The Mountain Where Space Junk Litters
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 20, 2019
The Altai Mountains in Central Asia is exceedingly beautiful with snow-capped peaks, rich pine forests and valleys studded with stunning alp...
Showing posts with the label Kazakhstan
How Kazakhstan Became The Entire Soviet Union For 4 Days
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 1, 2019
1991 was a notable year in the geopolitical history of the world. It was the year the Gulf War started marking the beginning of America’s c...
The Forgotten Soviet-Era Murals
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 25, 2017
Telling stories through mosaics and murals is a tradition that goes back to antique times. During the Soviet era, murals were used extensive...
Vozrozhdeniya, The Anthrax Island
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 24, 2017
In the 1920s, the Soviet government began searching for an isolated place where they could build a military complex to test biological weapo...
Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 9, 2016
The Soviet Union’s nuclear program started soon after the end of the Second World War. Tests were conducted in many remote regions such as t...
Charyn Canyon: The Grand Canyon of Central Asia
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 1, 2016
Tucked away between the Ketmen and Ulken-Bogut mountain ridges in the southeast corner of Kazakhstan, close to the border with China, lies t...
The Valley of Balls, Kazakhstan
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 23, 2016
The valley of balls or Torysh, as it’s called in Kazakh, is located at the Northern tip of the Western Karatau, close to the town of Shetpe ...
The Palace of Peace and Reconciliation
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 20, 2015
In September 2003, Kazakhstan the largest of the former Soviet Republics hosted the inaugural Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional R...
Khan Shatyr–the World’s Tallest Tent in Kazakhstan
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 19, 2012
Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan, is an architectural project that is billed as the world’s larges...
The Sunken Forest of Lake Kaindy
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 16, 2012
Kaindy Lake is a 400 meter long lake in Kazakhstan’s portion of the Tian Shan Mountains located 129 km from the city of Almaty. The lake was...
7 Incredible Submerged Forests
Kaushik Patowary
May 7, 2010
Submerged forest is a term used to describe the remains of trees (especially tree stumps) which have been submerged by rising sea level. The...
