Karakol Russian Colonial Quarter
Каракол
Many 19th-century Russian wooden houses survive in the city centre, with carved window frames and tin roofs forming Karakol's distinctive streetscape.
Karakol was founded in 1869 as a Russian military outpost and was formerly known as Przhevalsk. Along the grid-pattern streets of the city centre survive many single-storey tsarist-era wooden houses and brick buildings. Their window frames are finely carved, their roofs are clad in tin, and their courtyards are planted with apple trees. It is often considered one of the best-preserved tsarist-era small-town landscapes in Central Asia. Start at the Holy Trinity Cathedral and wander along Toktogul Street and Abai Street at your leisure, then continue to the Dungan Mosque and the Regional Museum. Admission is free.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Holy Trinity Cathedral, Karakol
- Dungan Family Dinner & Ashlyan-fu
- Karakol Regional Museum
- Karakol Dungan Mosque
- Karakol Sunday Animal Market
- Karakol Ski Base
- Przhevalsky Memorial Museum
- Pristan-Przhevalsk Lakeshore