BARSKHAN - THE CITY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT The medieval historian of the Persian and Arab world, Abu Said ibn Mahmud ...
Myths and legends
RECEPTION OF SCYTHIAN AMBASSADORS BY ALEXANDER THE GREAT The morning appointed by Alexander for the crossing had ...
Shirak - a simple sack shepherd who gave his life for the Motherland In ancient times, the Persian king Darius I, who ...
TOMYRIS In the summer of 530 BC, approaching the river bordering the territory of the Scythians, Cyrus II sent envoys ...
THE HOLIDAY OF THE SAKE NOWRUZ Here’s how Nowruz was celebrated among the river Saka. ...Only the next day by evening, ...
"Barskoon" Barskoon is the name of a village located on the shores of Lake Issyk-Kul. The elders say that a ...
"Kokuy-Kul" Among the high mountains lies a small but very deep lake called Kokuy-Kul. Children often ask ...
How Lake Issyk-Kul Came to Be Many legends have been woven by the people about how Lake Issyk-Kul appeared. This is ...
"The Old Man and the Millstones" Once upon a time, in one of the villages by the shores of Lake Issyk-Kul, ...
"Forty Girls" Whether it happened or not, no one knows. One of the legends states that long ago, the Kyrgyz ...
SEVEN MONTHS UNDERGROUND. Part 3 Seven long months behind, How the hero lives underground. He set off on a distant ...
CONVERSATION IN THE YURT. Part 2 Olokon rises, He heads towards the yurt, Gripping the horse firmly by the bridle. And ...