Kyrgyzstan

Yurta is a small dwelling, decorated with hand-made felt carpets and strips.

The earliest ancestors of the Kirghiz people, who are believed to be of mixed Mongol and Kipchak descent, probably se

Diversity of flora in Kyrgyzstan is determined by the altitudinal zoning.

Kyrgyz carpets - "kiyiz" and "shyrdak" are made of warm felt and are always rich decorated with ornament.

The legendary hero of the Kyrgyz is the subject of an epic which is longer that Homer's Iliad - which as well as tell

To the Turkic nomad, a horse is a prized possession, and horsemanship a much-prized skill.

Kyrgyzstan stood on the crossroads of the Silk Road, and the caravan routes which crossed the territory carried not o