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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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Bishkekgirl in pinkKyrgyzstanБишкекКиргизииКыргызстанКиргизская РеспуубликаСредняя АзияRepublic of KyrgyzstanCentral AsiaKyrgyz girlrusurusu photography

  • Kyrgyz girl wearing Chanel. Fifteen year old Rakhat has been forbidden to attend school for her refusal to remove her hijab. It is not traditional dress for Kyrgyzstan and, like many countries, they're concerned with the rising spread is Islam.
  • Jamal Frantbek Kizi, head of the Association of Muslim Women, in her office. Руководительница Ассоциации женщин-мусульманок Джамал Франтбек кызы в своем офисе.
  • Waiting to vote in the 2011 Presidential election. На избирательном участке в день президентских выборов. Бишкек, Кыргызстан,
  • Presidential candidate, Omurbek Syvanaliev. Омурбек Суваналиев, генерал милиции, кандидат в президенты.
  • Pretty in pink.
  • Mother & child.
  • Boston Market :)
  • Bishkek monument.
  • Flowers under snow at a polling station on the day of the Presidential election. На избирательном участке в день выборов.
  • Polling station entrance. Перед избирательным участком в день выборов.
  • Man waiting in line to cast his ballot in Kyrgyzstan's 2011 Presidential election.
  • Kyrgyz women are traditionally politically active. Киргизские женщины очень активны политически.
  • With a weak & often corrupt law enforcement, a number of individuals now employ their own army of guards. В Кыргызстане наюблюдается бум всяческих дружин и полувоенных формирований в условиях ослабления традиционных правоохранительных органов.
  • Almazbek Atambaev - presidential contender & the ultimate winner.
  • Journalists rushing presidential contender, Almazbek Atambaev.
  • В этот день, 30 октября 2011 года, Алмазбек Атамбаев был избран президентом Киргизии.
  • Students at the Institute of Islam. Слушательницы курсов Корана при Исламском институте в Бишкеке торопятся на занятия.
  • On the street in Bishkek.
  • Gulnara Ibraeva, sociologist & professor at the American University. Гульнара Ибраева, социолог и преподаватель, Американского университета.
  • Monument to Marx & Engels near the American University. Маркс и Энгельс неподалёку здания Американского университета.
  • Hershy

    on August 7, 2012

    Sweet shot!
    Missing you at the Daily!

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