Panfilov Street
street in Almaly district, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Panfilova Street is a street in the center of the city of Almaty.
Street position
Panfilov Street is located in Almaly and Zhetysu districts, between Abylai Khan and Nazarbayev avenues. It starts from the railway station Almaty-2, crosses the streets: Makatayev, Shevchenko, Zhibek Zholy, Gogol, Kazybek bi, Tole bi, Al-farabi and ends on Hadji-Mukan street. The street length is 3,800 m (12,500 ft).
History
Panfilov Street was formed in the second half of the 19th century as a meridian, crossing the center of Verny from north to south, then it housed: a military cathedral, artillery barracks, settled small officials, merchants, wealthy artisans, officer-Cossack families. The street was considered second-rate, adjacent to the center, where the city nobility lived. The history of the street is rich in revolutionary events: the 2nd Semirechye Cossack regiment was located in the barracks, which played a decisive role in the establishment of Soviet power in Verny; there was the Military Revolutionary Committee. On the street there were demonstrations, rallies of revolutionary-minded soldiers.
During the years of Soviet power, the street was reconstructed, the central part was built up with new buildings representing examples of architecture of the 1930s and 1950s-1960s. The Verny houses and monuments of wooden architecture of the 19th century were preserved.
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