Central State Museum - Kazakhstan Scenery II.

Kazakhstan, with an area of 272.49 square kilometers (the largest of the five Central Asian countries), has a population of 20.13 million (as of July 2024) and is a former Soviet Union member. It became independent on December 16, 1991, and its capital is Astana. Almaty, the largest city in Kazakhstan, has an area of 682 square kilometers and is the national economic, financial, cultural, transportation, industrial, and scientific and educational center. The population in 2023 was about 2.3 million, and it was the capital from 1929 to 1997. The Central State Museum is one of the largest museums in Central Asia and is located in Almaty.