Altai Mountains

Mountain range in Central–East Asia

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2020
Burkhanism
Grigory Gurkin passed away, concluding his life's work as a prominent Burkhanist landscape artist and political leader in the Karakorum-Altaian region.
2016
Burkhanism
Founding of the Sacral Altai public ecological organization, a group related to Burkhanism.
2016 Australian Rock Art Research Association study estimates cave petroglyphs in the Altai Mountains depicting skiing to be between 4,000 and 5,250 years old.
2010
Burkhanism
Formation of Tengrism—Heavenly Faith, a spiritual movement linked to Burkhanism.

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