In 2013 the club has merged into BC Almaty to serve as the reserve squad in the second division Higher league under the name Almaty Legion KazNU (Russian: Алматинский Легион КазНУ) [1][2] In 1978 in Alma-Ata (now Almaty) on the basis of the multi-sport society "SKA" (спортивный клуб Армии) created the eponymous basketball club.
In the seasons 1988-89 and 1989-90 SKA held the final 4 of the Premier League.
In the Open CIS Cup of 1991-92 the team began as the SKA, and in 1992 finish the league season already as "Zhulduz" and won the "silver" medal, against the champions of Spartak Leningrad.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, most of the staff of SKA, basketball players along with coach Oleg Kim, moved to Samara in Russia and immediately declared to the big leagues of the first championship of Russia in 1992 as CSK VVS Samara.
The rest of the club under the name CSKA Almaty (ЦСКА Алмату) continued to play in the new formed Kazakhstan basketball leagues.