Kyrgyzstan

Republic of Kyrgyzstan

Last modified: 1997-09-03 by zeljko heimer
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• Presentation of Kazakhstan

See also:

• CIA World factbook 1995 for information about Kyrgyzstan

Full name: Republic of Kyrgyzstan
Location: Central Asia Status:
Status: Internationally recognized independent state since 31 August 1991. A member of the UN and the CIS.

Notes: In 1924 a Kara-Kirghiz Autonomous Region was set up as part of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic. (A year later the name 'Kara' [which means 'black'] was dropped.) In 1926 the Region became an ASSR and became a full SSR in 1936. The present name was adopted in 1990, some ten months before independence from the collapsing USSR.

A new, post-Communist, flag was not adopted until 1992. It is red, with a circular stylized representation of the roof of a Kyrgyz _yurt_ (tent) in the centre, surrounded by the 40 rays of a golden sun. (Tradition has it that 40 tribes were united by the national hero Manas - who used the colour red on his banner - into the Kyrgyz nation.)

stuart notholt 26-SEP-1995