ISSYK-ATA BUDDHA The Issyk-Ata gorge (75 km southeast of Bishkek) is renowned for its marvelous nature. Blue and green ...
Myths and legends
THE JOURNEY OF XUANZANG In the early 7th century, one of the remarkable travelers of the Middle Ages, Xuanzang, ...
KURMENTIN TREASURE 1919. The Civil War is coming to an end, although the intensity of the Basmach movement has not yet ...
WORD ABOUT THE TREASURES OF THE KYRGYZ "ATLANTIS" From the 3rd to the 6th centuries, Nestorian Christians ...
BRIGHT CAPE: CHRISTIAN "MECCA" Yes, the ancient mountains and blue waters hold many legends. But the people ...
RUSSIAN CITY OF KITEZH AT THE BOTTOM OF ISSYK-KUL? Back in the 1960s, the already recognized Russian artist Ilya ...
THE SUNKEN CITY Human memory is fickle; it holds only separate remarkable milestones of a people's life, interspersed ...
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT In the palace of the Chinese princess, widow of the great ruler of the Usuns, Unguymi, a feast ...
THE BRIDE OF KUNBAG In 105 BC, another embassy from the Usuns arrived in Han. The hosts were not surprised by the ...
Zhang Qian's Embassy to the Usuns The question of the second embassy to the West — now to the Usuns — was resolved. At ...
THE CITY OF THE RED VALLEY Chigu (Chigucheng — in Chinese sources "The City of the Red Valley") is one of ...
NOMADS ARE HEADING WEST The concept of the "Great Migration of Peoples" was introduced into science by ...