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Monuments of Bishkek
As with any capital city - Bishkek has a number of monuments erected to commemorate some person or event. In 2002 a new book was published about the monuments. It is quite big and heavy, and in Russian, but it has some nice photographs showing many of then. Here is a list of some of them starting in the North and progressing South and East to West ...
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Monuments of Balasagun
80km from Bishkek lie the remains of the former Karakhanid city of Balgasun. Balgasun was founded in the 10th century by the Sogdians and later became one of the capitals of the Eastern Khanate (the second was Kashgar). During the Mongol invasion, Balgasun was spared and renamed Gobalyk. However the city went into decline from this point onwards and by the 15th century lay lost in the Chuy Valley steppe, ruined and abandoned ...
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