Baku, Azerbaijan, July 25
By Elena Kosolapova – Trend:
Almaty, the biggest city in Kazakhstan, will celebrate its 1000 anniversary in 2016.
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev discussed preparation for this anniversary with Almaty’s mayor Bauyrzhan Baibek, Kazakh president’s press-service reported on July 25.
In 2015 the millennial anniversary of Almaty was included into the list of the special dates of UNESCO. Almaty regional authorities earlier reported that they would organize over 100 events in 2016.
The final events on celebration of Almaty city's 1000th jubilee will be held in the UNESCO headquarter in Paris, France in Oct 2016.
Almaty is a cultural, financial and industrial center of Kazakhstan. It was also Kazakhstan’s capital city till 1997.
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