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The largest city in and former (until 1998) capital of Kazakhstan, formerly known as Alma-Ata
{i} capital city of Kazakstan
Alma-Ata a city in southeast Kazakhstan, the country's capital and largest city, formerly called Vernoye, Verny, or Vernyi. formerly Alma-Ata City (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
the largest city in Kazakhstan and the capital until 1998
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    () Transliteration from the Kazakh name Алматы, which is an adjective form of Kazakh word for apple (алма).