The Altai Mountains form the tallest mountain range in southern Siberia and are separated by deep river valleys and vast intermountain hollows. The Altai stretches into Central Asia and crosses four ...

A story of life without texting, coffee and pesky tourists A nasty drizzle started early in the morning. My trekking boots were cold and damp on the inside, the tent got covered in mud and grass and ...

Journey through the Altai Mountains, a remote wilderness deep in Siberia. This footage captures towering snow-covered peaks, glacial rivers, and golden autumn forests spread across one of Russia’s ...

Bayanaul National Park, known for its rock formations and lakes, becomes a striking winter destination. Snow-covered cliffs, ...

Archaeologists in Siberia have begun uncovering an extraordinary alfresco gallery of prehistoric art high in the 4,506-metre tall Altai Mountains. While the region is famed for petroglyphs (rock ...

In the south of Siberia, where Russia comes together with Kazakhstan, Mongolia and China, lie pristine lands where people try to live in harmony with nature. In this issue of “Russian Life” we travel ...

The Turkic word ``Altai'' means ``golden mountains.'' These are the highest mountains of the huge Siberian region. The highest peak, Belukha Mountain, is 4,506 meters high and always covered with snow ...

A photographer has captured a stunning set of images displaying the 4,000-year-old art of eagle hunting. The images were taken by Tariq Zaidi, who travelled to the desolate Altai Mountains, which run ...

“This is the umbilical cord”, said Erkyemen, pointing to a curved line of stones laid out on the arid slope. He walked on until we came to a pile of larger stones, a burial mound. “When a child is ...

On 7 April the skiers Daniel Ladurner, Klaus Gruber, Michael Sinn, Wolfgang Hell and filmmaker Lukas Schäfer flew to Gorno Altaysk, the capital of the Republic of Altaj in order to explore the Altai ...

LANZHOU, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have recently completed an analysis of seasonal snowmelt contribution for a river basin in the Altai Mountains in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur ...