Pictures from Altai

Altai is located approximately 3000kms to the east from Moscow.

Everything about Altay, the region located approximately between 50 and 54 degrees of northern latitude and 82 and 90 degrees of eastern longitude on the border between southern Siberia and Mongolia. Barnaul is the main city. Russian settlers founded first forests there in 1618-1719, but only in 1756 Altai became the part of the Russian Empire. Now, this region is eminent as paradise for tourists, back-packers, kayakers who are attracted by Belukha mountain, Teletskoe lake and other famous lakes and rivers. The beauty of the region natural resorts is well represented by pictures. © 1996 Alien Network, Inc. Send comments to Victor Belyakov: webmaster@alien.ru

Altai mountains.The group shots of members of the Mathematics Department provided by the server in Case Western Reserve University (comments: shi@po.cwru.edu ).

Tha tale of Altai. Illustrated travelogue by Svetlana Trehonina. Available only in Russian.
(C) Copyright 1996 Svetlana Trehonina.
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First campaign of a joint Belgian-Gorno Altaisk Republic archaeological excavation. E-mail for contacts: jean.bourgeois@rug.ac.be

Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) - one of the endangered species in Altai mountains. Pictures from the http://sunsite.sut.ac.jp/multimed/pics/feline/ archive:
- WC-Young.snow-leopard1.jpg 07-Dec-93 00:00 303K
- WC-Young.snow-leopard2.jpg 07-Dec-93 00:00 111K
- WC-03.snow-leopard3.jpg 14-Mar-94 00:00 231K

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