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In the Footsteps of Shlagintweit. Chokan Valikhanov. Part 2

ADOLPH SCHLAGINTWEIT In early 1857, the German traveler Adolph Schlagintweit, who had been wandering in India for a long time, met in Punjab, in the city of Sultanpur, with the Uyghur Muhammad-Amin, a native of Yarkand. Muhammad-Amin, who had previously enjoyed the patronage of the English, offered to guide Schlagintweit to Kashgaria and further into the Khanate of Kokand. The proposal seemed enticing to Schlagintweit. Kashgaria... Until now, science had no reliable information about this

21.01.2019, 21:25

Heroes of Kyrgyzstan in World War II

Hero of the Great Patriotic War, Kyrgyzstani Panteleev Gavriil Frolovich

Hero of the Soviet Union Panteliev Gavriil Frolovich Gavriil Frolovich Panteliev was born in 1923 in the village of Gavrilovna, Sokuluk district of the Kyrgyz SSR, into a peasant family. He was Russian. A member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He was drafted into the Soviet Army in 1942. Guard Senior Lieutenant, Chief of Staff of a Rifle Battalion. He began his combat path in the Great Patriotic War on the Stalingrad front in July 1942, then fought on the Voronezh and Steppe

21.01.2019, 18:50

Historical figures

Chokan Valikhanov. Part 1

Chokan Chingisovich Valikhanov The famous traveler, outstanding geographer, and ethnographer Chokan Chingisovich Valikhanov was a man of bright and unique fate. He forever inscribed his name in the history of geographical science by undertaking a secret journey to Kashgaria, a country about which nothing was known in Europe. In our narrative, Valikhanov will enter as an adult, a young man of twenty-two years, an officer, and an adjutant to the Governor-General of Western Siberia, Gasfort.

18.01.2019, 23:36

Heroes of Kyrgyzstan in World War II

Hero of the Great Patriotic War, Kyrgyzstani Dmitry Ivanovich Panfilov

Hero of the Soviet Union Dmitry Ivanovich Panfilov Dmitry Ivanovich Panfilov was born in 1912 in the village of Burlin, Burlin District, West Kazakhstan Region. Before the war, he lived and worked as a driver in the city of Jalal-Abad. He was Russian. A member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He was drafted into the Soviet Army in July 1941. He held the rank of junior lieutenant and was the commander of a tank platoon. He participated in the Great Patriotic War on the Western,

18.01.2019, 20:30

Heroes of Kyrgyzstan in World War II

Hero of the Great Patriotic War, Kyrgyzstani Ivan Vasilyevich Panfilov

Hero of the Soviet Union Ivan Vasilyevich Panfilov Ivan Vasilyevich Panfilov was born in 1893 in the city of Petrovsk, Saratov region. Russian. Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In the Soviet Army since 1918. Major General. Commander of the 316th Rifle Division. In 1915, he was drafted into the tsarist army as a private. In 1918, he volunteered for the 1st Saratov Soviet Regiment, which merged into the 25th Rifle Division under the command of the legendary commander V. I.

13.01.2019, 16:15

Heroes of Kyrgyzstan in World War II

Hero of the Great Patriotic War, Kyrgyzstani Otorbaev Asanbek

Hero of the Soviet Union Otorbaev Asanbek Asanbek Otorbaev was born in 1925 in the village of Chat-Bazar in the Talas region of the Kyrgyz SSR, into a peasant family. He was Kyrgyz. A member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In January 1943, at the age of 18, he went to the front. He served as a junior sergeant and machine gunner. He fought on the Leningrad and 1st Ukrainian fronts. In battles against the German-fascist invaders, he distinguished himself with courage and bravery. He

10.01.2019, 22:28