July – commemorations and anniversaries – 2013

July 1st, 2013 Sections: The Year in Kyrgyzstan

Calendar

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.

Actually, the diary has a lot of other entries … but here I have extracted the entries that have some specific connection with the International community or to Kyrgyzstan

I must confess that I am not that good at keeping it up to date … every time I come across a new date or Commemorative Day, then I should reach for the computer and load the diary file to make an addition … but more often than not I happen to be away from my desk and the computer and so the new entry gets put onto one side and eventually over looked.

Then again, we don’t know, (that is, I can’t find), all of the dates … as a result the selection is quite eclectic … there is a lot missing and sometimes, when I go back to look over the list, I ask myself, “why on earth did I include that entry?” … so,  if anyone wants to help me fill in the gaps I will be very grateful.

The entries take the form:

Date

  • Public Holidays
  • Special Days such as Professional Holidays
  • International Commemorative Days – those officially recognized by the UN – which means they are normally marked in Kyrgyzstan
  • Other miscellaneous anniversaries or commemorations
  • The day in History – events connected with Kyrgyzstan, mainly Births and Deaths

Moveable feasts – where the dates change from year to year – are in italics. 

Jul 1st

Jul 2nd

Jul 3rd

  • Stay out of the Sun Day

Jul 4th

 

Jul 5th

 

Jul 6th

  •  International Day of Cooperatives – First Saturday – this year 6th July

Jul 7th

  • Medical Workers Day – First Sunday (Professional Holiday) – this year 7th July
  • 1995 – Agreement signed with Cameco for the development of the Kumtor Gold mine

Jul 8th

  • 1960 – Death of Karamoldo (Toktomambet Orozov) The komuzist who played all day

Jul 9th

  • Ramadan - a month of fasting fixed in the lunar Islamic Calendar – this year from 9th July to the 8th August 
  • Orthodox feat of Theotokos of Tikhvin

Jul 10th

  • Ramadan - a month of fasting fixed in the lunar Islamic Calendar – this year from 9th July to the 8th August 
  • 1891 – Birth of the painter, V.V.Obrazcov
  • 1894 - Birth of Peter Fedorovich Shubin
  • 1916 – Popular uprising “Urkun”
  • 1946 – Birth of the poetess, Roza Karagulova
  • 1951 – Birth of the akyn, Egemberdi Ermatov
  • 2010 - Ethnic conflict erupts in Southern Kyrgyzstan resulting in about 400 deaths and 400,000 people displaced

Jul 11th

  • Ramadan - a month of fasting fixed in the lunar Islamic Calendar – this year from 9th July to the 8th August 
  • World Population Day

Jul 12th

  •  Ramadan - a month of fasting fixed in the lunar Islamic Calendar – this year from 9th July to the 8th August 

Jul 13th

  • Ramadan - a month of fasting fixed in the lunar Islamic Calendar – this year from 9th July to the 8th August 
  • 1926 - First Passenger steamship launched on Lake Issyk Kul
  • 1989 – Death of the writer Kasym Kaimov

Jul 14th

  • Ramadan - a month of fasting fixed in the lunar Islamic Calendar – this year from 9th July to the 8th August 
  • 1932 – Birth of the poet Maraliev

Jul 15th

  • Ramadan - a month of fasting fixed in the lunar Islamic Calendar – this year from 9th July to the 8th August 
  • 1912 - Birth of Abdrasul Toktomushev, Kyrgyz national poet, the winner of the state award by a name of Toktogul
  • 1915 – Opening of the Pishpek Public Library and Reading Room

Jul 16th

  • Ramadan - a month of fasting fixed in the lunar Islamic Calendar – this year from 9th July to the 8th August 
  • 1949 – Birth of the politician Ishenbai Duyshonbiyevich Kadyrbekov

Jul 17th

  •  Ramadan - a month of fasting fixed in the lunar Islamic Calendar – this year from 9th July to the 8th August 

Jul 18th

  •  Ramadan - a month of fasting fixed in the lunar Islamic Calendar – this year from 9th July to the 8th August 

Jul 19th

  • Ramadan - a month of fasting fixed in the lunar Islamic Calendar – this year from 9th July to the 8th August 
  • 1964 – The opening of the ski sport base “Chon-Tash.”

Jul 20th

  • Ramadan - a month of fasting fixed in the lunar Islamic Calendar – this year from 9th July to the 8th August 
  • Day of the National Guard - Professional Holiday

Jul 21st

  • Ramadan - a month of fasting fixed in the lunar Islamic Calendar – this year from 9th July to the 8th August 
  • Metal Workers’ Day – Third Sunday (Professional Holiday) – this year 21st July
  • Service Industries Day – Third Sunday (Professional Holiday) – this year 21st July
  • 1914 – Soldiers protest being sent to the front
  • 2008 – Death of the conductor A Dzumahmatov

Jul 22nd

  • Ramadan - a month of fasting fixed in the lunar Islamic Calendar – this year from 9th July to the 8th August 
  • 1914 – Soldiers protest being sent to the front

Jul 23rd

  • Ramadan - a month of fasting fixed in the lunar Islamic Calendar – this year from 9th July to the 8th August 
  • 2009 – President Bakiev is relected for a second term

Jul 24th

  •  Ramadan - a month of fasting fixed in the lunar Islamic Calendar – this year from 9th July to the 8th August 

Jul 25th

  • 2005 - Kurmanbek Bakiev formally elected as Kyrgyzstan’s second President

Jul 26th

  •  Ramadan - a month of fasting fixed in the lunar Islamic Calendar – this year from 9th July to the 8th August 

Jul 27th

  • Ramadan - a month of fasting fixed in the lunar Islamic Calendar – this year from 9th July to the 8th August 
  • 2010 - Referendum approves Roza Otunbaeva as President and a new constitution

Jul 28th

  • Ramadan - a month of fasting fixed in the lunar Islamic Calendar – this year from 9th July to the 8th August 
  • World Hepatitis Day
  • 1981 – Unveiling of the monument to Maxim Gorky.

Jul 29th

  •  Ramadan - a month of fasting fixed in the lunar Islamic Calendar – this year from 9th July to the 8th August 

Jul 30th

  • Ramadan - a month of fasting fixed in the lunar Islamic Calendar – this year from 9th July to the 8th August 
  • 1911 – Sack of the Svetly Mys Monastery (by the Julian Calendar)

Jul 31st


  • 2004 – Death of the politician and statesman A. Masaliev

 

Notes

  • International Day of Cooperatives – First Saturday – this year 6th July
  • Medical Workers Day – First Sunday (Professional Holiday) – this year 7th July
  • Metal Workers’ Day – Third Sunday (Professional Holiday) – this year 21st July
  • Service Industries Day – Third Sunday (Professional Holiday) – this year 21st July
  • Ramadan - a month of fasting fixed in the lunar Islamic Calendar – this year from 9th July to the 8th August 

 

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