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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Almaty , Almaty Province , Kazakhstan .
19th century [ ]
1854 – Russian Verny Fort built.[1]
1870s – Panfilov Park laid out.[2]
1871 – Population: 12,000.[3]
1884 – Synagogue established.[4]
1887 – 9 June: A magnitude 7.3 earthquake affected the city with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme ), causing moderate damage.[5]
20th century [ ]
1907 – Ascension Cathedral built.
1910 – Population: 24,798.
1911 – 3 January: An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7–8.7 affected the city with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X–XI (Extreme ), causing 450 deaths and severe damage.[5]
1914 – Population: 36,000.[7]
1918 – Soviets in power; city becomes part of the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic .
1921 – City renamed "Alma-Ata."[8]
1927 – Capital of the Kazak Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic relocates to Alma-Ata from Kyzylorda .
1928 – Kazakh State Theatre relocates to Alma-Ata.[9]
1930 – Turkestan-Siberia Railway begins operating.[citation needed ]
1931 – Central State Museum of Kazakhstan [10] and National Library of Kazakhstan established.[11]
1934
Abay Opera House and Kazakh State University open.
Alma-Ata Documentary Film Studio established.[12]
Uighur Music and Drama theatre group founded.[9]
1935
1936
1939 – Population: 230,528.[13]
1941 – Central United Film Studio established.[12]
1944 – Alma-Ata Studio for Feature and Documentary Films established.[12]
1946 – Kurmangazy Conservatory established.[citation needed ]
1949 – Almaty District Library established.[11]
1951 – Medeo skating rink opens.
1954 – Lokomotiv Almaty football club formed.
1958 – Almaty Central Stadium opens.
1960 – Republican Scientific-Technical Library established.[10]
1963 – Korean Theatre relocates to Almaty.[14]
1967 – Kok Tobe cable car begins operating.[citation needed ]
1970 – Hotel Kazakhstan built.
1972 – Medeu Dam built.
1978
1979 – Population: 975,000.[15]
1980 – Kazakhstan National Museum of Instruments founded.[10]
1983 – Almaty Tower built.
1985 – Population: 1,068,000 (estimate).[16]
1986 – December: Jeltoqsan protests against Soviet regime.[17]
1989 – Voice of Asia lip synching contest begins.[citation needed ]
1991
1992
Karavan begins publication.[18]
Central State Archives of Recent History headquartered in city.[10]
Akhmetzhan Yesimov becomes head of Alma-Ata regional government.[19]
1993
1995 – Katelco established.
1997
State capital relocates from Almaty to Astana .[17]
Zamanbek Nurkadilov becomes governor of the Almaty region.[citation needed ]
1998 – Mukhtar Auezov Museum-House built.[24]
2000
21st century [ ]
2001 – Public Policy Research Center, and Center for Foreign Policy and Analysis founded.[22]
2003 – International Institute for Modern Politics founded.[22]
2006 – Protest.[25]
2007 – Almaty Cup tennis tournament begins.
2008
2009 – Population: 1,365,105.[26]
2011
2012 – Population: 1,472,866.
2013
2014 – Economic protest.[29]
2015 – Baibek Bauyrzhan becomes mayor.
See also [ ]
References [ ]
^ History of Civilizations of Central Asia , 6 , Paris: UNESCO, 2005
^ "Almaty" . Kazakhstan . Lonely Planet . Retrieved 9 April 2013 .
^ Alexander Petzholdt (1878). "Zur Literatur uber Russisch-Turkestan" . (in German). St. Petersburg. 13 . OCLC 15861931 . Wernoje
^ Encyclopedia of the Jewish diaspora , Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2008, ISBN 9781851098736
^ Jump up to: a b National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) (1972), Significant Earthquake Database , National Geophysical Data Center , NOAA , doi :10.7289/V5TD9V7K
^ Russia , Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914, OCLC 1328163 , Vyerni
^ Adrian Room (2006), Placenames of the World (2nd ed.), Jefferson, NC: McFarland
^ Jump up to: a b Natasha Rapoport (2001), "Kazakhstan", in Don Rubin; et al. (eds.), World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Asia/Pacific , Routledge, ISBN 9780415260879
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Leslie Champeny (2010), "Kazakhstan: Libraries, Archives and Museums", in Marcia J. Bates (ed.), Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences , Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, ISBN 9780849397127
^ Jump up to: a b World Guide to Libraries (25th ed.), De Gruyter Saur, 2011, ISBN 9783110230710
^ Jump up to: a b c Peter Rollberg (2009), Historical dictionary of Russian and Soviet cinema , Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press , ISBN 9780810860728
^ Webster's Geographical Dictionary , Springfield, Mass., USA: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1960, OL 5812502M
^ Hae-Kyung Um, ed. (2005), Diasporas and Interculturalism in Asian Performing Arts , RoutledgeCurzon, ISBN 9780700715862
^ Henry W. Morton; Robert C. Stuart, eds. (1984). The Contemporary Soviet City . New York: M.E. Sharpe. p. 4 . ISBN 978-0-87332-248-5 .
^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs , Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants" . 1985 Demographic Yearbook . New York. pp. 247–289. Alma-Ata
^ Jump up to: a b "Kazakhstan Profile: Timeline" . BBC News. Retrieved 9 April 2013 .
^ Jump up to: a b "WorldCat" . Online Computer Library Center . Retrieved 9 April 2013 .
^ "Akim" . Almaty City. Retrieved 9 April 2013 .
^ "History of Almaty" . Almaty City. Retrieved 9 April 2013 .
^ "Kazakhstan Stock Exchange" . Retrieved 9 April 2013 .
^ Jump up to: a b c "Think Tank Directory" . Philadelphia: Foreign Policy Research Institute . Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2013 .
^ United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants" . 1995 Demographic Yearbook . New York. pp. 262–321.
^ ArchNet.org. "Almaty" . Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA: MIT School of Architecture and Planning. Retrieved 9 April 2013 .
^ Alexander 2007 .
^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants" . Demographic Yearbook 2011 . United Nations Statistics Division . 2012.
^ "Passenger plane crashes near Kazakh city of Almaty" . BBC News. 29 January 2013.
^ David M. Herszenhorn (7 April 2013). "Negotiators Find in Kazakhstan the Perfect Place to Disagree" . New York Times . Retrieved 9 April 2013 .
^ "Kazakhstan: Devaluation, Demonstrations, and Lacy Underwear" . Global Voices . 4 March 2014.
Bibliography [ ]
Lansdell, Henry (1885). "From Altyn-Immel to Vierny" . Russian Central Asia, including Kuldja, Bokhara, Khiva and Merv . London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington .
Ralph Patteson Cobbold (1900), "Vierny to Balkash" , Innermost Asia , London: W. Heinemann, OCLC 2398669
"Vyernyi" , Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
Catherine Alexander (2007). "Almaty: Rethinking the Public Sector". In Catharine Alexander; Victor Buchli; Caroline Humphrey (eds.). Urban Life in Post-Soviet Asia . UK: Taylor & Francis.
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Coordinates : 43°16′39″N 76°53′45″E / 43.2775°N 76.895833°E / 43.2775; 76.895833