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The 105 meters tall structure rises from a wide flat base within a raised plaza. It consists of a narrow cylindrical shaft, surrounded by white branch-like girders that flare out near the top, supporting a gold-mirrored 22 meter diameter sphere. The base contains a ticket booth and exhibition space,
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The observation deck is 97 meters above ground level. It consists of two levels, one with 360 degree views of Astana and beyond, with a second, higher level, reached by a flight of stairs. The top level features a gilded hand print of the right hand of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the first President of
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with an imprint of the president's right hand, located at a height of 97 meters, which symbolizes 1997 - the year of the proclamation Astana as the new capital of the state and, accordingly, a new starting point in the history of the country.
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with two lifts rising within the shaft to the observation deck within the 'egg'. Entrances to the monument are sunk below eye level, reached by stairs from the surrounding plaza.
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The significance of "Baiterek" as a symbol of a new stage in the life of the Kazakh people is emphasized by the artistic composition "Ayaly alakan"
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The monument is meant to embody a folktale about a mythical tree of life and a magic bird of happiness: the bird, named
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The project was launched on the initiative of the first President of the Republic of Kazakhstan,
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The 10,000 Kazakhstani tenge note showing the image of the Bayterek tower
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The monument was built as a symbol of the transfer of the capital from
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Monument
observation tower
Astana
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51°07′42″N 71°25′50″E / 51.12833°N 71.43056°E / 51.12833; 71.43056
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Kazakhstan
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