{"id":1371,"date":"2020-08-27T10:10:07","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T10:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/staging\/?destination=monument-kazakh-eli"},"modified":"2024-06-06T01:41:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T17:41:20","slug":"monument-kazakh-eli","status":"publish","type":"destination","link":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/destination\/monument-kazakh-eli\/","title":{"rendered":"Monument Kazakh Eli"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/api.mapbox.com\/styles\/v1\/visitsilkroad\/clvl3cel701dq01phev10aq9m\/static\/pin-s+ff0000(71.4698859,51.1220686)\/71.4698859,51.1220686,12.5,0\/725x300?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoidmlzaXRzaWxrcm9hZCIsImEiOiJjbHV2YWEzbDMwMWRvMmpvYXd1NzRkNDcwIn0.iA4-BEz1MfIrSQRk3uxVkw\">\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting There<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Located at the intersection of Tauelsizdik Avenue and Akhmet Baitursynov Street, the attraction is easy to access either by public transport or by taxi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to Expect<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Cossack Eli, translated as &#8220;the country of the Kazakhs&#8221;, is the monument in the form of a snow-white column with a gilded figure of the mythical bird Samruk on the top of it. The column is set on a white marble quadrangular base. At the base, on each of the four sides, there are decorative niches with bas-reliefs describing the main milestones in the history of the country&#8217;s independence. One of the bas-reliefs depicts the first president of the republic, Nursultan Nazarbayev.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The height of the monument is 91 meters, symbolizing the year of Kazakhstan&#8217;s independence. There is a colonnade made of white marble behind the main monument<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cossack Eli monument stands for the basic values of Kazakhstani statehood and is one of the new symbols of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>It was created in October 2009. In September 2015, the square transformed into a historic village in honor of the 550th anniversary of the&nbsp;Kazakh Khanate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The monument Cossack Eli is located in the central part of the Astana city, on Independence Square. Nearby are the National Museum, the Palace of Independence, the Palace of Creativity &#8220;Shabyt&#8221;, the Khazret Sultan Mosque and the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11754,"parent":0,"template":"","destination_type":[17],"location":[185,21],"site_type":[168],"featured":[],"class_list":["post-1371","destination","type-destination","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","destination_type-site","location-astana","location-kazakhstan","site_type-monuments-museums"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destination\/1371"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destination"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/destination"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destination\/1371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19858,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destination\/1371\/revisions\/19858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"destination_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destination_type?post=1371"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=1371"},{"taxonomy":"site_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/site_type?post=1371"},{"taxonomy":"featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured?post=1371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}