Editing Almaty (section)

==== Park of 28 Panfilov Guardsmen ====
The [[Park of 28 Panfilov Guardsmen]] is a major park in Almaty, [[Kazakhstan]]. The park is located in east-central Almaty in the area surrounding Zenkov Cathedral. It is dedicated to and named after the Panfilov Heroes, 28 soldiers of an Almaty infantry unit who died fighting Nazi German invaders outside of Moscow in World War II. The group takes its name from Ivan Panfilov, the General commanding the 316th division which, in spite of heavy casualties, believed at that time managed to significantly delay the Germans' advance on the capital, buying time for the defenders of the city. An eternal flame commemorating the fallen of the [[Russian Civil War]] and the [[Great Patriotic War]] burns in front of the giant black monument of soldiers from all 15 Soviet republics.<gallery widths="190" heights="130">
File:Panfilov park 03.jpg|Panfilov Park
File:Вид на Алма-Ату от станции канатной дороги на Кок-Тобе.JPG|Kök Töbe cable car, 2007
File:Shymbulak Valley - CIMG8526.JPG|Shymbulak Valley
File:Watchtower in middle of Big Almaty Lake (3991851837).jpg|Watchtower in middle of [[Big Almaty Lake]]
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