Interior of Russian Orthodox Church in Atyrau Kazakhstan. Taken at Christmas service

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Atyrau is the fastest developing city in Kazakhstan. Huge Oil and Gas deposits are driving the economy forward with lots of city residential, shopping, infrastructure and transport improvements. Winters are hard with minus 35 degrees being common. But with a fresh mantle of snow the city becomes very bright. The river Ural which normally divides the city becomes a frozen highway of snow. There is a large population of ethnic Russians who worship in the Orthodox Church

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Size: 5500px × 3080px
Location: Orthodox Church, Atyrau, Kazakhstan, Central Asia
Photo credit: © Robert Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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