Architectural monuments of the past
Mongol and Turkish Empires have left distinctive architectural traces which shed a new light on the development of urban space in this...
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Dec 4, 2021
National cuisine
The mention of Central Asian foodways usually conjures up competing images of nomadic and sedentary lifestyles. In one, the roving...
Dec 4, 2021
Wedding traditions of Central Asia
Bride kidnapping, also known as marriage by abduction or marriage by capture, is a practice in which a man abducts the woman he wishes to...
Dec 4, 2021
The Legend of the city Osh and Suleiman Mountain
Wise people say that the City of Osh existed before the birth of the prophet Sueiman. They also say that the first man on earth predicted...
Dec 4, 2021
The Legend of Tash-Rabat
80 km from the village of At-Bashi and 18 km from the Torugart road, in a picturesque gorge of Kara-Koyum, there are the ruins of...
Dec 4, 2021
Legends of Issyk-Kul Lake
People say: “Without legends, there is no past , without the past there is no present”. Chinghiz Aitmatov wrote: "People love and...
Dec 4, 2021
Pearl of Kyrgyzstan - Issyk-Kul Lake
Issyk-Kul is an endorheic lake in the northern Tian Shan Mountains in eastern Kyrgyzstan. It is the tenth largest lake in the world by...
Dec 4, 2021
Traditional yurt - nomadic lifestyle
A traditional yurt (from the Turkic languages) is a portable, round tent covered dwelling with skins or felt and used by nomads in the...
Dec 4, 2021
Mennonites in Central Asia
Short historical overview. In 1763 Czarina Catherina II issued a manifest which invited foreigners to settle in Russia. They obtained a...
Dec 4, 2021
Petroglyphs of Central Asia
Petroglyphs are images created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art....
Dec 4, 2021
Festivals and national events
Festivals of Central Asia are the reflection of the rich history of nomadic customs and traditions of the people. Birds of prey festival,...
Dec 4, 2021
Winter skiing in Central Asia
Summer tourism in Central Asia is constantly growing. In summertime countries of the region are ready to offer multiple resort,...
Nov 3, 2021
eBioAtlas Initiative in Central Asia
Pioneering global biodiversity conservation initiative to increase our knowledge on endangered species in Central Asia.
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