Турбаза
The place
Турбаза ("Tourist base") in Altai Krai, Zavyalovo/Rebrikha area (Western Siberia, Priob plain, Russia), at 111 m elevation, Altai plateau. Continuous Russia Altai cluster (batches 260-352). Turbaza (Soviet-era tourist base, rural accommodation complex, post-USSR tradition, domestic tourism boom since 2015 following Western sanctions), area of Priob forest-steppe transitioning from Kazakh steppe to Siberian taiga, heritage of the Altaians (Turkic-Mongol people, 78,000, Altai Turkic language, shamanism, and the Burkhanism neo-syncretic religious movement, born in 1904, "Ak Jang" the White Path, resurgent since the 1990s).
The setting
Altai Zavyalovo/Rebrikha West Siberia Priob plain Russia 111 m Altai plateau, continuous cluster batches 260-352, Soviet-era turbaza post-USSR tourism boom 2015+ sanctions, Kazakh-Siberian forest-steppe, Altaians Turkic-Mongol 78,000 shamanism Burkhanism 1904 Ak Jang White Path 1990+.
