Talk:Kyrgyzstan

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chopped sentence?

The name Kyrgyz, both for the people and for the nation itself, is said to mean either "forty girls", a reference to the Manas of folklore unifying forty tribes against the Mongols.

whats going on with that either, has an alternate meaning been removed?

Traditional Bridal Kidnapping

I am unable to type up a comprehensive synopsis of this practice, but I think that it deserves such mention under the culture heading. For those unfamiliar with the practice, info can be found here:

http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/kyrgyzstan/thestory.html

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An event mentioned in this article is an August 31 selected anniversary.

Someone never finished their thought: "In the first years of Kyrgyzstan's independence, President Askar ."

Not an expert myself, but this is certainly an interesting development:

Kyrgyzstan Gov't Collapses After Protest http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050324/ap_on_re_eu/kyrgyzstan_2

Also, could somebody add an audio file on how to pronounce "Kyrgyzstan"?

It is pronounced "Kur-Giz-Stahn. --Dtm142 22:04, 25 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Actually it's more like "KEER-giz-stahn," the first syllable rhyming with "ear," rather than "sir." - Hux 18:53, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

IPA would be nice. --Tydaj

It's a bit more than an interesting development, it's a full-scale revolution! See Kyrgyz parliamentary elections, 2005 and Tulip Revolution. — Trilobite (Talk) 00:04, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Leadership

New appointed Prime Minister (acting) is also acting President, while the new elected President by the Parliament is interim President. See AP article: http://www.dunnconnect.com/articles/2005/03/23/ap/headlines/d891rbj00.txt. —Cantus…☎ 07:34, Mar 25, 2005 (UTC)

Kurmanbek Bakiyev, a major leader of the opposition that toppled Kyrgyzstan's government, said Friday that parliament has appointed him acting president as well as acting prime minister.

Speaking to a crowd that threw stones at parliament and shouted his name in support, Bakiyev said that the upper parliament house had appointed him "acting prime minister and acting president" hours after Thursday's turmoil and that he would seek to form a Cabinet.

(emphasis mine) —Cantus…☎ 07:47, Mar 25, 2005 (UTC)

"-istan" countries -- what's it mean?

I couldn't really find an article on this naming convention, so I figured I'd ask here. What's with these many countries in this part of the world ending their titles with "-istan" or a homonym thereof? And is that how the residents of these countries know their countries, or are these merely English names for these countries (such as "Japan" for what the Japanese know as "Nihon", which sounds nothing at all like "Japan"). Does it have anything to do with "Istan"bul, the Turkish city and its influence on Islamic culture and politics, or is that merely a coincidence? --69.234.188.156 20:18, 10 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It's from Persian, which has been an influential language in Central Asia over the years. Our -stan article might help you here. Whether a country's people know it by a -stan name will depend very much on the language they speak. Some will, and some won't, and I don't know enough to be more specific than that. It doesn't appear to relate to Istanbul, which according to this etymology derives from Greek. Hope this helps. — Trilobite (Talk) 23:01, 10 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

English has a similar suffix: -land. England, Ireland, Scotland, Greenland, Iceland, Maryland, Switzerland, Newfoundland, Falkland, etc. 141.211.172.204 18:12, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I forgot Poland. 141.211.172.204 18:13, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Coat of Arms

The COA page is Coat of arms of Kyrgyzstan, but how do you edit that in the infobox? Thanx 68.39.174.91 12:40, 13 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Country code

What is the country code?

You don't say what kind of country code you're asking about. Since most of the time ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 is meant, it's KG. — Trilobite (Talk) 19:03, 27 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Obviously hacked, inappropriate links

I am unable to remove the links in some sections, this should be brought to the attention of an administrator.

-AZ

What links are these? I can't see a problem anywhere on the page. — Trilobite (Talk) 19:03, 27 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Provinces

There is some inconsistency in this section - the map doesn't show a province number 9 and the locations are different from the locations shown in the individual province articles.

I've done the best I can to match the image with the facts, but we could really do with another image. The provinces are in alphabetical order, but use an alternate spelling of Issyk Kul (beginning with Y) so the order is in a mess. The map was made for the Dutch Wikipedia, so I'm not sure how much we can do about it. We also claim that Osh is a shaar in this article but I can't find anything to back that up anywhere else, either in our other articles or elsewhere, so I'll remove that for now. --Cherry blossom tree 22:54, 21 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Time Zone

As far as i know, the time zone does not switch between summer/winter time anymore. The time stays on summer time (UTC+6) since summer 2005. I think, this should be reflected in the article. Rotsor 10:31, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

I can confirm that it's UTC+6 every day of the year over here. I'll edit the page. -- Hux 19:53, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Kyrgyz-germans

In Kyrgyzstan there are two German settlement(Bergtal/Rot-Front, look at here, too.... But I would like to know more a bout Ljuksemburg in Kyrgyzstan. There is a German community, too. But I don´t know anything about it. Please, help me, if you will know something! Simon Mayer

I believe that the German community in Kyrygzstan (and the rest of Central Asia) is made up of descendants of ethnic Germans who found themselves in the Soviet Union after the end of WWII. They moved (or were sent, depending on your perspective) to Central Asia as part of the Soviet plan to develop the region as the "breadbasket of the USSR". Beyond that I don't know much about them. -- Hux 19:29, 22 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

At the time of Kyrgyz independence in 1991 there were about 110,000 ethnic German citizens, mainly in largely German settlements in the Talas and Chui valleys, but also in the industrial cities of Bishkek, Kant, etc. Since then, the vast majority have left for Germany, as the formerly state-owned factories and kolchoses collapsed and the jobs disappared. Today there are only a few thousand left in villages such as Rotfront.Cosal 19:54, 22 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]