Timeline of Bishkek
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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.[citation needed]
- 1860 - Conquered by a detachment of 600 Russians from Vernoe in a 7-day assault.[citation needed]
- 1864 - Became an important Cossack base and a regular relay point for the imperial mail service.[citation needed]
- 1895 - The city elected its first mayor.[citation needed]
- 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.[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.
- 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).[citation needed]
- 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.
