Almaty - Almaty express train
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Having a drink in the restaurant car of the Almaty express train
Almaty - Hotel Saulet
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We stayed at Hotel Saulet, a typical Soviet era middle class hotel
Almaty - Hotel Saulet
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The rooms in Hotel Saulet had not yet been renovated during our visit in 2009
Almaty - Hotel Kazakhstan
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Hotel Kazakhstan was constructed in 1970 and can be considered an icon of Soviet Modernism
Almaty - Hotel Kazakhstan
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The entrance of Hotel Kazakhstan with al the familiar elements of Soviet a1970s architecture
Almaty - House of political education
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The house of political education was constructed at the end of the 1970s and looks like a bunker
Almaty - House of political education
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Section of the of the House political education that now has been turned into a business center
Almaty - Palace of the republic
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The Almaty Soviet Palace of the republic, now an empty building
Almaty - Palace of the republic
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The interior of the former House of Soviets in Almaty, constructed with familiar Soviet clique building materials
Almaty - Pioneers palace
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The Schoolchildren’s Palace was build in 1970 with the purpose of housing all sorts of youth activity
Almaty - Pioneers palace
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The interior of the former pioneers palace that was beautifully decorated in Soviet 1970s style
Almaty - Arasan baths
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The Arasan baths were build from 1959 to 1986 on orders of Dinmukhamed Kunayev, a friend of Brezhnev
Almaty - Arasan baths
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Exterior of the Arasan baths, a complex that mixes Soviet and Oriental architecture styles
Almaty - Arman cinema
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Soviet decorations on the outer wall of the Arman Cinema building
Almaty - Cage Floe
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The disc shaped Cafe Floe was a very posh and stylish cafe during the Soviet times
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