Hello,
This is a great blog and I have already learned a lot browsing some of the threads. I am planning to move to Kazakhstan in the summertime with my family including two young kids. My wife speaks Russian and I can speak Russian fine as well and we both are very excited except for all the horror stories about the air quality in Almaty where we will live. We have lived in eastern China and spent some time in Cairo and Delhi so we have had our fair share of pollution. However, as we are now planning to travel with two kids we are a little more concerned. So some candid observations for my two big questions would be a very big help. How bad is the air really? For how much of the year is it really bad? Thanks a bunch!