Editing Bishkek (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Alma-Ata NK-43 (1948) - panoramio.jpg|left|thumb|Map including Bishkek (labelled as Frunze) ([[Army Map Service|AMS]], 1948)]]

===Orientation===
Although Bishkek itself is relatively young, its surrounding area has some sites of interest dating to prehistoric times. There are also sites from the [[Greco-Buddhist art|Greco-Buddhist]] period, the period of [[Church of the East|Nestorian]] influence, the era of the Central Asian ''[[khanate]]s'', and the Soviet period.<ref>{{Cite web |first= |title=Bishkek: The City of Lenin and the White House {{!}} .TR |url=https://www.tourism-review.com/travel-tourism-magazine-bishkek-the-city-of-lenin-and-the-white-house-article765 |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=www.tourism-review.com |language=en}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=July 2022}}
[[File:Russian Orthodox cathedral in Bishkek.jpg|thumb|Russian Orthodox cathedral of the Holy Resurrection]]
The central part of the city is laid out on a rectangular grid plan. The city's main street is the east-west Chüy Avenue ([[Chüy Prospekti]]), named after the region's [[Chu (river)|main river]]. In the Soviet era, it was called [[Lenin]] Avenue. Along or near it are many important government buildings and universities. These include the [[Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences|Academy of Sciences]] compound. The westernmost section of the avenue is known as [[Deng Xiaoping]] Avenue.

Sovietskaya Street forms the primary north–south corridor through Bishkek. Officially, Sovietskaya Street has been renamed [[Leadership of Communist Kyrgyzstan|Yusup Abdrakhmanov]] Street, but it is still commonly referred to by its original name. Its northern and southern sections are called, respectively, Yelebesov and Baityk Batyr Streets. Several major shopping centres are located along with it, and in the north, it provides access to [[Dordoy Bazaar]].

Erkindik ("Freedom") Boulevard runs from north to south, from the main railroad station (Bishkek II) south of Chüy Avenue to the museum quarter and sculpture park just north of Chüy Avenue, and further north toward the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In the past, it was called Dzerzhinsky Boulevard, named after a Communist revolutionary, [[Felix Dzerzhinsky]], and its northern continuation is still called Dzerzhinsky Street.

An important east–west street is Jibek Jolu ('[[Silk Road]]'). It runs parallel to Chüy Avenue about {{Cvt|2|km}} north of it and is part of the main east–west road of [[Chüy Region]]. Both the eastern and western bus terminals are located along Jibek Jolu.

There is a Roman Catholic church located at ul. Vasiljeva 197 (near Rynok Bayat). It is the only Catholic cathedral in Kyrgyzstan.<ref>[http://www.catholic-kyrgyzstan.org/ Catholic Church in Kyrgyzstan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803091208/http://www.catholic-kyrgyzstan.org/ |date=3 August 2019 }}. Catholic-kyrgyzstan.org. Retrieved 11 March 2012.</ref>

A stadium named in honour of Dolon Omurzakov is located near the centre of Bishkek. This is the largest stadium in the Kyrgyz Republic.

===City centre===
* [[Kyrgyz State Historical Museum]], located in [[Ala-Too Square]], the main city square.
* State Museum of Applied Arts, containing examples of traditional Kyrgyz [[handicraft]]s.
* Frunze House Museum.
* Statue of [[Ivan Panfilov]] in the park near the [[White House, Bishkek|White House]].
* An [[equestrian statue]] of [[Mikhail Frunze]] stands in a large park (Boulevard Erkindik) across from the train station.
* The train station was built in 1946 by German [[Prisoner of war|prisoners of war]] and has survived since then without further renovation or repairs; most of those who built it perished and were buried in unmarked pits near the station.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adam University School of Medicine |url=https://fm.adam.kg/kyrgyzstan/bishkek/ |access-date=2025-04-23 |website=fm.adam.kg}}</ref>
* The main government building, the White House, is a large seven-story marble building and the former headquarters of the Communist Party of the [[Kirghiz SSR]].
* At [[Ala-Too Square]] there is an independence monument where the changing of the guards may be watched.
*[[Osh Bazaar]], west of the city centre, is a large, picturesque produce market.
*[[Kyrgyz National Philharmonic]], concert hall.

===Outer neighbourhoods===
The [[Dordoy Bazaar]], just inside the bypass highway on the north-eastern edge of the city, is a major retail and wholesale market.

===Outside the city===
The [[Kyrgyz Ala-Too Range|Kyrgyz Ala-Too mountain range]], some {{convert|40|km}} away, provides a spectacular backdrop to the city; the [[Ala Archa National Park]] is only a 30 to 45 minutes drive away.

===Distances===
Bishkek is about 300&nbsp;km away directly from the country's second largest city [[Osh]]. However, its nearest large city is [[Almaty]] of Kazakhstan, which is 190&nbsp;km to the east. Furthermore, it is 470&nbsp;km from [[Tashkent]] (Uzbekistan), 680&nbsp;km from [[Dushanbe]] (Tajikistan), and about 1,000&nbsp;km each from [[Astana]] (Kazakhstan), [[Ürümqi]] (China), [[Islamabad]] (Pakistan), and [[Kabul]] (Afghanistan).

===Climate===
Bishkek has a Mediterranean-influenced [[humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Dsa''), as the average mean temperature in the winter is below {{cvt|0|C|1}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Koppen Map |url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Asia_K%C3%B6ppen_Map.png |access-date=21 November 2012 |publisher=Upload.wikimedia.org}}</ref> Average [[Precipitation (meteorology)|precipitation]] is around {{convert|440|mm}} per year. Average daily high temperatures range from {{Cvt|3|C|1}} in January to about {{cvt|31|C|1}} during July.<ref name=Pogoda/> The summer months are dominated by dry periods, punctuated by the occasional [[thunderstorm]], which produces strong gusty winds and rare [[dust storm]]s. The mountains to the south provide a natural boundary and protection from damaging weather, as does the smaller mountain chain that runs north-west to south-east. In the winter months, sparse [[Winter storm|snow storms]] and frequent heavy [[fog]] are the dominating features. There are sometimes temperature inversions, during which the fog can last for days at a time.
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|Feb record high C = 25.4
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|source 1 = Pogoda.ru.net<ref name="Pogoda">{{Cite web  |title=Weather and Climate-The Climate of Bishkek |url=http://www.pogodaiklimat.ru/climate/38353.htm  |access-date=3 January 2022  |publisher=Weather and Climate |language=ru}}</ref> 
|source 2 = NOAA (sun, 1961–1990)<ref name="NOAA">{{Cite web |title=Frunze (Bishkek) Climate Normals 1961–1990 |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/WMO/1961-1990/TABLES/REG_II/KY/38353.TXT |access-date=8 February 2015 |publisher=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] }}</ref>
|date=August 2010
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