Transit Center at Manas (formerly Manas Air Base and unofficially Ganci Air Base) is a former U.S. military installation at Manas International Airport, near Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan.It was primarily operated by the U.S. Air Force.The primary unit at the base was the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing.On 3 June 2014 American troops vacated the base and it was handed over …

History. The airport was constructed as a replacement for the former Bishkek airport that was located to the south of the city, and named after Kyrgyz epic hero, Manas, suggested by writer and intellectual Chinghiz Aitmatov.The first plane landed at Manas in October 1974, with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin on board. Aeroflot operated the first scheduled flight to …

In Tunisia, education is free for all Tunisian citizens and for foreigners who have scholarships. The oldest Medical school is the Medicine School of Tunis.There are four medicine faculties situated in the major cities of Tunis, Sfax, Sousse and Monastir.Admission is bound to the success and score in the Tunisian Baccalaureate examination. Admission score threshold is very high, …

Cannabis in Kyrgyzstan is illegal, but has a long history in the nation, which has been posited as the ancestral homeland of the cannabis plant.. Reform. In the 1990s, Felix Kulov, Vice President and later Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, proposed state control of cannabis fields in Kyrgyzstan to control the drug trade. In 2014, narcologist and former presidential candidate Jenishbek …

Based on DNA evidence, the area near Bishkek is considered one of the possible origins of the Black Death between AD 1346 and 1353.. Kokhand rule. Originally a caravan rest stop, possibly founded by the Sogdians, on one of the branches of the Silk Road through the Tian Shan range, the location was fortified in 1825 by the khan of Kokand with a mud fort. In the last years of …

Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan relations refers to the bilateral diplomatic relations between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.Both countries were a part of the Soviet Union. Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan relations have been tense in recent years. The two countries fought in border clashes in 2021 and 2022.Refugees and antigovernment fighters in Tajikistan have crossed into Kyrgyzstan …

Kant (Kyrgyz: Кант) is a town in the Chüy Valley of northern Kyrgyzstan, some 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Bishkek.It is the administrative center of the Ysyk-Ata District (formerly Kant District). Its population was 22,617 in 2021. Kant was established in 1928. The Kyrgyz word for sugar is "kant", and the city received its name when a sugar plant was built there in the 1930s (it is an ...

The Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyz: Кыргыз Республикасынын Куралдуу Күчтөрү; Kyrǵyz Respublikasynyn Kuralduu Küctörü) is the national military of Kyrgyzstan.It was originally formed from the former Soviet forces of the Turkestan Military District stationed in newly independent Kyrgyzstan.It consists of the Ground Forces, the Air Force and ...

Kazakhstan–Kyrgyzstan relations refers to the bilateral diplomatic relations between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic.Bilateral relationships between the countries, which share a border, are very strong and Kyrgyz and Kazakh are very close in terms of language, culture and religion.Kyrgyz-Kazakh relationships have always been at very high level and economic and …

Krasnaya Rechka ('Red River') is a village in the Chüy Region of Kyrgyzstan 8 km east of Kant.Its population was 7,613 in 2021. Nearby is the ruined Sogdian silk road settlement of Navekat ('new town'). It was active between the 6th and 12th centuries and was the largest town in the valley at the time.

The president of Kyrgyzstan officially the president of the Kyrgyz Republic, (Russian: Президент Киргизской Республики; Kyrgyz: Кыргыз Республикасынын Президенти) is the head of state and the head of government of the Kyrgyz Republic.The president directs the executive branch of the national government and is the commander-in-chief of ...

Talas is a town in northwestern Kyrgyzstan, located in the Talas river valley between two mountain ranges. Its area is 13 square kilometres (5.0 sq mi), and its resident population was 40,308 in 2021. It is the administrative headquarters of Talas Region.The town was founded by East Slavic settlers in 1877. To the south is the Besh-Tash (‘five rocks’) valley with the Besh …

Kirgisistan [kɪrˈɡiːzɪstaːn], auch Kirgistan (kirgisisch Кыргызстан Kyrgysstan, russisch Киргизстан Kirgisstan), veraltet Kirgisien; amtlich Kirgisische Republik (kirgisisch Кыргыз Республикасы Kyrgys Respublikassy, russisch Киргизская Республика Kirgisskaja Respublika), ist ein Binnenstaat in Zentralasien mit rund 6,5 Millionen ...

The Kyrgyz are a Turkic ethnic group.Recent linguistic, genetic and archaeological evidence suggests that the earliest Turkic peoples descended from agricultural communities in Northeast China who moved westwards into Mongolia in the late 3rd millennium BC, where they adopted a pastoral lifestyle. By the early 1st millennium BC, these peoples had become equestrian nomads.