Altai Republic - Notable People

Notable People

  • Alexander Berdnikov (born April 8, 1953 ), Chairman of the Government of the Altai Republic, and the head of the republic from January 20, 2006.
  • Grigory Gurkin (January 24, 1870 – October 11, 1937), landscape painter.
  • Mikhail Lapshin (September 1, 1934 – June 17, 2006), President of the Altai Republic from January 19, 2002 to January 19, 2006.
  • Sergey Mikayelyan (born April 27, 1992), cross-country skier.
  • Semyon Zubakin (born May 4, 1952), Head of the Altai Republic in Russia from January 13, 1998 to January 19, 2002.

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