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Timeline of Bishkek

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

Contents

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.
  • 1938 - Botanical Garden founded.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1996 - International Atatürk-Alatoo University established.
  • 1998
  • Felix Kulov becomes mayor.
  • "Church in Bishkek" founded.
  • 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.
  • 2006 - Protest against Bakiyev regime.
  • 2007
  • Demonstration against Bakiyev regime.
  • Daniar Usenov becomes mayor.
  • 2008 - Nariman Tuleyev becomes mayor.
  • 2009 - Population: 846,256.
  • 2010
  • 2010 Kyrgyzstani riots.
  • Isa Omurkulov becomes mayor (approximate date).
  • 2011 - TEDx Bishkek begins.
  • 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.

    • References

    Timeline of Bishkek Wikipedia
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