Postcards – April 2013

May 1st, 2013 Sections: ianbek

During April 2013 the range of topics covered in the postcards included the following topics:

  • Business
  • Calendar
    • The most boring day in history ?  – Some days it seems as is nothing much happens – 11/04/13
    • Better late than never … - With an impeccable sense of timing, on April 9th the Kyrgyz Government issued a Rasporyazheniye, (an order), approving a list of some 19 anniversaries to be officially commemorated in 2013: the birthdays of eighteen famous people and one institution.  - 22/04/13
    • Summertime – and the living is easy … - I always have trouble with the calendar, and the designation of April 25th as the first Day of Summer, (in Iceland), seems a little optimistic – 25/04/13
    • The Month ahead - People often ask me about how I keep track of all the special days and anniversaries that feature in my postcards … and the answer is that I try to keep a diary of them. – 30/04/13
  • Celestial Mountains
    • Something for just about everyone … - Just what is there to do in Kyrgyzstan? …  - 07/04/13
    • Shopping - Some people love it – others hate it, but shopping in Kyrgyzstan can be quite a varied experience – 14/04/13
    • Souvenirs - What to buy as a momento of Kyrgyzstan – 21/04/13
  • Cuisine – Food and Drink
    • Garlic – the “stinking rose” - An April Fool’s joke and an announcement of a newly discovered strain of Garlic inspired this look at an important ingredient in Kyrgyz cuisine – 04/04/13
    • Apricots - There’s a festival in Batken to celebrate the Apricot blossom … the fruit is one of the symbols of this southern province – 05/04/13
    • Borsh : Where’s the beetroot? … Wheres the Meat? - My efforts to cook the standard soup always seems to create problems – 24/04/13
  • Education 
    • A puzzling time - Helping Maxim with his homework, I discovered a discovered a simple piece of software for creating simple Crosswords … and here’s an example – 23/04/13
  • Fauna and Flora
    • Garlic – the “stinking rose” - An April Fool’s joke and an announcement of a newly discovered strain of Garlic inspired this look at an important ingredient in Kyrgyz cuisine – 04/04/13
    • Apricots - There’s a festival in Batken to celebrate the Apricot blossom … the fruit is one of the symbols of this southern province – 05/04/13
    • Archa - One of the most common trees in Kyrgyzstan is the Archa, (or Juniper) – 26/04/13
  • For the record
    • Tzingani - On International Romani Day – a look at the “gypsies” of Kyrgyzstan – 08/04/13
    • All that glistens … - it may well be true that “there’s gold in them there hills” – but the industry in Kyrgyzstan is going through difficult times – 16/04/13
    • Disappearing Glaciers - There are a lot of glaciers in Kyrgyzstan’s mountains – but less than when I first came here nearly 18 years ago … why’s that? – 18/04/13
    • Better late than never … - With an impeccable sense of timing, on April 9th the Kyrgyz Government issued a Rasporyazheniye, (an order), approving a list of some 19 anniversaries to be officially commemorated in 2013: the birthdays of eighteen famous people and one institution.  - 22/04/13
  • History 
    • Absanat Masalievish Masaliev - the man who led the Kyrgyz Socialist Soviet Republic just before the disolution of the Soviet Union – 10/04/13
    • Some photos from a bygone age - Some photographs unveil a relatively unknown expedition to the Tien Shan in 1900 – 12/04/13
    • Better late than never … - With an impeccable sense of timing, on April 9th the Kyrgyz Government issued a Rasporyazheniye, (an order), approving a list of some 19 anniversaries to be officially commemorated in 2013: the birthdays of eighteen famous people and one institution.  - 22/04/13
  • In the News
    • Disappearing Glaciers - There are a lot of glaciers in Kyrgyzstan’s mountains – but less than when I first came here nearly 18 years ago … why’s that? – 18/04/13
  • Language
  • Legends
  • Life in Kyrgyzstan
    • The postman … or postwoman - In 1860, the Pony Express was launched on April 3rd – but today’s post office involves a lot more than just mail delivery 03/04/13
  • Marketing
  • People
    • The Prezhervalsk Monument, Karakol - Nikolai Prezhervalk, the famous Russian Explorer was born on 31st March 1839, and died in Issyk Kul in October 1888 … and a monument to him was erected in 1893  - 01/04/13
    • Absanat Masalievish Masaliev - the man who led the Kyrgyz Socialist Soviet Republic just before the dissolution of the Soviet Union – 10/04/13
    • Some photos from a bygone age - Some photographs unveil a relatively unknown expedition to the Tien Shan in 1900 – 12/04/13
    • Better late than never … - With an impeccable sense of timing, on April 9th the Kyrgyz Government issued a Rasporyazheniye, (an order), approving a list of some 19 anniversaries to be officially commemorated in 2013: the birthdays of eighteen famous people and one institution.  - 22/04/13
  • Places
    • The Prezhervalsk Monument, Karakol - Nikolai Prezhervalk, the famous Russian Explorer was born on 31st March 1839, and died in Issyk Kul in October 1888 … and a monument to him was ewrected in 1893  - 01/04/13
    • The Besh Aral State Reserve - one of Kyrgyzstan’s National Parks – 17/04/13
    • Prezhervalskiy Museum, Karakol - April 29th, 1957, saw the opening of the Prezhervalskiy Museum on the headland between the Karakol and Kara Suu Rivers, at the eastern end of Lake Issyk Kul – some 12 km from the regional center of Karakol – 29/04/13
  • Statistics
    • Accommodating figures - A “figure of the day” seemed to reveal some interesting statistics about the hotel industry in Bishkek – but how useful were they … really? – 15/04/13
  • Soviet Union
    • Absanat Masalievish Masaliev - the man who led the Kyrgyz Socialist Soviet Republic just before the disolution of the Soviet Union – 10/04/13
  • Tourism
    • Something for just about everyone … - Just what is there to do in Kyrgyzstan? …  - 07/04/13
    • A Lesson in Market Research - An important difference between two similar brands – 09/04/13
    • Shopping - Some people love it – others hate it, but shopping in Kyrgyzstan can be quite a varied experience – 14/04/13
    • Accommodating figures - A “figure of the day” seemed to reveal some interesting statistics about the hotel industry in Bishkek – but how useful were they … really? – 15/04/13
    • Souvenirs - What to buy as a momento of Kyrgyzstan – 21/04/13
  • Traditional Culture

… and not forgetting

Day by Day

  •  The Prezhervalsk Monument, Karakol - Nikolai Prezhervalk, the famous Russian Explorer was born on 31st March 1839, and died in Issyk Kul in October 1888 … and a monument to him was erected in 1893  - 01/04/13
  • State – v – Official Languages - I confess to a certain amount of confusion.  Just what is a State Language and what is an Official Language? - 02/04/13
  • The postman … or postwoman - In 1860, the Pony Express was launched on April 3rd – but today’s post office involves a lot more than just mail delivery 03/04/13
  • Garlic – the “stinking rose” - An April Fool’s joke and an announcement of a newly discovered strain of Garlic inspired this look at an important ingredient in Kyrgyz cuisine – 04/04/13
  • Apricots - There’s a festival in Batken to celebrate the Apricot blossom … the fruit is one of the symbols of this southern province – 05/04/13
  • The Declaration of Arbroath - the regular weekly postcards giving a personal review of the week’s news from here in Kyrgyzstan – 06/04/13
  • Something for just about everyone … - Just what is there to do in Kyrgyzstan? …  - 07/04/13
  • Tzingani - On International Romani Day – a look at the “gypsies” of Kyrgyzstan – 08/04/13
  • A Lesson in Market Research - An important difference between two similar brands – 09/04/13
  • Absanat Masalievish Masaliev - the man who led the Kyrgyz Socialist Soviet Republic just before the disolution of the Soviet Union – 10/04/13
  • The most boring day in history ?  – Some days it seems as is nothing much happens – 11/04/13
  • Some photos from a bygone age - Some photographs unveil a relatively unknown expedition to the Tien Shan in 1900 – 12/04/13
  • That’s the wonder of … - the regular weekly postcards giving a personal review of the week’s news from here in Kyrgyzstan – 13/04/13
  • Shopping - Some people love it – others hate it, but shopping in Kyrgyzstan can be quite a varied experience – 14/04/13
  • Accommodating figures - A “figure of the day” seemed to reveal some interesting statistics about the hotel industry in Bishkek – but how useful were they … really? – 15/04/13
  • All that glistens … - it may well be true that “there’s gold in them there hills” – but the industry in Kyrgyzstan is going through difficult times – 16/04/13
  • The Besh Aral State Reserve - one of Kyrgyzstan’s National Parks – 17/04/13
  • Disappearing Glaciers - There are a lot of glaciers in Kyrgyzstan’s mountains – but less than when I first came here nearly 18 years ago … why’s that? – 18/04/13
  • Kurmanbek Baatyr - one of the Kyrgyz “minor” epics – 19/04/13
  • Kaputt: the end of the Red Baron - the regular weekly postcards giving a personal review of the week’s news from here in Kyrgyzstan – 20/04/13
  • Souvenirs - What to buy as a momento of Kyrgyzstan – 21/04/13
  • Better late than never … - With an impeccable sense of timing, on April 9th the Kyrgyz Government issued a Rasporyazheniye, (an order), approving a list of some 19 anniversaries to be officially commemorated in 2013: the birthdays of eighteen famous people and one institution.  - 22/04/13
  • A puzzling time - Helping Maxim with his homework, I discovered a discovered a simple piece of software for creating simple Crosswords … and here’s an example – 23/04/13
  • Borsh : Where’s the beetroot? … Wheres the Meat? - My efforts to cook the standard soup always seems to create problems – 24/04/13
  • Summertime – and the living is easy … - I always have trouble with the calendar, and the designation of April 25th as the first Day of Summer, (in Iceland), seems a little optimistic – 25/04/13
  • Archa - One of the most common trees in Kyrgyzstan is the Archa, (or Juniper) – 26/04/13
  • It’s a long way to … - the regular weekly postcards giving a personal re
  • view of the week’s news from here in Kyrgyzstan – 27/04/13
  • Eating out … dining in Kyrgyzstan - Food is one of the most important things to concern visitors when they are traveling abroad … – 28/04/13
  • Prezhervalskiy Museum, Karakol - April 29th, 1957, saw the opening of the Prezhervalskiy Museum on the headland between the Karakol and Kara Suu Rivers, at the eastern end of Lake Issyk Kul – some 12 km from the regional center of Karakol – 29/04/13
  • The Month ahead - People often ask me about how I keep track of all the special days and anniversaries that feature in my postcards … and the answer is that I try to keep a diary of them. – 30/04/13

 

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