October – commemorations and anniversaries – 2013

October 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.

 

Oct 1st

  • International Day of Older Persons
  • World Vegetarian Day
  • International Coffee Day (2)
  • 1826 – Birth of the komuz player and the musician, Kuronkei Belek uulu
  • 1888 – Opening oif the Prezhervalsk Agricultural School
  • 1927 - Birth of M.Mamakeev, the surgeon and the doctor of medical sciences
  • 1936 – Radio station starts operating in Frunze
  • 1954 – Opening of the Frunze Polytechnic Institute

Oct 2nd

  • World Farm Animals Day
  • 1967 - Opening of the Kyrgyz State institute of arts by a name of Bubusara Beishenalieva

Oct 3rd

Oct 4th

Oct 5th

  • Dehn Goroda – Osh
  • World Teachers’ Day
  • 2008 – Earthquake in Southern Kyrgyzstan destroys the village of Nura

Oct 6th

  • Day of Education – First Sunday in October – this year 6th October (Professional Holiday)
  • 1913 – Birth of the Linguist B. Yunusaliev
  • 1936 - Formation of the Philharmonic Society
  • 1949 – Birth of the poet Asan Djakshilykov

Oct 7th

Oct 8th

Oct 9th

  • World Post Day
  • International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction – Second Wednesday – this year 9th October

Oct 10th

Oct 11th

  • 1926 – Foundation of the Music Drama Studio – now the Opera and Ballet Theater
  • 1946 – Birth of Kenjegazy Asanbaev, the prose writer

Oct 12th

  • 1991 – Askar Akaev elected President by popular vote
  • 1999 - Batken oblast established

Oct 13th

  • National Crafts Day – Second Sunday (Professional Holiday) – this year 13th October 
  • 1863 - Oath of the Kyrgyz of Ak-Sai and Chatyr Kul on becoming subjects of Russia

Oct 14th

  • World Standards Day
  • 1924 - The Kara-Kyrgyz Autonomous Oblast is established

Oct 15th

Oct 16th

  • World Food Day

Oct 17th

  • International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
  • 1998 – Referendum on Constitutional amendments

Oct 18th

Oct 19th

Oct 20th

  •  Food Industries Day – Third Sunday (Professional Holiday) – this year 20th October
  • 1888 - Death of the Russian explorer Nikolai Mikhailovich Prezhervals in Karakol
  • 1917 – Birth of the poet Ninakan  (Namyzova) Djundubaeva
    1923 – Birth of the actress B. Kydykeeva (or Sep?)
  • 1941 – Birth of Saparbek Karmyshakov, the literary critic

Oct 21st

  • 1967 - First performance by the circus group Young Kyrgyzstan
  • 1994 – Second referendum on changes to constitution adopted in May 1993
  • 2007 – Referendum on Constitutional changes

Oct 22nd

  • 1905 – Mass meeting and disturbances in Bishkek

Oct 23rd

  • 1896 - Birth of the revolutionary hero Yakov Nikiforovich Logvinenko
    1923 – Birth of the writer Dz. Mavlyanov
  • 1932 - Birth of the writer, the playwright and the public figure, Jalil Sadykov
  • 1974 – Commissioning of the runway at Manas airport

Oct 24th

  • Diplomatic Services Day (Professional Holiday)
  • United Nations Day
  • Day of Standardization and Metrology (Professional Holiday)
  • World Development Information Day
  • 1862 – Re-capture of the rebuilt Pishpek Fortress by Russian troops

Oct 25th

  • 1864 – Birth of the akyn Toktogul Satylganov
  • 1928 – Birth of the writer Shukurbek Beyshenaliev
  • 1933 – Birth of the writer Abdykadyr Sadykov
  • 1966 – Unveiling of the monument to Mikhail Frunze at Railway Square.
  • 1967 – Opening of the new building houses the museum MV Frunze.

Oct 26th

  • 1889 – Birth of the politician and scholar Abdykaerimov Sydykov – often regarded as the Father of the Kyrgyz nation

Oct 27th

  • Transport and Road Workers’ Day – Last Sunday (Professional Holiday) – this year 27th October
  • Community Day - Local Government Day - last Sunday in October – this year 27th October
  • 1990 - Askar Akaev elected as President of the Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic

Oct 28th

Oct 29th

Oct 30th

Oct 31st

  • Halloween
  • 1879 – Opening of the Parish School in Pishpek – the city’s first school

 

Notes

  • Day of Education – First Sunday in October – this year 5th October (Professional Holiday)
  • World Habitat Day – First Monday – this year 7th October
  • International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction – Second Wednesday – this year 9th October
  • National Crafts Day – Second Sunday (Professional Holiday) – this year 13th October 
  • Kurman Ait (Public Holiday) – fixed according to the Islamic Lunar Calendar – this year 15th October 
  • Food Industries Day – Third Sunday (Professional Holiday) – this year 20th October
  • Transport and Road Workers’ Day – Last Sunday (Professional Holiday) – this year 27th October
  • Community Day – Local Government Day – last Sunday in October – this year 27th October

 

 

 

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