Republic Square

Republic Square lies along Satpaev Street south of Almaty's city center	Matching buildings flank either end of the north side of Republic Square	Kazakhstan 2050 - Our Strength displayed in Russian atop Republic Square	Kazakhstan written in Russian
Soviet-era high rise, Republic Square	Kazakhstan Independence Monument, Republic Sq	Statue of the "Golden Man" atop a winged snow leopard	Statue of a Kazakh woman, part of the new Independence Monument in the center of Republic Square
Kazakh woman, Republic Square	Kazakh woman, Republic Square	Young girl astride a horse, Kazakhstan Independence Monument	Two equestrian statues featuring children riding bareback flank the Kazakhstan Independence Monument
Kazakh boy on a horse, Republic Square, Almaty	Boy on a horse, Republic Square	Kazakh boy on a horse, Republic Square, Almaty	The fence surrounding the Independence Monument consists of low relief sculpture of Kazakhstan's history
Arrows and cavalry against rifles and cannon	Kazakhstan Independence Monument	Fallen warrior, Kazakhstan Independence Monument	A moment in Kazakhstan's history
10 of these low relief bronze sculptures are arrayed in a semicircle on the north side of Republic Sq	Kazakhstan declared sovereignty on 25 October 1990 and independence on 16 December 1991	Kazakh President Nazarbaev with his hand on the Constitution	Soviet-era government building on the south side of Republic Square, now the Municipal Authority of Almaty
Almaty's TV Tower from Republic Square	Republic Square, Almaty	These building date from the early 1980s	Scene from the early history of Kazakhstan, Independence Monument, Almaty
Kazakhstan Independence Monument	The Golden Man, a Scythian warrior from the 3rd-2nd C. BC	Kazakhstan Independence Monument, one of the 10 historical reliefs	Republic Square - Respublika Alany, Almaty
Republic Square, Almaty	Dawn of Freedom Monument unveiled in 2006 on the 20th Anniv of Jeltoqsan, the first uprising in Central Asia against the USSR	The west building on Republic Square displays Kazakhstan 2050 in the Kazakh language	Nurbank, Satbaev Street - Republic Square
Fountain on the south side of Republic Square next to the City Council building	Rainbow through the fountain at the Almaty City Council, Republic Square	The current city council dates to the Soviet-era and was the former Presidential Palace of the Republic of Kazakhstan	Maslikhat - Almaty City Council
Maslikhat - Almaty City Council	Republic Square from the Almaty City Council building	Dome of the new underground Almaty Shopping Center	Giant stone head, Republic Square, Almaty
	Golden Man, Kazakhstan Independence Monument	Golden Man with Kazakhstan written in the Kazakh language	Golden Man, Kazakhstan Independence Monument
Inside the Almaty shopping center, Republic Square	Glass dome of the Almaty shopping center, Republic Square	Steven starts learning the Russian alphabet