February – commemorations and anniversaries – 2014
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, (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 include:
Public Holidays
International Commemorations
Those officially recognized by the UN – which means they are normally marked in Kyrgyzstan
Professional Holidays
Births
Deaths
Events
Miscellaneous
Moveable feasts
Where the dates change from year to year – appear in italics.
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Feb 1st
Births
1902 – Birth of the American poet Langston Hughes
Deaths
1907 - Death of Kurmanjan Datka
Events
1926 – Kyrgyz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic established
1933 – Founding of the Kyrgyz National Agrarian University
1992 - The USA opens the first foreign embassy in Bishkek
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Feb 2nd
International Commemorations
Wetlands Day
Births
1885 – Birth of Mikhail Vasilivich Frunze
Miscellaneous
Groundhog Day
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Feb 3rd
Events
2009 – President Bakiev announces the intention to close the Manas Air Base
Miscellaneous
Tu B’Shevat (Jewish) – 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat – this year 3rd February
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Feb 4th
International Commemorations
World Day to Combat Cancer
Births
1949 – Birth of the Ballet dancer Cholponbek Bazarbaev
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Feb 5th
Events
1991 - The capital city, Frunze, is renamed Bishkek
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Feb 6th
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Feb 7th
Births
1844 – Birth of Alexei Pavlovich Fedchenko (according to the Julian calendar)
Miscellaneous
National Wear Red Day - wear red to “show support for the awareness of heart disease” - First Friday – this year 7th February – in the US … in Britain it is commemorated on 26th February
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Feb 8th
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Feb 9th
Miscellaneous
International Day of the Dentist
World Marriage Day – Second Sunday – this year 9th February
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Feb 10th
Births
1926 – Birth of the literary critic and the critic, Sharshenbek Umetaliev
Events
1996 – Referendum on constitutional amendments
Miscellaneous
World Day of the Sick
National Condom Day
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Feb 11th
International Commemorations
World Radio Day
Events
1918 – the Pishpek county congress of Soviets recognizes the establishment of Soviet power in the city and county
1926 – the Kyrgyz Autonomous Oblast is reorganized as the Kyrgyz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
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Feb 12th
Professional Holidays
Day of workers in antinarcotics services
Events
1865 - Formation of the Turkestan region (which included the Northern part of Kyrgyzstan)
Miscellaneous
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Feb 13th
Miscellaneous
Get a different Name Day
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Feb 14th
Births
1483 - Birth of Babur
1939 - Birth of the Film Director of former deputy of the Jogorku Kenesh, Sadyrbaev Dooronbek
Events
1918 - Russia (The Soviet Union) adopts the Gregorian Calendar
Miscellaneous
St. Valentine’s Day
Day of the Programmer
Singles Awareness Day
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Feb 15th
Events
1989 – Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan
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Feb 16th
Births
1941 – Birth of the known prose writer and the film writer Kadyrkul Omurkulov
Micellaneous
International Day for Children with Cancer
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Feb 17th
Births
1901 – Birth of Khuseyin Karasaev, linguist and the first state lexicographer
Deaths
1933 – Death of the akyn Toktogul Satylganov
Events
1992 – Kyrgyzstan joins the Economic Cooperation Organization
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Feb 18th
Births
1914 - Birth of the artist Fyodor Stukoshina
Deaths
1405 – Death of Timur the lame – Tamerlane
1938 – Death of the Statesman Djusup Abdrachmanov
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Feb 19th
Professional Holidays
Day of the Financial Police
Births
1865 - Birth of the Swedish explorer Sven Hedin
1934 - Birth of the painter Kubanychek Amankozhoev
Deaths
2012 - Death of the ballet dancer and choreographer Uran Sarbagishev
Events
1876 – the Russians capture Kokand and abolish the Kokand Khanate
Miscellaneous
World Day for the protection of marine mammals (Whales Day)
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Feb 20th
International Commemorations
World Day of Social Justice
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Feb 21st
International Commemorations
International Mother Language Day
Miscellaneous
World Day of the Guide
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Feb 22nd
International Commemorations
International Day in Support of Victims of Crime
Professional Holidays
Day of Land Management, Geodesy and Cartography
Miscellaneous
Work your proper hours Day
Thinking Day
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Feb 23rd
Public Holiday
Births
1903 – Birth of the Czech socialist Julius Fuchik
Events
1944 – Operation Lentil begins – Forced deportation of Chechens to Central Asia
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Feb 24th
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Feb 25th
Events
1956 – Khrushchev’s secret speech denouncing the cult of personality
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Feb 26th
Deaths
1914– Death of Pyotr Semyonov-Tien-Shansky, Russian geographer and statistician
Miscellaneous
Wear Red Day (UK) to show support for the awareness of Heart Disease
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Feb 27th
Miscellaneous
International Day of the Polar Bear
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Feb 28th
Births
1881 – Birth of the researcher of the epos “Manas”, the literary critic and the translator E.I.Polivanov
1940 – Birth of the poet Omor Sooronov
Miscellaneous
International Day of Rare Diseases
National Tooth Fairy Day
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Feb 29th
Births
1950 – This has to be a mistake – 1950 was not a leap year – Birth of the poet Shailoobek Duisheev
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Notes
National Wear Red Day – First Friday – this year 7th February
World Marriage Day – Second Sunday – this year 9th February
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