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Dordoy Bazaar ((キルギス語:Дордой Базары), (ロシア語:Рынок Дордой); also spelled Dordoi Bazaar in English) is a large wholesale and retail market in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. It is one of Asia's greatest public market places, comparable to Bangkok's Chatuchak weekend market or Tehran's Grand Bazaar. It's been described by a Western journalist as "a modern monument to the power of raw commerce".〔("'Made in China' moves into Russia's backyard" ). By Daniel Sershen. "The Christian Science Monitor", 2007-Jan-04〕 Dordoy Bazaar is not just a major shopping and employment centre for the Bishkek metropolitan area and entire Chuy River Valley region, but also one of the main entrepots through which consumer goods from China arrive to shops and markets in Kazakhstan, Russia, and Uzbekistan.〔(Uzbek-favoured Bishkek market catches fire ) (uznews.com, 2008-04-09)〕 According to some economists, this re-export (the other center for which, targeting Uzbekistan, is the Karasuu Bazar at Kara-Suu, Osh Province) is one of two largest economic activities of Kyrgyzstan.〔Sebastien Peyrouse, (Economic Aspects of China-Central Asia Rapprochment ). Central Asia - Caucasus Institute, Silk Road Studies Program. 2007. p.18.〕 == Location and organization == The Dordoy market stretches for more than a kilometer on the north-eastern outskirts of Bishkek, just within the bypass highway that skirts the city in the north. Legally, it is an agglomeration of several independent markets adjacent to each other, but as there are no fences, the borders between components are not particularly noticeable. According to a 2007 city atlas,〔"Атлас Бишкек Современный, 2007-2008" ("Modern Bishkek" Atlas, 2007-2008), OsOO "SMIK", 2007. No ISBN.〕 the component markets are: * Ak-Suu * Vostok ('East') * Sever ('North') * Muras-Sport * Alkanov i K ('Alkanov & Co.) * Evropa ('Europe') * Kerben * Kitay ('China') * Zhonghai (which formally is considered a separate market from Dordoy) Most of the market is built of double-stacked shipping containers. Typically, the lower container is used as a shop, while the upper one is used for additional storage. According to a 2005 newspaper report, there were 6,000 to 7,000 containers in the bazaar; around 20,000 people worked there (as vendors, security, service personnel).〔Regine A. Spector, "Who Owns the Marketplace? Conflict over Property in Contemporary Kyrgyzstan". Prepared for the Graduate Student Conference, Department of Political Science, May 2, 2007. Berkeley, CA. ((Draft version ))〕 The containers, organized in dozens of rows, form streets and plazas of a sort. Smaller buildings between the blocks of containers house restaurants, administrative offices, toilets, hotels, and other ancillary structures. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dordoy Bazaar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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