The Republic of Uzbekistan is the only doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of only two such countries worldwide. Less than 10% of its territory is intensively cultivated irrigated land in river valleys and oases. The rest is vast desert (Kyzyl Kum) and mountains. There is little precipitation expected annually (100–200 millimeters,…
The capital, Bishkek, is situated in the Chui valley in the north of the country, between the Talas valley in the west and the eastern Issyk-Kul region. It was founded in 1825 and originally was called Pishpek, after the fortress that was in South – West part of modern city during the ancient times….
It is no secret that there are virgin mountain tops of more than 4000m — 5000m height in Kyrgyzstan that are unknown and any body was there yet. Therefore expeditions for virgin summits submission are very favorable in our country. One of the most bright and memorable such expeditions was in year…
The wide variety of flora species which can be found in Kyrgyzstan is due to the different landscapes, the various altitudes, the mountain ridges and the hollows formed between them which in many cases form isolated micro-environments. In the low-lying valleys and in the low foothills, steppes prevail. In the middle mountainous zone are widely…
The wildlife of Kyrgyzstan is very rich and diverse. Entire the territory of our country you can find animal life typical of deserts and forests, valleys and mountains, steppes and meadows There are about 500 different species of vertebrates and over 3000 species of insects which have been catalogued, including 60 species of dragon-fly, 86…
To support the preservation of invaluable virgin natural resources of Kyrgyzstan there were established 83 specially protected natural territories. The total area of of such territories consits 761 300 hectares at all, which is almost 4% of total land area of Kyrgyzstan. Though, the most famous and at the same time the most visited area…
Folklore ensemble “Kambarkan” is one of the oldest collective in republic. It has been created in 1988. In structure of ensemble young, but professional musicians who were united with huge love to national tools and the Kirghiz folk music. The ensemble “Kambarkan” is unique collective where the most ancient musical instruments are collected, such…
Khyrghyz people perhaps mainly originated from the northern Altai Mountains. However, the word «Kyrgyz» (which means something like «forty tribes») is one of the oldest in central Asia, being recorded in written documents as early as the third millennium BC. A Kyrgyz Khanate stretched from the Yenisei River to the eastern Tien-Shan in the…
There was no single way of the Great Silk Route — rather there were a number of different routes used by ancient traders. Some of the main road parts ran through Kyrgyzstan, both in the North (coming over the mountains from China and down from the land that Kazakhstan passed Issyk-Kul lake and then…
