Сергей Протько

$cities = json_decode($citiesVk, true);
$citiesNamesMap = array_column($cities, 'name', 'id');

$user = json_decode($vkUser, true);
$user['city'] = $citiesNamesMap($user['city']);

$node.animate({}. function () {
    $node2.animate();
});

// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10370298/how-do-i-animate-in-jquery-without-stacking-callbacks
function chain() {
var promise = $.Deferred().resolve().promise();
    jQuery.each( arguments, function() {
        promise = promise.pipe( this );
    });
    return promise;
}

var animations = $.chain(function() {
    return $('div1').fadeOut('slow');
}, function() {
    return $('div2').fadeOut('slow');
}, function() {
    return $('div3').animate({ top: 500 }, 1000 );
});

$.when( animations ).done(function() {
    // ALL ANIMATIONS HAVE BEEN DONE IN SEQUENCE
});