Category: Photo of the Day

The electric locomotive VL80-S was built between 1979 and 1994 in the Soviet Union but it is still a important part of Kazakhstan’s national railway.

The tree-lined Charyn River, with its cold fresh water, meanders as a blue ribbon with green edges through the sun-scorched brown steppe.

The Soviet-style “Monument of Courage” is a reminder of the horrible and destructive Tashkent Earthquake in 1966.

The Metallurgist’s Palace of Culture is one of the most beautiful buildings in the style of post-war socialist classicism in Shymkent.

A statue in Shymkent’s central park commemorates Kazakh ethnographer Uzbekali Dzhanibekov – a great advocate for preserving Kazakh heritage.

The Akmeshit cave with a forest of mulberry trees is a natural wonder in the Turkestan region of Kazakhstan.

These qurt balls you can found in different variations in any bazaar in Kazakhstan. Have you ever tried it?

The Opera and Ballet Theatre brings national, classic and international music and dance masterpieces to the people of Shymkent.

The tiny Koshkar Ata mausoleum has given its name to the valley and stream in which it stands. But do you know the story behind it?

The day is over and dusk falls over Aksu Canyon near Shymkent and makes this place to a quite and calm place.