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 Russian Orthodox Church by nepalgoods
In 1921, the name Alma-Ata ("father-apple") was created by the Bolsheviks. 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. Leave a Comment
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Where we in Europe are getting used to the fact, that the majority of the population are old people, it is impressive to see all those children and young people in the streets of Almaty. Almaty has many universities and students. The average family has about 5 children. Leave a Comment
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just imagine...you are admiring mountain's breathtaking beauty and calm..you are so into it...trying to escape everyday reality and routine..finally beginning to feel little bit relaxed..and suddenly you see David Beckham's figure, and others like Nesta, Ronaldinho...i would call it a nightmare..that's sad even for me, biggest football fan...:( how did they get till 3000m in Kazakhstan??
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The complex Medeo built in record time - in two years as if it were a fairy palace came into the panorama of the gorge. It is created by remarkable people - by workers, engineers, architects, designers and scientists. Its designers are rewarded with the State prize of the USSR.
In the designing and the constructing of the skating-rink together with the aim providing excellent conditions for school-training work and competitions in speed-skating it was supposed to turn it into a sports base for a mass rest of the working people. The stadium is equipped with all necessary thing for this purpose. For example : the rooms situated under the western stand are meant only for the service of participants of mass skating. There is an enormous entrance - hall on the ground floor where visitors of the skating-rink can rest and warm up.
The fame of the first high-altitude skating-rink of our country flew all over the world. It has become one of the main sights of the capital of Kasakhstan. Foreign tourists often come
here. Even people from hot countries express their wish to skate. To skate in summer - what can be more tempting ?! Leave a Comment
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In Almaty one can, from May through September, while away time alone or with friends sitting under brightly coloured parasols outside cafes, watching pretty girls go by...Almaty is as famous for this as it is for its greenery at one time I lived in the building across the street.I met another one in the central area and tried to chat her up a bit, but did not get too far, partly because the girl was about 15 and secondly because she was for some reason on a horse!The city is full of green trees, bushes, fountains. It was said, in Soviet times, that Alma-Ata was the most green city of the Soviet Union, after Kiev Leave a Comment
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 the theatre and ballet
building on Lenina by ianrmillard
There are a number of quite striking late Soviet buildings in Almaty, which was a bit of a showcase city in the 1970's and 1980's (the TU-144 'Concordski' was scheduled to travel the Moscow to Alma-Ata route).
I have to admit, it used to annoy me when smug English and American persons were always negative about the city, its buildings and habits. Having lived in New York and New Jersey, I think those people should clean up their own cities first (and improve their educational/cultural level while they are about it!)...As for the young Englishman (a language student and my temporary assistant, actually) who compared Almaty unfavourably to the nondescript North Midlands English town of Nottingham, well, words fail me!
Whatever one may say of these buildings, they are not the worst of modern architecture; the theatre and ballet building on Lenina, for instance
The Republican Palace of Schoolchildren (in Soviet times, the Palace of Young Pioneers
or the Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences
Even in these not so sharp scanned photos and postcards it can be seen that this is a city with a lot of potential.
Even the less prominent Soviet public buildings are often quite pleasant and even somewhat noble, compared to many late 20thC buildings in places like London or New York. Leave a Comment
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