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Almaty (Ð?лматы; formerly known as Alma-Ata, also Verny, Vyernyi (Верный) in Imperial Russia) is the biggest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of 1,185,900 (2004) (8% of the population of Kazakhstan) citizens.
The name "Almaty" means "appled" (the place with apples), the more stately version of its name, Alma-Ata, means "apple's father". In the surrounding region, unrivalled genetic diversity among the alma, the wild apples, implies that south-east Kazakhstan is where the domesticated apple is native.
Almaty is located at 43°15' North, 76°57' East (43.25, 76.95). [1]
A troop of Siberian cossacks from Omsk founded the fort Zailiysky in 1854 at the foot of the Tian Shan mountain range, and renamed one year later as Verny, a name that remained until 1921. In a devastating earthquake in 1911, almost the only large building that remained standing was the Russian Orthodox cathedral. In the 1920s, after the completion of the Turkestan-Siberia Railway, Alma-Ata, as it was then known, became a major stopping point along the track.
In 1929, Almaty became the capital of the Kazakh SSR. In late 1991, Almaty became the capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a designation it kept until 1998, when the capital was moved to Astana. Almaty, however, remains the largest city in Kazakhstan and the country's major commercial center. In 2005, the city launched an Olympic application to host the XXII Olympic Winter Games in the year 2014.
A short bus ride into the Tian Shan mountains brings one to Medeo, a popular tourist destination, with several hotels and an olympic-size skating rink. Almaty is also home to Kazakhstan's premier universities: KIMEP (Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics, and Strategic Research), and Kazakh State University (KazGU), as well as the Kazakh Academy of Sciences and many other educational and government buildings, including the president's residence, built after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
On 21 December 1991, the Charter that ended the Soviet Union creating the Commonwealth of Independent States was signed there.
The name "Almaty" means "appled" (the place with apples), the more stately version of its name, Alma-Ata, means "apple's father". In the surrounding region, unrivalled genetic diversity among the alma, the wild apples, implies that south-east Kazakhstan is where the domesticated apple is native.
Almaty is located at 43°15' North, 76°57' East (43.25, 76.95). [1]
A troop of Siberian cossacks from Omsk founded the fort Zailiysky in 1854 at the foot of the Tian Shan mountain range, and renamed one year later as Verny, a name that remained until 1921. In a devastating earthquake in 1911, almost the only large building that remained standing was the Russian Orthodox cathedral. In the 1920s, after the completion of the Turkestan-Siberia Railway, Alma-Ata, as it was then known, became a major stopping point along the track.
In 1929, Almaty became the capital of the Kazakh SSR. In late 1991, Almaty became the capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a designation it kept until 1998, when the capital was moved to Astana. Almaty, however, remains the largest city in Kazakhstan and the country's major commercial center. In 2005, the city launched an Olympic application to host the XXII Olympic Winter Games in the year 2014.
A short bus ride into the Tian Shan mountains brings one to Medeo, a popular tourist destination, with several hotels and an olympic-size skating rink. Almaty is also home to Kazakhstan's premier universities: KIMEP (Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics, and Strategic Research), and Kazakh State University (KazGU), as well as the Kazakh Academy of Sciences and many other educational and government buildings, including the president's residence, built after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
On 21 December 1991, the Charter that ended the Soviet Union creating the Commonwealth of Independent States was signed there.
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