City Improvement
From March 27 to 30, 1925, the founding congress of the Councils took place in Pishpek. It was attended by 135 delegates with decisive votes and 29 delegates with advisory votes, representing almost all nationalities inhabiting Kyrgyzstan: 81 Kyrgyz, 29 Russians, 8 Uzbeks, 3 Ukrainians, and 14 others. The congress received congratulatory telegrams from the government of the RSFSR and fraternal republics. Local Soviet, party, and public organizations of Bishkek welcomed the delegates.
The delegates of the Soviet Congress heard and discussed the report of I. Aydarbekov on the activities of the regional revolutionary committee during the organizational period after the national-state delimitation of the peoples of Central Asia and the formation of the Kyrgyz Autonomous Region. The founding congress of the Councils noted that the revolutionary committee had done significant work in creating district and regional state and economic management apparatus, clarifying the borders of Kyrgyzstan with neighboring republics, and preparing the state budget. The congress elected a regional executive committee consisting of 31 members, and Abdikadir Orozbekov was elected as the chairman of the executive committee of the autonomous region council.
Taking into account the wishes of the delegates, the founding congress of the Councils submitted a petition to the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of the RSFSR to transform the autonomous region into the Kyrgyz Autonomous Republic. This was approved by the union government in accordance with the will of the delegates. From February 1, 1926, Kyrgyzstan became an Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, marking the beginning of the development of the national statehood of the Kyrgyz people.
As Pishpek became the capital of Kyrgyzstan, the question of its improvement as a political, economic, and cultural center became paramount. Since 1925, the organization of street paving began, along with the installation of street lighting, order was established in the city market area, and work was carried out on afforestation and the establishment of gardens. On April 24, 1925, the first train from Czechoslovakia arrived in Pishpek from the city of Zilina, carrying the cooperative "Intergelpo" — mutual assistance. They built a leather factory, a woolen and furniture factory, a foundry-mechanical workshop, a knitting workshop, a shoemaking workshop, a tailoring workshop, and others. Czechoslovak workers produced leather, woolen fabrics, furniture, various tools, agricultural equipment, harnesses, and other products for horse-drawn transport. They played an important role in the development of the city's industry.
In 1926, the composition of the city council changed, and it was re-elected with 117 members. The city council had a budget of 713 thousand rubles, of which 34 percent was allocated for improvements, significantly improving communal construction, the development of public education, and healthcare. The government allocated 100 thousand rubles from the union budget for the construction of a water supply system in Pishpek. For the first time, work began on providing the population with quality drinking water.
January 16, 1925 — the day of the publication of the declaration on the establishment of the national statehood of the Kyrgyz people
