The Altai mountains in southern Siberia form the major mountain range in the western Siberia biogeographic region and provide the source of its greatest rivers – the Ob and the Irtysh. Three separate ...

What it is: An ornamental plush figurine of a swan made from reindeer felt and filled with reindeer wool Where it is from: The Pazyryk Valley in the Altai Mountains of Russian Siberia When it was ...

This mixed property is a mountainous, steppe-like landscape located in the Altai Range, at the north-western edge of Mongolia ... also represents the most complete sequence of altitudinal vegetation ...

Despite the assimilation of the Soviet times, the Central Asian traditional sport of goat dragging has survived, and one of the oldest Turkic games is still practiced in the mountains of Altai.

This story appears in the July 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. In the Altay Mountains of southern Siberia, some 200 miles from where Russia touches Mongolia, China, and Kazakhstan ...

Siberia, a land of unparalleled beauty and intrigue, is waiting to be discovered! From the snow-covered Altai Mountains to the serene waters of Lake Baikal, this region offers some of the most ...

Models with integrated skins are offered alongside a tiak, a single, long pole used by the traditional skiers of the Altai Mountains, a culture often credited as the first to take to skis ...

The number of people evacuated from flood-hit areas in Siberia’s Altai region has reached 1,682 BARNAUL, March 29. /TASS/. The number of people evacuated from flood-hit areas in Siberia’s ...

The plot takes place in the Altai Mountains, where snow leopards, rare and majestic predators, face the threat of extinction. The main character of the film is a baby snow leopard, who has just ...

And the company’s backcountry-oriented skis are similarly distinctive. Models with integrated skins are offered alongside a tiak, a single, long pole used by the traditional skiers of the Altai ...