Timeline of Bishkek
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
19th–20th centuries
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- 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
References
- ↑ "Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) Newspapers". WorldCat. USA: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
- ↑ "Botanical Garden of the Kyrgis Academy of Sciences, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan". Botanic Gardens Conservation International. 1997. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
- ↑ "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
- ↑ Henry W. Morton and Robert C. Stuart, ed. (1984). The Contemporary Soviet City. New York: M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 978-0-87332-248-5.
- ↑ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York: United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division. 1997. pp. 262–321.
- ↑ Mathijs Pelkmans (2007). "'Culture' as a Tool and an Obstacle: Missionary Encounters in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan". Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 13. UK.
- 1 2 3 4 "Kyrgyzstan Profile: Timeline". BBC News. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
- ↑ "Think Tank Directory". Philadelphia: Foreign Policy Research Institute. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
- ↑ "New mayor of Bishkek city". Country Weblog: Kyrgyzstan. Neweurasia. 14 November 2007 – via Global Voices.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012.
- ↑ "TEDx Bishkek". Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
- ↑ "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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