Editing Almaty (section)

=== Attractions ===
====Churches====
[[File:Ascention Cathedral in Almaty.jpg|thumb|224x224px|Ascension Cathedral in Almaty]]
* [[St. Sophia Cathedral (Almaty)]]
* The [[Ascension Cathedral, Almaty|Ascension Cathedral]] is a 56 m high earthquake-resistant structure, built by the architect K. A. Borisoglebsky and engineer A. P. Zenkov in 1907 from blue Tien Shan [[spruce]]. It withstood an earthquake with a force of 10 points in 1911. The walls of the cathedral were painted by the local artist N. Khludov. During the Soviet period, the building housed a local history museum. In May 1995, the building was transferred to the [[Almaty and Semipalatinsk Diocese]] of the Russian Orthodox Church. After two years of restoration work, services were resumed in the church in 1997.

====Fountains====
According to the city's Department of Natural Resources and Resource Use Management,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.almatyeco.kz/1311 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070521220106/http://www.almatyeco.kz/1311 |url-status=dead |title=Заголовок :: Новости :: Департамент экологии Акимата г. Алматы – экол… |date=21 May 2007 |archive-date=21 May 2007 |access-date=23 October 2017}}</ref> {{As of|2007|lc=y}} the city had 125 fountains. Among them is the "Oriental Calendar" Fountain, whose 12 sculptural figures represent the 12 animals of the Kazakh 12-year animal cycle (similar to [[Earthly Branches|its Chinese counterpart]]).

There are now more than 120 fountains in Almaty, 61 of which are communally owned. Fountains, together with an extensive irrigation ditch network, play a big role in Alma-Ata – together they create a single complex of reservoirs and watercourses of the city. Every year at the end of spring, the city celebrates the "Day of Fountains" holiday where for the first time after winter, all the city's fountains are turned on. In 2006, a new fountain was opened on [[Sayram Lake|Lake Sayran]]. Previously, the highest fountain in the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]] (CIS) gushed from this lake – a stream of water 10&nbsp;cm in diameter reached a height of 50 meters. The fountain has been closed since 2008.<gallery widths="140" heights="110">
File:Fontan in the park kz.jpg|Fountain in First President's Park
File:The Zodiac Fountain in Almaty Kazakhstan.jpg|Zodiac Fountain
File:Kabanbai Batyr Street 85, Almaty, Kazakhstan - panoramio (1).jpg|Nedelka Prospect
File:Fountains in Republic Square Almaty -2.jpg|Fountains in [[Republic Square, Almaty|Republic Square]]
File:Almaty Fountain 2007.JPG|Fountain in [[Abai Square]]
File:ALA Vostok calendar.JPG|East Fountain
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