Karakol

Karacol - The Last Harbor of N. M. Przhevalsky

Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalsky. The first explorer of the nature of Central Asia. The residents of Karakol were living their usual lives when they learned that the world-famous traveler Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalsky was coming to their town, having chosen Karakol as the starting point for his fifth Central Asian expedition. Soon, on October 10 (22), a large expedition caravan entered the city, stretching for hundreds of meters. The townspeople greeted Przhevalsky's detachment with

20.05.2019, 11:39

Karakol

Renaming Karakol to Przhevalsk

City in Honor of N.M. Przhevalsky Starting from 1875, the growth rate of the city significantly increased. From 1890, settlers from Ukraine, the Black Earth regions, and the Volga region began to settle in Karakol. According to the 1897 census, the population of Karakol included Russians (36%), Sarts (27%), Kyrgyz (17%), Chinese (11%), and Tatars (7%). Before the revolution, Karakol had 11 leather factories, one of the four intestinal-cleaning enterprises in modern Kyrgyzstan, and the oil mill

18.05.2019, 10:33

Karakol

Chronicle of the City of Karakol

Outstanding People of Karakol The chronicle of the city of Karakol preserves the names of outstanding individuals who played a significant role in its formation and development. Nikolai Matveyevich Barsov, a native of Novgorod Province, was sent to Karakol as a military hospital doctor after graduating from Moscow University. This was in early 1880, i.e., 11 years after the city was founded. The military hospital was the only medical institution in Karakol until the revolution (not counting

16.05.2019, 19:43

Karakol

The Birth of the City of Karakol

Birthday of Karakol (Przhevalsk) - July 1, 1869 History has preserved for us the exact date, motives, and circumstances of its emergence. It became one of the first settlements established in the Issyk-Kul basin after the voluntary incorporation of Kyrgyzstan into Russia. In 1865, the tsarist government hurriedly built a series of fortifications on the Kashgar border. One of them, Ak-Su, later became the center of the Karakol district. Ak-Su was located away from trade routes and seasonal

15.05.2019, 03:37

Karakol

City of Karakol

This tourist area is located 220 kilometers from the city of Issyk-Kul on the eastern part of the coast. You can reach it by bus from both the northern and southern shores of the lake — the journey is approximately the same. The city of Karakol is connected to the capital of the republic by air transport. In addition to the city, the area also includes the port of Przhevalsk, located at the mouth of the Karakol River, which flows into the Jergalan Bay.

02.05.2014, 22:27