Timeline of Bishkek

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

19th-20th centuries

• 1825 - Built as one of 35 fortresses built in the region by Khokand to extend control over the Chu valley.
• 1860 - Conquered by a detachment of 600 Russians from Vernoe in a 7-day assault.
• 1864 - Became an important Cossack base and a regular relay point for the imperial mail service.
• 1895 - The city elected its first mayor.
• 1926 - The city became capital of the Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic; Pishpek renamed "Frunze."
• 1925 - Batratskaya Pravda newspaper begins publication.[1]
• 1938 - Botanical Garden founded.[2]
• 1954 - Frunze Polytechnic Institute founded.
• 1965 - Population: 355,000.[3]
• 1974 - Vecherniy Bishkek newspaper begins publication.
• 1975 - Manas Airport begins operating.
• 1976 - Ala Archa National Park established near city.
• 1979 - Population: 552,000.[4]
• 1984 - Ala-Too Square laid out.
• 1985 - White House built.
• 1990 - Kyrgyz Television begins broadcasting.
• 1991 - City renamed "Bishkek."
• 1992 - Dordoy Bazaar in business (approximate date).
• 1993
  • International University of Kyrgyzstan established.
  • Jumabek Ibraimov becomes mayor.
• 1995
  • Boris Silayev becomes mayor.
  • Population: 583,900 (estimate).[5]
• 1996 - International Atatürk-Alatoo University established.
• 1998
  • Felix Kulov becomes mayor.
  • "Church in Bishkek" founded.[6]
• 1999 - The Times of Central Asia English-language newspaper begins publication.

21st century

• 2001 - Manas Air Base of the United States military established outside city.
• 2005
  • 24 March: Protest against Akayev regime.[7]
  • Arstanbek Nogoev becomes mayor.
  • Institute for Public Policy founded.[8]
• 2006 - Protest against Bakiyev regime.[7]
• 2007
  • Demonstration against Bakiyev regime.[7]
  • Daniar Usenov becomes mayor.[9]
• 2008 - Nariman Tuleyev becomes mayor.
• 2009 - Population: 846,256.[10]
• 2010
  • 2010 Kyrgyzstani riots.[7]
  • Isa Omurkulov becomes mayor (approximate date).
• 2011 - TEDx Bishkek begins.[11]
• 2016 - Albek Ibraimov becomes mayor.[12]
• 2017 - Turkish Airlines Flight 6491, a cargo flight with 4 crew members, crashes while attempting to land at Manas International Airport near Bishkek, killing the 4 crew members and another 34 on the ground, including 17 children, at Dacha-SU, a residential enclave near the airport.

See also

• Bishkek history (ru)
• List of mayors of Bishkek
• List of universities in Bishkek
• Other names of Bishkek

References

1. "Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) Newspapers". WorldCat. USA: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
2. "Botanical Garden of the Kyrgis Academy of Sciences, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan". Botanic Gardens Conservation International. 1997. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
3. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966. Frunze
4. Henry W. Morton and Robert C. Stuart, ed. (1984). The Contemporary Soviet City. New York: M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 978-0-87332-248-5.
5. United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 262–321.
6. Mathijs Pelkmans (2007). "'Culture' as a Tool and an Obstacle: Missionary Encounters in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan". Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. UK. 13.
7. "Kyrgyzstan Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
8. "Think Tank Directory". Philadelphia: Foreign Policy Research Institute. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
9. "New mayor of Bishkek city". Country Weblog: Kyrgyzstan. Neweurasia. 14 November 2007. Archived from the original on 11 June 2007 – via Global Voices.
10. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012.
11. "TEDx Bishkek". Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
12. "Kyrgyz mayor dons fake beard to tour city in disguise", BBC News, 20 April 2018

This article incorporates information from the Kyrgyz Wikipedia.

Bibliography

• Irina Kostyukova (1994). "The towns of Kyrgyzstan change their faces: Rural‐urban migrants in Bishkek". Central Asian Survey. 13.
• A. Botoyeva (2007). "The institutionalization of novel shopping places in a post-soviet country. The case of supermarkets in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan". Movements, Migrants, Marginalization. Stuttgart: Ibidem Verlag.
• Philipp Schröder (2010). "'Urbanizing' Bishkek: interrelations of boundaries, migration, group size and opportunity structure". Central Asian Survey. 29.

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