Talk:Bishkek

Name
"In Kyrgyz, a Bishkek is a churn used to make fermented mare's milk (kumis), the Kyrgyz national drink."

When in Bishkek I was frequently told that the name meant a "wooden spoon" (used for stirring the "koumys' - which transliteration is correct?) . I never heard of its being a container for making the drink in.SiGarb 16:29, 15 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Bishkek is the name of a Kyrgyz baatyr (warrior), not a butter churn or five knights Swerius (talk) 08:15, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

The article "Central Asia Unveiled", which was published in the February 2002 issue of National Geographic Magazine, claims that Bishkek means "five knights", and that the name comes from a legend in which five knights fought over the area the city was built on. If there's any truth to this, we should at least mention it. Lexington1 (talk) 21:01, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Surprisingly, Frunze was renamed Bishkek in early 1991, prior to independence in August. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.42.126.57 (talk) 09:50, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

More transliteration differences
Kyrgyz or Kirghiz? Both are used on this page, and one links to a wikipage Kirghiz SSR.

And while we're at it, "air base" (2 words) or "airbase" (1 word)? Both versions appeared in the Manas/Ganci section; I've rationalised to two words but does anyone feel strongly about this? & shouldn't Manas Air Base have initial capitals? SiGarb 12:49, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
 * "Kirghiz" is the Romanised version of the old Russian/Soviet spelling. "Kyrgyz" is the modern, Kyrgyz version. In Kyrgyz articles the latter spelling is appropriate. The former is only relevant when making a historical point, I think. As for "air base/airbase", no clue! I'd go with the former but I don't think it really matters too much either way as long as it's consistent. -- Hux 05:24, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Content
The stub sections on commerce, nightlife and shopping are rather grandiose exaggerations and, in my view, are not worth keeping in their present form. In fact, they are basically advertisement for a few enterprises. Cosal 23:29, 25 February 2006 (UTC).

Someone keeps deleting the Current Events section regarding the disappearance of a USAF Major.

Removed sentence detailing the exact makes of Bishkek passenger vans. No reference is given and in my opinion, is not 100% correct. Seems trivial. Streetcars do exist in Bishkek (I took one this morning along Gagarin - i.e. trams that are powered by overhead electric lines). Also removed detailed description of renaming of the US air base. While interesting, it seemed excessively detailed for an article on the history of the city.

Would be useful to cite reference for Dordoi being the primary employment. Perhaps true as it is a remarkable place. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.42.126.57 (talk) 09:59, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Synagogue
In Bishkek there are a Bukharan synagogue and an Ashkenazy synagogue. But how many Jews are living in Bischkek? Simon MAYER

Inforbox
We need to apply Infobox City Chris 21:36, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Bishkek
hehe —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.176.111.195 (talk) 15:41, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

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Notable People
An IP edit just added: Zere, Kyrgyz singer and songwriter I presume this means Zere Asylbek, who does seem notable. But she doesn't actually have Wikipedia page, Zere redirects to something about Hebrew letters. I'm not the person to make a page for the singer Zere, so I'll just make her name unlinked.DavidHobby (talk) 00:27, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

What?
What is "Bishkek is also the most commonly administrative centre of the Chuy Region" supposed to mean? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.63.58.201 (talk) 21:38, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

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A new subsection proposal
Hi @TimothyBlue, you've added a portion of information from recent news (technically, not that good source). I'm in doubt, whether this should be in the Administrative divisions section. I think, it is rather related with toponymics, but there is no a such section. That would be great, if it appears. What do you think? Tosha Langue (talk) 05:26, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

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History section
The lead contains a lot of information about the history of the city which is not mentioned in the history section. The history section itself is fairly short. Mellk (talk) 03:28, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

Racism in Bishkek against foreigners
On may 18 Kyrgyz locals attacked international students by forcefully entering their hostels and flats. Voiceofinternationals (talk) 22:05, 19 May 2024 (UTC)