Historical and Holiday Dates of the Kyrgyz Republic: September 2013
SEPTEMBER
1 – International Day of Peace
– Knowledge Day
– Day of Workers of the Oil and Gas Industry of Kyrgyzstan
– 60 years since the opening (1953) of the Przhevalsky Pedagogical Institute (now the Issyk-Kul State University named after K. Tynystanov)
– 80 years since the birth of I. Isakov (1933), a renowned poet, writer, journalist, and honored cultural figure of the Kyrgyz Republic
– 60 years since the birth of A. Erkebayev (1953), a scientist, literary scholar, statesman, and laureate of the Lenin Komsomol Prize of the Kyrgyz Republic
3 – 120 years since the birth of Doctor of Biological Sciences I. V. Vykhodtsev (1893–1971)
4 – 75 years since the birth of Doctor of Economic Sciences T. Koychiev (1938)
– 245 years since the birth of François-René de Chateaubriand (1768–1848), a French writer
5 – 445 years since the birth of Tommaso Campanella (1568–1639), an Italian philosopher, poet, and author of the utopia "The City of the Sun"
– 90 years since the establishment of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
8 – International Day of Solidarity with Journalists
– International Literacy Day
– Tanker Day of the Kyrgyz Republic
– 75 years since the birth of T. Orokchiev (1938), a poet, translator, radio journalist, and honored cultural figure of the Kyrgyz Republic
– 90 years since the birth of Rasul Gamzatov (1923), the national poet of Dagestan
9 – 20 years since the opening of the Slavic Kyrgyz-Russian University in Bishkek (1993)
– World Beauty Day
– 185 years since the birth of L. N. Tolstoy (1828–1910), a Russian writer
11 – 90 years since the birth of G. Ya. Baklanov (1923), a Russian writer, playwright, and screenwriter
12 – 75 years since the birth of T. Akhmetov (1938–1993), a writer, translator
15 – 85 years since the birth of Doctor of Chemical Sciences, honored figure of science of the Kyrgyz Republic M. Kydynov (1928)
– 185 years since the birth of A. M. Butlerov (1828–1886), a Russian scientist, organic chemist
– 400 years since the birth of François de La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680), a French writer and moralist
16 – Day of Forest Workers of the Kyrgyz Republic
– Day of the State Security Service of the Kyrgyz Republic
19 – 75 years since the birth of A. I. Ivanov (1938), a writer, honored cultural figure of the Kyrgyz Republic
20 – 135 years since the birth of E. Sinclair (1878–1868), an American writer
20 – Entrepreneur Day of the Kyrgyz Republic
21 – 140 years since the birth of V. Shishkov (1873–1945), a Russian writer
22 – International Day of Freedom from Cars
– 120 years since the birth of A. F. Losev (1893–1988), a Russian philosopher
23 – Day of the Kyrgyz Language
24 – Day of Family, Peace, and Harmony in the Kyrgyz Republic
– 90 years since the birth of T. Baizakov (1923-1992), a Kyrgyz writer
25 – 105 years since the birth of I. K. Akhunbaev (1908–1970), one of the prominent surgeons of the republic
27 – World Tourism Day
29 – Blood Donor Day of Kyrgyzstan
– World Heart Day
– Day of Machine Builders of Kyrgyzstan
– 95 years since the birth of V. Sukhomlinsky (1918–1970), a prominent educator and scientist
– 105 years since the birth of I. L. Andronikov (1908–1990), a writer, literary scholar
– 105 years since the birth of D. F. Oistrakh (1908–1974), a violinist, People's Artist of the USSR
30 – 210 years since the birth of P. Mérimée (1803–1870), a French writer
– Chechkor Harvest Festival
In 2013, the following anniversaries are celebrated:
– 125 years since the birth of Y. Tumanov (1888–1967), a Kyrgyz komuz player
– 125 years since the birth of Osmonkul Bolebalaev (1888–1967), People's Artist of the Kyrgyz SSR, akyn-singer
– 110 years since the birth of statesman and public figure T. Aitmatov (1903–1938)
– 70 years since the city status was granted to Kok-Yangak (1943)
The first days of golden autumn have arrived. They are bright and colorful in Kyrgyzstan. During the day, there is a complete illusion of summer: warmth, cloudless blue sky. Only the first cool mornings, especially in the mountains, and the first falling leaves remind us that September has come. Among the ancient Romans, September was the seventh month of the year and was called "septem," which means seven. After the calendar reform in 46 BC, September became the tenth month, but its name did not change. The ancient Russian names for the month are "veresen," "leaf-fall," "blush of autumn," "evening of the year." The Kyrgyz in ancient times called it "ayak oona."
