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| Cities & places in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan cities. History and pictures of every interesting Kyrgyzstan city |
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| In the Djalal-Abad region of Southern Kyrgyzstan lie the walnut groves of Arslan Bob. Arslan Bob is said to be named after an 11th century hero who met his death nearby - betrayed by his wife to his enemies. His footprints, handprints and bloodstains are said to be still visible at the spot. There is another account which tells of a moest and earnest, hardworking man charged by the prophet Muhammed with finding a beautiful and comfortable place ... |
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| cannot claim to be one of the major cities of the world, like London, Paris or New York. It is, however, the capital city of Kyrgyzstan and does have a number of important and interesting buildings, monuments, parks, museums, galleries, theatres and other places worth seeing or visiting. This is not meant to be an exhaustive guide to the city but simply a brief introduction to the city and its history ... |
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| Chalpon Ata is the largest town (village) on the Northern shore of the lake, about half way along, some 250 kilometers from Bishkek. Summer always saw large numbers of tourists descend with their vouchers for a saty in one of the nearby sanatoria or tour resorts (Chalpon Ata boasts one of the two Presidential residences on the lake), and Soviet athletes used to come here to train at altitude ... |
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| It is the administrative, economic and cultural centre of Jalal-Abad oblast (province). It lies in the south of the Kugart valley, in the foothills of the Babash Ata mountains to the North. The climate is noted for dry, hot summers, warm and sunny autumns with rare rainbursts and winters are warm with high humidity. The region is a centre for fruit and vegetable growing ... |
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| Osh is a very ancient town on the Great Silk Road, and celebrated its 3000 years anniversary just some years ago. The architecture of the town is completely different from the one of Bishkek, as there are much less Soviet buildings, and the biggest part of the houses are low privte houses, mainly in uzbek style with wooden ornaments. The only thing that is really similar to Bishkek, are the boulevards and parks with lots of trees ... |
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| Karakol is at the Eastern end of Lake Issyk Kul. The largest town and the administration center of the Issyk Kul oblast, the town was founded by Russian settlers in the 1869. The name translates as "black hand" ... |
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| Most people used to simply pass through Kochkor (or Kochkorka, as it used to be known in Russian), on their way to, or from, Torugart and the Chinese border. Nowadays, more people are stopping and spending some time in the region ... |
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| Chalpon Ata is the largest town (village) on the Northern shore of the lake, about half way along, some 250 kilometers from Bishkek. Summer always saw large numbers of tourists descend with their vouchers for a saty in one of the nearby sanatoria or tour resorts (Chalpon Ata boasts one of the two Presidential residences on the lake), and Soviet athletes used to come here to train at altitude ... |
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| Osh is a very ancient town on the Great Silk Road, and celebrated its 3000 years anniversary just some years ago. The architecture of the town is completely different from the one of Bishkek, as there are much less Soviet buildings, and the biggest part of the houses are low privte houses, mainly in uzbek style with wooden ornaments. The only thing that is really similar to Bishkek, are the boulevards and parks with lots of trees ... |
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| Hidden at over 3000 meters in the Ferghana range, about 100 km morthwest of Djalal Abad, near the Kurgat Pass is the remote, small plateau of Sailamu-Tash. The name means "Patterned stone" and refers to the fact that here is a gallery of thousands of stone paintings - petroglyphs which are littered around the landscape. Saimulu Tash means "embroidered stones" in Kyrgyz - which aptly describes the scene ... |
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