Almaty - Square house
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Kazakhstan
Almaty
08-Jul-2009
Daring Soviet architecture, a large white windowless building referred to as the square house
Almaty - Presidential palace
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Almaty
08-Jul-2009
This building was supposed to house the Kazakh branch of the Central Lenin Museum, this never happened
Almaty - Post office
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Kazakhstan
Almaty
07-Jul-2009
The former Almaty Post Office with a tower that can be seen in many former Soviet cities
Almaty - Kazakhstan National Museum
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Almaty
08-Jul-2009
The building of the Central State Museum of the Kazakh Republic was constructed in 1985
Almaty - Market regulation office
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Almaty
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Another Soviet era government building that bow houses the financial regulatory body of Kazakhstan
Almaty - Kazakh parliament building
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Almaty
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The former Kazakh and Kazakh SSR parliament building is now a university
Almaty - Abay Opera House
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Almaty
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The Abay Opera House, build in 1934 and named after Kazakh poet, composer, and philosopher Abay Qunanbayuli
Almaty - Academy of sciences
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Almaty
07-Jul-2009
The 1946 Academy of sciences building combines classical architecture, national art and Kazakh ornaments
Almaty - City airport terminal
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Almaty
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The Almaty air terminal in the city centre is a typical Soviet building from the 1970s
Almaty - City airport terminal
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Almaty
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The Soviet Concorde (Tu-144) once flew a daily flight between Moscow and Almaty
Almaty - Almaty Akimat
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08-Jul-2009
The Almaty Akimat (Town hall) that was the government building before the capital moved to Astana
Almaty - Almaty district Akimat
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Almaty
08-Jul-2009
The Akimat (administrative building) for the Almaty district
Almaty - Central mosque
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Almaty
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70% of Kazakhs are Muslim, the Almaty central mosque was build in 1999 on the location of the old mosque
Almaty - Republic square
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Republic square is was under heavy construction during our visit
Almaty - Residential buildings
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Soviet era housing blocks in the Samal-1 Micro district (Soviet residential complex)
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