Known as "the world's birthplace of skiing", Altay is a tranquil mountainous city that has a freeze-up period of about half a year. As it is endowed with rich and unique ice and snow resources, skiing ...

ALTAI REGION, December 5. /TASS/. The Legend ethnic theme park in the south Siberian Altai Region has become a popular tourist site five years after its opening under the leadership of Artem ...

BARNAUL, September 14. /TASS/. A light aircraft crashed near the village of Priozerny in Russia’s Altai region, the pilot died, the Main Directorate of the Emergency Situations Ministry for the ...

The entire Altay region now has 19 schools specializing in skiing and other eight focusing on ice skating, hosting an average of 16 youth competitions annually in these sports. Follow China.org.cn ...

While we are defending our homeland, our lands are being sold. We will be left with nothing - say soldiers from the Altai region in a recording published by the Astra channel. They demand the ...

Historians are divided on where skiing was born. Some argue it arose in Scandinavia and northwest Russia, though others point to the Altay region. Scientists continue to find evidence of these ...

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 ...

If you want to feel like a character from a Pushkin fairy tale, be sure to come to the Altai Region. Every year about 800 whooper swans come here for hibernation. The water temperature in the lake ...