Financial club, 2003 "Who Said That Only Summer Is For Rest?"

According to the latest data of investigations, the winter rest becomes one of the new fashionable trends among Russians. So, at the first International conference of tour business among the Russian regions that took place in frames of the 8th International tourist exhibition "Baikal Tour 2003", it was noticed that in comparison with the 1999, the demand for the active winter rest in 2002 has grown by 25% and the number of people interested in winter holidays - by 60%. Russians began to pay more attention to the beauty, singularity of their own regions, and Siberians keep pace with them.  

"Commersant" 02.09.2002 "Tuva is considered to be the native land of the Scythians"

The director of an archeological expedition from Saint Petersburg professor Konstantin Chugunov started a proposal in Kizyl that Tuva is the ancient native land of the Scythians. According to the report of ITAR-TASS of September 2, the scientist made his conclusions from his excavations in the Tsar Valley in Biy-Chem district of the Republic this summer.  

"S'ekonom!" magazine, 2003 "The country of Shamans"

Tuva is the center of Asia, with the most mountain Steppe, and the most queer in its varicosity nature. Mountains and forests, Steppes and taiga, yaks and camels, all that seems to be incompatible, but all this is combined on this land. Wonderful animals inhabit this severe land - sarlyks and snow leopards. The Alpine fields please an eye with the variety of colors and flowers. There is no any sign of modern civilization on the territory of Tuva. Steppes stretch with their "cosmic" landscapes for the hundreds of kilometers, one can find also high mountains with sharp ridges like the creation mystery. It seems that you've got to another world and even another planet, another history, unpredictable and unknown.