Travel and trips to ancient monuments of Ulytau.

“In the bluish distance, where the last visible hill merged with the fog, nothing moved; the guard and burial mounds, which here and there towered above the horizon and the boundless steppe, looked stern and dead; in their stillness and soundlessness one could feel the centuries and complete indifference to man; another thousand years will pass, billions of people will die, and they will still stand as they stood, not at all regretting the dead, not interested in the living, and not a single soul will know why they stand and what steppe secret they hide beneath themselves.”

A.P. Chekhov. “Happiness”. Dedicated to Ya.P. Polonsky.

Architectural and historical sights of Ulytau.

Zilgar (Zylkar) Mausoleum is located at an altitude of 353 meters above sea level, is located in an ancient cemetery, 276 meters from left bank of Shagyrly River, 53.1 kilometers to west and slightly south of village of Ulytau, 81.5 kilometers to north and slightly east of village of Baikonur, 43.5 kilometers to east of Dulygaly mosque, 79.6 kilometers to south and slightly west of village of Korgasyn in Ulytau district in northwest of the region of same name. 
The Zilgar Mausoleum dates back to the beginning of the 20th century, its dome is destroyed, made of red baked brick. A stone, square fence made of wild stone is built around the mausoleum.
Geographical coordinates of Zilgar mausoleum: N48°32'30 E66°18'07

Authority and photos by:
Alexander Petrov.