Timeline of Almaty

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Almaty, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan. Template:Dynamic list Template:TOC right

19th century

• 1854 - Russian Verny Fort built.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
• 1870s - Panfilov Park laid out.<ref name=planet>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1871 - Population: 12,000.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1884 - Synagogue established.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
• 1887 - 9 June: Earthquake.<ref name=brit1910 />

20th century

• 1907 - Ascension Cathedral built.
• 1910 - Population: 24,798.<ref name=brit1910>Template:Citation</ref>
• 1911 - Earthquake.
• 1914 - Population: 36,000.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
• 1918 - Soviets in power; city becomes part of the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
• 1921 - City renamed "Alma-Ata."<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
• 1927 - Capital of the Kazak Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic relocates to Alma-Ata from Kyzylorda.
• 1928 - Kazakh State Theatre relocates to Alma-Ata.<ref name=rubin2001 />
• 1930 - Turkestan-Siberia Railway begins operating.Template:Citation needed
• 1931 - Central State Museum of Kazakhstan<ref name=bates2010 /> and National Library of Kazakhstan established.<ref name=saur2011>Template:Citation</ref>
• 1934
  • Abay Opera House and Kazakh State University open.
  • Alma-Ata Documentary Film Studio established.<ref name=rollbert2009>Template:Citation</ref>
  • Uighur Music and Drama theatre group founded.<ref name=rubin2001>Template:Citation</ref>
• 1935
  • Almaty Airport built.
  • National Art Gallery opens.<ref name=bates2010 />
• 1936
  • City becomes capital of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.
  • Almaty Zoo opens.
• 1939 - Population: 230,528.<ref name=webster1960>Template:Citation</ref>
• 1941 - Central United Film Studio established.<ref name=rollbert2009 />
• 1944 - Alma-Ata Studio for Feature and Documentary Films established.<ref name=rollbert2009 />
• 1946 - Kurmangazy Conservatory established.Template:Citation needed
• 1949 - Almaty District Library established.<ref name=saur2011 />
• 1951 - Medeo skating rink opens.
• 1954 - Lokomotiv Almaty football club formed.
• 1958 - Almaty Central Stadium opens.
• 1960 - Republican Scientific-Technical Library established.<ref name=bates2010>Template:Citation</ref>
• 1963 - Korean Theatre relocates to Almaty.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
• 1967 - Kok Tobe cable car begins operating.Template:Citation needed
• 1970 - Hotel Kazakhstan built.
• 1972 - Medeu Dam built.
• 1978
  • Republican Book Museum opens.<ref name=bates2010 />
  • September: International Conference on Primary Health Care held.
• 1979 - Population: 975,000.<ref name="Morton1984">Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1980 - Kazakhstan National Museum of Instruments founded.<ref name=bates2010 />
• 1983 - Almaty Tower built.
• 1986 - December: Jeltoqsan protests against Soviet regime.<ref name=bbc-timeline />
• 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.<ref name=worldcat />
  • Central State Archives of Recent History headquartered in city.<ref name=bates2010 />
  • Akhmetzhan Yesimov becomes head of Alma-Ata regional government.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1993
  • City renamed "Almaty."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Kazakh Interbank Currency Exchange headquartered in Almaty.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Kazakhskaya Pravda in publication.<ref name=worldcat>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies founded.<ref name=fpri />
• 1995 - Katelco established.
• 1997
  • State capital relocates from Almaty to Astana.<ref name=bbc-timeline>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Zamanbek Nurkadilov becomes governor of the Almaty region.Template:Citation needed
• 1998 - Mukhtar Auezov Museum-House built.<ref name=archnet>Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref name=fpri>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2003 - International Institute for Modern Politics founded.<ref name=fpri />
• 2006 - Protest.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 2007 - Almaty Cup tennis tournament begins.
• 2008
  • Haileybury Almaty school founded.
  • Akhmetzhan Yessimov becomes mayor.
• 2009 - Population: 1,365,105.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2011
  • Almaty Metro begins operating.
  • 2011 Asian Winter Games held.
• 2012 - Population: 1,472,866.
• 2013
  • January: Airplane crash near city.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • City hosts P5+1-Iran meetings.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2014 - Economic protest.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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

Further reading

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External links

• Photos of market in Almaty, 1995, by Carl Malamud