A city under the Trans-Ili Alatau,
birthplace of apples.

Somewhere between steppe and glacier(not Astana)

KBTU

Photo credits

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16 Спорткомплекс Медео.jpg Marat Rysbekov CC BY-SA 4.0
Medeu - rink at sunset - 2022-06-21.jpg Key2xanadu CC BY-SA 4.0
Accession Cathedral, Almaty (1).jpg Kalpak Travel CC BY 2.0
Zenkov Cathedral, Almaty.jpg Bgag CC0
Fun park, Shymbulak, Almaty (P1180199-Pano).jpg Matti Blume CC BY-SA 4.0
Shymbulak - mountains (3).jpg Radosław Botev CC BY 3.0 pl
Big Almaty Lake (48891291718).jpg Francisco Anzola from United States CC BY 2.0
Большое Алматинское Озеро (БАО).jpg Gaziz Sadykov CC BY-SA 4.0
Dramatic sunset view on Kok Tobe.jpg Anastassiya Lebedeva CC BY-SA 4.0
Kok-tobe mountain - panoramio.jpg Ilya Rudakov CC BY-SA 3.0
Зелёный базар в Алматы (Казахстан).jpg Spacekid CC0
Green Market, Almaty.jpg Bgag CC0
Вид сверху на долину Чарынского каньона.jpg Maria Simonova CC BY-SA 4.0
Charyn Canyon 19.jpg Adam Harangozó CC BY-SA 4.0
Almaty, Kazakhstan (Алматы, Қазақстан) 🇰🇿 - Metro 2026 - 2.jpg Sharon Hahn Darlin CC BY 4.0
Almaty, Kazakhstan (Алматы, Қазақстан) 🇰🇿 - Metro 2026 - 13.jpg Sharon Hahn Darlin CC BY 4.0
Кольсай летом.jpg Timas38 CC BY-SA 4.0
Kolsai lake.jpg Katariyakartikey CC0
Алматинская область, озеро Каинды, 2023-05-07 02.jpg Bok CC BY-SA 4.0
Kolsay Lakes national park 1.jpg Anastasia Samoilova CC BY-SA 4.0
MAX 3802.jpg НТОБ CC BY-SA 4.0
Abai Theatre.jpg Kalpak Travel CC BY 2.0
Площадь Республики в Алматы. Июль, 2015 года.JPG Меридианец CC BY-SA 4.0
Altyn Emel 2020 4.jpg Sane4o CC BY-SA 4.0
04 Поющий бархан.jpg Marat Rysbekov CC BY-SA 4.0
The memorial park of Panfilov 28 guardsmen - panoramio.jpg Alexey Komarov CC BY 3.0
Museum of Folk Instruments, Almaty.jpg www.kalpak-travel.com/ CC BY 2.0
Complex hunting scene in a bronze age petroglyph at Tamgaly, Kazakhstan.jpg Ken and Nyetta CC BY 2.0
Human riding a dromedary camel in late bronze age or early iron age petroglyph at Tangaly - dromedary camel.jpg Ken and Nyetta CC BY 2.0
Assy-Turgen Observatory against the backdrop of the center of the Milky Way and the star-forming region around Antares.jpg Astrobond CC BY-SA 4.0
Енбекшиказахский район, ущелье Киши-Тургень сверху (2).jpg Nikolai Bulykin CC BY-SA 4.0
Almaty Fountain 2007.JPG Nikolay Yushnikov Public domain
Алматы, здание КБТУ.jpg Nikolai Bulykin CC BY-SA 4.0
Soviet order (as a reference to the columns) (9489895437).jpg Asparukh Akanayev from Calgary, AB, Canada CC BY 2.0
Astana Square 1.jpg Алексей Тараканов CC BY-SA 2.0
The Museum of Arts in Almaty.jpg Dauren Nabijan CC0
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