Hotel Kazakhstan, the second tallest building in Almaty |
Hotel Kazakhstan, a 1970 Soviet construction, Almaty |
Hotel Kazakhstan, Almaty |
Казахстан Гостиница |
Hotel Kazakhstan, Almaty |
Abai Kunanbayev statue |
Ghani Muratbayev |
Children's Republican Palace, Almaty |
Children's Republican Palace, Almaty |
Satpaev Street, Almaty, Kazakhstan |
Kazakh National Agrarian University, School of Engineering |
Kazakh National Agrarian University, 1954, Almaty |
Abay Avenue, Almaty |
Mosaic, Dostyk Ave, Almaty |
Mosaic of a Chinese dragon, Dostyk Ave, Almaty |
Alma-Ata Center |
Alma-Ata was the name of the city during the Soviet era |
Monument to Taras Shevchenko, national poet of Ukraine |
Zodiac Fountain, Almaty |
Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences, Almaty |
Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences, Almaty |
Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences, Almaty |
Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences, Almaty |
Kazakh SSR Academy of Sciences, Almaty |
Emblem of the Republic of Kazakhstan replaced the Kazakh SSR emblem on the Academy of Sciences |
Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences, Almaty |
Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences, Almaty |
Soviet Emblem, Kazakh Academy of Sciences |
Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences, Almaty |
Archaeologist Alkey Margulan (1904-1985) |
Abay Opera Garden, Almaty |
Café next to the State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Furmanov St |
Opera Garden, Almaty |
Wedding party tour, Abay Opera, Almaty |
Steven in Almaty |
Abay State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre |
Tchaikovsky and Rybnikov at the Kazakh State Academy Theatre, Sept 2014 |
Jambyl Jabayev (1846-1945), a traditional Kazakh folksinger |
Fountain on the west side of the Opera House, Almaty |
Capital Center, Almaty |
Capital Center, Almaty |
"Olymp", Capital Center |
Capital Center, Almaty |
Bolshoi Concert Hall, Almaty |
Yellow is a popular color in the older areas of Almaty |
Kazakh President Nazarbayev |
Aliya & Manshook, Old Square Park |
Алия и Маншук |
Old Square Park. Almaty |
Kazakh-British Technical University, Almaty |
Kazakh-British Technical University, Tole Bi Street |
Tole Bi Street, Almaty |
Qakaq Banki, Almaty |
Panfilov Street in Almaty's old city center |
Classical Russian architecture in Almaty's old city center |
Early-Soviet high rise on Furmanov, Almaty's Main Street |
Classy building, downtown Almaty |
100a Furmanov Street, Almaty |
What Russian-designed A380 would look like |
Arsan Spa complex, Tolebaev St, Almaty |
Otrar Hotel, Gogol St, Almaty |
Jeweler Center, Almaty |
Souvenir shop in an downtown bazar, Almaty |
Green Market, Almaty |
Doner Kebab shop, Green Market |
Pastries, Green Market |
Traditional Central Asian flat bread, Green Market |
An old woman in traditional costume |
Not many tourists around so she hammed it up for me a bit |
Row of mannequins along Pushkin Street, Almaty |
Central Mosque of Almaty, 1999, Kazakhstan |
Central Mosque of Almaty |
Minarets of the Central Mosque |
Gold dome of the Almaty Central Mosque |
Central Mosque of Almaty |
Central Mosque |
Central Mosque, Pushkin St, Almaty |
Central Mosque, Pushkin St, Almaty |
Central Mosque, Pushkin St, Almaty |
Raiymbek Batyr (1705-1785) |
Raiymbek Batyr was a famous 18th C. Kazakh warrior |
Batyr' is an honorific term meaning hero in Khazakh |
Raiymbek Batyr is at the north end of Pushkin St |
Райымбек батыр |
Raiymbek Batyr monument, Almaty |
Attention! Video Control, Almaty |
Post Office "Kazpochta" |
Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, Almaty |
National Pedagogical University, 13 Dostyk Ave, Almaty |
Small bust of Abai in front of the Pedagogical University, Almaty |
Kazakhstan - Foreign Exchange |
Nurgisa Tilendiev, Kazakh Composer |
Нұрғиса Тілендиев |
Statue of Nurgisa Tilendiev, Furmaniev St, Almaty |
Nurgisa Tilendiev, Kazakh Composer |
Nurgisa Tilendiev, Kazakh Composer |
Нұрғиса Тілендиев |
Soviet-era apartments off Furmanov St, south of the Central State Musuem |
Soviet-era apartments off Furmanov St, south of the Central State Musuem |