Altai Region
- NationRussian Federation
- Government NameAltai Region
- GovernorViktor Tomenko
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History
- 1915: By the end of the 19th century the Siberian railroad had been built, that crossed a part of Altai Region and by 1915 the Altai railroad had been completed, that connected Barnaul and Semipalatinsk.
- July 1917: Altai Region was founded in July, 1917 with Barnaul as a capital. This province existed till 1925.
- 1925~1937: From 1925 till 1937, Altai Region was a part of West – Siberian Region.
- 1937: Altai Region was founded
Topographic Feature and Characteristics
- Altai Region belongs to two landscape types: West – Siberian Plain and Altai – Sayan Mountains. The mountain part spreads to the plain part in the east and south. Almost all landscape areas of Russia are present in Altai Region - steppe and forest steppe, taiga, mountains and reach river ecosystems. In the west part it borders on Eastern Kazakhstan, in the north and south – east it borders with Novosibirskaya and Kemerovskaya oblasts, in the south – east part it borders with the Altai Republic. The total are of Altai Region is 167,85 thousand square kilometers. The length from west to east is 600 kilometers, from north to south 400 kilometers. Time difference with Moscow is 3 hours. Air length from Barnaul to Moscow comprises 3600 kilometers.
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- Contact: Department of External Relations and Protocol of the Government of Altai Region
- Address: Office 203, Prospekt Lenina, 41, Barnaul, Altayskiy Kray, Russia, 656049
- Tel: +7 (3852) 20-32-11
- Fax: +7 (3852) 20-32-15
- Website : https://www.altairegion22.ru/
- E-mail : ved@alregn.ru