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EXPO-2017

Hosting the EXPO-2017 international exhibition in Astana is one of Kazakhstan’s key projects. The initiative of organising such a large scale event in the capital of our country belongs to the Head of State.


At EXPO-2008 in Zaragoza, Kazakhstan won a bronze medal in “C” category for interior and exterior decoration, out of 104 participating countries.

During EXPO, the city of Astana will be filled with the sounds of different cultures from all over the world.


The key theme of the international exhibition in Astana will be "Energy of the Future". 

It echoes one of the most significant and globally important issues of today, a concern for the whole world: the sustainable use of energy resources.

The given theme will allow presenting best power saving technologies, new elaborations and technologies of using of existing alternative power sources, such as energy of the sun, wind, sea, oceanic and thermal waters.



The exhibition will also provide a powerful momentum for a systemic diversification of its economy and technological modernization of the country’s industrial and scientific base.

EXPO-2017: Opening Ceremony:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=63D3t6pk8E8


Amazing Kazakhstan!


The Ustyurt Plateau

Ustyurt is a plateau in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.The Ustyurt Plateau is a clay and stony desert. 

Very often Ustyurt is called the boundary separating Europe from Asia.

 The Ustyurt Plateau occupies a huge area between the Aral and Caspian Seas, and has a characteristic feature: the escarpment, a steep inaccessible slope with the height of about 150 m

The Ustyurt Plateau is especially beautiful during sunrises and sunsets.
The chalk rocks are an impressive picture at sunrise and sunset, when the white rocks are painted in purple colors.



 At first sight you may overlok flora and fauna of the Ustyurt.
Gradually, getting used to the unusual weather conditions, you can see colonies of gerbils, ground squirrels and jerboas.


This area is inhabited by many birds of prey, vultures and eagles, who proudly sit on the rocks of escarpments.


You can also meet the saiga, although it is doubtful whether you succeed to make a photo of these shy and very fast animals.



Kapchagay Reservoir,


    Kapchagay Reservoir, also spelled Qapshaghay Bogeni Reservoir and sometimes referred to as Lake Kapchagay, is a major reservoir in Almaty Province in southeastern Kazakhstan, approximately 60 kilometres north of Almaty. The 140 kilometre long lake is formed by a dam on the Ili River which flows from the mountains in the east towards Lake Balkhash to the northwest. It is named after the town of Kapchagay, which is located on its western bank. During the summer months the lake attracts a number of tourists from Almaty, who frequent its beachy shores on the weekends.











   Kapchagai city is in the Almaty region of Kazakhstan. It is located right coast of the Kapchagai reservoir on the Ili River, 76 kilometers from the city of Almaty.
                


     The city was established here in connection with the construction of Kapchagai hydropower stations in 19 70-1980s. At that time, large-scale construction projects gathered thousands of young people - engineers, builders - from all over the Soviet Union. As a result, not only highways, hydroelectric and thermal power plants, factories were built but also they established cities, built roads, developed infrastructure. Thus, the Soviet workers who once came to build Kapchagai hydroelectric station, settled in a new place to live and remained in Kapchagai with their families.





Today, Kapchagai population is little more than 50,000 people. It is inhabited by many ethnic groups: Kazakh, Russian, Ukrainians, Tatars, Koreans, Uighurs, Germans. In 2010 Kapchagai celebrated 40 year anniversary of its establishment.








Kapchagai reservoir-cool)!!!!!!!!!!!!!...

Caspian Sea.

        
   

   
  Caspian Sea  washes the western part of Kazakhstan. The name of the Sea is connected with the Caspii tribes who had settled shores from time immemorial. It had had such names as Girkanskoye, Khazarskoye, Khvalynskoye. 


The first mentions about Caspian Sea and its tribes were in the works of Gerodot. The document about the Russian navigators’ visit of Caspian Sea and theirs boating is dated back to IX-X centuries. At the beginning of XVIII century Peter-I had begun the constant research of the Caspian Sea (expeditions of Bekovich-Cherkasky A. and others). Then Soimonov I.F., Ivashinsev N.A., Pallas P.S., Gmelin S.G., Karelin G.S., and others researched the Caspian Sea.

   
       The Caspian Sea is stretched from north to south to 1200km; the medium width is 320km, the length of the shore line is about 7000km (6000km of which in the territory of Russia and other countries). 
     
     The area of waterland is 371000sqkm; the sea level is lower than ocean’s level to 28,5 (1971). The max depth is 1025m (in the southern part).