Assy Plateau (Kazakhstan)

Assy — highmountain plateau which is an incredibly beautiful place and a huge summer pasture (zhailau), located at an altitude of more than 2800 meters above sea level. In winter, the climate here is very severe, but in summer, due to heavy rains, watering meadows almost every day, and the mountain scorching sun, the zhailau becomes an ideal place for grazing livestock. Since ancient times, shepherds have skillfully used this feature of nature.Their yurts are perfectly combined with vast meadows and mountain ranges, evoking the atmosphere of past times of nomads. Nowadays, an observatory is built in the upper part of the plateau, in which one of the largest telescopes in the world is installed. The plateau extends to the East for 40 km, to the Bartogai reservoir.