 Zenkov Cathedral, completed in 1907, is the most impressive legacy of Tsarist Russia in Almaty |
 Zenkov Cathedral is one of the world's tallest wooden buildings |
 Russian Orthodox Zenkov Cathedral, Almaty |
 The formal name is Ascension Cathedral |
 Вознесенский собор |
 The cathedral survived the 1911 earthquake |
 Gold onion dome on the highest tower, Zenkov Cathedral |
 Belfry of Zenkov Cathedral at the west end of the building |
 Inscription "Ascension Cathedral" 1904-1906 |
 Iconostasis of Zenkov Cathedral by artist N. Khludov |
 After the Russian Revolution the cathedral became the Central State Museum of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic |
 Interior of the main dome, Zenkov Cathedral |
 The cathedral was restored 1973-1976 |
 Russian Orthodox icon - Virgin and Child, Zenkov Cathedral |
 The church reopened for religious services in 1997 |
 Eternal Torment of Sinners, Zenkov Cathedral |
 The style of the Last Judgement painting varies greatly from traditional Russian Orthodox icons |
 Detail from the Eternal Torment of Sinners, Almaty |
 St Matthew the Evangelist |
 Interior of a side dome, Zenkov Cathedral |
 Russian icon - Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Zenkov Cathedral |
 King of Glory - црь славы |
 Side building with a colorful dome next to Zenkov Cathedral |
 Zenkov Cathedral, Almaty |
 Zenkov Cathedral, Almaty |
 Zenkov Cathedral, Almaty |
 Zenkov Cathedral, Almaty |
 Zenkov Cathedral, Almaty |
 Zenkov Cathedral, Almaty |
 Zenkov Cathedral, Almaty |
 Zenkov Cathedral, Almaty |
 Zenkov Cathedral, Almaty |
 Zenkov Cathedral, Almaty |
 Zenkov Cathedral, Almaty |
 Zenkov Cathedral is on the west side of Panfilov Park |
 Tokash Bokin (1890-1918) |
 Tokash Bokin - токаш бокин |
 Great Patriotic War Memorial, Panfilov Park |
 Park of the 28 Guardsmen, Panfilov Park, Almaty |
 Central figure of the Great Patriotic War Memorial |
 15 soldiers representing the Republics of the USSR, Panfilov Park |
 The soldiers emerge from a stylized map of the Soviet Union |
 Great Russia and Nowhere to Retreat Behind Moscow |
 Panfilov Park, Almaty |
 Panfilov Park, Almaty |
 The first time I'd seen a quadricopter filming at a tourist site |
 Soldier glaring angrily at the rather annoying buzzing drone |
 Panfilov Park is named for the 28 Guardsmen, Heroes of the Soviet Union during the 1941 Defense of Moscow |
 Like newlyweds all over the former USSR, young Kazakh couples visit the war memorials on their wedding day |
 Russia's civil war 1917-1920, Panfilov Park |
 Panfilov Park monument to Russia's civil war 1917-1920 |
 Gate on the eastern side of Panfilov Park |
 Gate on the eastern side of Panfilov Park |
 Hero City Moscow |
 Hero City Leningrad |
 Traditional wooden building in Panfilov Park housing the Kazakh Museum of Musical Instruments |
 Traditional wooden building in Panfilov Park housing the Kazakh Museum of Musical Instruments |
 Museum of Kazakh Musical Instruments |
 Kazakh wedding day photos, Panfilov Park |
 Kazakhstan flags, Panfilov Park |
 Flag of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
 Flag of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
 Soviet-Afghanistan War Memorial, Panfilov Park |
 Soviet-Afghanistan War Memorial, Panfilov Park |
 Eastern Gate, Panfilov Park |
 Eastern Gate, Panfilov Park |
 Grave of the discoverers of an air route to Kazakhstan killed in 1931 |
 Great Patriotic War Memorial, Panfilov Park |
 1941-1945, the Soviet Great Patriotic War |
 Afternoon at Panfilov Park, Almaty |
 Fresh flowers laid at the eternal flame, Panfilov Park |
 War Memorial, Panfilov Park, Almaty |
 War Memorial, Panfilov Park, Almaty |
 Dutov Peter Danilovich (1916-1941) |
 Hero of the Soviet Union B. Momyshuly |
 World War II Field Artillery, Panfilov Park, Almaty |
 Major-General Ivan Vasilivich Panfilov 1893-1941 |
 Morning at Panvilov Park, Almaty |
 Great Patriotic War Memorial Panfilov Park |
 Great Patriotic War Memorial Panfilov Park |
 Great Patriotic War Memorial, Panfilov Park |
 There is no retreat beyond Moscow |
 1941-1945, Panfilov Park, Almaty |
 Eternal Flame, Panfilov Park, Almaty |
 Great Patriotic War Memorial, Panfilov Park |
 Soldiers of the Soviet Union |
 Panfilov Park, Almaty |