The selection of postcards and photo reproductions below, of fairly decent quality, creates an image of Soviet Alma-Ata (currently Almaty) as a vibrant, modern city surrounded by snow-capped mountain peaks.

This city, which population reached one million in 1981, remains the cultural, economic, and financial capital of Kazakhstan. Since the late 1990s, it has experienced an investment and construction boom and has undergone significant changes. Therefore, photographs taken in the 1980s take on ever-increasing historical significance. Photos by visualhistory

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