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Taraz, Turkestan

Taraz is a city and a center of the Jambyl Province in Kazakhstan. It is located in the south of Kazakhstan, near the border with Kyrgyzstan, on the Talas River.
Turkistan is a city in the southern region of Kazakhstan, near the Syr Darya river.
Khoja Ahmat Yssawi was a Turkic poet and Sufi. And his Mausoleum is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

near Taraz / A view from a international train
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near Taraz / In the train
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Taraz / Russiun church
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Taraz / Dostuk plaza
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Taraz / Karahan mausoleum
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Turkestan / Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
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Turkestan / Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
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Turkestan / Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
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Kazakhstan

Almaty 1993
Almaty 2007
Almaty 2011
Taraz, Turkestan
Chines border to Almaty
from Almaty to Moscow by train