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Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (11.2011)

Not Russia, but... the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan has long been tied to Russia, having been ceded to Tsarist Russia in a treaty with China in 1876. It was a republic during Soviet rule and became an independent country in December 1991. A poor, land-locked, mountainous country of just over 5,000,000 people, Kyrgyzstan is one of the world's six independent Turkic states. Although the country is historically Muslim, it has long been a secular state, though it is now faced with an increasingly active Islamic community and influx of Muslim missionaries. Both Russia and the U.S. have military bases in Kyrgyzstan with the U.S. base supporting U.S. military operations in Afghanistan.
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Rustem amongst the grasses.
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Rustem amongst the grasses.

BishkekKyrgyzstanБишкекКиргизииКыргызстанКиргизская РеспуубликаСредняя АзияRepublic of KyrgyzstanCentral Asiarusurusu photography

  • Rustem amongst the grasses.
  • Oxana Boyko.
  • Heading to a swimming pool.
  • Mineral content of the swimming pool's water.
  • Mineral salts swimming pool. This was probably a nice pool once upon a time.
  • Grave of Kyrgyz writer, Chingiz Aitmatov. Могила великого Чингиза Айтматова.
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