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).
Deer stone at Bele on Lake Teletskoye
Altaian ritual offerings
Bichiktu Boom, a traditional Altaian village
Excavated kurgan burial mound in Karakol Valley
Kalbak-Tash petroglyphs of hunter, wagon, and woman giving birth
Kalbak Tash petroglyph shaman perhaps
Kalbak Tash deer petroglyph
Kalbak Tash deer hunting petroglyph
Snow leopard petroglyph at Kalbak Tash
Patmos convent on an isle in the Katun River
Traditional hitching post at Chui Oozy
Traditional wagon in Kosh Agach
An explanation of the Altaian spiritual world view