Club members, freshmen and guests Michał Bartosik, Sam Blond, Christian Pyerin, Joe Wilson visited Ak-baur last weekend. Ak-baur is a unique historical monument in the East of Kazakhstan; it is listed in the UNESCO heritage list. This is our Kazakh Stonehenge and it is located only 38 km from the city of Ust-Kamenogorsk. The place was a real surprise not only for foreigners but for local students too.  One of the students says: “I live my whole life in the East Kazakhstan but only now I visit this place for the first time.”

We make a full day excursion guided by Galina Peteneva, a head of archeologic research department of Ak-Baur complex. Bakhtiyar Shokobaev, a Bolashak program alumna, helped with translation. Bakhtiyar is fluent in several languages, providing simultaneous interpretation; he easily switched from Russian and Kazakh - to English, French. For members of Soleil club Bakhtiyar is a wonderful example of polilingual person.

This meeting helped us to discover historic sacred monument and communicate in warm and informal environment.

Welcome to East Kazakhstan!

Head of «Soleil» Club Saule Ualiyeva