Regional Museum

Altai


Founded in 1823, the reasonably interesting Regional Museum is Siberia’s oldest. Top exhibits include intriguing models of various 18th-century industrial processes.


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4. Pokrovsky Church

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This bulbous-domed brick building is the most appealing of the city’s many churches and has a fine, gilded interior.

5. Lenin the Toreador

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This unique Lenin monument sees the revolutionary apparently dressed up as a bullfighter.

7. FSB Headquarters

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