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  1. en.wikipedia.org

    Bishkek, [a] formerly known as Frunze, and earlier Pishpek, is the capital and largest city of Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek is also the administrative centre of the Chüy Region. [b] Bishkek is situated near the border with Kazakhstan and has a population of 1,074,075, as of 2021. [6] The Khanate of Kokand established the fortress of Pishpek in 1825 to control local caravan routes and to collect ...
  2. bishkek.gov.kg

    Bishkek is its capital. In April 1991, the Supreme Soviet of the SSR made a decision to rename the city of Frunze. The city was returned to its ancient original name. Bishkek today Today Bishkek is the capital, soul and heart of the Kyrgyz Republic, its political, economic, scientific and cultural center, the main transport hub.
  3. britannica.com

    3 days agoBishkek, city and capital of Kyrgyzstan. It lies in the Chu River valley near the Kyrgyz Mountains at an elevation of 2,500-3,000 feet (750-900 meters). Bishkek is situated along the Alaarcha and Alamedin rivers and is intersected in the north by the Bolshoy (Great) Chuysky Canal.
    Author:The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  4. geohistory.today

    Bishkek is capital of one of Central Asia's poorest countries. However, it is also a modern, dynamic, and constantly evolving city with a rich history dating back to the 6th century. Bishkek is known for many things. It is Kyrgyzstan's political center, where its 2011 presidential election marked the first peaceful transfer of presidential power in post-Soviet Central Asia. It is Central ...
  5. newworldencyclopedia.org

    Bishkek (Russian and Kyrgyz: Бишкек) is the capital and the largest city of Kyrgyzstan. Though the city is relatively young, the surrounding area has sites of interest dating from prehistory, the Greco-Buddhist period, the period of Nestorian influence, the era of the Central Asian khanates, and the Soviet period. Bishkek, in 2008, was a vibrant, rapidly modernizing city, with many ...
  6. eurasia.travel

    Archaeological excavations confirm that the site of present-day Bishkek was inhabited by early humans as far back as the 5th-4th centuries BC. The city's advantageous geographic position is owed to the Great Silk Road. From ancient times, caravans traveled from China along two main routes. One of these routes, the eastern branch, passed through a convenient location in the Zailiysky Alatau ...
  7. bishkek-hotels.net

    The history of Bishkek begins with the legends. Kyrgyz people are great storytellers. They wrapped their capital in so many legends and stories that you can't help admiring the people's imagination. According to basic legend, Bishkek was the name of a mythical batyr (knight), who united various tribes of Kirghiz and founded the ancient city.
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    Bishkek

    Capital of Kyrgyzstan
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    Bishkek, formerly known as Frunze, and earlier Pishpek, is the capital and largest city of Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek is also the administrative centre of the Chüy Region. Bishkek is situated near the border with Kazakhstan and has a population of 1,074,075, as of 2021. The Khanate of Kokand established the fortress of Pishpek in 1825 to control local caravan routes and to collect tribute from Kyrgyz tribes. On 4 September 1860, with the approval of the Kyrgyz, Russian forces led by Colonel Apollon Zimmermann destroyed the fortress. In the present day, the fortress ruins can be found just north of Jibek jolu Street, near the new main mosque. A Russian settlement was established in 1868 on the site of the fortress under its original name, Pishpek. It lay within the General Governorship of Russian Turkestan and its Semirechye Oblast. The Kara-Kirghiz Autonomous Oblast was established in 1925 in Russian Turkestan, promoting Pishpek to its capital. Wikipedia

    CityBishkek
    Founded1825
    MayorAibek Junushaliev
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