Archive sections: ‘For the Record’
Ivan Vasilyevich Panfilov was born in Petrovsk, Saratovsky oblast in Russia, on the 20th December, 1892 – by the old, Julian, calendar, which Russia used at the time … it was the 1st January 1893 in the rest of the world. Not much seems to be have recorded about his life apart from the fact that he commanded the 316th Rifle [...]
The Second World War provided a great shock to the history, development and psychology of the peoples of the Soviet Union. Kyrgyz contingents played a part in defending the motherland – of a population of just over one and a half million, some 363,000 went to fight – and 160,000 were killed. That’s 45% of [...]
In Western Europe the Second World War is usually considered to have lasted six years from 1939 to 1945, however, hostilities probably really began with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1933. Different combatants entered the war at different times: for the Americans the war began with the bombing of Pearl Harbour on December 7th, [...]
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. [...]
