Osh Bazaar

On 30 August 2016, a car rammed through the gates of the Chinese Embassy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and exploded. The driver of the car (a suicide bomber) was killed; three embassy employees were injured.

The Ala-Archa Cemetery (Kyrgyz: Ала-Арча көрүстөнү; Russian: Ала-Арчинское кладбище) is a public cemetery for honoured individuals in Kyrgyzstan. It is located on Abdumomunova Street in Bishkek to the west of the Avenue of the Young Guards. It is near the Ala Archa National Park in the Tian Shan mountains. It was opened in 1948 and currently occupies 31 hectares of land. It has historical and cultural significance in the City of Bishkek due to its regular use by order of the Government of Kyrgyzstan for the burial and/or re-burial of Kyrgyz citizens who held the status of political or public status such as former Prime Ministers as well as distinguished persons in the fine arts. It has served this purpose since 1973, when the Executive Committee of the Frunze City Council repurposed it taking into account the limited space available at the time.

The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyz: Кыргыз Республикасынын Улуттук Банкы, romanized: Kyrgyz Respublikasynyn Uluttuk Banky) is the central bank of Kyrgyzstan and is primarily responsible for the strategic monetary policy planning of the country as well as the issuance of the national currency, the Som.

The International University of Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz: Кыргызстан эл аралык университети, Russian: Международный университет Кыргызстана) is a state international university in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan.The university was established by decree of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, Askar Akayev, № UP-74, on March 11, 1993, and by the enactment of the Government of Kyrgyzstan, № 113, on March 16, 1993. The founders of the International University of Kyrgyzstan are the Government of Kyrgyzstan, the Ministry of Education and Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic, the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic and San Francisco State University in the United States. In 2021 the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities ranked the instruction as the 5th best among 46 ranked institutions from the country. The reported acceptance rate at the university is 20%.The International University of Kyrgyzstan is a state university with the status of International Higher Education institution and has a direct relationship to the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic. By the decree of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic on December 30, 1998, and the enactment of the Kyrgyz Republic Government, the International University was given the status of autonomous academic self-management.

The Chinese Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan is the official representative of the People's Republic of China to the Kyrgyz Republic.

The Toktogul Satylganov Kyrgyz National Philharmonic is a landmark building in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and home to musical performances. It is named after Kyrgyz aqyn Toktogul Satylganov.

The Kyrgyz National University, named after Jusup Balasagyn (Kyrgyz: Жусуп Баласагын атындагы Кыргыз Улуттук Университети, romanized: Zhusup Balasagyn atyndagy Kyrgyz Uluttuk Universiteti; Russian: Кыргызский национальный университет имени Жусупа Баласагына, romanized: Kyrgyzskiy natsional'nyy universitet imeni Zhusupa Balasagyna), is a national university in Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyz National University is located in the capital city of Bishkek. It is the oldest and the largest Higher Education Institution of the Kyrgyz Republic. The institution was established on 25 October 1925 as the Kyrgyz Institute of Education. In August 2023, Kyrgyz National University Faculty of Medicine has established an MOU with Yenepoya university. During the meeting, issues of establishing and further developing mutually beneficial cooperation between the two universities in the field of education, science, culture and other areas were discussed. The Indian side was also interested in the medical faculty of KNU. At the end of the meeting, the rector of KNU Mr.Tolobek Abdyrakhmanov and Vice chancellor of Yenepoya university, Mr. Mohammad Farhaad, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation between the Kyrgyz National University named after Zhusup Balasagyn and Yenepoya University. Yenepoya International Education based in Bishkek will be the official academic partners globally for Kyrgyz National University named after Zhusup Balasagyn in the Faculty of medicine from the year 2023 September and has thus become the first university in Central Asia to start a Faculty of Medicine in association with an International university. Kyrgyz National University named after Zhusup Balasagyn will also fulfill the international regulatory requirements for medical education including USMLE,UKMLE,NMC,ECFMG and others. From the year 2023 with this new collaboration the Kyrgyz National University will offers a 6 year MD Physician program using the teaching platform of Yenepoya International Education and Yenepoya University, India.

Bishkek-1 (Kyrgyz: Бишкек 1) is a train station located in the western part of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek-2 railway station is located in the city center, while this station is located in the western part of the city.

Bishkek International School is an international school in Bishkek founded by a group of international and local parents as a non-profit community school and legally registered as a non-profit foundation in the Kyrgyz Republic on December 1, 2010. The first school Advisory Council meeting was held with the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, Roza Otunbaeva, on May 16, 2011 in the Ministry of Education. The school opened for students in September 2011, in a building which was built as a school but unused for this purpose for many years before being purchased by the school foundation in July 2011. Student numbers have increased from 20 students in 2011 to 440 students in 2024. The school was initially called the 'European School in Central Asia' (ESCA) and changed to 'Bishkek International School' (BIS) in 2016 to coincide with accreditation as an IB World School.

The Lenin District (Kyrgyz: Ленин району, romanized: Lenin rayonu, Russian: Ленинский район) is a district of the capital city of Bishkek in northern Kyrgyzstan. Its resident population was 198,019 in 2009. It covers the southwestern part of the city, and includes the urban-type settlement Chong-Aryk and the village Orto-Say. It's named after Vladimir Lenin.

The Kyrgyz Economic University (Кыргызский экономический университет), is a Kyrgyz public university located in Bishkek. Specializing in economics and international relations, it is one of the best universities in Kyrgyzstan and one of the best in Central Asia in economics. It was founded in 1953. The university also bears the name of Musa Ryskulbekov, since October 30, 2010, in tribute to a famous Kyrgyz economist. According to the Independent Accreditation and Rating Agency, the Kyrgyz University of Economics has occupied first place in the ranking of the best higher education establishments in Kyrgyzstan since 2019.

The Dolen Omurzakov Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 23,000 and is currently the home ground of the Kyrgyzstan national football team, Dordoi Bishkek and Alga Bishkek. It has previously been known as Spartak Stadium.