Internet in Kyrgyzstan As of today, there are 75 internet providers operating in Kyrgyzstan, with a total of 5,774,869 subscribers, of which 88.8% are mobile internet users. Wired internet is accessible to 600,000 subscribers, which constitutes 9.23% of the total. The Megacom trademark is owned by the company "Alfa Telecom".
Mobile and Cellular Communication In a small mountainous country, where the population has just surpassed five million people, competition in the field of Internet and mobile communication is quite developed (this fact is relative when compared to larger countries).
Internet Providers of Kyrgyzstan In recent years, Kyrgyzstan has become a leader among CIS countries in the number of Internet users. The priority goal of the ICT sector (Information and Communication Technologies) is the implementation of new technologies and rapid growth of providers.
Kyrgyz journalism has gone through a rather fruitful, yet at the same time, a thorny path from the day the first printed publications were established in Kyrgyzstan to the present day. This was related to the contradictory and complex nature of the very era in which it existed and functioned.
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Journalist, publicist, and literary critic Kymbatbek Ukaev (1932-1989) was born in the village of Dzhanay-Alysh in the Kemin district of Chui region. From 1948 to 1952, he studied at the Kyrgyz Pedagogical Institute. From 1952 to 1954, he was in graduate school. In 1954, he began working at the editorial office of the magazine "Soviet Kyrgyzstan" as the head of the criticism and bibliography department. Since 1955, he served as a literary consultant for the Union of Writers of
In mid-1985, under the initiative of M. S. Gorbachev, the course for perestroika was proclaimed in the USSR. The ideas of perestroika were discussed at the April (1985) Plenary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, then at the XXVII Congress of the Party and the XIX All-Union Party Conference. This was undoubtedly a positive step, the beginning of a new political course. New economic and political thinking began to be talked about everywhere. However, at that
With the arrival of Chingiz Aitmatov in journalism, Soviet journalism, including Kyrgyz journalism, reached a new qualitative height; many issues of Soviet life, which previously seemed off-limits for writing, found their coverage in central and republican press.
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Among Kyrgyz women journalists and writers, the most popular name among readers, listeners, and viewers was Aim Aitbaeva (1917-1975). She was born in the village of Chelypek in the Jeti-Oguz district of the Issyk-Kul region. After graduating from the pedagogical institute in Frunze in 1941, she worked as a literary employee and head of the department at the newspaper "Kyzyl Kyrgyzstan" until 1948.
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Mukhamed Dogdurov (1906-1968) was born in the village of Burkut in the Ton district of the Issyk-Kul region. He studied at the Tyup Agricultural Technical School. He began his creative activities early. While studying at the technical school, he wrote various materials about local and technical school life and sent them to republican publications: to the editorial offices of the newspapers "Kyzyl Kyrgyzstan" and "Leninchil Zhas." Many of them were published, which
An important part of the activities of the press and radio in Kyrgyzstan was the patriotic education of workers, especially the youth. Numerous materials about the international situation, the approaching threat of fascism, and the Second World War were published in newspapers and broadcast on the radio. The importance and necessity of strengthening the Soviet system and its armed forces, mastering military knowledge and techniques, and readiness for labor and defense of the country were
During the years of the cultural revolution, the journalistic and literary talent of Djoomart Bokonbaev - a renowned Kyrgyz poet and playwright (1910-1944) - emerged. He was born in the village of Mazar-Sai, now in the Toktogul district of the Jalal-Abad region. In 1931, he graduated from a pedagogical technical school and worked for two years as the head of the department at the newspaper "Kyzyl Kyrgyzstan." From 1933 to 1935, J. Bokonbaev studied at the Communist Institute of
The strengthening of the socialist mode of production contributed to a consistent rise in the material living standards of the peoples of Kyrgyzstan and created conditions for the spiritual development of Soviet people. Now, party and Soviet organizations, corresponding people's commissariats and institutions, and mass media began to carry out another important campaign, the so-called cultural revolution. Urgent tasks in this regard included the development of public education,
The journalist and writer Aytkulu Ubukeev (1905-1973) is widely known to the Kyrgyz reader as an essayist, satirist, and prose writer. He was born in the village of Kerege-Tash in the Ak-Suu district of the Issyk-Kul region. He is the author of more than two hundred essays and feuilletons, and his pen produced eleven books.
Journalist and writer Mamasaly Abdukarimov (1910-1996) was born in the village of Yapalak, near the city of Osh in southern Kyrgyzstan. From 1925 to 1930, he studied first at the Tashkent Kylakh-Kyrgyz Institute of Education and then at the Kyrgyz Pedagogical College. In 1928, his first stories, "The Life of Kurumshi" and "Sister Guliya," were published in the republican newspaper "Kyzyl Kyrgyzstan." In the following years, M. Abdukarimov's stories, essays,
The course towards the industrialization of the country was determined by the XIV Congress of the VKP(b), which emphasized the necessity of comprehensive industrial development in the republics, territories, and regions, as well as the encouragement of local initiatives in organizing this work aimed at meeting the diverse needs of the entire population, especially the peasantry.
Kasymaly Bayalinov (1902-1979) was born in the Kok-Moynok area of the current Ton district of the Issyk-Kul region. He is among the oldest Kyrgyz journalists and writers, pioneers of republican journalism and written literature. In 1919, K. Bayalinov went to Tashkent for a six-month regional Soviet-party course, after which he actively participated in the development of the youth movement in the republic, notably creating the first Komsomol organizations in At-Bashi, Kochkorka, and other ails
From the very first days of the establishment of print media in the country as a whole, as well as in each republic, party and Soviet organizations placed great importance on the formation and development of the mass movement of working and rural correspondents as a powerful support for the editorial offices of newspapers and magazines at the local level. This important work received a significant boost from the resolution of the Central Committee of the VKP(b) "Current Tasks in the
Kasym Tynystanov (1901-1938) was born in the village of Chyrpykty in the Issyk-Kul region. He is one of the founders of Kyrgyz linguistics and professional literature. At the same time, he was one of the active creators of Kyrgyz journalism. He began his journalistic career from 1919 to 1924 while studying at the Kazakh-Kyrgyz Institute of Education in Tashkent. He actively collaborated with the editorial offices of the Kazakh newspaper "Ak-Zhol" ("The Right Road") and the
Osmonkul Aliyev (1903-1938) was born in the village of Choloq-Aryk in what is now the Panfilov district of Chui region. In 1924, he graduated from the Kazakh-Kyrgyz Institute of Education in Tashkent. While still a student, he actively participated in the work of the first Komsomol organizations: he served as the head of the political and educational department of the Tashkent City Committee, and as the head of the organizational department of the Syr Darya regional and Oloyatin city Komsomol
At the beginning of 1925, together with the governing bodies of the Kyrgyz Autonomous Region, the editorial office of the newspaper "Erkin-Too" moved from Tashkent to Pishpek, which was significant for improving its further activities: it became closer to its authors and readers. In Pishpek, editorial and printing conditions began to be created for the systematic and quality publication of the newspaper "Erkin-Too," as well as other subsequent newspapers and magazines of
With the victory of the October Socialist Revolution of 1917 in Russia and its outskirts, including Turkestan, transformations began that were associated with the construction of a new life. The decisions of the II Congress of Soviets of the country, held in January 1924 in Moscow, played an important role in their implementation. The Congress adopted the first Constitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. It emphasized that the new union state would be a worthy culmination of the
The emergence of periodical press in Kyrgyzstan dates back to 1913, when representatives of the progressive Russian intelligentsia founded and published the magazine "Przhevalsky Rural Host" with a volume of 16-18 pages and a circulation of 1,000 copies, which published agricultural materials. After 4 issues, the publication of the magazine was discontinued. In the history of Kyrgyzstan, it remains as the first printed publication.
The establishment of printing and book publishing in the republic was fraught with great difficulties. There was no printing industry, a lack of journalists, and insufficient funds and paper. Initially, the publication of printed materials in the Kyrgyz language was carried out outside the republic.
Printing in Kyrgyzstan On November 7, 1924, the first issue of the newspaper "Erkin-Too" ("Free Mountains") was published. This is the first newspaper in the history of the Kyrgyz people in their native language. The first copies of the newspaper also served as the first alphabet through which the people learned to read and write. Initially, "Erkin-Too" was published twice a week with a total circulation of 3,000 copies. There were only 150 regular subscribers to