What it is: An ornamental plush figurine of a swan made from reindeer felt and filled with reindeer wool Where it is from: The Pazyryk Valley in the Altai Mountains of Russian Siberia When it was ...

Along with other treasures, the nearly 12-inch-tall (30 centimeters) swan was discovered in a burial mound in the Pazyryk Valley of the Altai Mountains, near Russia's borders with Kazakhstan ...

Lake Svetloye on the territory of the swan nature reserve is a popular place ... fair where you can drink tea from a samovar, purchase Altai honey and food for birds. It is not possible to ...