Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyzstan (also “Kyrgyz,” “Kirgizia,” or “Kirghizia”), officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked and mountainous country in Central Asia. It borders Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and the People's Republic of China ... [94%] 2023-02-03
Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia, lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the capital and largest city of the country. (Country in Central Asia) [94%] 2024-01-02 [Kyrgyzstan] [History of the Kyrgyz people]...
Kyrgyzstan: The Kyrgyz Republic, commonly known as Kyrgyzstan, is a former Soviet republic in central Asia. It is landlocked in the Tian Shan mountain range, bordering China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan. [94%] 2023-12-19 [Asian countries] [Authoritarian regimes]...
Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyzstan, also known as the Kyrgyz Republic, is a republic located in Central Asia that is completely surrounded by land. The People's Republic of China is located to the east of Kyrgyzstan, while Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are located to ... [94%] 2024-01-09 [Kyrgyzstan] [Central Asian countries]...
Kyrgyzstan (political party): Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz: Кыргызстан, romanized: Kırgızstan) is an eponymously-named centrist political party in Kyrgyzstan. It was established in May 2015, by Kanatbek Isaev, a former Respublika Member of Parliament. (Political party) [94%] 2024-01-02 [Political parties in Kyrgyzstan]
Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyzstan (Кыргыз Республикасы) is a landlocked Central Asian nation, formerly part of the USSR, and bordering China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. In April 2010, it underwent a popular revolution, ousting President Kurmanbek Bakiyev and installing a popular provisional government. [94%] 2023-09-15
Universities: Places of higher and liberal learning, so called from the Latin word "universitas," signifying an association or a corporation. There are traditions of the connection of Jews with the medieval universities of Salerno and Montpellier (see Medicine) and with that ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [84%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
Universities: The medieval Latin term universitas (from which the English word university is derived) was originally employed to denote any community or corporation regarded under its collective aspect. When used in its modern sense, as denoting a body devoted to learning ... [84%] 2022-09-02
Women in Kyrgyzstan: Women in Kyrgyzstan traditionally had assigned roles, although only the religious elite sequestered women as was done in other Muslim societies. Rural inhabitants continue the traditional Siberian tribal practice of bride kidnapping (abducting women and girls for forced marriage). (Overview of the status of women in Kyrgyzstan) [80%] 2024-01-02 [Women in Kyrgyzstan]
Ahmadiyya in Kyrgyzstan: Ahmadiyya is an Islamic community in Kyrgyzstan, whose teachings were first brought into the country by foreign Pakistani missionaries in the early 1990s. Although the Community was first registered in the country in 2002, its registration was struck off with ... (Community in Kyrgyzstan) [80%] 2024-01-02 [Ahmadiyya by country] [Islam in Kyrgyzstan]...
Dance in Kyrgyzstan: Dance in Kyrgyzstan includes reconstructed traditional dances and modern theatrical dance. No descriptions of traditional dances exist; all of the modern folk dances are created after the establishment of the Soviet rule in Central Asia. (Traditional and performative dance) [80%] 2024-02-05 [Asian dances] [Dance in Kyrgyzstan]...
Uyghurs in Kyrgyzstan: There is a population of Uyghurs in Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz: Кыргызстандагы уйгурлар, قىرعیزستانداعی ۇيعۇرلار, Kırgızstandagı uygurlar), who mostly came to the country in three separate migrations throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. According to official statistics, they make up about 0.9% of the national population. (Ethnic group in Kyrgyzstan) [80%] 2024-01-02 [Uyghur diaspora]
Banking in Kyrgyzstan: In mid-1995, the banking system in Kyrgyzstan continued to be dominated by the central savings bank (the National Bank of Kyrgyzstan, created in 1991) and by the three major commercial banks that succeeded the sectoral banks of the Soviet ... (Finance) [80%] 2023-12-13 [Banking by country]
Religion in Kyrgyzstan: Religion in Kyrgyzstan (2020) Islam is the main religion in Kyrgyzstan and the constitution guarantees freedom of religion. Kyrgyzstan is a multicultural and multi-religious country with Islam, Buddhism, Baháʼí, Christianity (including Russian Orthodox Church, Roman Catholicism, Seventh-day Adventist Church ... (none) [80%] 2024-01-02 [Religion in Kyrgyzstan] [Freedom of religion by country]...
Buddhism in Kyrgyzstan: Buddhism reached Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia via the Great Silk Road. Archaeologists have found traces of Buddhist influence along this ancient trade route. (Religion) [80%] 2023-12-13 [Buddhism]
Russians in Kyrgyzstan: Russians in Kyrgyzstan form a minority ethnic group numbering 419,600 individuals according to the 2009 census, representing 9.1% of the total population. Most ethnic Russians migrated to the country during the 20th century. [80%] 2024-03-26 [Ethnic groups in Kyrgyzstan] [Russian diaspora in Asia]...
Antisemitism in universities: Antisemitism in universities is a growing threat in higher education, particularly in Western nations, resulting from anti-Israel propaganda which escalates into harassment, threats, and even violent attacks against Jewish students. Anti-Zionist movements including BDS promoted by anti-American ... [74%] 2023-02-28 [Marxism] [Anti-Semitism]...