The Kyrgyz National Academic Drama Theatre in Frunze, now Bishkek, in Kyrgyzstan. It was built in 1970, during the Soviet era, and it has 800 seats. In 1997 it has been titled to Kyrgyz dramatist Toktobolot Abdumomunov (1922 — 1989). (photo: © 1975 Novosti news agency, Moscow – personal collection)
Biškek, “Kirghizistan Hotel” in 1975
Biškek: girls in traditional clothings in 1975, when Kirghizistan whas part of the Soviet Union. The building you see on the background is the former hotel “Kirghizistan” (“Кыргызстан” мейманканасы, as the sign says), built in 1971 by architect E. G. Pisarskii. At that time the city was known as “Frunze” and its population was 486 000. After refurbishment, the building became the current “Hyatt Regency Bishkek …
