AKIPRESS.COM - With the new year's quickly approaching, it's the time of the year to remind our readers all main new year trees Bishkek had since 2011. 

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2011 - the height of the tree was 23.5 meters.

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2012 main new year tree collapsed on December 22 at about 02:00. Authorities blamed strong wind for the collapse. The height of the spruce was 23 meters.

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2013 main new year tree of the country was 23 meters, it was lit up on December 17.  

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2014 year - the height of the new year tree was 22 meters.

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2015 - the 2015 tree was 25-meters high, was decorated with 64,000 LED lamps, 1,530 coniferous branches were attached, and the lower diameter was 12 meters.

The lighting up ceremony took place on December 19, 2015.

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2016 - the 27-meter spruce was lit up on December 19.

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2017 - the main new year tree was lit up on December 15. The height is 25 meters. The spruce is artificial, it has a metal skeleton.

The design of the main tree costs 1,200,000 som. 87 large framed composite patterns of yellow color and more than 150 patterns of a smaller size were used in decoration.

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2018 - the main new year tree was lit up on Dec 10.

The tree's height is 25 meters. It is decorated with 2,400 pine branches, 350 toys, Christmas pattern rope of 4900 meters, 240 meters LED garland and 240-meter tinsel.