What to do and see in Turkistan Region, Turkistan Region: The Best Historic Sites

The ancient city of Kultobe is the oldest part of Turkestan. It is located on the eastern edge of the modern city, which is the center of pilgrimage tourism and a historical monument of Kazakhstan. But only the archaeological excavations on the Kultobe hill can tell about the most ancient stages. The archaeological discovery of recent years was the architectural complex of the ancient citadel.

Boraldai petroglyphs are rock paintings left by ancient people in the Boraldai River region. Here, on a rocky plain at the foot of the mountain, many wild and domestic animals, hunting scenes and people are depicted. Most often you can find mouflons with their huge curved horns, horsemen jumping for argali, deer, wolf or mountain goat, bow hunters.

The mausoleum is a beautiful monument of eastern architecture. Its central part is made in the form of a cylinder, the top is covered with domes. The mausoleum consists of five rooms. The monument has survived to our time in a very poor, destroyed state. The first research work was carried out in 1954 by the scientist K.A.Shaurin. In 1980, thanks to restoration work, the monument acquired its orig

A bathhouse in Turkestan was built in the years 1580-1590 for numerous pilgrims to the mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, it was located 80 meters away from it. This structure is about five meters high, half located underground, so that heat is not blown by drafts. The bathhouse consisted of nine rooms, two of which were designed separately for hot and cold water and one heating room.

The mosque - museum "Shammat Ishan", in the village of Karnak, was built in 1896 by local craftsmen in order to increase the knowledge of the villagers. The foundation of the mosque-museum was laid in 1789. The founder-Shammat-Ishan according to the people, Shammat-Ishan was a very smart, intelligent person.His life path is an example of the struggle against ignorance.

The mausoleum of Gauhar ana was built in honor of the daughter of the great poet and thinker Khoja Ahmed Yasawi. Monument of national significance. It is located 400-500 meters on the left side of the Turkestan-Schauelder highway. Since 1989, it has been included in the register of monuments of the Azret Sultan Museum-Reserve and taken under state protection.

The ancient settlement of Otrar is located in the south of Kazakhstan, near the village of Talapty, 57 km from Turkestan. Once Otrar was one of the main points of the Great Silk Road, and today it is only a grandiose ruins that store a lot of historical facts and mysteries. Archaeological research continues here to this day.

The reserve was created in 1994 on the basis of the historical necropolis "Ordabasy", as well as complex and individual archaeological, architectural monuments of the Ordabasy area. On the territory of the reserve-museum there are 10 monuments of historical and cultural significance. The memorial in Ordabasy was erected in 2001 in the year of the 275th anniversary of the famous congress.