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Welcome to Almaty! Why do I call it "my first love"? Well, you see, I really adore this city! And we also have a musical festival here that is held every year and called "Almaty - my first love". I'm ...

For the entirety of the fall semester, I will be tucked away in the (surprisingly temperate) mountains of Kazakhstan, learning Russian in the nation’s cultural capital: Almaty. In Kazakh, Almaty means ...