Central Universal Store

TsUM — Central Universal Department Store is a department store in Almaty. Modeled after the Moscow TsUM, the Almaty TsUM is housed in a 4-story Stalinist building located at the intersection of Abylai Khan Avenue and Jibek Joly Street in the Arbat area.

Type: Shopping center
Description: shopping mall in Almaty, Kazakhstan
Also known as: “TsUM”
Address: 62 Абылай Хан даңғылы, Алматы

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Zhibek Zholy and Radchenko house.

Zhibek Zholy

Metro station

Photo: Alex J. Butler, CC BY 2.0.

Jibek Joly is a station of Line 1 of the Almaty Metro. The station was opened on December 1, 2011. Zhibek Zholy is situated 420 metres southeast of Central Universal Store.

Radchenko house

Photo: User 0100, Public domain.

Radchenko house is situated 540 metres northeast of Central Universal Store.

Ascension Cathedral

Church

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Ascension Cathedral, also known as Zenkov Cathedral, is a Russian Orthodox cathedral located in Panfilov Park in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Completed in 1907, the cathedral is made out of wood but without nails. Ascension Cathedral is situated 1 km east of Central Universal Store.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Almaty and Kok Tobe.

Almaty

Photo: Peter Hook, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Almaty in Almaty Province is the largest city and the financial and cultural centre of Kazakhstan, with a population in 2024 of 2,250,000. It's a sprawling modern city on a grid pattern, with snow-capped mountains just south marking the border with Kyrgyzstan.

Kok Tobe

Locality

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Köktöbe or Koktyube is a hill in Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city and former capital. At 1,100 meters above sea level, it is one of the main landmarks of the city and a symbol of Almaty. Kok Tobe is situated 4½ km southeast of Central Universal Store.