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Alma-Ata: see Almaty Almaty (əlmä`tē), formerly Alma-Ata ..... Click the link for more information. , Kazakhstan. Almatyformerly Alma-AtaCity (pop., 1999: 1,129,400), southeastern Kazakhstan. Formerly the capital of Kazakhstan, it lost its capital status in 1995 to Aqmola (now Astana). The modern city was founded in 1854, when the Russians established a military fortification on the site of the ancient city of Almaty, destroyed by the Mongols in the 13th century. With the coming of the railroad in 1930, its population grew rapidly. In World War II (1939–45), heavy industry expanded widely as factories were evacuated to the site from European Russia. The city remains a major industrial centre. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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(1) World Health Organisation, Declaration of Alma-Ata,
International Conference on Primary Health Care, Alma-Ata USSR, 1978. He graduated
from the Higher Military School of Border Guards in Alma-Ata in 1983
with special honors and was posted in the Northwest border okrug as
deputy commander, then commander of the frontier post.
Stalina's mother, who had moved to Alma-Ata and remarried, did not
fetch her daughter until late 1952. |
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