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Establishment of the Union of Soviet Artists in Frunze. Document No. 83 (November 1933)
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Establishment of the Union of Soviet Artists in Frunze. Document No. 83 (November 1933)

PROTOCOL OF THE SECOND ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF THE ACTIVE ARTISTS OF FRUNZE UNDER CULTPROP OF THE KYRGYZ REGIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE VKP (b) ON THE CREATION OF THE UNION OF SOVIET ARTISTS OF KYRGYZSTAN AND THE ORGANIZATION I REPUBLICAN ART EXHIBITION Frunze, November 1, 1933 Heard: 1. Information from artist Chuykov about the organization of the Union of Soviet Artists of Kyrgyzstan.

06.09.2019, 11:56
Draft Resolution of the Frunzensky City Party Conference. Document No. 79 (1932)
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Draft Resolution of the Frunzensky City Party Conference. Document No. 79 (1932)

Construction of the House of Printing in Frunze, 1931. In the background, the building of the CEC and Oak Park. PROJECT OF THE FRUNZE CITY PARTY CONFERENCE ON THE STATE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY ECONOMY Frunze, 1932 The October Revolution, which eliminated the bourgeois-landlord dominance, transformed the urban economy from a means of additional exploitation of the working masses from centers of management and colonial policy into an organization that serves the material and cultural

02.09.2019, 17:36
Housing and Institutional Construction Plan for the City of Frunze. Document No. 75 (January 1930)
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Housing and Institutional Construction Plan for the City of Frunze. Document No. 75 (January 1930)

FROM THE PROTOCOL OF THE MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE BUREAU OF THE FRUNZE CITY COMMITTEE OF THE VKP(b) ON THE HOUSING AND INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRUCTION PLAN FOR THE CITY OF FRUNZE FOR THE 1929/30 ECONOMIC YEAR City of Frunze, January 4, 1930 Heard: 1. The housing and institutional construction plan for the city for the 29/30 economic year. (Comrade Chernychev).

17.08.2019, 15:07
Organization of the Food Market in the City of Frunze. Document No. 74 (May 1929)
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Organization of the Food Market in the City of Frunze. Document No. 74 (May 1929)

RESOLUTION ON THE REPORT “ORGANIZATION OF THE FOOD MARKET OF FRUNZE CENTRAL MARKET” AT THE MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE BUREAU OF THE FRUNZE CITY COMMITTEE OF THE VKP (b) Frunze May 12, 1929 The Executive Bureau notes that the food market is still in the hands of private individuals, with a negligible share of cooperation and state trade, especially for perishable products (vegetables, eggs, butter, cheese, etc.).

16.08.2019, 14:01
Launch of the Leather Factory and Opening of the Oak Garden in Frunze. Documents No. 71 - No. 72 (April 1929)
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Launch of the Leather Factory and Opening of the Oak Garden in Frunze. Documents No. 71 - No. 72 (April 1929)

FROM THE PROTOCOL OF THE MEETING AT THE NARKOMPROMTORG OF THE KYRGYZ ASSR ON THE COMMISSIONING OF THE LEATHER FACTORY IN FRUNZE Frunze, April 8, 1929 Heard: On the commissioning of the leather factory named after Zelensky in Frunze. Resolved: 1. The deadline for the factory launch is set for April 10. 2. To appoint a commission for the acceptance of the factory into operation, chaired by the head of the industrial section of the State Planning Committee of the Kyrgyz ASSR, Comrade Svirsky...

13.08.2019, 09:42
Excerpt from the minutes on the organization of the Red Chaihana of Frunze. Document No. 70 (1928)
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Excerpt from the minutes on the organization of the Red Chaihana of Frunze. Document No. 70 (1928)

EXCERPT FROM THE PROTOCOL OF THE MEETING OF THE REGIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE ALL-RUSSIAN UNION OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS OF THE KYRGYZ AUTONOMOUS REGION ON THE ORGANIZATION OF THE RED CHAIHANA IN FRUNZE Frunze, September 25, 1928. Heard: Report by Comrade Sukhoruchkin on the organization of the red chaihana in Frunze for members of the union of construction workers from national minorities, such as: Uighurs and others.

11.08.2019, 04:50
Report on the Cinematization of the Kyrgyz Republic. Document No. 69 (October 1927)
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Report on the Cinematization of the Kyrgyz Republic. Document No. 69 (October 1927)

Edison Cinema at the end of the 1920s FROM THE REPORT OF THE MAIN POLITICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF THE KYRGYZ ASSR ON THE CINEMATOGRAPHY OF THE REPUBLIC Frunze, October 31, 1927 Before the revolution, in the territory of present-day Kyrgyzstan, there was only one privately owned cinema in the city of Pishpek (Frunze) with 400 seats, which became the only nationalized theatrical venue under the management of the ONA in 1918, albeit in a completely dilapidated state. Until the end of 1924, this

10.08.2019, 12:45
Report of the Political Enlightenment of the Kyrgyz Autonomous Region. Document No. 62 (March 1926)
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Report of the Political Enlightenment of the Kyrgyz Autonomous Region. Document No. 62 (March 1926)

FROM THE REPORT OF THE POLITICAL ENLIGHTENMENT OF THE KYRGYZ AUTONOMOUS REGION ON THE WORK OF LIBRARY-TYPE INSTITUTIONS IN THE CITY OF PISHPEK City of Pishpek, March 11, 1926 ... Until now, not a single reading hut has been opened in the city; only now is a demonstration reading hut being opened in Dunganovka, which is already equipped with everything necessary. There is a sufficient amount of literature in Russian and Kyrgyz languages for this reading hut, as well as posters and other

06.08.2019, 14:46
Protocols, letters, resolutions in 1925 in the city of Pishpek. Documents No. 58 - No. 61
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Protocols, letters, resolutions in 1925 in the city of Pishpek. Documents No. 58 - No. 61

CIRCULAR LETTER OF THE REVOLUTIONARY COMMITTEE OF THE KYRGYZ AUTONOMOUS REGION TO ALL STATE INSTITUTIONS AND ENTERPRISES OF THE REGION ON THE SUBMISSION OF PRINTING ORDERS TO THE STATE PUBLISHING HOUSE Pishpek February 2, 1925 The State Publishing House of the Kara-Kyrgyz Autonomous Region has been established in Pishpek, equipped with a fully operational printing press.

04.08.2019, 11:08
Report on the State of Healthcare in Pishpek. Document No. 55 (July 1923)
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Report on the State of Healthcare in Pishpek. Document No. 55 (July 1923)

FROM THE REPORT OF THE HEAD OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF THE PISHPEK DISTRICT AT THE PLENARY SESSION OF THE PISHPEK DISTRICT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON THE STATE OF HEALTHCARE IN THE DISTRICT Pishpek, July 1, 1923. In the city of Pishpek, there is a hospital, which is divided into a surgical department with 15 beds, a therapeutic department with 13 beds, a mixed-infectious department with 12 beds, a maternity ward with 2 beds, a children's department with 3 beds, and two outpatient clinics: a

02.08.2019, 18:40
Elimination of Illiteracy in Pishpek and the Creation of Children's Organizations. Documents No. 52 - No. 54 (1920 - 1922)
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Elimination of Illiteracy in Pishpek and the Creation of Children's Organizations. Documents No. 52 - No. 54 (1920 - 1922)

NEWSPAPER REPORT ON THE ORGANIZATION OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE ELIMINATION OF ILLITERACY AND THE OPENING OF AN ART SCHOOL IN PISHPEK City of Verny, December 8, 1920. On December 4, a commission for the elimination of illiteracy was organized in the city of Pishpek, which has begun to implement the decree of the Soviet People's Commissariat on this matter.

31.07.2019, 19:29
Report on the State of Cultural and Educational Work in the Pishpek District. Document No. 51 (September 1920)
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Report on the State of Cultural and Educational Work in the Pishpek District. Document No. 51 (September 1920)

FROM THE REPORT OF THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION OF THE PISHPEK DISTRICT SOVIET ON THE STATE OF CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL WORK IN THE DISTRICT Pishpek No earlier than September 1, 1920 Currently, the situation is as follows: in the library section, there is a Russian-Muslim library in the city of Pishpek, called the "Central" library, which has a reading room. It is planned to open a bookbinding workshop there for one set, if the necessary materials can be found. The

30.07.2019, 16:58
Resolution of the Pishpek Sanitary Commission. Document No. 48 (July 1920)
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Resolution of the Pishpek Sanitary Commission. Document No. 48 (July 1920)

RESOLUTION OF THE PISHPEK UGORVOENREVKOM AND PISHPEK DISTRICT SANITARY COMMISSION ON COMPLIANCE WITH SANITARY NORMS BY THE POPULATION Pishpek, July 12, 1920. Confirming previously announced mandatory resolutions on sanitary measures for the population of the Pishpek district, the Pishpek Sanitary Commission categorically demands that the population of both the city of Pishpek and the district bring their homesteads into sanitary condition within one week from the announcement of this. 1. All

27.07.2019, 23:08
Meetings of the Ugrovoenrevkom of the city of Pishpek. Documents No. 46 - No. 47. (1919 - 1920)
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Meetings of the Ugrovoenrevkom of the city of Pishpek. Documents No. 46 - No. 47. (1919 - 1920)

FROM THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE PISHPEK UGORKOM OF RCP(b) ON THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE BROTHERLY GRAVE City of Pishpek, January 5, 1919 ...§ 4. The faction, having heard the verbal report of Comrade Alexandrovich on the brotherly grave of those fallen at the hands of the counter-revolutionary bandits of the Pishpek district, unanimously resolved: to instruct the executive committee of the faction to assign the following tasks: 1) to arrange a fence around the grave, 2) to enclose the

25.07.2019, 16:36
Meeting of the Pishpek District Soviet. Documents No. 35 - No. 36 (April 1918)
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Meeting of the Pishpek District Soviet. Documents No. 35 - No. 36 (April 1918)

FROM THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE PISHPEK DISTRICT SOVIET OF WORKERS, PEASANTS, AND RED ARMY DEPUTIES (SOVDEP) ON FOOD ISSUES Pishpek, April 11, 1918 § 5. The report from the Pishpek City Administration (food department) dated April 9 and the note from the city administration regarding the issuance of grain for seeding to 22 families of citizens residing in Pishpek was heard. The executive committee resolved by a majority vote, with one abstention: To propose to the district food

21.07.2019, 16:05
Construction of the Semirechenskaya Railway and the erection of hydraulic structures for the irrigation of the Chu River valley. Document No. 34 (June 1916).
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Construction of the Semirechenskaya Railway and the erection of hydraulic structures for the irrigation of the Chu River valley. Document No. 34 (June 1916).

ADDRESS FROM THE MILITARY GOVERNOR OF THE SEMIRECHENSKAYA REGION TO THE OFFICE OF THE TURKESTAN GENERAL-GOVERNORREQUESTING TO PETITION THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PROTECT the city of PISHPEK FROM THE INFLUX OF SUPERVISED PERSONS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE RAILWAY AND HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES TO MAINTAIN PEACE AND ORDER IN THE CITY City of Verny, June 3, 1916 The large-scale works currently being carried out in the Pishpek district for the construction of the Semirechenskaya Railway and the

19.07.2019, 21:59
Petition of the Indigenous Muslim Residents of the City of Pishpek to the Inspector of Public Schools. Documents No. 31 - No. 33
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Petition of the Indigenous Muslim Residents of the City of Pishpek to the Inspector of Public Schools. Documents No. 31 - No. 33

FROM THE INFORMATION OF THE NEWSPAPER "TURKESTAN NEWS" ON THE STATE OF INCOME AND EXPENSES BY CITIES OF THE SEMIRECHYE REGION Tashkent, April 29 (May 12), 1908 From the reports on the state of income and expenses by cities of the Semirechye region submitted by the military governor to the Turkestan governor-general, we borrow the following data.

18.07.2019, 03:34
Protocol of the Meeting on the Construction of a Wooden Church in Pishpek. Document No. 30 (December 1902)
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Protocol of the Meeting on the Construction of a Wooden Church in Pishpek. Document No. 30 (December 1902)

PROTOCOL OF THE MEETING OF THE SEMIRECHEN REGION ON CITY AFFAIRS REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW WOODEN CHURCH IN THE CITY OF PISHPEK City of Verny, December 14, 1902. Chairing was the Acting Military Governor of the Semirech Region, Vice Governor, Actual State Councilor Ostashkin. Present were members: Prosecutor of the Verny District Court, Collegiate Councilor Shmurlo, Verny City Mayor, hereditary honorary citizen Putagov, and a member of the Verny City Duma, retired State Councilor

15.07.2019, 12:48
Cover Letter to the Semirechensk Regional Administration. Document No. 28 and No. 29 (1901 - 1902)
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Cover Letter to the Semirechensk Regional Administration. Document No. 28 and No. 29 (1901 - 1902)

COVER LETTER FOR THE SUBMISSION TO THE SEMIRECHENSK REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION FROM THE BISHKEK TWO-CLASS CITY SCHOOL ON THE CHARTER OF THE SOCIETY FOR ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY STUDENTS Bishkek, May 7, 1901 Herewith, I have the honor to submit seven (7) copies of the Charter of the Society for Assistance to Needy Students in the city of Bishkek and to inform that the opening of the aforementioned society took place on September 4, 1900. Head of the Bishkek City School, Svirchevsky

14.07.2019, 21:41
Opening of the Consumers' Society in the city of Pishpek. Documents No. 23 - No. 24 (August 1897)
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Opening of the Consumers' Society in the city of Pishpek. Documents No. 23 - No. 24 (August 1897)

REPORT OF THE HEAD OF THE PISHPEK DISTRICT TO THE MILITARY GOVERNOR OF THE SEMIRECHEN REGION ON THE OPENING OF THE CONSUMERS' SOCIETY IN THE CITY OF PISHPEK City of Pishpek, August 2, 1897. In accordance with the directive of February 18 of this year No. 852, I have the honor to report to Your Excellency that the actions of the Consumers' Society in the city of Pishpek were opened on July 5, as notified to me by the Board of the Pishpek Consumers' Society in their correspondence

11.07.2019, 13:54
Opening of the Pishpek Charitable Society. Document No. 22 (March 1897)
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Opening of the Pishpek Charitable Society. Document No. 22 (March 1897)

REPORT OF THE HEAD OF THE PISHPEK DISTRICT TO THE MILITARY GOVERNOR OF THE SEMIRECHENSKAYA REGION ON THE OPENING OF THE PISHPEK CHARITABLE SOCIETY Pishpek, March 8, 1897 In execution of the directive dated January 30 of this year No. 459, I have the honor to report to Your Excellency that the activities of the Pishpek Charitable Society were opened on March 2 of this year. The journals of the General Assembly of the charitable society, which took place on March 2, resolved: from the funds I

10.07.2019, 18:18
Events at the Bishkek City Men's School. Document No. 20 and No. 21 (1896 - 1897)
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Events at the Bishkek City Men's School. Document No. 20 and No. 21 (1896 - 1897)

REPORT OF THE PISHPEK CITY ELDER TO THE SEMIRECHEN REGION ADMINISTRATION ON THE EVENTS HELD TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS FOR THE PISHPEK MEN'S SCHOOL Pishpek, February 14, 1896 In response to the proposal dated January 24 of this year No. 375, I have the honor to report to the regional administration that in execution of the personal order of His Excellency the Military Governor of the Semirechensk region, in October of the past 1895 year, the Pishpek City Men's School was moved to a city

08.07.2019, 03:00
Message from the newspaper "Turkestan Vedomosti". Document No. 19 (December 1895)
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Message from the newspaper "Turkestan Vedomosti". Document No. 19 (December 1895)

MESSAGE FROM THE NEWSPAPER "TURKESTAN VEDOMOSTI" ABOUT THE SITUATION IN THE CITY OF PISHPEK AFTER THE OPENING OF PUBLIC CITY ADMINISTRATION Tashkent, December 21, 1895 With the opening of public city administration (July 21 of this year), its activities have gradually begun to manifest. Thus, the issue regarding the establishment of a male city school and the improvement of the reception room at the district pharmacy has been considered. The fact is that the building previously used

07.07.2019, 17:24
Reports of the Chief of the Pishpek District. Documents No. 15 - No. 18 (1891 - 1894)
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Reports of the Chief of the Pishpek District. Documents No. 15 - No. 18 (1891 - 1894)

REPORT OF SURVEYOR DMITRIEV TO THE MILITARY GOVERNOR OF THE SEMIRECHYE REGION ON ALLOCATED PLOTS OF LAND FOR LEASE TO THE SCIENTIFIC GARDENER A.M. FETISOV Pishpek, April 1891. By the decree dated March 28 of this year No. 5050, Your Excellency entrusted me with the task of allocating two state-owned plots from the Kyrgyz lands of the Tokmak district for lease to the scientific gardener Fetisov.

06.07.2019, 04:16
Petition for the Satisfaction of A.M. Fetisov's Request. Documents No. 13 and No. 14 (January 1891)
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Petition for the Satisfaction of A.M. Fetisov's Request. Documents No. 13 and No. 14 (January 1891)

RESPONSE OF THE STEPPE GENERAL-GOVERNOR TO THE REQUEST OF A.M. FETISOV SUBMITTED FOR HIS CONSIDERATION BY THE MILITARY GOVERNOR OF THE SEMIRECHENSKAYA REGION Omsk, January 26, 1891 In the presentation dated January 5, numbered 36, Your Excellency, informing me of the request of the manager of the Pishpek Agricultural School, Fetisov, for the allocation of 300 desiatins of state land, currently used by the Kyrgyz of the Alameddin, Tolkan, Tynaev, and Bulekbaev volosts of the Tokmak district for

05.07.2019, 11:05
Report of the Chief of Tokmak District. Document No. 12 (December 1890)
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Report of the Chief of Tokmak District. Document No. 12 (December 1890)

REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF TOKMAK DISTRICT ON THE INSTRUCTION OF THE MILITARY GOVERNOR OF SEMIRECHYE REGION REGARDING THE REQUEST OF A. M. FETISOV FOR THE ALLOCATION OF LAND TO HIM FOR LEASE Pishpek, December 17, 1890 In response to Your Excellency's instruction dated November 15, No. 19520, I have the honor to report that the gardener Fetisov has, in addition to the cheese factory and its accessories, the following in the city of Pishpek: a basement made of burnt brick for storing cheese;

04.07.2019, 20:25
Report by the Chief Gardener A.M. Fetisov. Document No. 11 (October 1890)
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Report by the Chief Gardener A.M. Fetisov. Document No. 11 (October 1890)

REPORT NOTE OF THE SCIENTIFIC GARDENER A.M. FETISOV TO THE MILITARY GOVERNOR OF THE SEMIRECHYE REGION ABOUT HIS ACTIVITIES AND A REQUEST TO ALLOW HIM TO LEASE LAND FOR EXPANSION Bishkek, October 23, 1890 Wishing to expand my own business of cheese-making and agriculture, which I have been conducting in the Tokmak district for six years, I need to begin increasing the milk yield of the local breed of cattle that makes up the herd belonging to my cheese factory. Since it is difficult to achieve

01.07.2019, 09:00
Report on the Development Plan of Pishpek. Document No. 9 (July 1881)
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Report on the Development Plan of Pishpek. Document No. 9 (July 1881)

REPORT OF THE MILITARY GOVERNOR OF THE SEMIRECHEN REGION TO THE TURKESTAN GENERAL-GOVERNOR REQUESTING PERMISSION TO ESTABLISH A CITY IN THE PISHPEK AREA IN CONNECTION WITH THE RELOCATION OF THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION CENTER Verney, July 19, 1881 Due to the inconvenience of the location of the settlement of Bolshoi Tokmak for the presence of district institutions and the establishment of a city here, it was proposed back in 1869 to move the center of administration of the Tokmak district to

28.06.2019, 06:19
Act on the Temporary Allotment of Pasture Land for the City of Pishpek. Document No. 8 (June 1881)
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Act on the Temporary Allotment of Pasture Land for the City of Pishpek. Document No. 8 (June 1881)

ACT ON THE TEMPORARY ALLOTMENT OF PASTURE LAND FOR THE CITY OF PISHPEK, PREPARED BY THE COMMISSION AT THE INSTRUCTION OF THE TURKESTAN GENERAL-GOVERNOR AND SENT TO THE HEAD OF THE TOKMAK DISTRICT City of Verny, June 20, 1881 We, the undersigned, by virtue of the personal order of the acting Turkestan general-governor, who is performing the duties of the head of the Tokmak district, Colonel Tomski, regarding the temporary allotment of pasture land for the city of Pishpek, conducted an

26.06.2019, 17:58
Document No. 4 (December 1877). Report of the Military Governor of the Semirechye Region to the Turkestan General Governor
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Document No. 4 (December 1877). Report of the Military Governor of the Semirechye Region to the Turkestan General Governor

REPORT OF THE MILITARY GOVERNOR OF THE SEMIRECHYE REGION TO THE TURKESTAN GOVERNOR-GENERAL JUSTIFYING THE NEED TO MOVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER OF THE TOKMAK DISTRICT TO PISHPEK AND REQUESTING PERMISSION TO CONDUCT THIS EVENT IN SPRING 1878 City of Verny, December 17, 1877 The city of Tokmak has long been recognized as an inconvenient location for the district administration, and in 1869 the regional administration made proposals to relocate the administrative center to a more suitable place

22.06.2019, 18:00
Document No. 3. The Revival of Pishpek
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Document No. 3. The Revival of Pishpek

CAPTURE OF THE PISHPEK FORTRESS BY THE IMPERIAL TROOPS AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PISHPEK SETTLEMENT NEAR ITS RUINS1 “... Since the late 1850s, as the imperial forces advanced deeper into Semirechye, the significance of Pishpek as one of the strongest fortified outposts on the northern borders of the Kokand territories increasingly grew. The khanate government took measures almost annually to strengthen the fortress and garrison, also trying to maintain influence over the Kazakhs and Kyrgyz

21.06.2019, 13:56