Altai Culture & History
A variety of local indigenous culture and history photos, with a few shots of traditional Russian culture as well. The petroglyphs pictured here can date back as far as 4000 BCE (Stone and Bronze Ages to recent periods).
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- Deer stone at Bele on Lake Teletskoye
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- Altaian ritual offerings
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- Bichiktu Boom, a traditional Altaian village
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- Danil explains the network of standing stones in Karakol Valley
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- Excavated kurgan burial mound in Karakol Valley
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- Kalbak-Tash petroglyphs of hunter, wagon, and woman giving birth
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- Kalbak Tash petroglyph shaman perhaps
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- Kalbak Tash deer petroglyph
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- Kalbak Tash deer hunting petroglyph
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- Snow leopard petroglyph at Kalbak Tash
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- Milling Siberian pine nuts
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- Patmos convent on an isle in the Katun River
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- Traditional Russian singers in Ust Koksa
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- Traditional hitching post at Chui Oozy
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- Traditional wagon in Kosh Agach
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- Visiting a standing stone in the Karakol Valley
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- An explanation of the Altaian spiritual world view
