*Not pictured in the lovely city of Bishkek: novostroiki, Russian for ‘new-builds’
From wikipedia
Those unable to afford the high housing price within Bishkek, notably internal migrants from rural villages and small provincial towns, often have to resort to informal squatter settlements on the city's outskirts. These settlements are estimated to house 400,000 people or about 30 percent of Bishkek's population. While many of the settlements have lacked basic necessities such as electricity and running water, recently, the local government has pushed to provide these services.[32]
https://eurasianet.org/kyrgyzstan-bishkeks-new-settlements-produce-winners-and-losers
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/oct/17/life-limbo-inside-bishkek-illegal-new-builds-kyrgyzstan
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