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unusual facts about Altai-Kizhi



Altai Snowcock

Its range includes in Russia the mountainous regions near Abakan, Sayan Mountains and the Tannu-Ola Mountains; and in Mongolia, the Mongolian Altai, the Govi-Altai, the Khangai Mountains, and the mountains east of Lake Khuvsgul.

Altay people

The Altaians are represented as a totality of small Turkic peoples like the Altai-Kizhi, the Teleut, the Kumandin, the Chelkans, the Shor, etc.

Eagle festival

A smaller festival, the Altai Kazakh Eagle Festival is also held each year in the nearby village of Sagsai in the last week of September.

Golden Mountains of Altai

While making its decision, UNESCO also cited Russian Altai's importance for preservation of the globally endangered mammals, such as snow leopard and the Altai argali.

Grigory Gurkin

In 1903, Gurkin returned to Altai and started to work as a teacher in the selo of Anos, travelling every summer to remote regions of Altai Mountains.

Kizhi Pogost

The pogost was built on the southern part of Kizhi island, on a hill 4 meters above the Lake Onega level.

Moravian traditional music

Hradišťan, a well-known traditional folk band, later turned away from folklore and focused on fusion in various world music projects (Yas-Kaz, Dizu Plaatjies and Altai-Kai collaborations among others).

Narym River

Modern descendents of the ancient Alats are Alats in the Altai, and Khalaches and Khalajes in the northern India and eastern section of the Iranian plateau.

Natalia Dik

After finishing it, Natalia Dik taught art at the Children's Art School in the village of Klyuchi in Altai Krai.

Övörkhangai Province

The Arvaikheer Airport (AVK/ZMAH) has one unpaved runway and is served by regular flights to Ulan Bator and Altai.

Pristan

Ust-Charyshskaya Pristan, village and administrative center of Ust-Pristansky District of Altai Krai, Russia

Salix lapponum

Salix lapponum, the downy willow, is a low, much branched shrub (to 1.5 metres) having a wide distribution in Northern Europe, eastwards to the Altai and western Siberia, and is found as far south as the Pyrenees and Bulgaria.

Sharga, Govi-Altai

The area has one of the last two populations of the Mongolian saiga antelope, which is protected in Sharga Nature Reserve.


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