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Monument in the Park of the 28 Panfilov Guardsmen in Almaty
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Zhirinovsky's School
The legendary School No. 25 in Alma-Ata, from which Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky graduated. In those years it was Secondary School No. 25 named after Dzerzhinsky, with a language bias (once the school named after Comrade Yezhov, directly opposite the KGB building). One of the city's old schools,
Almaty · Architecture · Heritage · Society · Reportage
This is how the administrative buildings near Republic Square in Almaty, the largest city in Kazakhstan, look after being looted, burned and smashed during the January attempted coup and mass disorders: the presidential residence, which was built…
Almaty · Books · Observations · Society
It is with gladness of heart that I learn the bookshops came through the twilight of Almaty's vandalism untouched
It is with gladness of heart that I learn the bookshops came through the twilight of Almaty's vandalism untouched. At any rate, the shop in the photograph and Akademkniga on Furmanov Street suffered no harm in the course of the outrages committed by looters and loathsome rioters. Perhaps
Almaty · Art · Museums · Heritage · Society
Almaty: an attack on the Kasteyev Art Museum, the largest in Kazakhstan and one of the biggest in Asia
In Almaty, an attack has been carried out on the Kasteyev Art Museum, the largest in Kazakhstan and one of the biggest in the Asian region. The priceless collection, which includes works by Dürer, Savrasov, Repin, Konchalovsky, Saryan, Sidorkin and Khludov, remains intact. In the photograph: the halls of the
Almaty · Archive · Architecture · Observations
A View of Republic Square in Almaty from the South
A view of Republic Square in Almaty from the south. You cannot see it from here, but the square has an unusual octagonal shape, and at the base of the bowl stands the Independence Monument. The two tower blocks alongside are residential. The old photographs show the square from the
NB! · Almaty · Architecture
View of office buildings with arched bays in the style of ancient Otrar, on the northern side of Almaty's Republic Square
View of office buildings with arched bays in the style of ancient Otrar, on the northern side of Almaty's Republic Square. They were originally built to house ministries and government offices; in the 1990s they were given over to ordinary offices and the editorial rooms of several radio
Almaty · Archive · Architecture
A view of the New Square in Alma-Ata: now from the south-east, then from the south-west
A view of the New Square in Alma-Ata: now from the south-east, then from the south-west. Today a park stands where the vast empty space once lay. The granite tribunes, imitating the mausoleum in Moscow, appeared before the building of the Central Committee, which was not supposed
NB! · Almaty · Architecture
The Side Wings of the Almaty Akimat, Now and Then
The side wings of the Almaty akimat, now and then. The six-storey and two-storey pavilions are linked to one another by passages. In plan, the whole complex is quadrangular, with inner courtyards. The buildings are based on a corridor system
Almaty · Archive · Architecture
Before the Riots and After
Before the riots and after. This is how the building of the Communist Party Central Committee, later the Presidential Palace and now the akimat of Almaty, looks inside. The circular assembly hall seats 600. The palace itself consists of 5 separate buildings. When it was being built, it went through
Almaty · Architecture · Observations · Society
The burnt-out akimat building of Almaty, that is, the city hall or municipal administration, formerly, before the capital was moved to Astana, the Presidential Palace
The burnt-out akimat building of Almaty, that is, the city hall or municipal administration, formerly, before the capital was moved to Astana, the Presidential Palace. Originally it was built in 1975-1980 as the headquarters of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR. At the
Almaty · Architecture · Society
Almaty is a city of extraordinary architectural interest
Almaty is a city of extraordinary architectural interest. Take the centre, for a start. Not everyone will grasp this, perhaps, but historically the city has had four different centres in the most traditional sense of the word. This became possible because its plan is not radial-concentric, like Moscow'