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The Kenderly-Kayasan state reserved zone lies in Karakiya district, Mangystau region, protecting a stretch of the Caspian lowland desert coast in western Kazakhstan. The…
Lake Imantau, in the Aiyrtau district of North Kazakhstan Region, holds a small island near its center that has been designated a natural monument. Covering roughly 16 hectares,…
This protected area, known locally as Yertis Zhagalau ("the Irtysh coast"), covers stretches of floodplain along both banks of the Irtysh River in Pavlodar region. The sanctuary…
Koshkarata is a small river that runs through the city of Shymkent, crossing the urban center before continuing out toward surrounding farmland. What makes it unusual among city…
Known locally as Kyzyltobe, or "Red Hill," this low reddish-toned rise sits in the foothills of the western Tian Shan in Turkistan region, in the same foothill belt as the…
Boralday refers to the gorge and surrounding foothill area of the Boraldaitau range, part of the western Tian Shan system in Turkistan region near Shymkent. The gorge cuts…
This slender minaret stands in the courtyard of the Chor-Bakr necropolis, a memorial complex about five kilometers west of Bukhara in what was once the village of Sumitan. Unlike…
The tomb at the heart of the Chor-Bakr necropolis, west of Bukhara, belongs to Abu Bakr Said, a jurist and descendant of the Prophet Muhammad who settled in the nearby village of…
This Friday mosque forms part of the Khoja Gaukushan ensemble in central Bukhara, one of the city's notable architectural groupings from the Shaybanid era. The complex takes its…
This stone-lined water basin sits northeast of the Khoja Zayniddin mosque-khanaka in Bukhara's old inner city, close to the Poi-Kalyan square. Measuring roughly 37 by 26.5 meters…
This mid-16th-century mosque stands at a street junction about 300 meters southwest of Bukhara's Poi-Kalyan square, within the old walled inner city. It belongs to a building…
Within the Khoja Gaukushan architectural grouping in the center of old Bukhara stands the Khoja Kalon mosque, built in 1598 just north of the ensemble's madrasah. The complex as…
This slim minaret stands in front of the Bolo Hauz mosque, across from the Ark citadel in Bukhara's Registan district. It was added in 1917 by the renowned local master builder…
The Bolo Hauz mosque faces the Ark citadel in Bukhara's old Registan district and takes its name from the octagonal pool, or hauz, in its forecourt, with "Bolo Hauz" translating…
Inside the walls of the Ark, Bukhara's ancient citadel, lies an archaeological zone that has been central to understanding the city's earliest history. The fortress itself is…
This grave monument marks the burial place of Bahauddin Naqshband, the 14th-century Sufi sheikh who founded the Naqshbandiyya order, at Qasr-i Arifan, his birthplace roughly ten…
This minaret stands within the Bahouddin Naqshband memorial complex, the pilgrimage site built around the tomb of the 14th-century Sufi master Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari…
The Modar-i-Khan mausoleum, whose name translates as Mother of the Khan, stands in the old cemetery quarter of Kokand and was raised in 1825 on the orders of Nodira Begim, the…
Rising from the courtyard of Kokand's Friday (Jami) Mosque, this 22.5-metre brick minaret was built in the early 1820s as part of the mosque complex commissioned by Umar Khan,…
This mausoleum in Samarkand's Chokardiza cemetery marks the grave of Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (circa 853-944), a Hanafi jurist and theologian born in the Samarkand region who…
The Rukhabad complex in central Samarkand is an ensemble built around the mausoleum of Burhan ad-Din Sagarji, a Sufi preacher and theologian of the Timurid era, whose family and…
Omonqoton National Nature Park lies in the Urgut district of Samarkand region, centered on the mountain village of Omonqoton, one of the most heavily visited recreational areas…
Chor-Chinor is a sacred garden on the edge of the town of Urgut, roughly 40 kilometers southeast of Samarkand, whose name means "four plane trees" in Tajik and Persian. It is…
Urungach is a pair of small alpine lakes in the Ugam-Chatkal mountains of Tashkent region, about 160 kilometers from the capital and reached after a drive of roughly four hours,…
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