Welcome to Altai Republic!
Altai (Russian: Респу́блика Алта́й) is a republic Western Siberia, which has an amazing variety of landscapes: from boundless steppes to impassable taiga forests. The Altai Mountains are the highest in Siberia. The Altai Republic and nearby Altai Krai were very popular hunting, fishing and adventure tourist sites during Soviet times. The region is popular for rafting, kayaking, rock climbing, horse riding, fishing and hunting.
The Altai Republic (Russian: Республика Алтай, Respublika Altay, Altai: Алтай Республика, Altay Respublika) also known as Gorno-Altai Republic, and colloquially, and primarily referred to in Russian to distinguish from the neighbouring Altai Krai as the Gornyi Altai (Russian: Горный Алтай, lit. 'the mountainous Altai'), is a republic of Russia located in southern Siberia. It is a part of the Siberian Federal District, and covers an area of 92,600 square kilometers (35,800 sq mi), with a population of 200,000 residents. It is the least-populous republic of Russia and federal subject in the Siberian Federal District. Gorno-Altaysk is the capital and the largest town of the republic.
The Altai Republic is one of Russia's ethnic republics, primarily representing the indigenous Altai people, a Turkic ethnic group that form 35% of the Republic's population, while ethnic Russians form a majority at 57%, and with minority populations of Kazakhs, other Central Asian ethnicities, and Germans. The official languages of the Altai Republic are Russian and Altai. Kazakh is official in areas of compact settlement of its speakers.