Июл
09
2010
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Issyk-Kul and Chui valley

The height of the Issyk-Kul Lake is 1800 meters above sea level and its depth is 700 meters. The difference between its height and depth is 1100 meters. It implies that the bottom of the Issyk-Kul Lake is approximately situated on the height of 1100 meters above sea level. Now let’s draw a line from Bishkek (that is about 700-900 meters about sea level) toward the bottom of Issyk-Kul. It (далее…)

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Июл
04
2010
0

Technical inspections and Kyrgyz traffic cops in general.

Several days ago I went through the technical inspection. They even did not look at the car, just told me: “200 soms (4 Euro)”, and this is it.  Oh, and some more, they made me to circle around with papers. This is an absolute cynicism and obscurantism. Since April 7th I have been stopped five times by traffic cops. There was just one time for speeding, which happened under the overpass along the Sovetskay street right next (далее…)

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Июл
02
2010
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Kyrgyzstan on the Great Silk Road

The Great Silk road as a trading route appeared in the third century B.C. and existed until the 16th century. The ancient trading cities located along theSilk Road saw many devastating wars, invasions, fires, famines and diseases.

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Июл
02
2010
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Issyk Kul – Warm Lake

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From Bishkek the lake is approached through Boom Gorge, and it is possible to cut into the mountains here to the Chon Kemin valley.

The lake lies at the bottom of a drainage hollow, or depression and has no outflow.

Mountains ring the lake and there are several valleys worth visiting, Gregorievka and Simeonevka on the North, Barskoon on the South and numerous others around Karakol. To the North are the Kungei (“Sunny”) Ala-Too mountains and are criss-crossed by trekking routes including ones that connect the lake with Almaty – while to the South lie the Teskei (“Shady”) Ala- Too mountains.  These mountain ranges protect the Issyk Kul hollow from winds bringing either extreme cold – or extremly hot – winds.

Issyk Kul is Kyrgyzstan ‘s largest Lake and at about 180 km long by 70 km wide and 668 meters deep at the deepest point, (the average depth is about 300 meters ), (далее…)

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Июл
01
2010
0

Electors are from graves.

In general the results of Kyrgyz referendum, that took place on June 27, 2010, evoke trust. However, 51 per cent of electors, who voted in Osh, seem to be doctored records. It does not sound feasible that in the (далее…)

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