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Rock Formations of the Western-Altai Reserve
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Regions
The Western-Altai State Nature Reserve was established with the goal of comprehensive protection of the Altai mountain system in 1992. It covers an area of about 56 thousand hectares at the northeastern border of the East Kazakhstan region, 60 km east of the city of Ridder.
This territory has a complex geological history. Here you can see picturesque rock formations – geological monuments of the distant past. The Western-Altai Reserve on Google Maps. Photos by: Ilya Afanasyev.
Tags: East Kazakhstan oblast · Ridder city
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Beautiful Maloulbinskoe Reservoir
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Photos, Regions, Technology
Maloulbinskoe reservoir, located about 20 km to the south-east of Ridder city (East Kazakhstan region), was built by prisoners of war and convicts in 1938.
Today, this place is a historical landmark in the field of engineering and technology. To some extent, the reservoir is an open-air museum. Maloulbinskoe reservoir on Google Maps. Photo by: Alexey Maznicin.
Tags: East Kazakhstan oblast · Ridder city
