2. GORNO – ALTAYSK IS THE CAPITAL OF ALTAY REPUBLIC.
IT IS ON THE RIVERS KATUN AND BIYA.
ALTAY REPUBLIC POPULATION IS ABOUT 211 645 WITH DIFFERENT
NATIONALITIES: RUSSIANS, GERMANS, UKRAINIANS AND MORE.
LANGUAGES IN THE REPUBLIC OF ALTAY ARE RUSSIAN AND ALTAY.
3. TOURISM IS ONE OF THE MAIN SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY.
THERE ARE SUMMER ECOLOGICAL, CULTURAL AND
SIGHTSEEING TOURS BY CAR, HORSE, FOOT, WATER AND
CLIMBING, HUNTING, FISHING TOURS.
4. IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ALTAY REPUBLIC YOU MAY SEE THE MUMMY OF
“ALTAY PRINCESS”. ALSO YOU CAN VISIT NATIONAL THEATRE AND NATIONAL
LIBRARY.
PEOPLE SELEBRATE NATIONAL HOLIDAYS: MASLENITSA, NOWRUZ, CHAGA-
BAYRAM.