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Searching for the Soul of a City…
Related to country: Kazakhstan

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So by now I’ve spent 10 months living and working in Almaty. I’ve had some time to think, what makes Almaty interesting? What sets it apart? Why am I writing about it…besides the obvious fact that it’s the only city I currently reside, and thus my only material for these ramblings.

Before talking about Almaty in specific, let’s consider in general what gives a city it’s character, a sense of place? Certainly there are things that make each city unique. Perhaps it’s quantifiable, e.g. x number of quaint curved streets plus y meters of glittering waterfront times z colorful citizenry. Or maybe its not so specific, an atmosphere, a rhythm. Whatever the case, even without thinking about it whenever you visit a city it doesn’t take long to get a sense of where you are. After some time in Berlin, you are in no way mistaken as to where you are. Tokyo is definitely Tokyo, Paris is Paris, Istanbul is… well you get the idea. The identity of a city is also tied to its country and citizens. Tokyo is quite Japanese, Paris undoubtedly French, modern, sprawling Istanbul is (despite a long and varied multinational history) Turkish.

full article: http://www.almatycity.com/index.php?newsid=211

July 26, 2008 | 4:08 AM Comments  0 comments

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Searching for the Soul of a City…
Related to country: Kazakhstan

Translations available in: English (original) | French | Spanish | Italian | German | Portuguese | Swedish | Russian | Dutch | Arabic

So by now I’ve spent 10 months living and working in Almaty. I’ve had some time to think, what makes Almaty interesting? What sets it apart? Why am I writing about it…besides the obvious fact that it’s the only city I currently reside, and thus my only material for these ramblings.

Before talking about Almaty in specific, let’s consider in general what gives a city it’s character, a sense of place? Certainly there are things that make each city unique. Perhaps it’s quantifiable, e.g. x number of quaint curved streets plus y meters of glittering waterfront times z colorful citizenry. Or maybe its not so specific, an atmosphere, a rhythm. Whatever the case, even without thinking about it whenever you visit a city it doesn’t take long to get a sense of where you are. After some time in Berlin, you are in no way mistaken as to where you are. Tokyo is definitely Tokyo, Paris is Paris, Istanbul is… well you get the idea. The identity of a city is also tied to its country and citizens. Tokyo is quite Japanese, Paris undoubtedly French, modern, sprawling Istanbul is (despite a long and varied multinational history) Turkish.

full article: http://www.almatycity.com/index.php?newsid=211

July 26, 2008 | 4:08 AM Comments  0 comments

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Religion
Related to country: Kazakhstan

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All in all, 275 religious associations and groups representing 42 confessions of faith are active in Almaty. This is a 10-fold increase from 1991, and a growing trend is observed.

These are Islam - 38, Russian Orthodox Church - 14, Old Believers - 2, Ahmadiyya – 2, Roman Catholic Church - 5, Judaism - 2, Lutheran Church - 5, Evangelical Christian-Baptists - some 20, Seventh-Day Adventists - 5, Pentecostals 4, Presbyterians, Bible-Christians and affiliated sects - over 40, Jehovah's Witnesses - about 30, New Apostolic Church - 2, Unification Church - 2, Buddhism - 2, the Last Testament Church – 1, Charismatic Associations - 16, Church of Jesus Christ - 2, Bahai - 2, New Orientalistic Associations (Society for Krishna Consciousness, Vaisnava, Shri Chinmoy, etc.) - 4, Biblical Church - 1, esoteric (Great White Brotherhood) - 1, Armenian Gregorian Church - 1, Transcendental Meditation - 1, Scientologists - 1 and others.

full article: http://www.almatycity.com/index.php?newsid=11

May 22, 2008 | 10:10 AM Comments  0 comments

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Kok Tobe
Related to country: Kazakhstan

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Location: Kok Tobe, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Description: Kok Tobe (Kazakh: Green Hill) a mountain on the south-eastern outskirts of Almaty. It is also the name of the popular recreation name on the top of the mountain.

The Kok Tobe recreational area has a variety of amusement-park type attractions and restaurants, as well as a number of good viewpoints. It is connected to downtown Almaty by Swiss Funicular.

full article: http://www.almatycity.com/index.php?newsid=55

May 18, 2008 | 4:57 AM Comments  0 comments

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Soon Almaty will have no water left
Related to country: Kazakhstan

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Almaty in the forthcoming year may have no water left, agency reports with reference to the newspaper "Express-K."

"The situation is that in some years on the top stores of many Almaty apartments houses there would be no water," the newspaper says.

The reason for this is a sharp deficit of water, which is already for several years is being experienced in the city. At the same time the consumption is growing with every year. "In 2006 Almaty drank 272 million cubic metres of water, in 2007 - 292 million. Now daily water consumption makes up for 820 - 840 thousand cubic meters in 24 hours," the newspaper runs.

full article: http://www.almatycity.com/index.php?newsid=157

May 17, 2008 | 1:18 AM Comments  0 comments

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