Archive sections: ‘Kyrgyzstan’
Tolomosh Okeev, (1937-2001), was a film director whose output attracted admirers from abroad as well as at home. His shot his first film, “There are horses”, in 1965, and his last in 1986.
During the week I cam across a news item headed: “Initiative group translates famous Kyrgyz movies into English“. According to the article, a group of Kyrgyz citizens living abroad have put together a plan for a Festival of Kyrgyz films, and in preparation for this have already translated several films into English, such as: Gennadiy [...]
September 1st is known as Dehn Znanniy, (Knowledge Day, or Day of Knowledge), as it is the day when the school year traditionally starts in Russia and many other former Soviet republics, including Kyrgyzstan.
Michael J. Fox encountered a number of dilemmas as Marty McFly in the 1985 Stephen Spielberg film, “Back to the Future”. One of those dilemmas gave the film it’s title – having been thrust 50 years into the past, how was Fox/McFly to return home? The film was a great success: it was the highest [...]
Traveling from Bishkek to Lake Issyk Kul, after 112km, the road enters “Boom Gorge”, which lies at the eastern end of the Kyrgyz Range and provides the only corridor between the two. Converging together through this narrow canyon are a highway, a railway, and the Chu River.
It’s amazing what you come across when surfing the internet. I was caught by surprise one day this week when I cam across a blog entry that a simple question. Lake Issyk Kul in North Eastern Kyrgyzstan is the world’s second largest mountain lake and stands at an altitude of 1600 meters above sea level. [...]
The unusual combination of letters in “Kyrgyzstan” often draws jokes and remarks featuring “Alphabet Soup” and a potential high score in Scrabble, (a basic 30 without any bonus for using a double or triple letter, or word, squares - needing a well placed opening, the only K, the Z and both the Y tiles – not to mention the additional bonus [...]
In Soviet times the shores of Lake Issyk Kul were home to over a hundred Sanatoria, most of them clustered around Cholpon Ata on the Northern Shore – although some returning Cosmonauts were brought to a sanatoria at Tamga on the Southern shore. Many were established by trade unions or some other organization, (for example the [...]
The name Djety Oguz means “Seven Bulls” in Kyrgyz. About 25 km South West of Karakol is a lush valley with some striking red sandstone rock formations (the “seven Bulls” from which the valley takes its name)
Barskoon and Tamga are twin Kyrgyz and Russian villages at the mouth of the Barskoon valley – which has an impressive waterfall and is a good centre for trekking and horse riding. The 11th century scholar Mahumud al-Kashgari (also known as Barskhani) was a native of this area. He is best known as the author [...]
