ALTAI. KATUNSKIY RESERVE [Mount Belukha]. Reserve at the headwaters of the Katun. Siberia. 

Altai. Katunsky reserve. Mount Belukha. We invite viewers to watch a new film about the high-mountain Katunsky nature reserve. It is located in the center of the most powerful modern glaciation in the south of Siberia. Here, at the foot of Belukha, the highest Siberian peak, the great Katun River is born from under the ice shell of the Gebler glacier. The upper reaches of the Katun are the territory of inaccessible mountains with pointed peaks and difficult passes. Here, impetuous, turbulent rivers give life to powerful waterfalls - Rossypny, Soloukhe, Poperechny, Kazinikhinsky and many others. Turquoise bowls of lakes lie between the high mountains. Among them are the pearls of Altai, lakes Verkhnee Multinskoe, Poperechnoe, Emerald and, of course, Taimenye. Coniferous taiga and light forests give way to forb alpine meadows,
tundra and swamps with a rich world of animals, birds and rare plants. Get to know the challenging work of the reserve staff. They serve in conditions of inaccessibility, remoteness and complex
relief. Every day in the service of nature is fraught with risk and extreme. Brave and dedicated people work here. Such as should be the real guardians of the reserved nature.
Svetlana Usanova, author of the film:
“The first time I visited the Katunsky Nature Reserve was in 2012. Since then, I have been burning with the dream of walking its mountain paths to the most inaccessible corners of the Katunsky ridge. I wanted to see with my own eyes how it was born
the Katun river. Finally, we had the opportunity not only to visit the reserve, but also to tell the audience about it in our film. The Irbisfilm film company started filming in 2018. We made two expeditions: in June - July and in August - September, the total
lasting one month. Together with the staff of the reserve, we climbed up the Katun on a water jet boat, made our way through the kurums, dense bushes and swamps on ATVs,
made many kilometers of crossings on horseback and on foot, stormed mountain rivers and passes. I admit, it was not easy, but very interesting! The nature here is truly wild and virgin. It is very important that against the background of the total deforestation, the extermination of animals, birds, fish stocks and rare plant species, natural landscapes with all their inhabitants are preserved in the Katunsky Reserve. It is necessary
to convey to the viewer the idea of ​​how vitally important it is to preserve the nature around us - the common home of all living beings. We tried to convey the ideas of the film not only with the help of a video sequence with picturesque landscapes of mountains, rivers, lakes and waterfalls, but also with stories from the life of the “keepers” of the reserve. They blend harmoniously with music
the talented composer Alexander Trifonov and the bewitching voice of the master of throat singing Bolot Bayryshev. And the offscreen text is performed by the wonderful announcer Vasily Romanov. " Reserve at the headwaters of the Katun. Altai. Katunsky reserve. Altai. Mount Belukha. Siberia. The Katun river.