The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ALMATY – For generations of Almaty residents, fountains have marked the rhythm of summer. They are meeting places, playgrounds, works of art and fragments of history hidden among the city’s trees. Dandelion Fountain, completed in 1978 outside today’s Kazakh National Academy of Arts. Photo credit: The Central State Archive of Film and Sound Recordings. Click to …