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Visiting Almaty - What to See in the Former Capital, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Almaty, formerly known as Alma-Ata, is the largest city in Kazakhstan and its cultural and financial center, with a population of over two million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936, while the country was an autonomous republic of the Soviet Union, then from 1936 to 1991, a union republic and finally from 1991, an independent state. Almaty is still the major commercial, financial, and cultural centre of Kazakhstan, as well as its most populous and most cosmopolitan city. 🇰🇿🏔️