
The Altai Republic (/ˈæltaɪ/; Altay: Алтай Республика, romanized: Altay Respublika; Kazakh: Алтай Республикасы; Russian: Респу́блика Алта́й, romanized: Respublika Altay), also known as Gorno-Altai Republic, and colloquially, and primarily referred to in Russian to distinguish from the neighbouring Altai Krai as the Gornyi Altai (Russian: Горный Алтай, lit. 'the mountainous Altai'), is a republi...