1. Russia Redux • Возвращающаяся Россия

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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BishkekKyrgyzstanБишкекКиргизииКыргызстанКиргизская РеспуубликаСредняя АзияRepublic of KyrgyzstanCentral Asiarusurusu photography

  • RT crew - Azat Otogonov, Oxana Boyko, Rustem Safronov & Misha Sharkov in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan.
  • Recreational complex in the mountains.
  • Safronov on the rocks.
  • Mountains of Kyrgyzstan.
  • Oxana Boyko.
  • House against a mountain backdrop.
  • Hopes & prayers hanging from a tree.
  • Sheepskin drying in a tree.
  • Oxana Boyko.
  • It may look like the Alps, but it's Kyrgyzstan.
  • The river flows.
  • Make shift bridge across a river in Kyrgyzstan.
  • River rapids.
  • Smoothed by the river.
  • Fishing in the river.
  • Texting while fishing.
  • Misha, Azat & Rustem.
  • A grand day!
  • "Задумался Иванушка на берегу речки ..."
  • Я не был в Средней Азии 17 лет....Наконец-то....
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