Tien Shan mountains at dusk as seen from the hotel Otrar - image 1 of 22

Tien Shan mountains as seen from hotel Otrar - image 2 of 22

Full moon over the Tien Shan mountains at dusk - image 3 of 22

Zhenkov's Cathedral in Panfilov Park - image 4 of 22

Close-up of Zhenkov's Cathedral - image 5 of 22

Zhenkov's Cathedral side view - image 6 of 22

An onion dome of the Zhenkov's Cathedral - image 7 of 22

Hippo in front of Zhenkov's Cathedral - image 8 of 22

Another tower of the Zhenkov's Cathedral - image 9 of 22

Onion domes of the Zhenkov's Cathedral - image 10 of 22

Close-up of the domes of the Zhenkov's Cathedral - image 11 of 22

Another view of the Zhenkov's Cathedral - image 12 of 22

Panfilov heroes memorial - monument of soldiers from all 15 Soviet republics bursting out of a map of the USSR
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Look at that face! - image 14 of 22

Tien Shan mountains - image 15 of 22

Snow covered Tien Shan mountains - image 16 of 22

On top of the dam at the Medeo Canyon at 1700m, the largest high-mountain complex of winter sports in the world
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Staircase leading up to the top of the dam (there are 2 more staircases after this one) - image 18 of 22

Almaty - image 19 of 22

Almaty - image 20 of 22

Tien Shan mountains - image 21 of 22

Tien Shan mountain range as seen on our way to the Kyrgyz border - image 22 of 22