ASTANA
the heart of our
Motherland
Каржаубаева А.М ағылшын
тілі пәні мұғалімі
№49 орта мектеп, Астана
қаласы
ASTANA
the heart of our
Motherland
Today, Astana is the heart of
our Motherland, a city of young people and the city of our dreams
and our future, all of which gives us a sense of pride in our
country. Astana`s fate is the fate of the Independent Kazakhstan,
which has passed along the Great path from a little-known marginal
land to the dynamic modern state of today. Astana has become a
nationwide idea that has pulled the people together and is leading
the country to the heights of prosperity. I love this wonderful
city with all my heart. Returning from trips, I can`t wait to see
this wonderful city again, because the Independent Kazakhstan and
Astana have become my destiny, my life, my greatest happiness.
These feelings are shared by millions of
Kazakhstanis.
The President of the Republic
of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev
Akmola steppes have always
been the territory of interethnic communication of various nations
and cultures. In the middle of the first millennium BC the Grand
Silk Route ran through these steppes. Numerous caravan routes gave
birth to cities with prosperous trade and handicrafts. In the
XIX–th century Akmola was a substantial commercial and economic
centre in the steppe. Until the 1950s Astana
(Aqmola), was a tiny mining town. Then Nikita Khruschev announced
his Virgin Lands scheme to turn 250,000 sq km of Kazakhstan steppe
into wheat fields. Aqmola became the project’s capital and was
renamed Tselinograd (Virgin Land city). An influx of Russians and
others from the western USSR came to work here. Despite wind
erosion, which turned a lot of the new wheat fields back into
steppe. Aqmola is still the center of very important grain –growing
region. After Kazakhstan independence, it got back its old name
(which means White Tomb). In 1994 President Nazarbaev named it, to
universal skepticism, as Kazakhstan’s future capital, to replace
Almaty by the year 2000. More recently he announced that the change
may take place by 1998 and that diplomats (therefore embassies) may
move to Aqmola even sooner. It’s a friendly and fairly town, with
some attractive tree-lined streets, but prone to strong steppe wind
and harsh winter. Astana (also called Akmola), the capital of the
Republic of Kazakhstan since 1997, is situated on the picturesque
banks of the Ishim River. The climate of the region is a harsh
continental one with typically long and snowy winters. Akmolinsk
was declared a town in 1862 and had long been famous for its fairs.
Merchants from all over Kazakhstan, Russia and Central Asia met
here. With the development of the Virgin Lands the town was renamed
Tselinograd and became the administrative center of an agricultural
region. Since becoming the capital the city has changed
dramatically. Astana is becoming one of the regions' main business
centers hosting all governmental organizations, the diplomatic
missions of 44 countries and 113 joint ventures and foreign
businesses. Every year the city hosts various international
industrial exhibitions, conferences, musical events and festivals.
Architects and builders are working in the capital non-stop, trying
to keep pace with its rapid development. The 105m-high Baiterek
Tower has become the city's symbol and landmark with a 97m-high
observation deck providing a bird's eye view of the city. The
figure of 97 symbolizes the year the capital was moved from Almaty
to Astana. The Baiterek Tower hosts an art gallery, a large
aquarium and a restaurant. The city has an opera and ballet
theater, a drama theater and a variety of museums. These monuments
link Astana to its past, an important aspect for Kazakhstan. In
industry of entertainment - center "Duman" in which the idea of the
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbaev about creation of the
one entertaining center where it would be possible to have a rest
with all family was embodied. Many people perceive the oceanarium
in rather severe decor of northern Kazakhstan as coral branch,
stiffened into ice. A drop of the southern seas, taken away more
than on three thousand kilometers - an oceanarium - is a unique,
the first and the only in Kazakhstan, heart of entertaining center
"Duman". The entertaining center represents the complete
construction consisting of several thematic zones: the Oceanarium,
3D-Cinema, a network of cafes and trading halls, the central zone
intended for walks and rest, the Amusement "Jungle", bowling, a
casino, a multipurpose hall and a hotel complex. Another attraction
is the Atameken Ethno Park, a unique outdoor museum set on a 1.7
hectare-large map featuring the cities and historical sites of
Kazakhstan. The project is created in "Kazdesign" with involving of
well-known architects and designers. Authors of the project -
T.Sulejmenov, A.Ordabaev, S.Bairov, A.Kajnarbaev, N.Anarkulov and
A.Kenzhetaev. The Alley of Heads of the States connects it to the
located nearby Monument to victims of political reprisals. On a map
14 areas and 2 cities of republican value (Astana and Almaty) are
located. Here all variety of natural-climatic zones and landscapes,
architecture and city construction ensembles is shown. But
nevertheless the main things are monuments of a history and
culture. The ethno-memorial complex was opened on September, 8,
2001 in capital of Kazakhstan under the initiative of President
Nursultan Nazarbaev. This year the park will celebrate the fifth
anniversary. Palace of peace and consent Everything in the world is
afraid of time, only time is afraid of pyramids. So ancient
Egyptians spoke and built the mysterious pyramids, immortalizing a
name of the pharaoh in time and space. The pyramid, hard and cut,
has reached us as a firm symbol of eternity. There are no
architectural cult objects in the world that are similar to the
Palace of the peace and the consent in Astana. Of course, there are
the constructions that collect different religious traditions under
the roof, but the Kazakhstan temple, unlike them, are one big
platform for meaningful dialogue. And it is quite logical, that
there where representatives of various world traditional religions
will be going to, the Museum of culture, University of
civilizations, Opera theatre for 1500 places will be placed. And
all this magnificence will be held by four powerful supports –
symbolical, hands of the world. It some kind of demonstration of
religious tolerance, good will and hospitality of Kazakhstan. The
author of the unique project - glorified British architect Norman
Foster. The pyramid will connect the left and right sides of Ishim.
Steel, aluminum, set of special glass designs, unique technical
ideas, architectural innovation - a construction actually resembles
a miracle. The panoramic lift will allow all wishing people to
admire beauty of green terraces and game of light flowing from the
dome of a pyramid. It will be even more interesting to walk to the
top: passing through trailing gardens of Astana as they already
named. However, there will be a good sight from outside too:
majestic pyramid of Foster is visible from both coasts of Ishim.
And its top will shine from within at night. The Presidential
center of culture of Republic Kazakhstan Being on the crossing of
two largest highways of Astana - Republic Avenue and Baraeva Street
- it is possible to see majestic snow-white ensemble of the
Presidential center of culture of Republic Kazakhstan. It is one of
the most beautiful buildings in architecture of capital. From
height of the bird's flight it represents a circle with missing
beams on four sides, light that is symbolical for traditional
culture of Kazakh people. The tribute of Turkic architectural
tradition - the blue dome towering above the ground on 38,5 meters,
gives to city aroma of the East. It crowns the axial center of all
composition - a five-floor museum, which radius of 19,5 meters.
Formed on the merge of the State museum of Republic Kazakhstan and
Republican public library named after S. Sejfullin, a complex
became certain "accumulator" of a spiritual heritage and cultural
tradition of Kazakhstan people. Funds of a museum total 143223
units of storage and are incorporated into thematic collections:
Archeological, ethnographic, carpet-felt, fine arts, the Kazakh
traditional jeweler ornaments, horse equipments, ancient furniture
and subjects of a life, rare books, the weapon, documentary
photographs, numismatics and bonistic. In the central hall the
collection of gifts that were submitted to the President of
Republic of Kazakhstan. It will consist of the gifts presented by
N. A. Nazarbaev from Heads of the States and the governments of the
different countries and official delegations. The library of the
Presidential center of culture has the richest fund which totally
is more than 700 thousand books - on these pages all history of
Kazakhstan from nomad up to our contemporary times is written
down.
Nowadays Astana is becoming
the international, business and cultural centre of not only
Kazakhstan, but of the Eurasian continent as a
whole.
It seems to me it is a common knowledge that
International Specialized Exhibitions "Expo", which have a long
history, are conducted to demonstrate the technical and
technological advances, as well as the history, traditions and
culture of the participating
countries.
It goes without saying, that they are the
biggest events, which attract the attention of the world community
and millions of visitors. In addition the exhibitions "EXPO" serve
as a place for creating the new trends in economic, social and
cultural
development.
All nations of the world show their best
technological, scientific and cultural achievements at these
exhibitions. They form a new agenda of global development. Such
events are visited by millions of people from dozen of countries,
presenting all
continents.
Әдебиеттер:
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Так начиналась Астана.
А.Джаксыбеков Астана, 2008
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Бағаналы орда, басты орда
Амантай Шәріп Алматы,2009