The Park of the 28 Panfilov Guards is the most popular recreational park in Almaty. It was established in the 1970s on the site of a Cossack village cemetery and was originally called Starokladbischensky Park (Old Cemetery Park). The park is an 18-hectare green space, divided by straight paths and lanes, surrounded by mixed deciduous groves of mature oaks, elms, aspens, maples, poplars, pines, and firs.