Timeline of Bishkek explained

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.
  • Arstanbek Nogoev becomes mayor.
  • Institute for Public Policy founded.^[7]
• 2006 - Protest against Bakiyev regime.
• 2007
  • Demonstration against Bakiyev regime.^[8]
  • Daniar Usenov becomes mayor.^[9]
• 2008 - Nariman Tuleyev becomes mayor.
• 2009 - Population: 846,256.^[10]
• 2010
  • 2010 Kyrgyzstani riots.
  • Isa Omurkulov becomes mayor (approximate date).
• 2011 - TEDx Bishkek begins.^[11]
• 2016 - becomes mayor.
• 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

This article incorporates information from the Kyrgyz Wikipedia.

Bibliography

• Central Asian Survey . 13 . 1994 . The towns of Kyrgyzstan change their faces: Rural‐urban migrants in Bishkek . Irina Kostyukova.
• Book: 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 .
• Central Asian Survey . 29 . 2010 . 'Urbanizing' Bishkek: interrelations of boundaries, migration, group size and opportunity structure . Philipp Schröder.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) Newspapers . USA . WorldCat . . 24 April 2013.
2. Web site: Botanical Garden of the Kyrgis Academy of Sciences, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan . 1997 . Botanic Gardens Conservation International . 24 April 2013.
3. Book: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1960_round.htm . Demographic Yearbook 1965 . 1966 . . New York . Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . Frunze .
4. Book: Henry W. Morton and Robert C. Stuart . The Contemporary Soviet City. 1984. M.E. Sharpe . New York . 978-0-87332-248-5 .
5. Book: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1990_round.htm . 1995 Demographic Yearbook . 1997 . United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division . New York . Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 262–321 .
6. 'Culture' as a Tool and an Obstacle: Missionary Encounters in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan . Mathijs Pelkmans . Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute . UK . 13 . 2007 .
7. Web site: Think Tank Directory . Philadelphia . . 24 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131110100006/http://thinktanks.fpri.org/ . 10 November 2013 .
8. News: Kyrgyzstan Profile: Timeline . 14 December 2011 . BBC News . 24 April 2013.
9. Web site: New mayor of Bishkek city . https://archive.today/20070611023743/http://kyrgyzstan.neweurasia.net/2007/11/14/new-mayor-of-bishkek-city/ . dead . 11 June 2007 . 14 November 2007 . Country Weblog: Kyrgyzstan . Neweurasia . .
10. Web site: Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants . Demographic Yearbook 2011 . 2012 . .
11. Web site: TEDx Bishkek . 24 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130426094809/http://tedxbishkek.kg/ . 26 April 2013 .