Archive sections: ‘Kyrgyzstan’
May 9th marks the surrender of Nazi Germany to Soviet forces and the end of the Second World War … In the West – May 8th is marked as Victory in Europe (VE) Day and marks the day after the German High command surrendered to the Western Allies. The Red Army command, however, insisted that [...]
We, in the Celestial Mountains Tour Company, do not undertake mountaineering or winter sports activities – so our clients are unlikely to be involved in avalanches. However, avalanches can, and do, occur at times and places where you may be exposed to risk – such as traveling on the Bishkek-Osh road during wintertime.
Landslide hazards occur in many places around the world and include both fast-moving flows of debris as well as slow-moving landslides, (and also a variety of flows and slides which emanate from volcanoes – but there are no volcanoes in Kyrgyzstan).
Kyrgyzstan, is situated in an earthquake zone. As such there is the possibility that a strong earthquake may occur, but it is impossible to predict exactly if, or when, one will take place. However, in January 2005, it was announced by the Kyrgyz Institute of Seismology that they expected some earthquakes during the year to [...]
At the highest altitudes, snow falls and does not melt. As more snow falls, it compresses that which is already lying on the ground, and forms sheets of ice. Some of the ice is forced down mountain valleys forming valley glaciers gouging a course (typified in U-shaped valleys and hanging streams, which are left over [...]
Krasnaya Gvozdika, “Red Carnation”, is a festival-competition dedicated to the Victory of soviet people in Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. It is designed for veterans of the Second World War – The Great Patriotic War, (that is the combatants who served in the forces or partisan groups) and Labour veterans from Bishkek and Chui oblast, (that [...]
Mikhail Vasilievich FRUNZE is renowned as the Red Army General who “subdued” Central Asia Mikhail Vasilievich Frunze was supposedly born in Bishkek – which was then called Pishpek – in 1885. “Supposedly”, because there are some suggestions that he might have actually be born in Belevodsk – a little to the West of the city. [...]
The “Krasnaya Gvozdika”, (“Red Carnation”), choir of Second World War and Labour Veterans as established in 1987 in Frunze Officers’ House by members of the veterans’ concert group, “Go time!”, which consisted of10 people and was headed by the honoured artist of Kyrgyz Republic, veteran of Baltic front, Valerii Shakhov.
When I was young I learned that the Second World War started on September 1st, 1939 as the result of the German invasion of Poland. (For the record, it was a joint invasion by both Germany and the Slovak Republic, a small “puppet” state created in March that year. The Slovak Republic contributed 50,000 to [...]
One of the message which dropped into my mailbox last week was an Press Release from the Bishkek Meria, (the local, municipal, authority) about preparations for City Day – Dehn Goroda.
