Temirtau is the steel town of Kazakhstan. You can see the giant steel mill from way out on the highway. It's hard to miss as the geography is wide open Asian steppe. Stalin said to put steel works there and there it still is.
In case you aren't sure what mammoth factory works is way on the horizon, the town has erected an impressive welcome sign next to the highway. Clever design, you've got the giant ladle bucket, pouring molten iron down. Power! Glory!
In town, a monument to the mighty steel workers. Also, a svelte, almost abstract memorial to the forgotten soldiers of the Great Patriotic War.
More fun with monuments. Some sort of ode to energy fountain thing, now neglected and without water. Where does that door go? Another universe?
The Gorodsky museum has some fun dioramas. Maybe accurate. Woolly mammoth vs big cat. Big lizard vs nobody.
It turns out, the mighty woolly mammoth is no match for a gang of hungry cavemen. Don't bring a tusk to a spear fight.
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