Bishkek is the most popular tourist destination in Central Asia. Crime is low, the air and streets are clean, and most importantly, the chances of a violent revolution erupting while you visit are absolutely zero. Thousands arrive each year to see the unique mix of Soviet-Asian culture and architecture. Many are profoundly changed by the experience of living here and never go back home.
SRAS cultural programs are designed to give you a wide introduction to your city and the surrounding region as a whole. These structured experiences are laid-back, educational, and an opportunity for students to get to know each other.
Hiking in the Tien Shan
Mountains!
Building a traditional yurt
in a Kyrgyz village.
In our experience, however, many students prefer to save on the costs of organized activities and to have mostly free time – to study, to peruse independent interests, and to spend time with the friends they make from around the world while abroad.
To strike a balance between these needs and wants, we offer several core activities, attendance to which is required and the cost of which is included in most programs (see the individual program pages for details). We also offer several optional experiences which are available at additional cost.
Walking in Bishkek can be fascinating if you know the wonderful places, monuments, iconic sites that are scattered across the capital. Decorated Ala-Too Square with the monument of freedom, a quiet park with old oak church, Old Town Square with Lenin monument, statue of the national hero Manas all these attractions make the city beautiful and attract the attention of its guests, and remain a part of the city on photos.
Biskek, Grafía recomendada por la Real Academia Española, en su que rodea a la ciudad, a pesar de que no es parte de la provincia. Se cree que su nombre deriva de una palabra kirguís para una batidora usada para fermentar la leche de yegua, la bebida nacional del país.
Está situada en el valle del río Chu, en el curso de los ríos Alaarcha y Alamedín, al pie de los Montes Kirguises, a pocos kilómetros de Kazajistán. Su altitud es de 800 m. sobre el nivel del mar. Según el censo nacional de 1999 tenía una población de 762. 308 habitantes y para el 2009 se estima que tiene una población de unos 930. 000 habitantes, la cual incluye una históricamente importante minoría rusa de un 30% de la población (que no obstante comenzó a decrecer porcentualmente luego de la desintegración de la Unión Soviética, cuando en 1970 representaba más del 66%).
Entre 1926 y 1991, tuvo el nombre de Frunze (en ruso: Фрунзе), en honor del líder revolucionario y general del Ejército Rojo, Mijaíl Frunze, quien había nacido en la ciudad.
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