Timeline of Bishkek
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
19th-20th centuries
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- 1878 - Pishpek founded.
- 1926 - Town becomes 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.
- 1974 - Vecherniy Bishkek newspaper begins publication.
- 1975 - Manas Airport begins operating.
- 1976 - Ala Archa National Park established near city.
- 1979 - Population: 552,000.[3]
- 1984 - Ala-Too Square laid out.
- 1985 - White House built.
- 1990 - Kyrgyz Television begins broadcasting.[citation needed]
- 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.
- 1996 - International Atatürk-Alatoo University established.
- 1998
- Felix Kulov becomes mayor.
- "Church in Bishkek" founded.[4]
- 1999 - The Times of Central Asia English-language newspaper begins publication.
21st century
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- 2001 - Manas Air Base of the United States military established outside city.
- 2005
- 24 March: Protest against Akayev regime.[5]
- Arstanbek Nogoev becomes mayor.
- Institute for Public Policy founded.[6]
- 2006 - Protest against Bakiyev regime.[5]
- 2007
- Demonstration against Bakiyev regime.[5]
- Daniar Usenov becomes mayor.[7]
- 2008 - Nariman Tuleyev becomes mayor.
- 2009 - Population: 846,256.[8]
- 2010
- 2010 Kyrgyzstani riots.[5]
- Isa Omurkulov becomes mayor (approximate date).[citation needed]
- 2011 - TEDx Bishkek begins.[9]
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.
- ^ Henry W. Morton and Robert C. Stuart, ed. (1984). The Contemporary Soviet City. New York: M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 978-0-87332-248-5.
- ^ Mathijs Pelkmans (2007). "'Culture' as a Tool and an Obstacle: Missionary Encounters in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan". Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 13. UK.
- ^ a b c d "Kyrgyzstan Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
- ^ "Think Tank Directory". Philadelphia: Foreign Policy Research Institute. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
- ^ "New mayor of Bishkek city". Country Weblog: Kyrgyzstan. Neweurasia. 14 November 2007 – via Global Voices.[dead link]
- ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012.
- ^ "TEDx Bishkek". Retrieved 24 April 2013.
Further reading
- Published in the 20th century
- Irina Kostyukovaa (1994). "The towns of Kyrgyzstan change their faces: Rural‐urban migrants in Bishkek". Central Asian Survey. 13.
- Published in the 21st century
- 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 Schrödera (2010). "'Urbanizing' Bishkek: interrelations of boundaries, migration, group size and opportunity structure". Central Asian Survey. 29.
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