airport in Gorno-Altaisk. The best way is to get marschutka or bus from Biysk or Barnaul. Taxi from Biysk is quite cheap too.

[edit] Get around

Marchutka is the most common way of public travel there. It is some kind of bigger taxi, which goes once it gets full. Hitchiking is quite common too. Sometimes you can stop even a child on a horse.

[edit][add listing] See

  • KM723-732 from Novosibirsk: A series of ancient (10,000BC) rock paintings and carvings can be seen on the main road bypassing through Altai Republic.

[edit] Itineraries

[edit][add listing] Do

[edit][add listing] Eat

Eat at kafes, it is cheap and quite good. Kafe is common all around russia and can be seen even in small vilages.

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[edit] Stay safe

Be avare of ticks, mainly in summer.

[edit] Get out

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