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Proceeding along Kurmangazy Street towards the TV Tower, you will see the Dostyk Hotel on your right and, a little further, on the left side of the road, the Academy of Sciences. The complex constructed in 1957 is an excellent example of the combination of the classic style and local ornaments. You might be interested to visit the Museum of Nature, which can be entered through the Academy’s main entrance on Shevchenko Street. Real corps and casts of mammoths, dinosaurs and huge rhinoceros that inhabited Kazakhstan thousands of years ago will make you feel a hero of the Jurassic Park movie. The museum also maintains a rich collection of existing local birds and animals. Working hours are from 10 a.m. to 04.00 p.m. on weekdays.
An 8-meter brass monument in front of the Academy of Sciences on Shevchenko Street is devoted to an outstanding Kazakh scientist, Chokan Valikhanov.
One more art gallery, Ular, is located in the same complex with the entrance from Kurmangazy Street.
The main decoration of the park adjacent to the Academy of Sciences from the west is a fountain featuring twelve animals in charge of every year according to the eastern calendar.
A little higher is a bust of Alexander Pushkin, one of the best Russian writers and poets. Almaty received the bust as a gift from neighboring Russia in connection with the 200-year birth anniversary of the writer.
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