Altay state nature reserve is a unique specially protected territory of Russia, a UNESCO world natural and cultural heritage UNESCO. The reserve's history began on 16 April 1932

On the biodiversity of the Altai nature reserve is one of the leading places among the protected areas of the country. The reserve is situated in the North-East of the Altai Republic, in turachakskom and Ulagan districts. Central manor nature reserve is located in the village Alu, and the Central office in the capital of the Republic, Gorno-Altaisk. Today Altai reserve consists of four departments: Department of science, Department of environmental education, protection Department, economic Department.

The total area of the reserve is more than 881 235 hectares, including the waters of lake Teletskoye area 11757 ha. Territory of the Altai nature reserve rises gradually towards the South-East. The main ecosystems of the reserve - lake, the Siberian taiga, taiga lowlands and mountains, Alpine and subalpine highlands and mountains, glacial-Nival Alpine, tundra-steppe uplands, tundra highlands and the Midlands.

Everywhere scattered in the mountains of the purest springs, streams with cold water. The largest high – mountain lake Golocal located in the origins of Chulyshman. Its length is about 10 km away. Among the most common tree species - pine, cedar, spruce, fir, birch. The real pride of the reserve is considered pine upland forests. In General, the flora of the Park consists of more than 1,500 species of vascular plants, 111 species of fungi and 272 species of lichens.

One of the main types of animals that live in the Altai taiga, sable is. From here ungulates, live reindeer, red deer, Siberian ibex, Siberian ROE deer, mountain sheep, musk deer and so on. On the mountains is very common Siberian ibex. In the South of the reserve and the surrounding area we live in Altai mountain sheep.