The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Almaty, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan.
19th century
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- 1870s – Panfilov Park laid out.[1]
- 1871 – Population: 12,000.[2]
- 1884 – Synagogue established.[3]
- 1887 – 9 June: A magnitude 7.3 earthquake affected the city with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), causing moderate damage.[4]
20th century
- 1907 – Ascension Cathedral built.
- 1910 – Population: 24,798.[5]
- 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.[4]
- 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.[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.[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.[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.
- 1985 – Population: 1,068,000 (estimate).[15]
- 1986 – December: Jeltoqsan protests against Soviet regime.[16]
- 1989 – Voice of Asia lip synching contest begins.[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.[17]
- Central State Archives of Recent History headquartered in city.[9]
- Akhmetzhan Yesimov becomes head of Alma-Ata regional government.[18]
- 1993
- City renamed "Almaty."[19]
- Kazakh Interbank Currency Exchange headquartered in Almaty.[20]
- Kazakhskaya Pravda in publication.[17]
- Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies founded.[21]
- Population: 1,176,000 (estimate).[22]
- 1995 – Katelco established.
- 1997
- State capital relocates from Almaty to Astana.[16]
- Zamanbek Nurkadilov becomes governor of the Almaty region.[citation needed]
- 1998 – Mukhtar Auezov Museum-House built.[23]
- 2000
- Respublika (Kazakh newspaper) begins publication.
- Football Club Tsesna formed.
21st century
- 2001 – Public Policy Research Center, and Center for Foreign Policy and Analysis founded.[21]
- 2003 – International Institute for Modern Politics founded.[21]
- 2006 – Protest.[24]
- 2007 – Almaty Cup tennis tournament begins.
- 2008
- Haileybury Almaty school founded.
- Akhmetzhan Yessimov becomes mayor.
- 2009 – Population: 1,365,105.[25]
- 2011
- Almaty Metro begins operating.
- 2011 Asian Winter Games held.
- 2012 – Population: 1,472,866.
- 2013
- 2014 – Economic protest.[28]
- 2015 – Baibek Bauyrzhan becomes mayor.
See also
- Almaty history
- List of Akims of Almaty City
- List of universities in Almaty
- Other names of Almaty
- History of Kazakhstan
References
- ^ "Almaty". Kazakhstan. Lonely Planet. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ^ Alexander Petzholdt (1878). "Zur Literatur uber Russisch-Turkestan". Russische Revue (in German). St. Petersburg. 13. OCLC 15861931.
Wernoje
- ^ Encyclopedia of the Jewish diaspora, Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2008, ISBN 9781851098736
- ^ a b National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) (1972), Significant Earthquake Database, National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K
- ^ Britannica 1910.
- ^ Russia, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914, OCLC 1328163,
Vyerni
- ^ Adrian Room (2006), Placenames of the World (2nd ed.), Jefferson, NC: McFarland
- ^ a b Natasha Rapoport (2001), "Kazakhstan", in Don Rubin; et al. (eds.), World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Asia/Pacific, Routledge, ISBN 9780415260879
- ^ 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
- ^ a b World Guide to Libraries (25th ed.), De Gruyter Saur, 2011, ISBN 9783110230710
- ^ 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
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- ^ a b c "Think Tank Directory". Philadelphia: Foreign Policy Research Institute. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
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- ^ "Passenger plane crashes near Kazakh city of Almaty". BBC News. 29 January 2013.
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- ^ "Kazakhstan: Devaluation, Demonstrations, and Lacy Underwear". Global Voices. 4 March 2014.
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- 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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