ght industry (31%). The main plants and the food industry: Meat, flour and cereals (pasta with a factory), milk, sparkling wines, canned fruit, tobacco factories, confectionery, distillery plants, wine, brewery, yeast, tea-packing factory, light industry, textile and fur mills, factories, cotton spinning, knitting, carpets, footwear, apparel, printing and a Almaty Cotton combine. Heavy industry accounted for 33% of the production was presented by the enterprises of heavy engineering, electrical engineering there are factories, foundry and engineering, car repair, repair bearing, building materials, woodworking, concrete structures and structural elements, house-building.
Revolution of 1917 to World War II
In 1921, a joint consultation was summoned of regional government representatives, professional trade associations, and local faith-based groups in an effort to rename Verniy. Alma-Ata was the preferred choice.
In 1926, the Council of Labor and Defense approved the construction of the Turkestan-Siberia Railway that was a crucial element of the future growth of Kazakhstan, especially on the east and southeast of the region. The Turkestan-Siberia Railway construction also had a decisive economic impact that strongly influenced the destiny of Alma-Ata as the capital of Kazakh ASSR. In 1930 the construction of the highway and railway to Alma-Ata was completed.
On 29 April 1927, it was officially decided to transfer the capital of the Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic from Kyzyl-Orda to Alma-Ata.
The Alma-Ata airport was opened in 1930, opening up a direct connection from Alma-Ata to Moscow. Alma-Ata became the main entryway by air to Kazakhstan, a status which it retains today. Transformation of ths small town into the capital of the Kazakh SSR was accelerated by the large-scaled construction of new administrative and government facilities and housing.
During the transfer of
