Molodaya Gvardia – Avenue of the Young Guards -Postcard from Bishkek

Molodaya Gvardia – Avenue of the Young Guards

January 10th, 2012 Sections: Bishkek, For the Record

Monument to the Komsomolnets

The Avenue of the Young Guards, (Molodaya Gvardia), is located in the central part of the city. It marks the course of one of the branches of the Ala Archa River – which was filled in by army engineers who also planted the trees and created the boulevard.

Originally the street was known as Atbashinskaya Street, but in 1948 it was renamed in honour of the Komsomolets of Krasnodon as Molodoya Gvardia Street, (Young Guards Street). Then, in 1960 it was reclassified as an Avenue (Prospect) and is hence now known as Prospect Molodaya Gvardia.

The tree lined Molodaya Gvardia

It runs from Leo Tolstoy Street in the South, under the railway and then North as far as Jibek Jolu. For all this length it is a broad, tree lined dual carriageway. The trees and shrubs from the railway down to Kievskaya were planted in 1940 and the rest were planted in 1951.

Originally, the street was much longer – almost 5km in length, (4830m). In 1995, the lower part – from Jibek Joly down to Sadovaya Street – was renamed by the town authorities as Mahatma Gandhi Street, in commemoration of the good relationships between Kyrgyzstan and India.

The street mainly comprises apartment blocks – but the central reservation is a popular spot for walking.

East Towards the center of Bishkek	South “Vierk” – Up Towards the mountains	West
Leo Tolstoy Street
Under the Railway Bridge
Bokonbaeva Street		Delphin (Dolphin) Swimming Pool
Residential Buildings
Moskovskaya Street One way traffic – towards the centre of town BUT – trolley busses also use the street, travelling in the other direction
Residential Buildings	Bust of Captain Talgat Yakubek Vegeldinov who was killed in action fighting the Germans and was posthumously awarded the Gold Star Medal.	The headquarters of the Kyrgyz society for the disabled.
Toktogula One way traffic – From the center of town
Residential building.		On the corner of Toktogula is one of Bishkek’s many mosaics which adorn many of the buildings and public places erected in the 1960s and 70′s.The building of the Arbitration court.Ministry of Justice Residential building.
Kievskaya To Osh Bazaar >>>>>
The October Cinema The October Cinema – mainly shows films dubbed into Kyrgyz.	The Avenue of Heroes Avenue of the heroes … … with busts of the six Heroes of the Soviet Union: Three Panfiletz: Ananyev – born in a village on the northern shore of Lake Issyk Kul. The village has been renamed in his honour; Shopokov – born in a village to the West of Bishkek in Chui province. The village has been renamed in his honour. Konkin – born in the village of Kyzyl Suu, near Jety Orguz at the Eastern end of Lake Issyk Kul. The other three heroes in the “Alley” are: Moskalenko – born in 1912 in Grigorievka, just over the border in Kazakhstan. In 1941, he was in an infantry unit which destroyed some 18 enemy tanks. Petnenko – born in 1909 in Russia – and a member of the same unit as Moskalenko. He also had a ship named in his honour. Tuleberdiev – born in 1912 in a small village called Chimkent in the Talas oblast. He was serving on the Don River and part of a unit assigned to a particular task. A pill-box containing a machine gun emplacement threatened to wipe out the unit – and Tuleberdiev tried to destroy it with a grenade. When the grenade failed to explode he used his own body to block the machine gun so that his comrades could, thanks to his self sacrifice, escape the fire and continue on to succeed in their mission.	Residential Buildings
Prospect Chui
Bishkek Finance and Economic Academy– one of Bishkek’s Private Institutes of Higher EducationThe Building of KTR – the state run television broadcasting service	Monument to the Komsomol Heroes of the 1920’s and 1940’s: : the statue of soldiers is flanked by plaques, which read “We went to war for Communism” was constructed by Komsomol – the league of young communists – in the 1960s.	Residential Buildings
Frunze Street To Ala Archa National Cemetry >>>>>
Residential Buildings		Residential Buildings
Jibek Jolu a large roundabout with a petrol station to the East To the West Bus Station >>>>>>>>
North “Vneez” – Down Away from the Mountains