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  2. Kyrgyz people - Wikipedia

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    They speak the Kyrgyz language, which is the official language of Kyrgyzstan. [12] The earliest people known as "Kyrgyz" were the descendants of several Central Asian tribes, first emerging in western Mongolia around 201 BC. Modern Kyrgyz people are descended in part from the Yenisei Kyrgyz that lived in the Yenisey river valley in Siberia.

  3. Kyrgyzstan - Wikipedia

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    Kyrgyzstan, [a] officially the Kyrgyz Republic, [b] [13] is a landlocked country in Central Asia, lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the capital and largest city. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and China to the east and southeast.

  4. Culture of Kyrgyzstan - Wikipedia

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    Kyrgyzstan is the only former Soviet Central Asian republic to start out with two official languages, in this case Russian and Kyrgyz.An aggressive post-Soviet campaign was established to make the latter the official national language in all commercial and government uses by 1997; Russian is still used extensively, and the non-Kyrgyz population, most not Kyrgyz speakers, are hostile to ...

  5. Epic of Manas - Wikipedia

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    Changes were made in the delivery and textual representation [4] particularly the replacement of the tribal background of Manas. In the 19th century versions, Manas is the leader of the Nogay people, while in versions dating after 1920, Manas is a Kyrgyz and a leader of the Kyrgyz. [ 5 ]

  6. Stephen Hawking's famous prediction about black holes was ...

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    In 1974, Hawking predicted that black holes might not be the bottomless pits we imagine them to be -- and now, there may be evidence to support that theory.

  7. Demographics of Kyrgyzstan - Wikipedia

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    Kyrgyzstan's population increased from 2.1 million to 4.8 million between the censuses of 1959 and 1999. [2] Official estimates set the population at 6,389,500 in 2019. [1] Of those, 34.4% are under the age of 15 and 6.2% are over the age of 65. The country is rural: only about one

  8. Sart Kalmyks - Wikipedia

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    The Sart Kalmyks are an ethnic group of the Oirats, who live in Issyk Kul Province, Kyrgyzstan.Their population is estimated to be c. 12,000. They are descendants of the Ööled tribes, who moved to the territory of the Russian Empire after the failure of the Dungan revolt, some part inhabited the area during the rule of the Zunghar Khanate. [2]

  9. Kyrgyz in China - Wikipedia

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    Common dress for Kyrgyz men includes black or blue sleeveless long gowns made out of camel hair, sheep skin, or cotton cloth (in the summer). This robe is usually worn over a white embroidered shirt and leather trousers. Both genders wear leather boots but women's boots are embroidered as well.