Kazakhstan

During its existence, Alma-Ata managed to visit a military fortification, was called Verny and even had the status of the capital of Kazakhstan. Although formally the main city of the country is now Astana, Alma-Ata retained the right to be called a cultural

Astana looks like a magical oasis in the middle of the endless Kazakh steppes. The city was rebuilt almost from scratch a couple of decades ago after the decision was made to move the capital here from the city of Alma-Ata. Many cultural sites of the renewed Astana

Kazakhstan appears to the traveler as a harmonious interweaving of age-old oriental traditions and Western modernity. Modern business centers of Astana and Almaty are here adjacent to the ancient cities of the Great Silk Road, and the famous Baikonur cosmodrome