Karaganda

Karaganda sits on the Kazakh Uplands in central Kazakhstan, where open steppe meets the Karaganda coal basin. The city grew rapidly during Soviet industrialisation and remains an important industrial and administrative centre of Karaganda Region. Coal mining has shaped its identity for generations, while broad avenues, parks and theatres give the centre a distinctly planned Soviet-era character. The Karaganda Regional Museum of Local History explores the area’s archaeology, steppe life and mining heritage; nearby Dolinka’s Museum of Memory of Political Repression documents the history of Karlag. Move on to other webcams in Karaganda Region to compare landscapes and settings around central Kazakhstan.

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