Postcards – May 2013

June 1st, 2013 Sections: ianbek

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

  • Calendar
    •  Mairamynyzdar Menen! -  Happy Holidays - 01/05/13
    • War Memorials - To commemorate Victory Day, (marking the end of the Second World War), I took a look at some of the War Memorials around the country –  09/05/13
    • Radonitsa - The Tuesday after Easter is a day to remember the dead – 14/05/13
    • Keeping the Peace - Kyrgyzstan’s and the UN Peacekeeping efforts –  29/05/13
  • Celestial Mountains
    •  Nightlife and entertainment - There’s plenty of opportunities for going “out on the town” here in Bishkek – 05/05/13
    • Take a City Tour - A City tour can be a good way to get your bearings as well as seeing the highlights - 12/05/03
    • Day Trips from Bishkek - For those with a day off in Bishkek, there’s lot of different ways to fill it - 19/05/13
    • Taking a Weekend Break - Ideas for taking a weekend break from Bishkek - 26/05/13
  • Culture
  • Education 
    • Bilimkana - New schools in Kyrgyzstan – a hope for the future - 27/05/13
  • Fauna and Flora
    • Wild greeby - A number of cases of mycetism prompted me to look at mushrooms in Kyrgyzstan - 07/05/13
    • A charm for pain and woe. - It’s that time of year for photographs of poppy fields that paint hillsides red – 13/05/13
    • Going Batty  - Bats in Kyrgyzstan -31/05/13
  • For the record
    • Is it the real thing? - after twenty years as the national currency, special security measures are necessary to protect the Som from forgeries  - 10/05/13
    • The Tatars - One of the many nationalities that contribute to the cultural diversity of modern day Kyrgyzstan – 17/05/13
  • History 
    • War Memorials - To commemorate Victory Day, (marking the end of the Second World War), I took a look at some of the War Memorials around the country –  09/05/13
    • Bishkek Riots – 1966 - One of the “interesting times” which presaged later revolutionary situations – 16/05/13
    • In the footsteps of … Paul Pelliot - The French scholar who passed through Kyrgyzstan on his way to his great discovery - 28/05/13
  • Life in Kyrgyzstan
    • Customs and Duty Free – Kyrgyzstan wants to have the best Duty Free Shopping in the CIS - 03/05/13
    • I’ve been away a long time … - A look at a form of DIY advertising which has long been common here and now seems to be making an impact in Britain (… well, it was featured in an advert for the Archers) – 08/05/13
  • People
    • The Tatars - One of the many nationalities that contribute to the cultural diversity of modern day Kyrgyzstan – 17/05/13
    • Yudakhin - A famous linguist who collected traditional nomadic wisdom in  thousands of traditional Kyrgyz proverbial sayings – 15/05/13
    • Raikan Shukurbekov - We missed the 100th anniversary of his birth earlier this year … but to mark the 49th anniversary of his death I took a look at the famous Kyrgyz poet and playwright  - 23/05/13
    • In the footsteps of … Paul Pelliot - The French scholar who passed through Kyrgyzstan on his way to his great discovery - 28/05/13
  • Places
  • Religion
    • The Good Book – in Kyrgyz – On the anniversary of the publication of the Authorized Version of the Bible in English … what about the Kyrgyz version? - 02/05/13
    • Radonitsa - The Tuesday after Easter is a day to remember the dead – 14/05/13
  • Soviet Union
    • Bishkek Riots – 1966 - One of the “interesting times” which presaged later revolutionary situations – 16/05/13
  • Tourism
  • Traditional Culture
    • Yudakhin - A famous linguist who collected traditional nomadic wisdom in  thousands of traditional Kyrgyz proverbial sayings – 15/05/13

… and not forgetting

Day by Day

  • Mairamynyzdar Menen! -  Happy Holidays - 01/05/13
  • The Good Book – in Kyrgyz – On the anniversary of the publication of the  Authorized Version of the Bible in English … what about the Kyrgyz version? - 02/05/13
  • Customs and Duty Free – Kyrgyzstan wants to have the best Duty Free Shopping in the CIS - 03/05/13
  • It’s not all down to the bottom line - the regular weekly postcard giving a personal review of the week’s news from here in Kyrgyzstan – 04/05/13
  • Nightlife and entertainment - There’s plenty of opportunities for going “out on the town” here in Bishkek – 05/05/13
  • Tuu Ashu - Although we don’t have anything on the scale of the Channel Tunnel, we do have the Tuu Ashu Tunnel,  - 06/05/13
  • Wild greeby - A number of cases of mycetism prompted me to look at mushrooms in Kyrgyzstan - 07/05/13
  • I’ve been away a long time … - A look at a form of DIY advertising which has long been common here and now seems to be making an impact in Britain (… well, it was featured in an advert for the Archers) – 08/05/13
  • War Memorials - To commemorate Victory Day, (marking the end of the Second World War), I took a look at some of the War Memorials around the country –  09/05/13
  • Is it the real thing? - after twenty years as the national currency, special security measures are necessary to protect the Som from forgeries  - 10/05/13
  • Finally … - the regular weekly postcard giving a personal review of the week’s news from here in Kyrgyzstan - 11/05/13
  • Take a City Tour - A City tour can be a good way to get your bearings as well as seeing the highlights - 12/05/03
  • A charm for pain and woe. - It’s that time of year for photographs of poppy fields that paint hillsides red – 13/05/13
  • Radonitsa - The Tuesday after Easter is a day to remember the dead – 14/05/13
  • Yudakhin - A famous linguist who collected traditional nomadic wisdom in  thousands of traditional Kyrgyz proverbial sayings – 15/05/13
  • Bishkek Riots – 1966 - One of the “interesting times” which presaged later revolutionary situations – 16/05/13
  • The Tatars - One of the many nationalities that contribute to the cultural diversity of modern day Kyrgyzstan – 17/05/13
  • Whiskey Galore - The regular weekly postcard giving a personal review of the week’s news from here in Kyrgyzstan - 18/05/13
  • Day Trips from Bishkek - For those with a day off in Bishkek, there’s lot of different ways to fill it - 19/05/13
  • Responding to Accidents - Accidents happen … but what happens next is what really matters - 20/05/13
  • The Manas Gumbez and Museum. - Talas holds a special place in the spirit of the Kyrgyz … it’s the motherland of Manas - 21/05/13
  • It’s got nothing to do with philosophy – Kant. - Kant is known locally for a brewery, a sugar factory and an air base … but there’s more to it than just that - 22/05/13
  • Raikan Shukurbekov - We missed the 100th anniversary of his birth earlier this year … but to mark the 49th anniversary of his death I took a look at the famous Kyrgyz poet and playwright  - 23/05/13
  • When I say Avrora – I mean Aurora … or vice versa -  The ship was launched in 1900 – the sanatoria was built in 1979 … one is now a museum … but the other is still going strong - 24/05/13
  • For whom the bell tolls … - The regular weekly postcard giving a personal review of the week’s news from here in Kyrgyzstan - 25/05/13
  • Taking a Weekend Break - Ideas for taking a weekend break from Bishkek - 26/05/13
  • Bilimkana - New schools in Kyrgyzstan – a hope for the future - 27/05/13
  • In the footsteps of … Paul Pelliot - The French scholar who passed through Kyrgyzstan on his way to his great discovery - 28/05/13
  • Keeping the Peace - Kyrgyzstan and the UN Peacekeeping efforts –  29/05/13
  • A night at the ballet – A visit to see the “Rising Stars” of Ballet in Kyrgyzstan – 30/05/13
  • Going Batty  - Bats in Kyrgyzstan -31/05/13
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