Panorama of Frunze

Photo of the 60s In the foreground on the left is the Hemp and Jute Factory, on the right is the Cholpon shoe company. In the center of the picture is the Central Department Store "Ai Churek", the Opera and Ballet Theater, the "Kyrgyzstan" hotel, the Central Market. The Cholpon shoe company produced about 6 million pairs of shoes a year, employing more than 4,000 people. The hemp and jute factory was founded in 1941 on the basis of the evacuated Odessa factory named after Khvorostin. It was equipped with scrabbling and fulling machines for processing hemp and jute into hemp. Hemp was used to make ropes, ropes, fire hoses, twine, and various types of fishing nets. Hemp fabrics were used in navigation as sails. During the war, the hemp and jute factory had a mechanical section where mine casings were made. In 1982, the factory had 894 employees.