Feb/11

Open air ice rink at an altitude of 1691 meters

2 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Photos, Sports, Travel

Medeo is a sports complex built at an altitude of 1691 meters above sea level, near the former capital city of Kazakhstan – Almaty. Medeo is the highest mountain range in the world for winter sports with the largest area of artificial ice field – 10500 square meters. The following photos were captured by Stepanov Slava.

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Tags: Almaty oblast · Medeo ice rink

Feb/11

The necropolis Koshkar-Ata

No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Culture, History, Photos, Travel

Koshkar-Ata necropolis is located in Mangystau oblast of Kazakhstan and has the status of the monument of 10th-19th centuries protected by the state. The photos were captured by Ruprix.

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Tags: Mangystau oblast · necropolis

Feb/11

Almaty Winter Dance 3D Show

No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Culture, Technology, Video

Tags: 3D show · Almaty city

Feb/11

Open-cast coal mine “Bogatyr” views

No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Economy, Photos, Regions

A mine of such a capacity was constructed for the first time in the world in Ekibastuz coal field (Ekibastuz city). Due to this fact “Bogatyr” was included into the Guinness Book of Records in 1980 (over 1 billion tons of coal was mined within the whole period of exploitation). 50 million tons is mined a year. The pictures were captured by Stepanov Slava (all the photos are clickable).

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Tags: coal mine · Ekibastuz city

Jan/11

The landscapes of Kazakhstan steppe

1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Travel

Kazakhstan nature is known not only for the sandy deserts but for the endless steppes. Here are the pictures captured near the lake of Balkhash (Balkhash city) by Lord Fame (all the photos are clickable).

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Tags: landscapes · steppe

Jan/11

The landscapes of Kazakhstan desert

1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Travel

The following Kazakhstan sandy landscapes were captured near the lake of Balkhash (Balkhash city) by Lord Fame (all the photos are clickable).

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Tags: desert · landscapes

Jan/11

New Year decorations of Kazakhstan cities

1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Holidays, Photos, Travel

Nice views of Kazakhstan main cities (Astana and Almaty) New Year decorations, pictures by V[O]X POPULI (all the photos are clickable).

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Tags: Almaty city · Astana city · decorations · New Year

Jan/11

Beautiful bird’s eye views of Astana city

5 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Cities, Photos, Travel

Astana is the new capital city of Kazakhstan (from December 10, 1997), the second largest city of the country after Almaty. The photos were captured by Stepanov Slava (all the pictures are clickable).