#kyrghyz

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Kyrgyz Couple

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TURKMENISTAN -> The Kyrgyz people (also spelled Kyrghyz, Kirgiz, and Kirghiz)  are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia. They primarily reside in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and China. A Kyrgyz diaspora is also found in Russia, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan. They speak the Kyrgyz language, which is the official language of Kyrgyzstan.

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The First Teacher, 1965, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky

Starring Natalia Arinbasarova and Bolot Beishenaliev

A former Russian soldier (Bolot Bejshenaliyev) instructs the Leninist doctrine to students in a remote Muslim region [in Kyrgyzstan]. 

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Vasily Vereshchagin (Russian, 1842–1904) 

A rich Kyrgyz hunter with a Falcon, 1871.

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Vasily Vereshchagin (Russian, 1842-1904)  -  Travelling Kirghiz., 1870.