"Great Altai" festival runs in Olgii

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The tourism-and-sport "Great Altai" international festival started at central square of Olgii--the central soum of Bayan-Olgii province June 10. In the organized for the first time action are participating some 500 people from member regions of the international managing council named "Altai is our home" such as Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan and China. The festival consists of several events, for example, mountain climbing, fishing, nomadic culture and civilization presentation. The festival will be run once every two years--in 2015 in China, in 2017-- in Kazakhstan, and in 2017--in Russia.