Independence Square () also referred to as Kazakh Eli Square, is the main square in

Astana Astana is the capital city of Kazakhstan. With a population of 1,423,726 within the city limits, it is the second-largest in the country after Almaty, which had been the capital until 1997. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim (river), Ishim ...

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

. It was created in October 2009. In September 2015, the square transformed into a historic village in honor of the 550th anniversary of the Kazakh Khanate. Defender of the Fatherland Day and

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parades have generally been held on the square. Earlier in 2015, the

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was brought to

to be trooped through Independence Square by personnel of the Aibyn Presidential Regiment in the Defender of the Fatherland Day/Victory Day parade on 7 May. Nauryz events are also held at the square.

Landmarks

Palace of Peace and Reconciliation The Palace of Peace and Reconciliation (, ''Beibıtşılık pen kelısım saraiy''), also translated as the ''Pyramid of Peace and Accord'', is a pyramid in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, since 2019, that serves as a non-denominational natio ...

* Kazakh Eli monument * Shabyt Palace of Creativity * Hazrat Sultan Mosque * Palace of Independence * National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Gallery

File:Kazakh Eli monument1.jpg, File:Wing Loong (1).jpg, An air force CAIG Wing Loong during a Defender of the Fatherland Day parade on Independence Square in

. File:Бронеразведывательная машина SandCat.JPG, Military vehicles in the square during a parade in 2015 File:Khazret_Sultan_Mosque_2.jpg, The Hazret Sultan Mosque

References

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