Arbat is a

pedestrian zone Pedestrian zones (also known as auto-free zones and car-free zones, as pedestrian precincts in British English, and as pedestrian malls in the United States and Australia) are areas of a city or town reserved for pedestrian-only use and in whi ...

Almaty Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

. It is located on Jibek Joly Street, between Abylai Khan Avenue and Nazarbayev Street. The zone features many stores such as TsUM, or Silk Way shopping mall and kiosks.

History

Created in the late 1980s, Arbat was the first area in Almaty to be turned into a pedestrian zone. The name is taken from Moscow's

Arbat Street Arbat Street (Russian ), mainly referred to in English as the Arbat, is a pedestrian street about one kilometer long in the historical centre of Moscow, Russia. The Arbat has existed since at least the 15th century, which makes it one of the o ...

. The zone was reconstructed in 2017, and now features fountains and is connected to

Panfilov Street Promenade Panfilov Street Promenade is a promenade located in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The Abay Opera House, where the promenade starts, and KBTU Building are located within it, which was redesigned by Danish urban designer Jan Gehl. The promenade ends in Arbat ...

. It is planned to extend the pedestrian area to Seyfullin Prospect.{{Cite web, url=https://tengrinews.kz/kazakhstan_news/arbat-prodlyat-do-prospekta-seyfullina-v-almatyi-359354/, title = Арбат продлят до проспекта Сейфуллина в Алматы, date = 10 December 2018

References

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