# Timeline of Almaty

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

## 19th century

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* 1854 – Fort Zailiyskoe erected and then renamed Fort Vernoe ("Loyal").
* 1867 – The settlement around the fortress officially renamed Verny.
* 1870s – Panfilov Park laid out.
* 1871 – Population: 12,000.
* 1884 – Synagogue established.
* 1887 – 9 June: A magnitude 7.3 earthquake affected the city with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), destroying the city and fort. Brick construction was subsequently banned in favor of wood and adobe as more earthquake resistant.

## 20th century

* 1907 – Ascension Cathedral built.
* 1910 – Population: 24,798.
* 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, although the avoidance of brick in construction proved helpful.
* 1914 – Population: 36,000.
* 1918 – Soviets in power; city becomes part of the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
* 1921 – Verny renamed Alma-Ata ("Father of Apples").
* 1927 – Capital of the Kazak Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic relocates to Alma-Ata from Kyzylorda.
* 1928 – Kazakh State Theatre relocates to Alma-Ata.
* 1930 – Turkestan-Siberia Railway begins operating.
* 1931 – Central State Museum of Kazakhstan and National Library of Kazakhstan established.
* 1934
** Abay Opera House and Kazakh State University open.
** Alma-Ata Documentary Film Studio established.
** Uighur Music and Drama theatre group founded.
* 1935
** Almaty Airport built.
** National Art Gallery opens.
* 1936
** City becomes capital of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.
** Almaty Zoo opens.
* 1939 – Population: 230,528.
* 1941 – Central United Film Studio established.
* 1944 – Alma-Ata Studio for Feature and Documentary Films established.
* 1946 – Kurmangazy Conservatory established.
* 1949 – Almaty District Library established.
* 1951 – Medeo skating rink opens.
* 1954 – Lokomotiv Almaty football club formed.
* 1958 – Almaty Central Stadium opens.
* 1960 – Republican Scientific-Technical Library established.
* 1963 – Korean Theatre relocates to Almaty.
* 1967 – Kok Tobe cable car begins operating.
* 1970 – Hotel Kazakhstan built.
* 1972 – Medeu Dam built.
* 1978
** Republican Book Museum opens.
** September: International Conference on Primary Health Care held.
* 1979 – Population: 975,000.
* 1980 – Kazakhstan National Museum of Instruments founded.
* 1983 – Almaty Tower built.
* 1985 – Population: 1,068,000 (estimate).
* 1986 – December: Jeltoqsan protests against Soviet regime.
* 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.
** Central State Archives of Recent History headquartered in city.
** Akhmetzhan Yesimov becomes head of Alma-Ata regional government.
* 1993
** Alma-Ata officially renamed Almaty.
** Kazakh Interbank Currency Exchange headquartered in Almaty.
** Kazakhskaya Pravda in publication.
** Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies founded.
** Population: 1,176,000 (estimate).
* 1995 – Katelco established.
* 1997
** Kazakh capital moved from Almaty to Astana.
** Zamanbek Nurkadilov becomes governor of the Almaty region.
* 1998 – Mukhtar Auezov Museum-House built.
* 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.
* 2003 – International Institute for Modern Politics founded.
* 2006 – Protest.
* 2007 – Almaty Cup tennis tournament begins.
* 2008
** Haileybury Almaty school founded.
** Akhmetzhan Yessimov becomes mayor.
* 2009 – Population: 1,365,105.
* 2011
** Almaty Metro begins operating.
** 2011 Asian Winter Games held.
* 2012 – Population: 1,472,866.
* 2013
** January: Airplane crash near city kills at least 20 people. No survivors reported.
** City hosts P5+1-Iran meetings.
* 2014 – Economic protest.
* 2015 – Baibek Bauyrzhan becomes mayor.