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Kazakhstan

Traveling in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan is one of the largest countries in the world by area—the ninth-largest, as a matter of fact. It is unrivalled for sheer land size in its region of Central Asia, yet remains one of the less traveled countries in the region, which is a shame. Some say it is the relative dearth of historic sites in the country that is responsible, but that should not lead you into thinking it a featureless spot. The country of the Kazakh is one that can only be truly explored and opened up by the fearless traveler, the tourist not put off by stretch after stretch of either snow or desert and eager to unlock the mysteries bound up in this colossal sweep of seemingly desolate space.

That is the secret to Kazakhstan: the details of its mystique are often obscured by its sheer enormity. Were this a painting, a critic might say of it that the negative space dominates the detail—but that only makes every detail even more worthwhile, more of everything by sheer contrast. Nowhere is the discovery of clusters of petroglyphs more stunning than in the stark emptiness near Almaty. Nowhere are ancient cities more impressive than set against the vastness of the Kazakh Desert. Nowhere are mountains whiter and more strikingly beautiful than when they overlook the beaches of Aktau.

This is the sort of land you visit if you have the true traveler’s spirit within. This is the Land of the Kazakh—for that is what “stan” means: “the land of”—is a land of constantly traveling peoples, of the descendants of nomads who were known for their continuous exploration and adventuring throughout the country. That is what Kazakh means, after all: “a free spirit”, the kind of soul who goes willingly out into unchartered territory without his roots becoming a burden or fear of the vast and unknown shackling his feet.

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Semipalatinsk House of Dostoevsky: Remembering Fyodor Dostoevsky

February 13, 2018 By //  by Sarah Cruz Leave a Comment

Fyodor Dostoevsky, a fearless writer who spoke against the Soviet rule, was sent to exile in Kazakhstan and occupied a small wooden house from 1857 to 1859, along with his wife and baby.
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Today, a museum stands to honor the great writer during his stay in the city of Semey in East Kazakhstan, near the border of Siberia, about a thousand kilometers north of Almaty. The museum is called the Semipalatinsk House of Dostoevsky. (Semipalatinsk is the old name of Semey.)

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Semipalatinsk House of Dostoevsky

The museum displays Dostoevsky’s life from his childhood days in Moscow, growing up in St. Petersburg, four years of jail time in …

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Kazakhstan’s Baikonur Cosmodrome: the Largest Fully Functioning Cosmodrome in the World

February 12, 2018 By //  by Sarah Cruz Leave a Comment

The space port of the former Soviet Union when it raced against the United States in space domination was the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soviet Union actually won the race to outer space, and the first ever space launch facility in the world was this one in the desert steppe of Kazakhstan.

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Baikonur Cosmodrome

Vostok 1, the first manned spacecraft in the history of the human race, was launched in a Baikonur launch pad called Gagarin’s Start. The first person that was launched outside planet earth is a Kazakh cosmonaut. Baikonur is the largest continuing space launch facility …

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The Best Places to Go Hiking in Kazakhstan

March 27, 2017 By //  by Sarah Cruz Leave a Comment

One of the most fun things you can do in Central Asia is go hiking in Kazakhstan, the largest and most intriguing country in the region that used to be a Soviet Union state. The country did not exist a few decades back, and now the world is taking notice at its many yet to be popularized sights and attractions.

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Go hiking in Kazakhstan

There are several areas in Kazakhstan that resemble Aspen, Colorado without the highways, hotels, ski lifts and other modern facilities. There are broad sweeping valleys of alpine grassland and colorful flowers with rolling snowcapped summits in the background.
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President’s Culture Centre: a Modern Museum in Kazakhstan

March 26, 2017 By //  by Sarah Cruz Leave a Comment

The largest country in Central Asia and the ninth biggest in the world is Kazakhstan, a former Soviet state. It did not exist as a nation before 1991 and today it is slowly opening its arms wide to invite foreign tourists. The capital city of Astana is home to many tourist attractions that are yet to be discovered and enjoyed by people from all over the world. Astana is pegged as Central Asia’s city of the future, and one of its modern attractions is the President’s Culture Centre. So far, the most common international tourists to the capital city are from the United Kingdom, Germany, China, Japan and Korea.

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President’s Culture Centre

The President’s Culture Center is a new and fancy museum that is five-stories high. Its center is a large circle with a gleaming blue …

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Extreme Weather in Kazakhstan

March 25, 2017 By //  by Sarah Cruz Leave a Comment

Kazakhstan is so huge it reaches two totally different climatic regions – arid Middle East and chilly Siberia. Cold northern air meets the hot south in this former Soviet state. This means weather in Kazakhstan is very hot in summer and cold in winter. The country experiences four distinct seasons, which is another reason for tourists to check out this exotic yet modern country. Kazakhstan climate goes from pleasant spring, hot summer, and breezy autumn to biting winter.

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Skyline of Astana, Kazakhstan

Spring in Kazakhstan is very colorful, pleasant and picturesque. Spring happens as early as February in the southern regions and …

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Lush, Beautiful and Enigmatic Burabay National Nature Park

March 24, 2017 By //  by Sarah Cruz Leave a Comment

Burabay National Nature Park is a leading tourist attraction Kazakhstan. This park is significant to tourism but more importantly to the preservation of Kazakhstan’s wildlife and Mother Nature. Known as “the Giant in Central Asia” for its size, Kazakhstan is relatively new to global tourism. The beauty of its natural resources was once enjoyed only by the ruling Soviet Government, hidden from the rest of the world. Today, the country is opening its doors to anyone and everyone so that the world will see the splendor of its natural treasures, many of which are housed within Burabay National Nature Park.

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Beautiful Burabay National Nature Park

Burabay (also referred to a “Borovoe”) is a wide mountain land that covers lush pine forests, icy blue lakes, hilly upland, cliffs that …

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