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 |
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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 |