Altai souvenirs

Having come home from Altai you will find out that vivid memories of the trip stalk you for quite a time, and you'll share them with your friends showing pictures and souvenirs made up by Altai craftsmen. These can be purely Russian paintings and elm souvenirs, ceramics, tapestry, decorative wood carvings, wickerwork, postcards, pictures and videos of your trip depicting landscapes, natural sanctuaries and other local sights.

You are sure to share your impressions of the most delicious fruit, berries, mountain honey and Altai cheeses as Altai is world famous for its products. This can be proved by the fact that the World Wildlife Fund includes Altai in the 15,000 most valuable natural areas.

In autumn 2007 Barnaul hosted the 1st World Cheese Festival where 24 cheesemaking enterprises of Altai and France took part. A new Guinness record - "The world's biggest wheel of cheese" - was registered on November 15. The cheese weighed 721 kg, having been made at the Altai Creamery to mark the 70th anniversary of Altai Krai.

The French cheese makers were impressed having tried the Altai cheese: "We were aware of the fact that Altai cheese is ecologically clean, but we couldn't know it is THAT clean!"