“God bless кыргызское мясо!” (God bless Kyrgyz meat!)
Facebook meme, widespread among young Kyrgyz.
The collapse of USSR resulted in chaos in Kyrgyzstan. Most of the Issky-Kul region’s factories were closed and many people found themselves without jobs. The Altymyshev family was forced to make a difficult choice. Karypbai Altymyshev had trained as a commodities administrator and his wife was an accountant in a factory. But the end of communism forced them to revert to the nomadic lifestyle of their Kyrgyz ancestors. They had the knowledge of how to work with livestock from their parents – hereditary shepherds, cattle breeders and butchers. Continue reading
BISHKEK – Kyrgyz president Almazbek Atambayev signed a decree December 2 that guarantees Roza Otunbayeva – who stepped down from the presidency a day earlier – an allowance and benefits package, the presidential press-service told Central Asia Online.
![Kyrgyz President Roza Otunbayeva addresses journalists at a Bishkek polling station during the presidential election October 30. Otunbayeva steps down from her position December 1. [Reuters]](http://centralasiaonline.com/shared/images/2011/11/30/otunbayeva1.jpg)
To mark the 20th Anniversary of the Republic Kyrgyzstan the Aitmatov Academy in Richmond honoured 5 people by ICAA on the 25th of November 2011 in York House in Twickenham, London, UK.