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Why was "Mongolia" here? S.B. Odin 20:02, 25 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Strange things happen when three persons are editing one page at once... My major changes are:

1. According to Russian maps (e.g. N-47) "Sayanskiy khrebet" is a small part of the Sayany mountain range. "Sayany" is its common Russian name.

2. "Bel-kem" from Britannica is obsolete. (Has it ever been correct?) Topographic maps use "Ulug-Khem" as the alternative name of Upper Yenisey.

S.B. Odin 19:26, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

1. The words "the Sayan Mountains are the north border-ridge of the plateau of northwest Mongolia, along with the Baikal Mountains and separate that region from Siberia" are not correct at all. There is a vast Tuva depression (Russian: Тувинская котловина) between Sayany and Tannu-Ola_Mountains which belongs to Russia and, therefore, not to Mongolia. Furthermore, the Baikal mountains, according to the corresponding article, maps and whatever else, are situated to the north-west from Baikal Lake. In my opinion, this sentence should be removed until someone gives its source.

2. I don't see any reason why this article belongs to the Category:Altay. As for me, it shouldn't.

3. I'm not sure that links to Russian topographic maps can be useful in english Wikipedia, but they are reliable source. If someone has another opinion- let's discuss it.

4. Isn't this article still a stub?

S.B. Odin 20:02, 25 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This article seems to be the source of that sentence. Probably in 1911 Tuva was a part of Mongolia. S.B. Odin 22:58, 25 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The article makes no mention of previous ownership of the Sayan Mountains by China/Mongolia. It would be nice to have a summary of when the borders were shifted over time such that the Sayan Mountains fell within the borders of the different countries. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fonetikli (talk • contribs) 03:25, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Currently about five percent of the Tuvan people, nomadic herders, live in this remote and primitive area. The rest have been dispersed^{[citation needed]} during the Soviet era.
• Russian general and politician Aleksandr Lebed died in a controversial helicopter crash in the Sayan Mountains on April 28, 2002.