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Timeline of Almaty

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Almaty, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan.

Contents

19th century

  • 1854 - Russian Verny Fort built.
  • 1870s - Panfilov Park laid out.
  • 1871 - Population: 12,000.
  • 1884 - Synagogue established.
  • 1887 - 9 June: Earthquake.

    • 20th century

  • 1907 - Ascension Cathedral built.
  • 1910 - Population: 24,798.
  • 1911 - Earthquake.
  • 1914 - Population: 36,000.
  • 1918 - Soviets in power; city becomes part of the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
  • 1921 - City renamed "Alma-Ata."
  • 1927 - Capital of the Kazak Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic relocates to Alma-Ata from Kyzylorda.
  • 1928 - Kazakh State Theatre relocates to Alma-Ata.
  • 1930 - Turkestan-Siberia Railway begins operating.
  • 1931 - Central State Museum of Kazakhstan and National Library of Kazakhstan established.
  • 1934
  • Abay Opera House and Kazakh State University open.
  • Alma-Ata Documentary Film Studio established.
  • Uighur Music and Drama theatre group founded.
  • 1935
  • Almaty Airport built.
  • National Art Gallery opens.
  • 1936
  • City becomes capital of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.
  • Almaty Zoo opens.
  • 1939 - Population: 230,528.
  • 1941 - Central United Film Studio established.
  • 1944 - Alma-Ata Studio for Feature and Documentary Films established.
  • 1946 - Kurmangazy Conservatory established.
  • 1949 - Almaty District Library established.
  • 1951 - Medeo skating rink opens.
  • 1954 - Lokomotiv Almaty football club formed.
  • 1958 - Almaty Central Stadium opens.
  • 1960 - Republican Scientific-Technical Library established.
  • 1963 - Korean Theatre relocates to Almaty.
  • 1967 - Kok Tobe cable car begins operating.
  • 1970 - Hotel Kazakhstan built.
  • 1972 - Medeu Dam built.
  • 1978
  • Republican Book Museum opens.
  • September: International Conference on Primary Health Care held.
  • 1979 - Population: 975,000.
  • 1980 - Kazakhstan National Museum of Instruments founded.
  • 1983 - Almaty Tower built.
  • 1986 - December: Jeltoqsan protests against Soviet regime.
  • 1989 - Voice of Asia lip synching contest begins.
  • 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.
  • Central State Archives of Recent History headquartered in city.
  • Akhmetzhan Yesimov becomes head of Alma-Ata regional government.
  • 1993
  • City renamed "Almaty."
  • Kazakh Interbank Currency Exchange headquartered in Almaty.
  • Kazakhskaya Pravda in publication.
  • Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies founded.
  • 1995 - Katelco established.
  • 1997
  • State capital relocates from Almaty to Astana.
  • Zamanbek Nurkadilov becomes governor of the Almaty region.
  • 1998 - Mukhtar Auezov Museum-House built.

    • 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.
  • 2003 - International Institute for Modern Politics founded.
  • 2006 - Protest.
  • 2007 - Almaty Cup tennis tournament begins.
  • 2008
  • Haileybury Almaty school founded.
  • Akhmetzhan Yessimov becomes mayor.
  • 2009 - Population: 1,365,105.
  • 2011
  • Almaty Metro begins operating.
  • 2011 Asian Winter Games held.
  • 2012 - Population: 1,472,866.
  • 2013
  • January: Airplane crash near city.
  • City hosts P5+1-Iran meetings.
  • 2014 - Economic protest.
  • 2015 - Baibek Bauyrzhan becomes mayor.

    • References

    Timeline of Almaty Wikipedia
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