Prospect Manas

March 4th, 2014 Sections: Bishkek

Prospect Manas, runs from Jibek Jolu in the North, up to the Railway line in the South.  Further up towards the mountains, the road becomes Prospect Mira  … (Peace Avenue).

It used to be known as Belinskaya and is still referred to by this name be many older residents.

It was renamed Prospect Manas in honour of the legendary hero of the national epic “Manas“.

The Street is a wide boulevard which contains mainly apartment blocks – with a mix of shops, offices and cafes/restaurants on the ground floor.  It also has a number of buildings belonging to the State University, the Philharmonia concert hall, the Russian embassy and the Chinese Cultural Center.

 

East

South
 “Vierk” – Up
Towards the mountains

West
 Towards the center of Bishkek and Osh Bazaar
  To the south, (up), Prospect Mira leads to the microdistricts, … the Main exhibition Center, (NVKD), the American and other embassies,

Bridges carrying Leo Tolstoy Street and the Railway
The underpass under the railway bridge was cut out in 1956, thus uniting the Northern and Southern sections of the road, and providing easy access between the city center and the microrayons in the suburbs.
 An apartment block with a a furniture shop on the ground floor. The Chinese Cultural Center

Bokonbaeva Street
 An apartment block with a number of shops on the ground floor.  A number of apartment blocks with a number of shops on the ground floor.

Engels Street
 A number of apartment blocks with a number of shops on the ground floor. An apartment blocks with a number of offices and shops on the ground floor.School, lyceum, for “talented” children.

Moskovskaya
 One way traffic – towards the centre of town
BUT – trolley busses also use the street, travelling in the other direction
A number of apartment blocks shops, (including Bishkek’s “Coffee House”) and exchange offices on the ground floor. Professional Lycee.Institute of Social Development and entrepreneurship.An apartment block with a number of shops on the ground floor.The building of the State Construction Agency.  The building houses a supermarket and the “Apple” Disco/nightclub

Toktogula Street
One way – Traffic moves West – away from Sovietskaya
A number of apartment blocks with shops on the ground floor – including The Sierra Coffee shopThe Russian Embassy … formerly the building of the State Gold Company – KyrgyzAltyn An apartment block with a number of shops on the ground floor.  A number of apartment blocks with shops and exchange offices on the ground floor.  The Kyrgyz Altyn hotel is in one opposite what was the headquarters of the parent company KyrgyzAltyn (Kyrgyz Gold).

Kievskaya
An apartment block with a number of shops and cafes, including what used to be “The Central Gastonom” – now a branch of the Narodni (“People’s”) chain of supermarkets.  The building has a number of memorial plaques of local scientists and politicians who used to live in the building.  Mountain Metallurgical Institute – Formerly the Kyrgyz Town Planning building – it still houses the Architectural Union and Kyrgyz Building Institute.  There are also a number of shops, including Odyssey – one of Bishkek’s bookshops).

Prospect Chui
The Okean Building – an apartment block with a number of shops on the ground floor – including the Okean restaraunt. The Manas Sculptural Complex with statues depicting the legendary Manas in a pose resembling St. George slaying the dragon.  He is riding his horse, Akula, with a dragon, (or winged snake), entwined around them.  The plinth on which he stands is flanked by statues of his wife, Kanykei, and his friend and advisor, Bakai, and busts of various famious Manaschi (Balykov, Dzapiev, Orozbakov, Karaliev) – erected in 1981The Philharmonia concert hall, built in 1981.  Concerts include performances of both classical and traditional Kyrgyz music as well as by local popular artists (pop music – Kyrgyz “Estrada”).  The building also houses a night club and a restaurant. Buildings of the Kyrgyz State University

Abdumomunova Street
 Formerly Kirov Street

<<<To the Silk Road Lodge
 A number of cafes and restaurants

Frunze
Buildings of the Kyrgyz State University Buildings of the Kyrgyz State University

Jumabekov Street 
  Buildings of the Kyrgyz State University

Jibek Jolu
 Jibek Jolu is Kyrgyz for “The Silk Road”.
Formerly known as “50 years of the Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic”, before that as Leningradskaya, and before that as Tashkentskaya.
A dual carriageway.
 

North
“Vneez” – Down
Away from the Mountains

 

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