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Kyrghyztan

 

Contents

Flags

Historical Flags

Meaning/Origin of the Flag

Coat of Arms

Meaning/Origin of the Coat of Arms

Aircraft Roundel

Map

Numbers and Facts

History

Origin of the Country's Name



Flags

Flagge Fahne flag National flag Merchant flag Kirgistan Kirgisistan Kirgisien Kyrghyztan Kyrgyzia Kyrghyzistan
National flag,
ratio = 3:5,
Source, by: Wikipedia (D)




Flagge Fahne flag Präsident President Kirgistan Kirgisistan Kirgisien Kyrghyztan Kyrgyzia Kyrghyzistan
Flag of the President,
ratio = 3:5,
Source: File:Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg: Jeff Dahl,
-xfi-File:National_emblem_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg: Zscout370derivative
work: NikNaks talk - gallery - wikipedia [Public domain],
via Wikimedia Commons

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Historical Flags

Flagge Fahne flag National flag Merchant flag Kirgistan Kirgisistan Kirgisien Kyrghyztan Kyrgyzia Kyrghyzistan
1929–1936,
Flag of the Kyrgyz Socialistic Soviet Republic,
ratio = 1:2,
Source: Wikipedia (EN), Own work, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons




Flagge Fahne flag National flag Merchant flag Kirgistan Kirgisistan Kirgisien Kyrghyztan Kyrgyzia Kyrghyzistan
1936–1940,
Flag of the Kyrgyz Socialistic Soviet Republic,
ratio = 1:2,
Source Wikipedia (EN), Phil Chekhov, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons





Flagge Fahne flag National flag Merchant flag Kirgistan Kirgisistan Kirgisien Kyrghyztan Kyrgyzia Kyrghyzistan
1940–1952,
Flag of the Kyrgyz Socialistic Soviet Republic,
ratio = 1:2,
Source: Wikipedia (EN), Phil Chekhov, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons




Flagge Fahne flag National flag Merchant flag Kirgistan Kirgisistan Kirgisien Kyrghyztan Kyrgyzia Kyrghyzistan
22.12.1952–03.03.1992,
Flag of the Kyrgyz Socialistic Soviet Republic,
ratio = 1:2,
Source, by: Wikipedia (D)




look also:
Flag history of the soviet republics of the USSR

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Meaning/Origin of the Flag

The today's flag of Kyrgyzstan was introduced on 3rd of March in 1992. It shows in the middle of a red bunting a golden sun with forty points, in which is depicted the roof of a native round tent – a so named Tjundjuk. The sun symbolizes the warm summers in the Kyrgyz steppe. The roof of a native round tent stands for hospitality and honesty, and should also remember the nomad herdsman live of the rural population in the gone centuries. The two colors of the flag, the red and the yellow, are specified with Pantone 1788 and 100% yellow.

Source: Nationalflaggen der Welt, Flaggen-Atlas Erde, Wikipedia (EN)

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Coat of Arms


Wappen coat of arms Kirgistan Kirgisistan Kirgisien Kyrghyztan Kyrgyzia Kyrghyzistan
since 1994,
Coat of arms of Kyrgyzstan,
Source: А. Абдраев (A. Abdraev), С. Дубанаев (S. Dubanaev) 1994. Standardized version:Nurbek Nasyranbekov Nargiza Kulataeva, Kanat Karapashov, Marcel Sheishenov(2016). [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons


Wappen coat of arms Kirgistan Kirgisistan Kirgisien Kyrghyztan Kyrgyzia Kyrghyzistan
1956–1994,
Coat of arms of the Kyrgyz Socialistic Soviet Republic,
Source: TheSign 1998 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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Meaning/Origin of the Coat of Arms

The today's coat of arms of the state was introduced on 14th of January in 1994. It is a single-coloured blue disk, which shows in the foreground a silvery hawk with outspread wings. In the background a lake and the Back Alaijan Range (Ille Ala Toosu) with the highest mountain of the country, the Pik Lenin (7.134 m). Behind a glowing, rising, golden sun. All this is surrounded by wheat ears and cotton blossoms, as well as the name of the state in cyrillic fonts.

Source: Nationalflaggen der Welt, Flaggen und Coat of arms of the Welt

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Aircraft Roundel


Flugzeugkokarde Kokarde aircraft roundel Kirgistan Kirgisistan Kirgisien Kyrghyztan Kyrgyzia Kyrghyzistan
Aircraft Roundel,
Source, by: Wikipedia (EN)

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Map

Location:

Source: CIA World Factbook

Map of the country:

Source: CIA World Factbook

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Numbers and Facts

Area: 77.201 square miles

Inhabitants: 6.523.529 (2020), thereof 65% Kyrgyz, 14% Uzbeks, 12% Russians, 1,1% Hui, 1% Uyghurs, 1% Ukrainians, 1% Tadjiks, 1% Tatars, 1% Kazakhs, 0,9% Meskhetians, 0,2% Germans

Religions: 90% Muslim, 7% Christian

Density of Population: 85 inh./sq.mi.

Capital: Bischkek (to 1925 Pischpek, 1925–1991 Frunse), 1.053.915 inh. (2020)

official Languagen: Kyrgyz, Russian

other Languages: Uzbek

Currency: 1 Som (KGS) = 100 Tyjyn

Time Zone: GMT + 6 h

Source: Wikipedia (D), CIA World Factbook

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History

ca. 840 · settle of the Kyrgyzians in the Empire of the Uyghurs

10th cent. · rule of the Karakhanides

1219 · conquered and begin of the rule by the Mongols under Dshingis Khan

1227–1280 · the region of the today's Kazakhstan belongs to the Empire of the Tshagatai, son of Dshingis Khan

14th cent. · with the decay of the Mongolian empires comes into being in the region of the today's Kyrghyztan the Khanate of Mogolistan, later to the Kashgarian Empire

18th cent. · the region belongs to China

1830 · the region comes to the Khanate of Kokand

1850–1876 · Russia submits the Kyrgyzians

1862 · foundation of Pishpek as a Russian colonist city

1865 · formation of the General Government of Turkestan, in this way annexion to Russia

1918 · establishment of the Soviet Dictatorship, foundation of the Turkestanian Autonomous Socialistic Soviet Republic (within Soviet Russia – Russian Socialistic Federative Soviet Republic) on the territory of the today's states Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan

October 1924 · dissolution of the Turkestanian Autonomous Socialistic Soviet Republic, formation of the Kara-Kyrgyz Autonomous District (Autonomous Oblast), within Soviet Russia

25th of May 1925 · rename in Kyrgyz Autonomous District (Autonomous Oblast)

1st of February 1926 · foundation of the Kyrgyz Autonomous Socialistic Soviet Republic (within Soviet Russia), rename of Pishpek in Frunse

1935 · elevation to the Kyrgyz Socialistic Soviet Republic (as part of the Soviet Union)

31st of August 1991 · independence, rename of Frunse in Bishkek

1993 · new constitution

2010 · armed fights between Kyrgyzians and Uzbeks

2010 · tumultuous change of government, new constitution

2021 · the amendments to the 2010 constitution are reversed

Source: Atlas zur Geschichte, World Statesmen, Die Völker der Erde, Wikipedia (D)

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Origin of the Country's Name

The name of the country goes back to the Kyrgyz nation, which is living here. The Kyrgyz are convinced that the name of their people comes from the word "kirkkyz", which means "forty", and thus they are the descendants of 40 tribes.

Source: Wikipedia (D)

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