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The purpose of the article is to address the problem of local culture. Examination of the subject matters helps us to solve a number of the tasks of cognitive and educative character. This is of a great importance for the multina-tional regions of our country. The peculiarities and originality of the ethnical culture in Altai territory are shown in this study. The author offers a multi-level structure which fixes various ethnical formations. The author systematizes the scientific material, distinguishes sub-ethnical groups, reveals the communities of people on this territory such as the Siberian sub-ethnical group, the Altai peasantry, the Cossacks, Old Believers, and the mining industry workers. The author describes all variants of ethnical contacts, which took place within the Altai territory such as coexistence, assimilation, mixing, and consolidation.