On July 27, 2017 a media tour to Assy-Turgen observatory was organized, with more than 30 journalists participating. The tour aimed at acquainting the public with the observatory and its telescopes, including AZT-20, the largest telescope in Kazakhstan that was recently put into operation.

In this release of "Discovering Kazakhstan", Dennis Keen aquatints the audience with Kamenskoe Plauteau and Tian-Shan observatories. Originally filmed in English.

Photo reportage at Vласть online magazine about FAPHI and its observatory at Kamenskoe Plateau. The story goes about the Hertz reflector telescope transported to Almaty after World War II, high-aperture Maksutov telescope which made the discovery of 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko comet, and many other things.

Don't miss this amazing photo-reportage by Vox Populi about our Tian Shan observatory and those who work in it.

Astronomer.ru told about performing test photometric observations of asteroid 2003 GS with the upgraded 1-meter Zeiss telescope at Tian Shan observatory, by a joint Russian and Kazakh team.