The new railway station will be built in south-eastern part of Astana, on the continuation of one of the main streets of the city – G.Mustafin Street. This street leads to the most significant buildings of the new Kazakhstan capital.

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Astana has the status of the capital city of Kazakhstan from December 10, 1997. The population of Astana is about 700,000, it is the second largest city in the country after former capital Almaty.

The main reason for moving the capital was the geographical location of the city – it is much more accessible to Russia and the chance of earthquake is much smaller. The following beautiful photos of Astana were taken by Stepanov Slava.

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The following short film was commissioned by Majors Office of Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan, for OSCE Forum.

Astana Architecture from alexander chertok on Vimeo.

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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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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).

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Nice photos of Astana city captured by lion-king (all the pictures are clickable).

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