Example Sentences

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The settlement is also close to copper and tin deposits in the nearby Altai Mountains, which would have supplied the key raw materials needed for its bronze production.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2025

The Pazyryk "ice mummies" were found inside ice tombs in the Altai mountains in Siberia in the 19th century, but it has been difficult to see the tattoos.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2025

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 • Jul. 27, 2023

Castner's project supported local campaigns between 2009 and 2015, its website says, to reroute the pipeline away from Altai, a mountainous region in southern Siberia.

From Reuters • Jul. 5, 2023

I imagined him trudging through the falling snow toward Altai, arriving in time for Christmas with my handkerchief in his breast pocket.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys