Archive: October 18th, 2010
Jesse, Svetlana’s globetrotting friend from the States (who wiped the floor with me at ten-pin bowling), is on his way back home. Typically, he’s chosen a route which is far from direct – taking in nine more countries, (if you count the airport transfers), and visiting the Baltic States and Finland en route. He seems [...]
Zamira, who runs the tour department, got married on Saturday. After the official registration ceremony, the “molodyosh” – “young people” – went on the traditional walkabout to several different spots around the city, parks, war memorial, etc., to promenade and be seen. In the meantime the parents and other guests rushed to the restaurant where [...]
Theodore Hertzen was born in 1935 in the village of Ak Dobo in Leninopole, (currently known as Bakai Ata) of Talas oblast, where there is a small museum dedicated to his life and work. He was educated at both the Bishkek and Moscow Institutes of Art and he has been granted many awards such as [...]
