In the northern part of Park Zhastar, you can check out a number of historic log cabins, furnished and decorated in period style: early twentieth century Kazakh, Belorussian and Tatar dwellings, an engaging ye olde village shop, a 1960s Soviet house, and the historic house of Pavel Bazhov, author of Russian classic, The Malachite Casket.
Historic Houses
Kazakhstan
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