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The ethnic Russian population lives primarily in the north, especially in the capital city of Bishkek, although some settlements in the north of the country have an ethnic Russian majority. Most ethnic Russians in Kyrgyzstan are either non-religious or Russian Orthodox , with a small proportion of Old Believers (an anti-reformist group that ...
Belovodskoye was established by 12 families of back settlers from Astrakhan Governorate of Russian Empire in spring 1868. The settlement was called Belovodskoye ("white water" in Russian) by the name of the river Ak-Suu ("white water" in Kyrgyz) close to which it was laid. The first street in the village was named Astrakhan.
This is a list of the 32 official cities (Kyrgyz: шаар, Russian: город) in Kyrgyzstan. In addition, there are 12 smaller urban-type settlements ( Kyrgyz : шаар тибиндеги посёлок , Russian : посёлок городского типа ) in Kyrgyzstan.
Rot-Front (Russian Рот-Фронт) is a settlement 60 kilometres east of Bishkek in the Chüy Region of Kyrgyzstan, near the border of Kazakhstan. Its population was 968 in 2021. [1] Originally settled by Germans, a significant minority remains. [2] It was founded as Bergtal (also sometimes spelt Bergthal) and renamed Rot-Front in 1927.
Kyrgyzstan, [a] officially the Kyrgyz Republic, [b] [13] is a landlocked country in Central Asia, lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the capital and largest city. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and China to the east and southeast.
Barskoon (Kyrgyz: Барскоон; Russian: Барскаун, romanized: Barskaun; [2] Persian: بارسغان) is a settlement on the southern shore of Lake Issyk Kul in the Issyk-Kul Region of Kyrgyzstan. Its population was 9,040 in 2021. [1] It is on the A363 highway between Bökönbaev to the west and Kyzyl-Suu to the east.
On 4 September 1860, with the approval of the Kyrgyz, Russian forces led by Colonel Apollon Zimmermann destroyed the fortress. In the present day, the fortress ruins can be found just north of Jibek jolu Street, near the new main mosque. [7] A Russian settlement was established in 1868 on the site of the fortress under its original name, Pishpek.
In the 1860s, the former Kara-Kyrgyz Khanate was conquered by Russia, and in 1916, the Kyrgyz people rebelled against Russian rule during the wider Central Asian revolt of 1916. Russian President Boris Yeltsin made his first international trip to Kyrgyzstan after he was elected president in 1991. [1] Almazbek Atambayev with Vladimir Putin.