Alma-Ata
Britishnoun
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Imagine the relief that would suffuse you if, while nibbling zakuski with a group of oilmen from Kazakhstan, you knew to call their largest city Almaty — rather than its Soviet name, Alma-Ata.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2014
He was the primary consultant to the World Health Organization on the international Alma-Ata Declaration, adopted at a 1978 conference in Alma-Ata, now Altmaty, Kazakhstan.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2010
Two hours after takeoff, the Concordski passed over the snowcapped mountains above Alma-Ata and settled onto the runway like a giant titanium duck, putting its feet down carefully and coming in tail low.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Zhirinovsky complains there was no hot water, but it was a rare house in Alma-Ata that had hot water then," recalls Vladimir Rerikh, a documentary-film director who was also born and raised in Alma-Ata.
From Time Magazine Archive
The records were all set at high altitude, in Alma-Ata, near the Chinese border.
From Time Magazine Archive
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