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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Almaty, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan. Template:Dynamic list Template:TOC right
Contents
19th century
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- 1854 - Russian Verny Fort built.[1]
- 1870s - Panfilov Park laid out.[2]
- 1871 - Population: 12,000.[3]
- 1884 - Synagogue established.[4]
- 1887 - 9 June: Earthquake.[5]
20th century
- 1907 - Ascension Cathedral built.
- 1910 - Population: 24,798.[5]
- 1911 - Earthquake.
- 1914 - Population: 36,000.[6]
- 1918 - Soviets in power; city becomes part of the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- 1921 - City renamed "Alma-Ata."[7]
- 1927 - Capital of the Kazak Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic relocates to Alma-Ata from Kyzylorda.
- 1928 - Kazakh State Theatre relocates to Alma-Ata.[8]
- 1930 - Turkestan-Siberia Railway begins operating.Template:Citation needed
- 1931 - Central State Museum of Kazakhstan[9] and National Library of Kazakhstan established.[10]
- 1934
- Abay Opera House and Kazakh State University open.
- Alma-Ata Documentary Film Studio established.[11]
- Uighur Music and Drama theatre group founded.[8]
- 1935
- Almaty Airport built.
- National Art Gallery opens.[9]
- 1936
- City becomes capital of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Almaty Zoo opens.
- 1939 - Population: 230,528.[12]
- 1941 - Central United Film Studio established.[11]
- 1944 - Alma-Ata Studio for Feature and Documentary Films established.[11]
- 1946 - Kurmangazy Conservatory established.Template:Citation needed
- 1949 - Almaty District Library established.[10]
- 1951 - Medeo skating rink opens.
- 1954 - Lokomotiv Almaty football club formed.
- 1958 - Almaty Central Stadium opens.
- 1960 - Republican Scientific-Technical Library established.[9]
- 1963 - Korean Theatre relocates to Almaty.[13]
- 1967 - Kok Tobe cable car begins operating.Template:Citation needed
- 1970 - Hotel Kazakhstan built.
- 1972 - Medeu Dam built.
- 1978
- Republican Book Museum opens.[9]
- September: International Conference on Primary Health Care held.
- 1979 - Population: 975,000.[14]
- 1980 - Kazakhstan National Museum of Instruments founded.[9]
- 1983 - Almaty Tower built.
- 1986 - December: Jeltoqsan protests against Soviet regime.[15]
- 1989 - Voice of Asia lip synching contest begins.Template:Citation needed
- 1991
- 21 December: Alma-Ata Protocol signed, establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States.
- City becomes capital of independent Republic of Kazakhstan.
- 1992
- Karavan begins publication.[16]
- Central State Archives of Recent History headquartered in city.[9]
- Akhmetzhan Yesimov becomes head of Alma-Ata regional government.[17]
- 1993
- City renamed "Almaty."[18]
- Kazakh Interbank Currency Exchange headquartered in Almaty.[19]
- Kazakhskaya Pravda in publication.[16]
- Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies founded.[20]
- 1995 - Katelco established.
- 1997
- State capital relocates from Almaty to Astana.[15]
- Zamanbek Nurkadilov becomes governor of the Almaty region.Template:Citation needed
- 1998 - Mukhtar Auezov Museum-House built.[21]
21st century
- 2000
- Respublika (Kazakh newspaper) begins publication.
- Football Club Tsesna formed.
- 2001 - Public Policy Research Center, and Center for Foreign Policy and Analysis founded.[20]
- 2003 - International Institute for Modern Politics founded.[20]
- 2006 - Protest.[22]
- 2007 - Almaty Cup tennis tournament begins.
- 2008
- Haileybury Almaty school founded.
- Akhmetzhan Yessimov becomes mayor.
- 2009 - Population: 1,365,105.[23]
- 2011
- Almaty Metro begins operating.
- 2011 Asian Winter Games held.
- 2012 - Population: 1,472,866.
- 2013
- 2014 - Economic protest.[26]
- 2015 - Baibek Bauyrzhan becomes mayor.
See also
- Almaty history
- List of mayors of Almaty (in German)
- List of universities in Almaty
- Other names of Almaty
- History of Kazakhstan
References
Further reading
External links
- Photos of market in Almaty, 1995, by Carl Malamud
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