Historical and Holiday Dates of the Kyrgyz Republic: June 2013

JUNE

1 – International Children's Day
– 105 years since the birth of geographer and researcher of Kyrgyzstan M. Murzaev (1908–1998)
2 – Day of Workers of the Fisheries Industry of Kyrgyzstan
– 90 years since the birth of Doctor of Technical Sciences P. I. Chalov (1923–2003)
– 170 years since the birth of Darwinian scientist K. A. Timiryazev (1843–1920)
3 – 170 years since the birth of K. A. Timiryazev (1843–1920), Russian naturalist-Darwinist
4 – Day of Remembrance. Anniversary (1990) of the tragic events in the Osh region
5 – World Environment Day
– 115 years since the birth of García Lorca (1898–1936), Spanish poet and playwright
– 100 years since the birth of artist, honored figure of arts L. F. Deimant (1913–1979)
6 – 110 years since the birth of A. I. Khachaturian (1903–1978), famous composer
– 80 years since the birth of Doctor of Chemical Sciences K. Sulaymankulov (1933)
7 – Day of Financial and Economic Workers of Kyrgyzstan
– 165 years since the birth of Paul Gauguin (1848–1903), French painter
9 – Day of Workers of the Light Industry of Kyrgyzstan
10 – 85 years since the birth of Keneshbek Asanaliev (1928–2007), honored figure of culture, critic, and literary scholar
– 65 years since the birth of K. Japarov (1948–1986), satirical writer
– 100 years since the birth of Russian composer T. Khrennikov (1913–2007)
12 – 115 years since the birth of M. E. Koltsov (1898–1942), writer, journalist
14 – 80 years since the birth of K. Japarov (Satarov Kuken) (1933–2012), famous writer, playwright
15 – Day of the Fire Service of Kyrgyzstan
– Day of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) (2001)
– 85 years since the birth of Doctor of Historical Sciences, honored figure of science of the Kyrgyz Republic B. Chokushov (1928–1996)
– 170 years since the birth of Edvard Grieg (1843–1907), Norwegian composer
16 – Day of Workers of Water Management of Kyrgyzstan
– 140 years since the birth of A. V. Nezhdanova (1873–1950), Russian singer
– 50 years ago (1963), the first woman cosmonaut V. V. Tereshkova flew into space on the spacecraft "Vostok-6"
17 – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
– 110 years since the birth of M. A. Svetlov (1903–1964), Russian poet, playwright
– 195 years since the birth of Charles Gounod (1818–1893), French composer
19 – 390 years since the birth of Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), French mathematician, physicist, philosopher, and writer
20 – World Refugee Day
21 – 130 years since the birth of F. V. Gladkov (1883–1958), Russian writer
22 – Day of Remembrance and Sorrow. Beginning of the Great Patriotic War
– 60 years since the birth of N. N. Birimkulov (1953), Doctor of Medical Sciences, laureate of the State Prize in the field of science and technology
– 115 years since the birth of E. M. Remarque (1898–1970), German writer
23 – Day of Workers of the State Service of Kyrgyzstan
26 – 75 years since the establishment (1938) of the Union of Architects of Kyrgyzstan.
– 65 years since the birth of T. Zakirova (1948), poet, honored figure of culture of Kyrgyzstan
– International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
30 – Day of the Lawyer of the Kyrgyz Republic
– 85 years since the birth of Doctor of Historical Sciences Zh. S. Tatybekova
– Ulyush – an ancient holiday of the Kyrgyz people

In 2013, the following anniversaries are celebrated:

– 125 years since the birth of Kyrgyz strongman Kaba uulu Kozhomkula (1888–1955)
– 110 years since the birth of K. A. Rakhmatullin (1903–1946), writer, translator, journalist, scholar of Manas
– 700 years since the birth of Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375), Italian writer, major representative of the Renaissance

June is the sunniest month of the year. Nature delights the eye: it is in all its glory. From June 21 to 25 are the longest days of the year. "In June, dawn reaches out to dawn," people say about this time of long days and short nights. June got its name in honor of the ancient Roman goddess of fertility, guardian of marriage, and ruler of rain, Juno.

The ancient Russian name is izok (grasshopper), cherven, multicolored. In Kyrgyz, this month was called kulja in ancient times.