Archive for June 2016
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The park named after the First President of Kazakhstan
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Cities, Photos, Travel
The park named after the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan is an arboretum located in Almaty, at the intersection of Navoi Street and Al-Farabi Avenue in Bostandyk district.
Opened in July 2010, the park has a total area of 73 hectares. Since its opening it has become one of the favorite places for leisure activities of residents and visitors of Almaty, a center of large-scale celebrations. Source: voxpopuli.kz.
Tags: Almaty city
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The beauty of nature in the area of Tuyuksu glacier
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos
Tuyuksu is a central, valley glacier in Kazakhstan, located on the northern slope of Trans-Ili Alatau Ridge, in the upper reaches of the Malaya Almatinka River, at the foot of Tuyuksu Pass.
Here, about 25 km from Almaty, in Maloye Almatinskoye Gorge (the height above sea level – 2,400 meters), you can find a mountaineering camp “Tuyuk-Su” – one of the best places to get basic skills of mountaineering. Photos by: Olga Kulakova.
Starry night on Tuyuksu.
Tags: Almaty city