Editing Almaty (section)

====Urban development====
[[File:International conference on Primary Health Care - Conferencia Internacional sobre Atención Primaria de Salud - Almaty -1978.jpg|thumb|227x227px|
The International conference on Primary Health Care in 1978, known as the Alma-Ata Declaration
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From 1966 to 1971, 1,400,000 square metres of [[Public housing|public]] and [[Housing cooperative|cooperative housing]] were built. Annually, around 300,000 square metres of dwellings were under construction. Most of the buildings constructed during this time were [[Seismic analysis|earthquake-proof]] multi-story buildings. The Soviet government tried to diversify architectural forms to create a more varied cityscape. During this period, many schools, hospitals, cultural, and entertainment facilities were constructed, including Lenin's Palace, the [[Hotel Kazakhstan|Kazakhstan Hotel]], and the [[Medeo]] Sports Complex.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Спортивный комплекс Медеу в Алматы |url=http://alnaz.ru/almaty/medeu.html |access-date=9 March 2022 |website=alnaz.ru |archive-date=30 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330110124/http://alnaz.ru/almaty/medeu.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The supersonic transport [[Tupolev]] [[Tu-144]] went into service on 26 December 1975, carrying mail and freight between Moscow and Alma-Ata in preparation for passenger services; these began in November 1977. The Aeroflot flight on 1 June 1978 was the 55th and last scheduled passenger flight of the Tu-144.

Alma-Ata was the host city for a 1978 international conference on [[Primary Health Care]]. The [[Alma Ata Declaration]] was adopted, marking a paradigm shift in global public health.

On 16 December 1986, the [[Jeltoqsan]] riot took place in the [[Republic Square, Almaty|Brezhnev Square]] (now Republic Square) in response to General Secretary [[Mikhail Gorbachev]]'s dismissal of [[Dinmukhamed Kunayev]].<ref>"Nationalist riots in Kazakhstan: Violent nationalist riots erupted in Alma-Ata, the capital of Kazakhstan, on 17 and 18 December 1986"</ref>

On 7 September 1988, the subway [[Almaty Metro]] project started construction; the subway was opened on 1 December 2011 after 23 years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zakon.kz/site_main_news/4460872-v-almaty-otkrylsja-metropoliten.html |title=В Алматы открылся Метрополитен (фото) |date=December 2011 |publisher=Zakon.kz |access-date=20 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402132616/http://www.zakon.kz/site_main_news/4460872-v-almaty-otkrylsja-metropoliten.html |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>