First President's Park

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First President's Park is an urban park located in Almaty at the intersection of Navoi Street and Al-Farabi Avenue in Bostandyk district. The park was opened in July 2010.

History

Creation of the park began in 2001. The first were broken main elements of the park - the avenue, boulevard, dendrological areas. greenery were planted according to dendrological plan. In honor of the participation of the city of Almaty in the Olympic torch relay of the Beijing Olympic Games, about a hundred spruces and birches were planted. In 2011, a hundred Tien-Shan spruces were also planted. An oak was planted personally by the Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev in 2001.

Refinement of the park continues. In General construction plan includes a set of water projects in the area of 9.5 ha and massif area on the area of 4.8 hectares. In the southern part of the park is planned construction of landscape composition, which consists of a mountain lake and artificial bulk of the mountains (height up to 24 m). In some areas with mountainous terrain are planned to artificial sources of streams. In the middle of the park to be built Klimatron.

To date, the areas of the future construction and Klimatron shestikaskadnyh fountains arranged flower beds, seating areas, paths, etc., built an observation deck, which is located on the mountain height of approximately 12 meters.