6 Sights in Almaty, Kazakhstan (with Map and Images)

The Ascension Cathedral, also known as Zenkov Cathedral, is a Russian Orthodox cathedral located in Panfilov Park in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Completed in 1907, the cathedral is made out of wood but without nails. Its stands 56 meters tall, and is claimed to be the second tallest wooden church in the world.

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The 28 Panfilov Guardsmen Park is an urban park near the Ascension Cathedral in east-central Almaty, Kazakhstan. The park honors the Panfilov's Twenty-Eight Guardsmen, 28 soldiers from an Alma-Ata infantry unit of the Red Army who reportedly died during World War II in the Battle of Moscow. Named after Soviet General Ivan Panfilov, they are remembered for delaying the German advance into the Soviet capital of Moscow during Operation Barbarossa. An eternal flame commemorates the fallen soldiers, situated in front of a black monument honouring troops from all 15 Soviet republics.

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The Archive of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan is a republican state institution that performs tasks in the field of information and archival support of the activities of the President and his Administration, state bodies, as well as other organizations created under the President. The archive was established by the Decree of the President of Kazakhstan dated January 14, 1994, on the basis of the Central State Archive History of ModernIty of The Republic of Kazakhstan.

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Almaty Botanical Garden - the main botanical garden, Republican State Enterprise on PCV "Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction" of the Committee of Science of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, was founded in 1932 on an area of 108 hectares. In 1967, it was given the status of a research institution. In 2006, the Botanical Garden was included in the list of "Specially Protected Natural Areas of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (SPNA), which made it possible to stop the further sale of the garden land for construction.

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The House of Officers is a military/cultural building in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It serves troops and other personnel of the Almaty Military Garrison. Currently, the building houses the Museum of the Great Patriotic War, as well as other small organizations. From 1995–2012, the building housed the Central Military Band of the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan. Since November 1993, the building has been part the Almaty State Historical-Architectural and Memorial Reserve.

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The Republican State Academic Uyghur Theater of Musical Comedy named after Quddus Kuzhamiarov is a theater in the southern capital of Kazakhstan, Almaty, the world's first and only professional theater of the Uyghur people.

Wikipedia: Государственный республиканский уйгурский театр музыкальной комедии имени К. Кужамьярова (RU)