# Bishkek

19 Posts published in this tag

Commerce and Community: A Closer Look at the Osh Bazaar

Published on October 29, 2014

Occupying a vast swath of land just north of downtown Bishkek, the Dordoy Bazaar is the largest public…

Escaping the City

Published on October 14, 2014

For fans of brutalist architecture, socialist-realist art, monumental statues of Soviet statesmen and war heroes, and oddly placed…

Eid al-Adha in Bishkek

Published on October 5, 2014

In the fall of each year, thousands of Kyrgyz Muslims congregate in Bishkek’s Old Square (ironically, in the…

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