Almati

The city of Almati, capital of its province, lies just north of the Trans-Ili(1) Mountains. Though all but one of its 18th century houses was destroyed in a 19th century quake, it did not discourage the local Christians in 1904 from building Ascencion Cathedral, one of the worlds' tallest wooden buildings.

Footnotes

(1) In transliterated Russian, Zailijskij (or Zailiyskiy).