Onguday

Onguday lies on the Ursul River in an intermontane steppe of the Altai. Known locally as Ongdoy, its name has been interpreted as a place with hollows or caves. The settlement is traditionally dated to 1626. The Ursul valley forms part of a mountain landscape marked by burial mounds, stone figures and rock carvings, traces of peoples who lived and travelled through the Altai over many centuries.