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    Tradition meets modernity

    Astana, once a rundown steppe town in the middle of nowhere, is now the world’s greatest architectural makeover. Left: Baiterek Tower; center: a Soviet mosaic in Astana’s train station; right: Astana Circus. (Eric Lafforgue)

Tradition meets modernity

Astana, once a rundown steppe town in the middle of nowhere, is now the world’s greatest architectural makeover. Left: Baiterek Tower; center: a Soviet mosaic in Astana’s train station; right: Astana Circus. (Eric Lafforgue)

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