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# Altai people demand the return of the Ukok Princess from a Gorno-Altaysk museum for burial
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/altaitsy-kotoryi-god-trebuiut-vernut-ukokskuiu-printsessu-na-rodinu-i-predat-zemle/
- Published: 2017-02-15T20:19:22.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T19:06:47.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Archaeology, Museums, Heritage, Society, Ethnography

For years now the Altaians have been demanding that the Ukok Princess be returned home and committed to the earth. Though she is, in any case, kept in a museum in Gorno-Altaysk, she belongs to the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Altaian elders, alas, keep losing in court