Kazakhstan
Kazakh businessmen seen next to the poster showing Kazakhstan president Nursultan Nazarbayev during the Kazakh-China business conference at the Independence palace in Astana. (Photo by Sergey Ponomarev)
The top level of the Bayterek tower features a gilded hand print of the right hand of Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev, mounted in an ornate pedestal. Visitors are invited to place a hand in the imprint and make a wish. (Photo by Sergey Ponomarev )
The top level of the Bayterek tower features a gilded hand print of the right hand of Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev, mounted in an ornate pedestal. Visitors are invited to place a hand in the imprint and make a wish. (Photo by Sergey Ponomarev)
Locals observe the city view from the Bayterek tower in Kazakhstan's capital Astana which was officially moved from the biggest Kazakh city Almaty in December 1997. (Photo by Sergey Ponomarev)
A view of the Nurzhol boulevard, the main axis of the new in the new downtown. (Photo by Sergey Ponomarev )
A Kazakh man plays with his kid at the Nurzhol boulevard, the main axis of the new in the new downtown. (Photo by Sergey Ponomarev)
Locals walk at the headquarters of the KazMunaiGaz, the main national oil company. (Photo by Sergey Ponomarev)
in Astana, Sunday September 8, 2013. (Photo by Sergey Ponomarev)
A newlywed couple walk past the Khan Shatyr Entertainment and shopping center, built as a giant transparent tent. (Photo by Sergey Ponomarev )
A newlywed couple with friends walk towards Nurzhol boulevard, the main axis of the new in the new downtown. (Photo by Sergey Ponomarev)
The Khan Shatyr Entertainment and shopping center, built as a giant transparent tent. (Photo by Sergey Ponomarev)
Pigeons fly past Khan Shatyr Entertainment and shopping center, built as a giant transparent tent. (Photo by Sergey Ponomarev)
People walk at the Nurzhol boulevard, the main axis of the new in the new downtown. (Photo by Sergey Ponomarev)
A woman sits at the park with apartment buildings in background. (Photo by Sergey Ponomarev)
People walk at the boulevard with stella monument Kazakh Yeli, palace of Independence and Palace of Creativity in the background. (Photo by Sergey Ponomarev)
Actors rehearse inside the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation, the 203-foot-high pyramid designed by Norman Foster. (Photo by Sergey Ponomarev)
Visitors stand inside the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation, the 203-foot-high pyramid designed by Norman Foster. (Photo by Sergey Ponomarev)
Astana city is seen thorough giant etched doves fluttering on a stained glass of the conference-room at the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation, the 203-foot-high pyramid designed by Norman Foster.(Photo by Sergey Ponomarev)
Visitors walk at the congress hall on top of the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation, the 203-foot-high pyramid designed by Norman Foster. (Photo by Sergey Ponomarev)
Kazakh men walk by the monument Kazakh Yeli, symbolising independence and continuity between generations, with the Palace of Creativity at left. (Photo by Sergey Ponomarev)
