History of Kyrgyzstan

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Introduction
When you travel in Kyrgyzstan, our guides will inform you about history of the country. Nowadays it is necessary to know the history not only by locals but for travellers too. The nomadic way of life always attracted tourists in their tour in Kyrgyzstan on cars for rent. If you decide to travel in Kyrgyzstan, you will have a chance to see how nomadic lifestyle looks like. It is known that Kyrgyz people prefer to live in small nomadic dwellings due to its easiness to move from one place to another, rather than in a big houses or flat. In the course of your tours in Kyrgyzstan, you will be invited by friendly Kyrgyz families and live in the yurts. You will never find any ancient letters, because Kyrgyz preferred to talk face to face. Kyrgyz history is very rich and appeared almost 2000 year ago as well as the first remain of the word "Kyrgyz" established 201 BC. Kyrgyz history is very interesting due to its significant events, they passed by. It is worth to plan your tour in Kyrgyzstan and open the new things.

Prehistory (1 million years ago - 1 000 BC)
When you decide to travel in Kyrgyzstan, you will learn some interesting things about Prehistory (1 million years ago - 1 000 BC) of Kyrgyzstan. Actually it played an important role of developing the history. In your tour in Kyrgyzstan; you will visit the Rock Art Gallery, which is located in Cholpon Ata. The place is considered to be the spiritual center for people. In the course of your tours in Kyrgyzstan, you will be seen 2000 images pictured on stones and rocks. If you travel in Kyrgyzstan, you will find petroglyphs of animals, people, birds and others. Our guides will show you the pictures of hunting, ritual dancing, plowing, labyrinths, and even erotic images during your tour in Kyrgyzstan. Today, all of them are sacred heritage for all Kyrgyz people and it is a good idea to start your tours in Kyrgyzstan.

Ancient History (1 000 BC - 300 AD)
Let's move on and start talking about Ancient History (1 000 BC - 300 AD). When you travel in Kyrgyzstan, you will be told that the first remain of "Kyrgyz" settled in 201 BC. In the course of your tour in Kyrgyzstan, you will find out that, there was one Chinese historian Sima Tan, who believed that Kyrgyz people dominated by the Hunnu. You can find this statement in his "Historical notes", during your tours in Kyrgyzstan. The next interesting thing you will learn when you travel in Kyrgyzstan is that the Kyrgyz people, actually appeared in the 1st century BC.  The statement was found in another Chinese notes "Han-shu" (History of Han), which was written by historian Ban Gu. Later, the establishment of Kyrgyz people confirmed. In the course of your tours in Kyrgyzstan, you will see that Chinese archives formed the Kyrgyz in the Eastern Turkestan territory. Thus, you can point that, the appearance of Kyrgyz people were found in the 1st century BC as well as placed itself in the East of Kyrgyzstan. Our company will provide you with necessary information about car rent opportunities in the course of your tour in Kyrgyzstan.

Turkic Era (500-1200)
In continuation, we are going to talk about the Turkic Era (500-1200). Basically, it formed in the early Middle Ages from 6th to 13th centuries. When you travel in Kyrgyzstan, you will learn that it established by the settling down of Turkic-speaking tribes, which moved from the Altai Mountains to the Central Asian region and formed the first Turkic dynasties. In the course of your tour in Kyrgyzstan, you will have opportunity to hear some significant events from history, before; there were not any remains in the Chinese archives about Kyrgyz people. Later, in the 7th century, they finally defined the Kyrgyz Kaganate. In the course of your tours in Kyrgyzstan, you will find out that they placed its territory on the middle Yenisei River and South Siberia and the head of the Kyrgyz Kaganate was Barsbek ajo-king. Over the time, they established the empire of Yenisei Kyrgyz formed in 9th - 10th centuries and migrated from the Irtysh River in the west to the Big Khingan range in the east and the Angara and Selenga Rivers in the north to the Gobi Desert in the south. Eventually, the Great Kyrgyz Empire built up by historian Barthold. We suggest you to travel in Kyrgyzstan, and not miss such remarkable events from Kyrgyz history. Tours in Kyrgyzstan offering best service! We believe that your tours in Kyrgyzstan will be unforgettable.

The Mongol Rule (1200-1400)
During your tours in Kyrgyzstan, you will be told about The Mongol Rule (1200-1400), which considered being dramatic in the history of Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia. When you travel in Kyrgyzstan, you will get acquainted with the period of 13th century. It was time of Mongol defeat. In the course of your tour in Kyrgyzstan, you will learn that the Great Mongol Era destroyed the territory of Genghis Khan and devastated the Turkic culture. Over the time, in 1207 the Yenisei Kyrgyz acceded to the territory of Genghiz Khan and was head of the army for several hundred years.

In the course of tours in Kyrgyzstan, you will be told that, the Kyrgyz people joined to the Islam religion in the 12th and 15th centuries and were popular among Persian, Arab, and Turkic traders. When you plan your tour in Kyrgyzstan, you will see how the history of Kyrgyzstan changed the country, so that we recommend you to travel in Kyrgyzstan.

Kyrgyz consolidation (1400-1800)
The Kyrgyz formed consolidation (1400-1800) by moving from South Siberia to the territory of Kyrgyzstan in 15th century. But, the territory was not defined yet in the 15 th -19 th centuries. They fight a lot in order to build their own territory. They finally established ethno-political system with several independent tribes. However, the ruled almost for four centuries and brought up the development of Kyrgyzstan.

Russian Colonization (1770-1917)
The Russian Colonization was ruled by the northern Kyrgyz leaders. The Russian forced the Kyrgyz to be the part of them and make them safe. This period included many wars and fights between China, Koqand and Kazakhs, thus they were looking for the asylum. Eventually, they joined to the Russia and they took the southern Kyrgyzstan by force and made them to be part of   the Russian Empire. Russians help Kyrgyz to develop administrative-territorial system and start improving agricultural economy.

Soviet Rule (1917-1991)
The Soviet Rule (1917-1991) brought up the significant opportunities to develop Kyrgyzstan. The group of the Bolsheviks put efforts and came to power in 1917. They settled down a socialist society and developed the lives of people, by giving them opportunity to rate. The Kyrgyzstan established its own politic and economic liberalism as well as schools, universities, work, professional literature, theatre, painting, cinema, science, the establishment of a large-scale heavy metal processing industry and machinery. The big contribution of Bolsheviks improved the Kyrgyz statehood, although Kyrgyzstan lost lives of many people due to Authorization, Collectivization and Cultural Revolution.

Independent Kyrgyzstan (since 1991)
After disintegration of the Soviet Union (since 1991), the Kyrgyzstan finally achieved independence and contributed its own flag, coat of arms and anthem. They dated The Constitution of Kyrgyzstan in 1993 and later joined the UN on March 2, 1992. Later many people faced with the terrible unemployment and their life changed in a bad way due to revolutions of the rejection of presidents in 2005 and 2010. Kyrgyzstan has a status of socio-economic cultural center. Over the time it achieved the status of parliamentary system and elected a new president in 2017. And now it is easy to rent a car and travel here.



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