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During the Russian Civil War, the Confederated Republic of Altai (Karakorum-Altai Region) was established in 1918, and declared as the first step to rebuilding Genghis Khan's Mongol Empire. [13] But it never became a competing force in the Russian Civil War, and stayed neutral from 1918 until January 1920, when it was annexed back into Russia.
South Central Siberia is a geographical region in North Asia, just north of the meeting point between Russia, China, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. Kemerovo Oblast highlighted Kuznetsk Basin to the west and Minusinsk basin to the east. Altai Republic to the south, Altai Krai northwest of that and Tuva to the southeast
The Altai people came into contact with Russians in the 18th century. In the Tsarist period, the Altai were also known as Oirot or Oyrot (this name means "Oirat" and would later be carried on for the Oyrot Autonomous Oblast). The name was inherited from their being former subjects of the 17th-century Oirat-led Dzungar Khanate. [18]
The areas of southern Siberia (today's Altai, Tuva, Khakassia an neighboring areas) which were conquered by the Russian Tsardom in the 18th century (except Tuva, which was part of Mongolia under Qing rule until it became a protectorate of Russia in 1914), comprised diverse Siberian-Turkic peoples, which, by the 1910s were approximately 50% of the population of the area.
Altai Krai has rolling foothills, grasslands, lakes, rivers, and mountains. [14] The highest point of the krai is 2,490 metres (8,170 ft) high Mayak Shangina. The climate is severe with long cold dry winters and hot, usually dry summers. The region's main waterway is the Ob River, which gives its name to the Ob Plateau. [15]
The larger portion of the forest in the Altai and Sayan Mountains runs across a latitude range that encompasses between 51.5 degrees to 56 degrees north latitude, and a longitude range running between 86 degrees to 95 degrees east longitude. The region overlaps with the Golden Mountains of Altai World Heritage Site.
ALTAI TERRITORY, RUSSIA APRIL 2, 2021: Military engineers conduct an ice blasting operation on the Biya River, Biysky District, eastern part of the region. (Photo/Kirill Kukhmar/TASS) Rounds of ...
It was founded in 1892. [citation needed]A number of anti-Semitic incidents took place in the city in 1945. [10]During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the city was the home city of several soldiers associated with the Bucha massacre [11] and also a major destination for Ukrainian war loot.