Showing posts with the label Kazakhstan

The Mountain Where Space Junk Litters

Sep 20, 2019

The Altai Mountains in Central Asia is exceedingly beautiful with snow-capped peaks, rich pine forests and valleys studded with stunning alp...

How Kazakhstan Became The Entire Soviet Union For 4 Days

Jun 1, 2019

1991 was a notable year in the geopolitical history of the world. It was the year the Gulf War started marking the beginning of America’s c...

The Forgotten Soviet-Era Murals

Oct 25, 2017

Telling stories through mosaics and murals is a tradition that goes back to antique times. During the Soviet era, murals were used extensive...

Vozrozhdeniya, The Anthrax Island

Oct 24, 2017

In the 1920s, the Soviet government began searching for an isolated place where they could build a military complex to test biological weapo...

Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site

Jul 9, 2016

The Soviet Union’s nuclear program started soon after the end of the Second World War. Tests were conducted in many remote regions such as t...

Charyn Canyon: The Grand Canyon of Central Asia

Jul 1, 2016

Tucked away between the Ketmen and Ulken-Bogut mountain ridges in the southeast corner of Kazakhstan, close to the border with China, lies t...

The Valley of Balls, Kazakhstan

Jun 23, 2016

The valley of balls or Torysh, as it’s called in Kazakh, is located at the Northern tip of the Western Karatau, close to the town of Shetpe ...

The Palace of Peace and Reconciliation

Nov 20, 2015

In September 2003, Kazakhstan the largest of the former Soviet Republics hosted the inaugural Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional R...

Khan Shatyr–the World’s Tallest Tent in Kazakhstan

Nov 19, 2012

Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan, is an architectural project that is billed as the world’s larges...

The Sunken Forest of Lake Kaindy

Jul 16, 2012

Kaindy Lake is a 400 meter long lake in Kazakhstan’s portion of the Tian Shan Mountains located 129 km from the city of Almaty. The lake was...