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"Strange and wonderful-praise to the Russian Altai is heard from everywhere: to beautiful mountains, amazing mineral wealth, torrential rivers and unheard of flowers. Why does everyone revere Altai?"Nikolai Roerich - famous Russian artist (landscape painter), philosopher and archaeologist
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"The people who live around the Altai mountains are a race of people descended from the followers of Genghis Khan and regard the Altai as the Shambala, the place where the new civilisation is going to spring from after the world has destroyed itself. Without a doubt the place carries an air of mystery about it and has attracted many philosophers"
Ned Rimmer, UK (from Internet)
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"The Russian Altai mountains was one of the best kept secrets. Russian doctors, psychiatry and other specialists, sent their patients to Siberia and to Altai to recover from illness and to heal. Where you are in this area, the power of the nature, the blue energies that hang as a aureole over this area, that penetrate all, thousands of kilometres fields, valley's, mountains, forests, with their aromatic smells and colours, heal in a miraculous way the triad in people. Many people are searching for the Shamans in Altai, the miraculous healers. Altai is that healer, the Greatest Shaman that you ever can meet."
Fransje Bik, the Netherlands (from Internet)
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FLORA of ALTAI REGION
Endemic Plants of the Altai Mountain Region
 The first guide to be published about the flora of this region, which lies on the borders of Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and China.
 The first detailed and comprehensive account of the 288 endemic and subendemic plants of the Altai Mountain range, over 30 of which were found and named by contributors to this book.
Introductory chapters provide general information on the environmental and socio-economic conditions of the region, together with details of the main habitat types, the Altai flora and its features, and the endemic flora. Information is also provided about the main protected areas in the region, and when and how to visit.
The main part of the book is devoted to illustrated profiles of 100 of the endemic plants, with taxonomic accounts (including key features to aid identification, flowering times and differences between similar species), plus details of distribution, habitats, conservation status, threats and cultivation. Summary details are given for the other 188 endemic species.
The text is enhanced with stunning photographs of habitats and plants – many of the species being photographed for the first time during recent expeditions.
PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN ALTAI REGION:
The site of the organization PACIFIC ENVIRONMENT (EN) (RU) (more info....)
The site of the WORLD WIFE LIFE (EN) (more info....)
CULTURE OF ALTAI:
Music: discover the album of Ush Sumer (traditional songs) (EN) (more info....)
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