Bishkek

Country

Kyrgyzstan

Coordinates

42.8667, 74.5667

History

• Pişpek (–1825), Khanate of Kokand
• Pispek (1825–1876), Khanate of Kokand
• Pispek (1876–1917), Russian Empire
• Pispek (1917–1922), Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
• Pispek (1922–1926), Soviet Union
• Frunze (1926–1991), Soviet Union
• Bishkek (1991–), Kyrgyzstan

Composers

• Abdylas Maldybaev (1906–1978), died in Frunze
• Asankhan Dzhumakhmatov (1923–2008), died in Bishkek
• Zhïldïz Maldïbayeva (1946–2022), was born in Frunze