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 |