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A. Kasteyev State Museum of Arts, Almaty
The Kasteev Museum of Art is the largest art museum in Kazakhstan. The institution conducts research and educational activities in the field of fine arts.
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Archeological Museum, Almaty
The Museum of Archeology is a cultural division of the Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan.
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Astrophysical Observatory, Almaty
The Observatory of the Astrophysical Institute on the Kamenskoye Plateau, 11km from Almaty is 1450 meters above sea level. It was originally built to view the solar eclipse on September 21, 1941, with astrophysicists coming from Moscow and St. Petersburg.
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Botanical Garden, Almaty
The main botanical garden of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan was founded in 1932 and covers an area of 108 hectares at an altitude of about 900 m. above sea level.
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Central Park, Almaty
Central Park is the oldest in Almaty, founded in 1856, almost simultaneously with the city itself.
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Central State Museum of Kazakhstan, Almaty
The State Museum of Kazakhstan was opened in Almaty in 1931. At that time it was located in the building of the former Ascension Cathedral. The museum collection included exhibits from the funds of the Orenburg Museum, which were joined by the collections of the Museum of the Semirechensk region, the Cossack army and the Republican Anti-Religious Museum.
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Dinmukhamed Konaev Museum, Almaty
Dinmukhamed Konaev Akhmedovich was a deputy of the Supreme Council of the Kazakh SSR and a deputy of the Supreme Council of the USSR. Three times Hero of Socialist Labor, he was awarded eight Orders of Lenin, Orders of the Red Banner of Labor, Orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree as well as many medals.
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Esentai Mall & Esentai Park, Almaty
Esentai Mall is the largest luxury and premium shopping centre in Central Asia, as well as a centre for fashion, design and contemporary art.
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Ice Skating Rink "Medeo", Almaty
The world's largest high-mountain sports complex "Medeo" is located at an altitude of 1691 meters in the tract of the same name on the northern slope of the Zaili Alatau ridge, 14 km from Almaty.
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Kazakh Museum of Folk Musicial Instruments, Almaty
The Museum of Folk Musical Instruments named after Yhylas Dukenuly, a Kazakh folk composer, one of the founders of the kobyz school, opened in 1981. The museum has nine halls stuffed with the national musical instruments of the Kazakh people, as well as the cultures of more than 50 other countries.
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Kok-Tobe Hill and Kok-Tobe TV tower, Almaty
Kok-Tobe hill is a popular attraction in Almaty, and one of the favourite places of rest for the citizens.
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Military History Museum, Almaty
The Military History Museum, in the building of the monumental House of the Army in the park of 28 Panfilov Heroes, opened in 1965.
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Park of 28 Panfilov Guardsmen, Almaty
The park named after 28 Panfilov Guardsmen was founded in the 70s. XIX century on the site of the village cemetery, therefore it was originally called Starokladbischensky Park. The park is a green area of 18 hectares, divided by smooth paths and alleys, where a mixed deciduous grove of perennial oaks, elms, aspens, maples, poplars, pines and firs grows.
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Republican German Drama Theater, Almaty
The Republican German Drama Theater was established on December 25, 1980, in the small town of Temirtau, in Kazakhstan.
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Shymbulak Ski Resort, Almaty
Shymbulak ski resort, located a couple of tens of kilometres from Almaty, in the magnificent gorge of the Zailiysky Alatau at an altitude of more than 2200 meters.
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The Abay State Opera and Ballet Theater, Almaty
The Abay State Opera and Ballet Theater was founded in 1934 and after 5 years was awarded the status of an academic theatre.
