A. Barsukov. Mudflow that hit Lake Issyk. 1963 / CSA CFDA RK

P. Kudryashev. A group of tourists at Lake Issyk. August 21, 1959 / CSA CFDA RK

V. Pozdnenko. At the high-mountain Lake Issyk. 1961 / CSA CFDA RK

Front page of the «Leninshil Zhas» newspaper. July 7, 1963 / National Library of Republic Kazakhstan / Qalam

«What is a Mudflow?», «Ogni Alatau» newspaper, July 25, 1963 / National Library of Republic of Kazakhstan / Qalam

«Following the Mudflow», «Leninskaya Smena» newspaper, September 10, 1963 / National Library of Republic of Kazakhstan

A. Barsukov. Mudflow that hit Lake Issyk. 1963 / CSA CFDA RK

A. Barsukov. Aftermath of the mudflow that hit Lake Issyk. 1963 / CSA CFDA RK

Photo from article «Almaty in the Embrace of the Dragon», «Kazakhstanskaya Pravda» newspaper, July 7, 2006 / National Library of Republic of Kazakhstan / Qalam

Mr Ptero. View of Medeo Ice Rink. 2 October 1982 / Wikimedia Commons

«Almaty in the Embrace of the Dragon», «Kazakhstanskaya Pravda» newspaper, July 7, 2006 /National Library of Republic of Kazakhstan / Qalam

Akzel Beisembay. Issyk Lake has not yet returned to its size before the 1963 mudflow / Qalam