Timeline of Almaty

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

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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: 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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
  • January: Airplane crash near city.^[24]
  • City hosts P5+1-Iran meetings.^[25]
• 2014 - Economic protest.^[26]

See also

• Almaty history
• List of mayors of Almaty (in German)
• List of universities in Almaty
• Other names of Almaty
• History of Kazakhstan

References

1. History of Civilizations of Central Asia 6, Paris: UNESCO, 2005
2. "Almaty". Kazakhstan. Lonely Planet. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
3. Alexander Petzholdt (1878). "Zur Literatur uber Russisch-Turkestan". Russische Revue (in German) (St. Petersburg) 13. OCLC 15861931. Wernoje
4. Encyclopedia of the Jewish diaspora, Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2008, ISBN 9781851098736
5. "Vyernyi", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica Co., 1910, OCLC 14782424
6. Russia, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914, OCLC 1328163, Vyerni
7. Adrian Room (2006), Placenames of the World (2nd ed.), Jefferson, NC: McFarland
8. Natasha Rapoport (2001), "Kazakhstan", in Don Rubin et al., eds., World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Asia/Pacific, Routledge, ISBN 9780415260879
9. Leslie Champeny (2010), "Kazakhstan: Libraries, Archives and Museums", in Marcia J. Bates, Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, ISBN 9780849397127
10. World Guide to Libraries (25th ed.), De Gruyter Saur, 2011, ISBN 9783110230710
11. Peter Rollberg (2009), Historical dictionary of Russian and Soviet cinema, Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, ISBN 9780810860728
12. Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Springfield, Mass., USA: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1960, OL 5812502M
13. Hae-Kyung Um, ed. (2005), Diasporas and Interculturalism in Asian Performing Arts, RoutledgeCurzon, ISBN 9780700715862
14. Henry W. Morton and Robert C. Stuart, ed. (1984). The Contemporary Soviet City. New York: M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 978-0-87332-248-5.
15. "Kazakhstan Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
16. "WorldCat". Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
17. "Akim". Almaty City. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
18. "History of Almaty". Almaty City. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
19. "Kazakhstan Stock Exchange". Retrieved 9 April 2013.
20. "Think Tank Directory". Philadelphia: Foreign Policy Research Institute. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
21. ArchNet.org. "Almaty". Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA: MIT School of Architecture and Planning. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
22. Catherine Alexander (2007). "Almaty: Rethinking the Public Sector". In Catharine Alexander, Victor Buchli, Caroline Humphrey. Urban Life in Post-Soviet Asia. UK: Taylor & Francis.
23. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012.
24. "Passenger plane crashes near Kazakh city of Almaty". BBC News. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
25. David M. Herszenhorn (7 April 2013). "Negotiators Find in Kazakhstan the Perfect Place to Disagree". New York Times. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
26. "Kazakhstan: Devaluation, Demonstrations, and Lacy Underwear". Global Voices. 4 March 2014.

Further reading

• 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

External links

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

Coordinates: 43°16′39″N 76°53′45″E / 43.2775°N 76.895833°E