Archive for May 2017
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Climbing Mount Furmanova near Almaty
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Travel
Mount Furmanova is located in the vicinity of Almaty, at the end of the Kimasar Gorge. This is a popular place among the guests and residents of the city. Climbing it is available for beginners though it requires a certain level of physical fitness.
The height of the mountain is about 3,050 meters. If you walk from the Medeo rink, the distance to Mount Furmanova is 7.2 km. Mount Furmanova on Google Maps. Photos by: Ilya Gornostayev.
Tags: Almaty oblast
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Amazing Landscapes of the Ustyurt Plateau
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Regions, Travel
Ustyurt is a huge desert and a plateau with an area of more than 200,000 kilometers located in the west of Central Asia (in Kazakhstan (Mangystau oblast), Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan), between Mangyshlak and Kara-Bogaz-Gol in the west, the Aral Sea and the Amudarya delta in the east. Ustyurt National Preserve is located on this territory. The Ustyurt Plateau on Google Maps. Photos by: Vladimir Mulder.
Tags: Mangystau oblast
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One Evening on the Roof in Karaganda
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Cities, Photos, Travel
Karaganda is a city with a population of about half a million people, the capital of the Karaganda region of Kazakhstan.
Today, it is one of the largest industrial, economic, scientific, and cultural centers of the country. Let’s see how the center of Karaganda looks like in the evening. Photos by: Alexandr Kuznetsov.
Tags: Karaganda city
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Hiking in Butakovskoe Gorge
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Travel
The picturesque Butakovskoe gorge, located at an altitude of 1,700-2,900 meters above sea level in the mountains of Zailiysky Alatau, within the limits of Almaty, is a great place for hiking.
The total length of the gorge is 14 km. At the bottom of the gorge the Butakovka River flows, which is the right tributary of the Malaya Almatinka River. Butakovskoe gorge on Google Maps. Photos by: A. Gornostayeva and Ilya Gornostayev.
Tags: Almaty city