Today, she lives in Moscow with her family. Nurzada was born in 2000 in the village of Rahmanjan, located in the Nooken district of the Jalal-Abad region. She is the eldest of four children in her family. In 2019, Nurzada, her husband, and their children moved to Moscow in search of a better life. Currently, she is the mother of a son and a daughter, while her husband works as a cook.
From a young age, Nurzada was passionate about creativity; however, as she herself says, her dream of becoming a journalist never came true.
“Since childhood, I have been a creative person. I enjoyed communicating with talented individuals who had a unique perspective on the world. I wrote poetry and felt relief when I could express my thoughts on paper or describe the reality around me. Over time, I began to dream of becoming a journalist, to be in the spotlight, to communicate with creative people, and to convey my ideas to an audience,” she shares.
Nevertheless, this dream remained unfulfilled. Nurzada enrolled in the Jalal-Abad State University in the Faculty of Kyrgyz Language and Literature, but family circumstances interrupted her studies when she got married.
After her dream of journalism did not materialize, Temishova found a way to express her thoughts through social media. In her blog, she is referred to as “the daughter-in-law with a Russian mother-in-law and father-in-law,” and her landlords joke about it as well. She strives to candidly showcase the everyday life of migrants, including their moves from one apartment to another.
Nurzada also openly talks about the challenges faced by migrants.
“My husband and I arrived in Moscow right after our wedding. I was 19, and he was 23. We had no relatives or acquaintances. We aimed to earn a living. Six years have passed, and it cannot be said that we have overcome all difficulties. Problems arise constantly, especially when living abroad. We have faced many hardships, fallen down, and cried, but each time we found the strength to get back up. Here, no one will wipe your tears. We realized that when we were with our parents, we were young and carefree, but here life has toughened us. We learned to take responsibility not only for ourselves but also for our children,” she recounts.
Finding housing and resolving documentation issues in Moscow poses serious challenges for migrants. It is also difficult to enroll children in kindergarten or school. Sometimes, upon learning that we are Kyrgyz, we are denied rental apartments.
“I realized that no matter how beautiful Moscow is with its tall buildings and lights, inside there remains emptiness and fear. Despite the many people around, you still feel lonely. You have to be here and bear responsibility for your family,” Nurzada shares.
As for the future, Nurzada plans the following:
“If it is God's will, we will return to our homeland. I want my children to speak Kyrgyz freely and live near their grandparents. We have not been home for four years and dream of finding our happiness there and starting a business.”
