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Kazakhstan's secret city sets sights on becoming a tourist resort / 34ZN4R8
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From the roof of his abandoned hotel, Alexei Vereshchagin looks over the central Kazakh city of Priozersk, which is hoping to use its position on the picturesque lake Balkhash to become a tourist resort. The city was long unmarked on maps due to secretive Soviet military sites nearby, with their ruins still marking the area. "This was a closed city" says Priozersk mayor Mansur Akhmetov, who is working to replace the city's disused military-industrial infrastructure with more tourist-friendly surroundings. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES