GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The capital is Bishkek (known from 1862 to 1926 as Pishpek and from 1926 to 1991 as Frunze).

Detailed explanation-2: -Bishkek is situated at an altitude of about 800 metres (2, 600 ft), just off the northern fringe of the Kyrgyz Ala-Too Range, an extension of the Tian Shan mountain range. These mountains rise to a height of 4, 895 metres (16, 060 ft).

Detailed explanation-3: -On 31 August 1991, Kyrgyzstan declared independence from Moscow and a democratic government was established. Kyrgyzstan attained sovereignty as a nation state after the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991.