Historic Houses

Kazakhstan


In the northern part of Park Zhastar, you can check out a number of historic log cabins, furnished and decorated in period style: early twentieth century Kazakh, Belorussian and Tatar dwellings, an engaging ye olde village shop, a 1960s Soviet house, and the historic house of Pavel Bazhov, author of Russian classic, The Malachite Casket.


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1. Ethnography Museum Korpus No 1

0.07 MILES

The Ethnography Museum is in two buildings facing opposite corners of Park Zhastar. This branch exhibits the traditional culture of the Kazakhs of east…

2. Park Zhastar

0.07 MILES

The pretty, beautifully maintained central park makes for a pleasant stroll, and several of Ust-Kamenogorsk’s oldest buildings and some worthwhile museums…

3. History Museum

0.15 MILES

The good History Museum has a natural history section with stuffed regional wildlife, including a snow leopard and a giant maral deer, and human history…

4. Ethnography Museum Korpus No 2

0.2 MILES

This branch of the ethnography museum is devoted to the many different ethnic groups in the region, with traditional embroidery, birch-bark craft and more.

5. Afghan War Monument

0.74 MILES

This poignant memorial is inscribed with a poem, dedicated to the mothers of soldiers who never returned from Afghanistan.

6. Levoberezhny Park

0.83 MILES

This large park on the south bank of the Irtysh contains several interesting exhibits and is well worth a couple of hours of your time. Moving west from…

7. Strelka

1.61 MILES

A pedestrian/cyclist promenade runs to the Strelka (Arrow), the point of land where the Irtysh and Ulba meet, marked by a large Heroes of the Soviet Union…