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Abandoned city of Bayzhansay

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Bayzhansay was booming in WWII times and rapidly declined after ore resources depleted. Great scenery on the way to Bayzhansay also lots of abandoned mines and other infrastructure. There is even abandoned runway on the plateau above city.

Map of Abandoned city of Bayzhansay

More sights nearby

Nature

Akmechet cave
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It is actually a grotto, but who cares when it is so humongous. Whole trees reside inside this cave.
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Tuttybulak gorge and cave
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A protected area, accessible on any car, road is somewhat maintained time after time. Couple kilometers in gorge there is a paleolithic cave.
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500 tg national park fee
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Petroglyphs

Boralday petroglyphs
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Located on top of hills with rocky outcrops.
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Nature

Aktas aulie water source
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Consists of two separate water springs Ata-Bulak and Ana-Bulak (Granny spring and Granddaddy spring) in the middle of desert like mountains.
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Other

Abandoned old railway tunnel
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There are two railway tunnels in Kazakhstan and one of them is abandoned. This one is old from Russian Empire times when branch to Aulie-Ata (nowadays Taraz) was constructed.
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Abandoned old railway Mashat overpass
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It is a great example of early soviet bridge architecture. At first railroad weaved its way to the bottom of Mashsat gorge and back on top. Later in 1930s overpass was constructed and it is still there.
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Guide text adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Kazakh Desert" by its contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikivoyage · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0

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