Altai Republic

British  

noun

1. another name for Gorno-Altai Republic

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Example Sentences

The Mi-8 helicopter caught fire as it was landing in southern Siberia’s Altai Republic and brushed against a power line, the Altai branch of the Russian Emergency Ministry said.

From Washington Times

In one case being defended by Mr. Bushmakov in the Altai Republic in southern Siberia, for example, a student was arrested in connection with pictures on her page on Vkontakte, the Russian equivalent of Facebook, some of which were not even shared.

From New York Times

The instrument was one of five mouth harps discovered by archaeologists at two sites, Chultukov Log 9 and Cheremshanka, in the mountainous Altai Republic region of south-central Russia.

From National Geographic

Currently another Lennon monument exists in Russia’s Altai Republic purporting to be the only depiction of the Liverpool-born musician made entirely from marble, while in St Petersburg’s renowned artist commune on Pushkinskaya street a tribute to John Lennon and his former bandmates exists as the road has unofficially been renamed “John Lennon street”.

From Newsweek

A torchbearer rode in a ski lift near Gorno-Altaysk, the capital town of Russia's mountainous Altai Republic, in December.

From The Wall Street Journal