![Republic Square lies along Satpaev Street south of Almaty's city center](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258858.8eV3InOQ.KazakhstanSep140057.jpg) Republic Square lies along Satpaev Street south of Almaty's city center |
![Matching buildings flank either end of the north side of Republic Square](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258860.vB1b08GS.KazakhstanSep140059.jpg) Matching buildings flank either end of the north side of Republic Square |
![Kazakhstan 2050 - Our Strength displayed in Russian atop Republic Square](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258854.HZ50TGQl.KazakhstanSep140054.jpg) Kazakhstan 2050 - Our Strength displayed in Russian atop Republic Square |
![Kazakhstan written in Russian](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258855.M9u0UK2I.KazakhstanSep140055.jpg) Kazakhstan written in Russian |
![Soviet-era high rise, Republic Square](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258856.p3W7zpKJ.KazakhstanSep140056.jpg) Soviet-era high rise, Republic Square |
![Kazakhstan Independence Monument, Republic Sq](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258889.l8a1LREg.KazakhstanSep140077.jpg) Kazakhstan Independence Monument, Republic Sq |
![Statue of the Golden Man atop a winged snow leopard](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258887.XfbM6l9Q.KazakhstanSep140076.jpg) 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](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258874.AHrYlnRH.KazakhstanSep140069.jpg) Statue of a Kazakh woman, part of the new Independence Monument in the center of Republic Square |
![Kazakh woman, Republic Square](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258872.YgB704om.KazakhstanSep140068.jpg) Kazakh woman, Republic Square |
![Kazakh woman, Republic Square](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258891.DzKzMpJx.KazakhstanSep140080.jpg) Kazakh woman, Republic Square |
![Young girl astride a horse, Kazakhstan Independence Monument](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258893.2r1K9dbr.KazakhstanSep140081.jpg) Young girl astride a horse, Kazakhstan Independence Monument |
![Two equestrian statues featuring children riding bareback flank the Kazakhstan Independence Monument](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258878.p5FFIyBN.KazakhstanSep140071.jpg) Two equestrian statues featuring children riding bareback flank the Kazakhstan Independence Monument |
![Kazakh boy on a horse, Republic Square, Almaty](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258881.e68Knauc.KazakhstanSep140072.jpg) Kazakh boy on a horse, Republic Square, Almaty |
![Boy on a horse, Republic Square](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258883.qW5Tne1H.KazakhstanSep140074.jpg) Boy on a horse, Republic Square |
![Kazakh boy on a horse, Republic Square, Almaty](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258885.NGsJrAoK.KazakhstanSep140075.jpg) Kazakh boy on a horse, Republic Square, Almaty |
![The fence surrounding the Independence Monument consists of low relief sculpture of Kazakhstan's history](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258861.5hyQCETS.KazakhstanSep140060.jpg) The fence surrounding the Independence Monument consists of low relief sculpture of Kazakhstan's history |
![Arrows and cavalry against rifles and cannon](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258862.6PuGsfUv.KazakhstanSep140061.jpg) Arrows and cavalry against rifles and cannon |
![Kazakhstan Independence Monument](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258863.y82M7Gfp.KazakhstanSep140062.jpg) Kazakhstan Independence Monument |
![Fallen warrior, Kazakhstan Independence Monument](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258864.JNMA0Jiz.KazakhstanSep140063.jpg) Fallen warrior, Kazakhstan Independence Monument |
![A moment in Kazakhstan's history](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258865.xQh8Q6tA.KazakhstanSep140064.jpg) 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](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258867.OixxrjVe.KazakhstanSep140065.jpg) 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](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258869.eZ3uHKNT.KazakhstanSep140066.jpg) Kazakhstan declared sovereignty on 25 October 1990 and independence on 16 December 1991 |
![Kazakh President Nazarbaev with his hand on the Constitution](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258870.GrKTYsc9.KazakhstanSep140067.jpg) 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](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258876.i2RxsWA7.KazakhstanSep140070.jpg) Soviet-era government building on the south side of Republic Square, now the Municipal Authority of Almaty |
![Almaty's TV Tower from Republic Square](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258895.cbzxBkag.KazakhstanSep140082.jpg) Almaty's TV Tower from Republic Square |
![Republic Square, Almaty](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258897.N5njZJEB.KazakhstanSep140083.jpg) Republic Square, Almaty |
![These building date from the early 1980s](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258898.zzbmVyEE.KazakhstanSep140084.jpg) These building date from the early 1980s |
![Scene from the early history of Kazakhstan, Independence Monument, Almaty](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258900.lPUwM9U7.KazakhstanSep140086.jpg) Scene from the early history of Kazakhstan, Independence Monument, Almaty |
![Kazakhstan Independence Monument](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258902.wR32zJQw.KazakhstanSep140087.jpg) Kazakhstan Independence Monument |
![The Golden Man, a Scythian warrior from the 3rd-2nd C. BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258905.jLT1DKx6.KazakhstanSep140088.jpg) The Golden Man, a Scythian warrior from the 3rd-2nd C. BC |
![Kazakhstan Independence Monument, one of the 10 historical reliefs](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258906.KwNSiBqG.KazakhstanSep140089.jpg) Kazakhstan Independence Monument, one of the 10 historical reliefs |
![Republic Square - Respublika Alany, Almaty](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258909.rBie4pb3.KazakhstanSep140090.jpg) Republic Square - Respublika Alany, Almaty |
![Republic Square, Almaty](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258910.GudoynT7.KazakhstanSep140091.jpg) 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](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258912.sMZ6IAfF.KazakhstanSep140093.jpg) 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](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258914.pD6dRiYO.KazakhstanSep140097.jpg) The west building on Republic Square displays Kazakhstan 2050 in the Kazakh language |
![Nurbank, Satbaev Street - Republic Square](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258918.L7e5od7B.KazakhstanSep140101.jpg) Nurbank, Satbaev Street - Republic Square |
![Fountain on the south side of Republic Square next to the City Council building](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258920.Zsf1sWEB.KazakhstanSep140103.jpg) 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](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258922.e66JwK1r.KazakhstanSep140109.jpg) 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](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258925.qgtgEoWK.KazakhstanSep140117.jpg) The current city council dates to the Soviet-era and was the former Presidential Palace of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
![Maslikhat - Almaty City Council](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258929.WEfu10I2.KazakhstanSep140119.jpg) Maslikhat - Almaty City Council |
![Maslikhat - Almaty City Council](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258932.NL9zScD5.KazakhstanSep140123.jpg) Maslikhat - Almaty City Council |
![Republic Square from the Almaty City Council building](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258930.Hj7EPlg5.KazakhstanSep140120.jpg) Republic Square from the Almaty City Council building |
![Dome of the new underground Almaty Shopping Center](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258937.lzLKxLlO.KazakhstanSep140125.jpg) Dome of the new underground Almaty Shopping Center |
![Giant stone head, Republic Square, Almaty](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258940.N9HoZYxu.KazakhstanSep140129.jpg) Giant stone head, Republic Square, Almaty |
![o9/93/329493/1/162258939.RTUcgcoA.KazakhstanSep140128.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258939.RTUcgcoA.KazakhstanSep140128.jpg) |
![Golden Man, Kazakhstan Independence Monument](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258941.WtxxOC8f.KazakhstanSep140132.jpg) Golden Man, Kazakhstan Independence Monument |
![Golden Man with Kazakhstan written in the Kazakh language](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258942.CB4QmdAK.KazakhstanSep140133.jpg) Golden Man with Kazakhstan written in the Kazakh language |
![Golden Man, Kazakhstan Independence Monument](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258938.vnmpEzTP.KazakhstanSep140126.jpg) Golden Man, Kazakhstan Independence Monument |
![Inside the Almaty shopping center, Republic Square](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258944.nFRkCoRO.KazakhstanSep140136.jpg) Inside the Almaty shopping center, Republic Square |
![Glass dome of the Almaty shopping center, Republic Square](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258945.iwuysISp.KazakhstanSep140137.jpg) Glass dome of the Almaty shopping center, Republic Square |
![Steven starts learning the Russian alphabet](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/93/329493/1/162258946.x8sSTx1Z.KazakhstanSep140138.jpg) Steven starts learning the Russian alphabet |