Solony (“the rainbow” in the Altaic language) is a small, but very beautiful magazine for children, published in the Altaic, a language spoken by a tiny ethnic group living in the Altai Mountains in the very heart of Siberia. Every 2 months its head and editor Kuler Tepukov drives over 200 km along the curvy mountain roads to deliver the magazine to its 3000 subscribers.
The magazine also issues a Russian edition, but on account of poor funding it usually happens only once a year. Another thing the magazine’s team does is translate the best books for children to help its Altaic-speaking readers discover the world’s most treasured masterpieces through the eyes of their own language and culture…
Behind this project there is Solony team’s dream – to share with their little subscribers one of the most beautiful books of the XXth century – a fairy-tale by the French writer and aviator – Antoine de Saint Exupéry.
We can’t but agree that this dream is really worth coming true.

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