The mountain system indicated on the map of the central south of Russia, called Altai, formed the basis for the name of the region, located on the relief of plain and mountainous landscapes, with the administrative center in the city of Barnaul.

Territorially Altai region located in the northwestern part of the Russian Federation, in the southeast of Siberia and is limited to:

• south and southeast - Altai Republic;
• north - Novosibirsk region;
• west and south-west - with Kazakhstan;
• east - Kemerovo region.

The total territory of the region is 168 thousand square meters. km. Altai Territory in the time interval belongs to the Krasnoyarsk belt and is 4 hours ahead of Moscow.

List of districts of Altai Krai

Altai Territory on the map of Russia has 59 regions, general description which are given in the table:

District name	number settlements	Administrative center	Distance from Barnaul, km	Square, sq. km	Population thousand people
Aleisky	43	aleysk	120	3400	18,953
Altaic	24	from. Altai	250	3400	25,799
Baevsky	15	from. Bayevo	230	2740	11,491
Biysk	37	biysk	160	2200	35,502
Annunciation	31	town of Blagoveshchenka	275	3700	33,032
Burlinsky	25	from. Burla	450	2746	12,934
Bystroistoksky	12	from. Quick Source	254	1804	10,815
Volchikhinsky	15	from. Wolf	310	3593,7	20,447
Egorievsky	19	from. Novoyegoryevskoe	303	2500	14,179
Yeltsovsky	19	from. Yeltsovka	313	2158	6,936
Zavyalovsky	20	from. Zavyalovo	250	2224	21,22
Zalesovsky	23	from. Zalesovo	142	3274	16,935
Zarinsky	50	zarinsk	110	5214	20,769
Zmeinogorsky	25	zmeinogorsk	360	2802	22,074
Zonal	22	from. Zonal	125	1717	19,84
Kalmansky	24	from. Kalmanka	45	1820	14,748
Kamensky	32	kamen-na-Obi	197	3521	12,955
Klyuchevsky	21	from. Keys	383	3043	18,754
Kosikhinsky	27	from. Kosikha	68	1877	18,634
Krasnogorsk	35	from. Krasnogorskoe	233	3070	18,097
Krasnoshchekovsky	28	from. Krasnoshchekovo	316	3543	19,932
Krutikhinsky	17	from. Krutiha	230	2051	11,981
Kulundinsky	35	from. Kulunda	343	1980	24,358
Kurinsky	22	from. Kurya	279	2500	11,426
Kytmanovsky	33	from. Kytmanovo	170	2550	15,535
Loktevsky	26	gornyak	360	2940	31,247
Mamontovsky	23	from. Mamontovo	191	2297	24,167
Mikhailovsky	11	from. Mikhailovskoe	360	3100	23,363
German national	16	from. Halbstadt	430	1450	19,577
Novichikhinsky	16	from. Newbie	251	3100	10,163
Pavlovsky	34	from. Pavlovsk	59	2230	42,470
Pankrushikhinsky	30	from. Pankrushikha	300	2700	14,895
Pervomaisky	53	novoaltaisk	12	3616	50,053
Petropavlovsk	14	from. Petropavlovskoe	144	1618	12,981
Pospelikhinsky	24	from. Pospelikha	211	2423	26,652
Rebrikhinsky	28	from. Rebrikha	113	2686	25,971
Rodinsky	20	from. Rodino	320	3118	22,876
Romanovsky	16	from. Romanovo	220	2082	13,984
Rubtsovsky	51	rubtsovsk	283	3339	26,630
Smolensk	31	from. Smolenskoe	210	2033	25,893
Soviet	20	from. Soviet	195	1500	17,002
Soloneshinsky	32	from. Soloneshnoe	320	3529	11,358
Soltonsky	24	from. Salton	260	3020	9,340
Vanity	14	from. Verkh-Bustka	296	1108	5,440
Tabunsky	25	from. Herds	370	1960	11,400
Talmensky	42	pos. Telmenka	84	3914	49,994
Togulsky	12	from. Togul	200	2000	9,158
Topchinsky	38	from. Topchikha	90	3300	25,758
Tretyakovsky	23	from. Staroaleiskoe	354	1998	16,360
Troitsky	39	from. Troitskoe	97	1500	27,006
Tyumentsevsky	20	from. Tyumentsevo	167	2273	15,857
Uglovsky	24	from. Uglovskoe	370	4844	15,413
Ust-Kamensky	22	from. Ust-Kalmanka	193	2300	16,628
Ust-Pristansky	23	from. Ust-Cheryshskaya-Pristan	200	2700	14,656
Khabar	33	from. Khabar	360	2800	18,707
Virgin	22	from. Tselinnoye	171	2882	19,492
Charyshsky	32	from. Charyshskoe	310	6910	13,213
Shelabolikhinsky	21	from. Shelabolikha	86	2510	14,722
Shipunovsky	50	from. Shipunovo	165	4130	34,204

Map of Altai Territory with cities and villages

The Altai Territory, represented on the map of Russia, contains in its administrative structure 12 settlements with city status, 49 urban-type settlements and 1 special scientific zone (ZATO).

The largest of them are:

• Aleisk - a city located on the Priobskoye plateau with an area of \u200b\u200b4387 hectares and a population of 29491 people. It was originally founded in 1913 as a railway station of the section of the Turkestan-Siberian mainline under construction at that time. Until 1939 it was considered a settlement. Its development in the first five years of the USSR was facilitated by the economic growth of the processing and food industries, since the region was agricultural. Aleisk is located at a convenient traffic intersection and is connected with other settlements by the West Siberian highway railroad... Aleyskaya station is a transport hub of the Novosibirsk-Tashkent section. The developed social infrastructure contributes to the constant growth of the population.
• Barnaul - the administrative center of the Altai Territory since 1937, founded in 1730 at the mouth of the Barnaulka River by the famous industrialist Demidov for smelting silver, located on the Priobskoye plateau, 3419 km away from Moscow, the population is 652.7 thousand people. The city has a developed transport system, including bus, trolleybus and tram services. Intercity flights are carried out by rail and motorways, there is an airport that carries out domestic and international flights.

The cultural sector is represented by the presence of:

1. museums,
2. entertainment centers,
3. cinema halls,
4. theaters,
5. music halls.

The city has 9 institutes and universities, 16 schools, technical schools and colleges. In Barnaul, there is a highly developed industry (109 enterprises) of petrochemical, machine-building, textile and food industries.

The resort can accommodate 5200 vacationers at a time.

• Biysk - the city was founded by Peter I in 1709, its area is 2,917 hectares, it is a district center with a population of 220 thousand people. and is located 160 km from Barnaul. Sometimes Biysk is called the gates of Altai, since all tourist routes of mountainous regions start from this settlement, the Chuisky tract begins, in honor of which there is a museum in the city - the only one in Russia, timed to the land road.

Since 1915 Biysk has been a railway station of the Trans-Siberian Railway. The city has a well-developed transport infrastructure - all industrial enterprises have railway sidings.

Located on two banks of the river, the metropolis is connected into a single whole by three bridges. Public transport represented by bus, tram and trolleybus services. Waterways operate with exits to the Arctic Ocean.

Rail and road transport runs along highways of international importance due to the close geographical location of Mongolia and China. The district center also has a local airport.

Since 2005, Biysk has had the status of a science city, within the framework of which a national program of the latest chemical and energy technologies for the development and production of generics and the synthesis of nanodiamonds was formed.

The cultural side of life is represented by the presence of:

1. cinema halls,
2. libraries,
3. museums,
4. music halls,
5. palaces of culture.

• Novoaltaisk - the administrative center of the Pervomaisky district of the Altai Territory, which arose in 1942 with a population of 70 thousand people, on an area of \u200b\u200b722 hectares. The settlement existed earlier in the form of a small village called Chesnokovka. The impetus for the development of industry and obtaining the status of a city was the evacuation of enterprises from the territories seized in the Second World War. Geographically Novoaltaisk is located 12 km from Barnaul and is an industrial and transport appendage of the capital of the Altai Territory. The largest sorting railway station "Altayskaya" is located here. Products manufactured by industrial enterprises are mainly intended for Russian Railways facilities. There are 4 branches of higher educational institutions in the city.
• Rubtsovsk - a city 290 km from Barnaul, located on profitable trade routes, has long been considered the gateway to trade with China, is a regional center with a population of 146.9 thousand people. on the territory of 840 hectares, founded in 1886 by Russian settlers. In pre-revolutionary Russia, it developed as a result of the construction of the Novonikolaevsk-Semipalatinsk railway through Rubtsovsk.
  In the Soviet period, the development was stimulated by the evacuation of domestic enterprises "KhTZ" and the Odessa agricultural construction plant, which later became the basis for the development of the machine-building industry on the basis of "Altayselmash" and "Altai Tractor Plant". The city has a local history museum dedicated to the history of the region, a drama theater, an art gallery of V.V. Tikhonov, cinemas and recreation facilities for young people.
• Miner - the city that became part of the Loktevsky district as its administrative center. Founded in 1942, located near the Zolotukha River in the south of the Kolyvan Range near the border with the Republic of Kazakhstan, the population is 13.9 thousand people. The settlement takes its name from its primary functional industrial purpose - ore mining, its beneficiation for smelting non-ferrous metals: copper, tin, lead, aluminum. The city is connected by railway with Ust-Kamenogorsk. Until today, the Altai mining and processing plant is the main industrial enterprise of the regional center. There is a local history museum in the village, the main expositions of which are the history of mining and smelting.
• Zarinsk - a city with a population of 48.4 thousand people, founded in 1979 on the site of the former regional center Sorokino and the Zarinsky railway station in the northern part of the Biysko-Shumsky Upland near the Ob tributary, the Chumysh River, the administrative center of Zarinsky district. The main industrial enterprise is the Altai Coke and Chemical Plant, which exports its products to 28 foreign countries, primarily to China and the Czech Republic.
  
• ZATO Siberian - a military town, created in 1980, located in the Pervomaisky district, on an area of \u200b\u200b330 hectares, 41 km from Barnaul. In fact, it is a closed military town of the 35th missile division, on the territory of which there are rules and regulations, as in any military unit, due to the presence of strategic missile systems. On the territory of the village there are cultural institutions that are associated with the history of the construction and functioning of a special-purpose missile division, a museum of the history of "Siberian", an officers' house, a children's sports military club.
• Zmeinogorsk - a city on an area of \u200b\u200b320 hectares with a population of 10.9 thousand people, the history of existence dates back to 1736. The regional center of the Zmeinogorsk region is located near the Kolyvan ridge, near the Zmeevaya mountain, at a distance of 360 km from Barnaul. The settlement is usually called the cradle of ore Altai, since from the moment of its creation it was the main one of the miners and suppliers of silver and gold in Russia.
  Here, for the first time in Russia, the master of mining I.I.Polzunov invented a steam engine, which was used for the extraction of silver and gold ore. The entire history of the settlement is presented in the local history museum, which is located in the building of the former office of the silver-smelting mine. There are 34 historical cultural monuments on the territory of the city, which include the remnants of a military protective outpost of 1754, a mechanized ore supply line and a cast-iron track of an access road for trolleys.
• Stone-on-Obi - was founded in 1751, until 1933 it was called Kamen, it is located just above the Novosibirsk reservoir, 209 km from Barnaul, with a population of 44.5 thousand people, the regional center of the Kamensky district. There is a junction railway station of the Central Siberian Railway in the village. The basis of the economy is the food industry; since 2010, a timber and metal combine has been operating. The local history museum tells the history of the city and the region.
• Slavgorod is located 20 km from the border with Kazakhstan, was founded in 1910, until 2012 was a regional center, after the administrative reform - a city of regional subordination with a population of 32.3 thousand people. The economy is based on large enterprises - an electrical equipment plant and a plant for the production of press-forging machines. In the educational sphere, there are 5 branches of universities, there are 4 secondary educational institutions.

Relief

Altai Territory on the map of Russia is represented by the West Siberian lower reaches and the Altai-Sayan mountain system.

In the west and in the central part, the territory is flat, it includes:

The region is rich in diverse relief, passing from one type to another:

• steppe,
• forests,
• forest-steppe,
• taiga,
• tundra mountain areas.

Climatic conditions

The climate of the region is usually referred to as a contrast-continental type. It is characterized by a long, cold winter with a large abundance of snow and a short, occasionally hot summer. Air temperature drops throughout the year can reach from 90 to 110 ° C.

The average winter temperature is - 22 - 25 ° С, in frosty peaks it drops to - 55 - 58 °. The average summer temperature is +25 + 28 ° С, during hot periods in some parts of the region it can rise to +42 + 46 ° С.

The flat part in the west is low-moisture and hot, precipitation gradually begins to increase from 220 mm to 600-750 mm per year. Accordingly, in winter, snow of 40-80 cm decreases with approaching the western side of the Altai Territory to 20-30 cm.

Permanent snow falls in early December and melts in mid-April. The average depth of soil freezing is 60-90 cm, and in some steppe snowless areas it can reach 2 m. Due to the presence in the relief in the south east mountain range West-east winds prevail.

Flora and fauna

Altai Territory on the map of Russia is 26% represented by forests. From the tributary of the Ob River to the Barnaulka River and to the Burla River, there are pine forests and belt-type forests characteristic of the Krai, located near the banks of waterways.

Coniferous species of trees grow mainly in forests, occasionally they are diluted with deciduous species of birch and aspen. The black woodland taiga is represented by unique cedar and fir forests and copses. In mountainous areas, there is a rare representative of the flora - the Siberian cedar, which is sometimes called the Siberian cedar pine; medicinal oil is extracted from its nuts.

In mountain copses, a belt of forest bushes is widely represented, richly diluted with fruit and berry species.

The steppe and forest-steppe parts of the region are represented by 2,300 plant species, which is 70% of the diversity of the flora of the central part of Siberia, among which there are also very rare, listed in the Red Book:

• ginseng;
• red root;
• extraordinary peony;
• naked licorice;
• wild sunflower.

The fauna of the Altai Territory due to the terrain and diverse natural zones is represented by many wild animals.

Of the 89 species of mammals, the following stand out:

Among 320 bird species there are many such as:

• owl;
• white wagtail;
• falcon;
• black grouse;
• quail;
• demoiselle crane;
• hawk;
• sandpiper;
• gray crane;
• swan;
• owl.

The aquatic world abounds in a variety of fish from 33 species:

Population

At the beginning of 2018, according to the State Statistics Committee of Russia, the population of the Altai Territory was 2.350080 million inhabitants, which occupied 1.6% of the total population of Russia, with a density of 13.99 people / km2. In this context, urban dwellers - 56.44%, rural residents - 43.56%, while the national indicator of rural residents is 25.6%.

The Altai Territory on the map of Russia is represented by more than 100 ethnic groups: 94% - Russians, Germans - 2%, since historically they have compact territories of residence, Ukrainians - 1.4%, and the remaining 2.6% include Caucasian nationalities, Mongols, Chinese , Kazakhs.

Authorities

The executive branch of power is the regional administration headed by the governor (head of administration). The structure of the administration includes departments, administrations and departments according to their functional affiliation to the spheres of life of the region.

Viktor Tomenko is the current governor of the entire Altai Territory on the map of Russia

The legislature is represented by an assembly. Legislative deputies are elected by the capable population in general regional elections for a period of 4 years in the number of 68 delegates, half of whom are in single-mandate constituencies, the rest according to party lists.

The head of the Assembly is elected by the deputies from among their own number at the first session of the new convocation of the representative body.

Economic development

Altai Krai GDP growth is the main indicator of the region's economic development.

Agriculture

Altai Territory belongs to the agrarian region, where the main focus in agriculture is the production of meat and dairy products, as well as cereals, legumes and industrial crops:

Arable land in the agricultural sector includes 16.1 million hectares, 40% of which is under agricultural land. Due to unfavorable natural conditions in the southern part of the region, the conduct of agricultural work is considered unprofitable.

Industry

There are 2346 enterprises in the Altai Territory, of which 385 are classified as large and medium-sized.

A large share in the industry of the region is occupied by machine building and metalworking, focused on the production of:

• agricultural machinery;
• rolling stock for the needs of the railway;
• forging and pressing installations;
• drilling machines;
• defense products.

The availability of products and raw materials of the agrarian sector of the economy makes it possible to dynamically develop light and food industries in the following areas:

The chemical industry is represented in the region by several enterprises, the main the focus of which is the production of associated materials used in the metallurgical sector:

• sulfuric acid;
• electrolyte;
• sodium sulfide;
• additives for winter fuels;
• concrete modifiers and plasticizers.

In recent years, resort and sanatorium improvement and tourism have been actively developing.

Energy

The industrial capacity of electricity production in the Altai Territory makes it possible to generate 52% of the consumed amount. The United Energy System of Siberia will compensate for the necessary shortfall.

The basis of power generation is the thermal power plants of Rubtsovsk, Biysk, Barnaul. The total capacity of electricity produced in the region is 1,654.8 MW.

Trade and services

In connection with the growth of the gross domestic product, the turnover of export-import operations of the Altai Territory per year exceeds the equivalent of 2350.0 million dollars. USA. Partnership relations in terms of foreign economic activity have been established with more than 150 countries of the world.

The main export products are:

In the domestic market and in retail trade, local and federal retail chains... There is a program to support small entrepreneurs.

With the rise and growth of the economy of the region, resort and sanatorium recovery, tourism, related transfer and leisure services are actively developing, as a result of which the region operates year-round:

• 42 health resorts;
• 437 hotels and hotels;
• 16 travel agencies.

Specially protected natural areas

Specially protected natural areas are represented by reserves:

Architectural and natural attractions

The following places are of interest for tourists:

Transport links in the Altai Territory

The development of land transport in the region is facilitated by the presence of routes with a total length of 15.6 thousand km. Highways of national importance run through the territory of the region, connecting the subjects of the Federation with neighboring and adjacent countries: Mongolia, China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan.

Railway transport began to develop in the tsarist era, when the highways numbered 650 km of gauge, today this figure has grown to 1803 km. The development of this type of transport is facilitated by the presence of more than 2,000 industrial enterprises on the territory of the region, which include 866 km of access roads.

The junction stations Aleiskaya, Altayskaya, Biysk, Barnaul, Rubtsovsk are transshipment bases for international freight traffic from the east of Russia to Central Asia and vice versa.

20% of the territory of the region is served by water transport. The shipping lines of the routes are 650 km long with the appropriate infrastructure of marinas, loading docks, repair docks and stations.

Air traffic is carried out by international airport them. Titov, located on the outskirts of Barnaul. TO passenger types public transport in the largest cities (Barnaul, Biysk, Rubtsovsk) route taxis, trams, trolleybuses. The rest of the settlements are served by local buses.

The dynamic development of the Altai Territory in all economic sectors and the life of the state, the constant growth of the gross domestic product, the floating indicator of which has reached 4.2-4.35% in recent years, allow it to take its rightful place on the map of Russia.

Article design: Mila Friedan

Video about the Altai Territory

Film about Altai Territory:

Altai Krai is a region located in the southeast of Western Siberia. The map of Altai Krai shows that the region borders on the Kemerovo and Novosibirsk regions, Kazakhstan and the Altai Republic. The area of \u200b\u200bthe region is 167,966 km 2.

Altai Krai is divided into 59 rural areas, 12 cities and 1 closed territorial unit. Largest cities region - Barnaul (administrative center), Biysk, Rubtsovsk, Novoaltaisk and Zarinsk.

The region has unique deposits of granite, porphyry, marble and jasper. The economy of the Altai Territory is based on the work of machine-building enterprises, enterprises of the defense complex and the food industry. Agriculture plays an important role in the region's economy.

History reference

The settlement of the region began in the second half of the 17th century. The mining industry was well developed in the region until the middle of the 19th century. After 1861, factories and mines began to close. Agriculture began to develop actively.

In 1937 the Altai Territory was formed. During the Great Patriotic War, numerous factories and enterprises were evacuated to the region. In the mid-60s and 70s, large-scale development of virgin lands began.

Must Visit

On show detailed map In the Altai Territory, you can see the natural attractions of the region: Lake Kulundinskoye, 33 nature reserves, Charming mountains, Sinyukha and Semipeschernaya, Beloe, Mokhovoe and Aya lakes. It is recommended to visit the cities - Barnaul, Biysk and Rubtsovsk.

Must-see resort town Belokurikha, rock "Four Brothers" near Belokurikha, Tigiretsky reserve, a cascade of waterfalls on the Shinok river, caves "Hyena's Lair", "Altai", "Geophysical", "Terrible" and Tavdinsky caves.

Tourist notes

Satellite map of Altai Territory

Satellite map of Altai Territory. You can see the satellite map of Altai Territory in the following modes: map of Altai Territory with the names of objects, satellite map Altai Territory, geographical map of Altai Territory.

Altai region - a region in Western Siberia. This is one of the most beautiful places not only in Russia, but on the whole continent. Several large rivers - the Katun and Biya - flow through the territory of the Altai Territory, which, merging, form a single river Ob.

The Altai Territory, surrounded by massive mountains, is a favorite place for environmental travelers and extreme sports enthusiasts. Often Altai They call it the second most beautiful Switzerland, but unlike the Alps, the Altai Territory is cleaner and quieter in terms of tourism.

This region is rich in its resort resources, which include clean mountain air, an abundance of sun, mineral springs with healing water and much more.

Going to the Altai Territory, each of the travelers can choose the most suitable tourist route and the type of tourism. One of the most popular and interesting tours offered by numerous travel agencies is climbing Mount Aktru. During this tour, tourists will be able to get acquainted with the nature of the region and plunge into its unique atmosphere.

In addition, a trip to the Altai Territory can be diversified with other activities: horseback riding and camel riding, cycling tours, skiing and snowboarding, resting at camp sites and sanatoriums near mineral springs, as well as rafting on the seething rivers. www.russ-maps.ru

How can a motorist find the right path in the Altai Territory?

The total length of roads in the region is over 16 thousand kilometers. It takes a lot of time to go around all these roads. Why are there so many tracks? The point is the number of settlements - there are more than 1,500 of them in the region. Each of them is provided with transport links. Moreover, the settlements are located evenly, "covering" almost the entire territory of the Altai Territory.

The interactive maps presented here indicate the main highways of the Altai Territory. In the future, their number will be replenished, and the introduction of new objects of roadside service will continue. Site visitors take an active part in drawing up maps, not only suggesting objects for accommodation, but also evaluating them using a rating voting system.

All this is done so that any auto-traveler, before traveling in Altai, could determine in advance not only the final goal, but also stops along the way to inspect various objects, "coffee breaks", refueling and car maintenance.

Even an unprepared person can go to Altai. What needs to be done to find the right path? Good advice given on the automotive forum Drom.ru

The most reliable thing will be at the cafe to talk with truckers or busmen, and even go for some kind of pair (and you won't run into the traffic cops and you will be more whole, all the same guys are radioed, you never know a blizzard and everything)

So, you can check the route with the truckers. They can be found near roadside establishments. To "settle down" behind the truck and move under its "cover" is the right path, but it may seem long for someone.

In good weather with excellent visibility, is there any point in stretching? All you need to do is find the right path - turn in the right place at unfamiliar road junctions and intersections.

One answer that is "on the surface" is to use a navigator. But it is no secret that this device does not always work correctly, it can lead you into the "open field", and some friends-motorists with its help found themselves in dead-end situations.

Here's another good tip from the motoring forum:

Simple tourist map - here is the correct option.

Yes, it's elementary! Unfolded the map - and you know! The only "but": it will not always be possible to find a map with up-to-date data, with road service objects in certain areas.

Let each traveler decide for himself what to do. To help tourists, detailed maps are compiled on the Route 22 Altai website, so that the vacationer can, looking at the inter-active scheme in his tablet or other mobile device, follow the correct trajectory. At the same time, imagine what an interesting institution or object of tourist visit awaits him there - around the next turn ...

Satellite map of Altai Territory. Explore the satellite map of Altai Krai online in real time. A detailed map of Altai Krai was created on the basis of high-resolution satellite images. As close as possible, a satellite map of the Altai Territory allows you to study in detail the streets, individual houses and attractions of the Altai Territory. The map of Altai Krai from the satellite easily switches to the regular map mode (diagram).

Altai region - a region in Western Siberia. This is one of the most beautiful places not only in Russia, but on the whole continent. Several large rivers - the Katun and Biya - flow through the territory of the Altai Territory, which, merging, form a single river Ob.

The Altai Territory, surrounded by massive mountains, is a favorite place for environmental travelers and extreme sports enthusiasts. It is often called the second most beautiful Switzerland, but unlike the Alps, the Altai Territory is cleaner and quieter in terms of tourism.

This region is rich in its resort resources, which include clean mountain air, an abundance of sun, mineral springs with healing water and much more.

Going to Altai region, each of the travelers can choose the most suitable tourist route and type of tourism. One of the most popular and interesting tours offered by numerous travel agencies is climbing Mount Aktru. During this tour, tourists will be able to get acquainted with the nature of the region and plunge into its unique atmosphere.

In addition, a trip to the Altai Territory can be diversified with other activities: horseback riding and camel riding, cycling tours, skiing and snowboarding, resting at camp sites and sanatoriums near mineral springs, as well as rafting on the seething rivers.

The best resorts Altai Territory - this is Belokurikha for those who want to spend a calm, relaxed rest in the Rodon baths, the town of Yarovaya, famous for its curative mud, and the village of Solonovka, where various sports competitions are held annually.