"DISCOVERY KAZAKHSTAN" MAGAZINE

At the 8th Kazakhstan International Tourism & Travel fair "Tourism and travel" (KITF-2008), held in Almaty between April 24 and 26, 2008, presentation of the first number of the "Discovery Kazakhstan" magazine took place. See photos >>

Current edition, published in English language, is a fruit of the team-work of Avalon Historico-geographical Society (Kazakhstan), Avalon Public Foundation (Kazakhstan) and Silk Road Media publishing house (Uzbekistan - Great Britain).

We've tried to make the first number of our magazine as much as possible multifarious, in order to show in actual fact that Kazakhstan might be interesting for any traveler and tourist. You will be able to read about ancient cities of southern Kazakhstan, such as Turkestan and Otrar, make a trip along Kazakh segments of the Silk Road, make a tour of our two capitals, Astana, being an official capital, and Almaty, being unofficial southern capital, visit the mountains of the Jungar Alatau and the Altai, as well as follow a Norwegian cyclist along the northern Priaralye and familiarize yourself with archeological routs of central Kazakhstan. You will be able to walk around the unique ecological museum in Karaganda and go fishing in the river Ural, whereas the landscapes of the Caspian Sea and Borovoye resort will fascinate you so much, that you'll have a wish to see them with your own eyes...

Everything this, as well as a lot of pieces of various interesting information, devoted to history, geography, nature and customs of Kazakhstan, is included in the first issue of Discovery Kazakhstan magazine, which you can purchase at the Silk Road Media company bookshop.

Some part of information for the magazine was taken from the electronic guidebook "Avalon Kazakhstan eBook", created by Avalon Historico-geographical Society (by the way, at the end of May 2008 appearance of the regular fourth version of the guidebook is planned).

In addition, the Society would like to express gratitude to the following authors and photographers, which took part in creating of the magazine:

Alexandr Yermolyonok – photos for articles "Tourism in Kazakhstan", "Kazakhstan: a brief history", "Geography of Kazakhstan", "Nature preserves and national parks", "Kazakhstani cuisine", "The Kazakh yurta", "Fast forward Astana", "Zhetysu – the land of seven rivers and hundred mountains", "Things to see in Almaty", "Central Kazakhstan – the steppe kingdom", "West Kazakhstan – between Europe and Asia" and "28 meters below sea level";

Alexander Kim – photos for articles "North Kazakhstan – the lake country" and "Legends of Borovoye";

Alexander Petrov – cover photo and photos for articles "Kazakhstan: a brief history", "Zhetysu – the land of seven rivers and hundred mountains", "The story of ancient Otrar" and "Mount Belukha – the heart of Altai";

Andre Fabian – photo for article "Kazakhstani cuisine";

Andrii Dubok – photos for article "Jungar Alatau – deserted mountain borderlands";

Artem Sokolov - article "Jungar Alatau – deserted mountain borderlands";

Dana Sadykova - article "A walk into the crazy museum", photo for article "Kazakhstani cuisine";

Dmitriy Kalmykov – photos for article "East Kazakhstan, cradle of the Turkic nations";

Herman Veldhuizen - article "Copperpolish in the steppe" and photos for it;

Holger Roessling – photos for articles "Geography of Kazakhstan" and "North Kazakhstan – the lake country";

Igor Zhigarev - article "Any season is fishing season", photos for articles "Any season is fishing season" and "The Silk Road heritage in Kazakhstan";

Irina Kuryanova – photos for articles "Central Kazakhstan – the steppe kingdom" and "A walk into the crazy museum";

Konstantin Yudin – photos for article "A walk into the crazy museum";

Michael Kamper – photo for article "Fast forward Astana";

Olga Tropinina – photos for article "Archeological routes of Sary-Arka";

Oxana Shuptar - article "Kazakhstan: a brief history";

Sergey Golomolzin – photos for articles "The Silk Road heritage in Kazakhstan" and "West Kazakhstan – between Europe and Asia";

Sergey Mishkov – photo for article "Tourism in Kazakhstan";

Svetlana Baskakova – photos for articles "The Kazakh yurta" and "South Kazakhstan – where antiquity meets the space-age";

Viktor Ponomarenko - photo for article "East Kazakhstan, cradle of the Turkic nations";

Vitalii Naboka – photo for article "Jungar Alatau – deserted mountain borderlands";

Zhanar Amankulov – photos for article "A walk into the crazy museum";

Zhanna Zueva - article "Legends of Borovoye", photos for articles "North Kazakhstan – the lake country" and "Legends of Borovoye".

Vitaliy Shuptar
Avalon HGS President
Discovery Kazakhstan Editor