A report on Kyrgyzstan and Tian Shan
Tian Shan is north and west of the Taklamakan Desert and directly north of the Tarim Basin in the border region of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Xinjiang in Northwest China.
- Tian ShanThe Kyrgyz state reached its greatest expansion after defeating the Uyghur Khaganate in 840 AD. From the tenth century the Kyrgyz migrated as far as the Tian Shan range and maintained their dominance over this territory for about 200 years.
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Silk Road
8 linksNetwork of Eurasian trade routes active from the second century BCE until the mid-15th century.
Network of Eurasian trade routes active from the second century BCE until the mid-15th century.
The Islamic world expanded into Central Asia during the 8th century, under the Umayyad Caliphate, while its successor the Abbasid Caliphate put a halt to Chinese westward expansion at the Battle of Talas in 751 (near the Talas River in modern-day Kyrgyzstan).
The northern route travelled northwest through the Chinese province of Gansu from Shaanxi Province and split into three further routes, two of them following the mountain ranges to the north and south of the Taklamakan Desert to rejoin at Kashgar, and the other going north of the Tian Shan mountains through Turpan, Talgar, and Almaty (in what is now southeast Kazakhstan).
Central Asia
5 linksSubregion of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north.
Subregion of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north.
The region consists of the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
Central Asia is a region of varied geography, including high passes and mountains (Tian Shan), vast deserts (Kyzyl Kum, Taklamakan), and especially treeless, grassy steppes.
Kazakhstan
5 linksTranscontinental landlocked country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe.
Transcontinental landlocked country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe.
It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbekistan to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southwest.
The Charyn Canyon is 80 km long, cutting through a red sandstone plateau and stretching along the Charyn River gorge in northern Tian Shan ("Heavenly Mountains", 200 km east of Almaty) at 43.35032°N, 79.08036°W.
Almaty
5 linksLargest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million.
Largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million.
The city is located in the mountainous area of southern Kazakhstan near the border with Kyrgyzstan in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau at an elevation of 700–900 m (2,300–3,000 feet), where the Large and Small Almatinka rivers run into the plain.
There is great genetic diversity among the wild apples in the region surrounding Almaty; the region west of the Tian Shan mountains is thought to be the apple's ancestral home.
Pamir Mountains
3 linksThe Pamir Mountains are a mountain range between Central Asia, South Asia and East Asia.
The Pamir Mountains are a mountain range between Central Asia, South Asia and East Asia.
It is located at a junction with other notable mountains, namely the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun, Hindu Kush and the Himalaya mountain ranges.
To the north, they join the Tian Shan mountains along the Alay Valley of Kyrgyzstan.
Tashkent
5 linksCapital and largest city of Uzbekistan, as well as the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of 2,694,400 (2021).
Capital and largest city of Uzbekistan, as well as the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of 2,694,400 (2021).
Tashkent was first settled some time between the 5th and 3rd centuries BC by ancient people as an oasis on the Chirchik River, near the foothills of the West Tian Shan Mountains.
🇰🇬 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Syr Darya
3 linksRiver in Central Asia.
River in Central Asia.
It originates in the Tian Shan Mountains in Kyrgyzstan and eastern Uzbekistan and flows for 2256.25 km west and north-west through Uzbekistan and southern Kazakhstan to the northern remnants of the Aral Sea.
Bishkek
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Bishkek (Бишкек), ), formerly Pishpek and Frunze, is the capital and largest city of Kyrgyzstan.
Bishkek is situated at an altitude of about 800 m, just off the northern fringe of the Kyrgyz Ala-Too Range, an extension of the Tian Shan mountain range.
Fergana Valley
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The Fergana Valley (Фергана өрөөнү; Фарғона водийси/Farg'ona vodiysi; водии Фарғона, Vodii Farg'ona) in Central Asia lies mainly in eastern Uzbekistan, but also extends into southern Kyrgyzstan and northern Tajikistan.
The Fergana Valley is an intermountain depression in Central Asia, between the mountain systems of the Tien Shan in the north and the Alay in the south.
Jengish Chokusu
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Jengish Chokusu (Жеңиш чокусу, جەڭىش چوقۇسۇ, ; ; Пик Победы, Pik Pobedy, ) is the highest mountain in the Tian Shan mountain system at 7439 m. It lies on the Kyrgyzstan–China border between the Ak-Suu District, in the Issyk-Kul Region of far Eastern Kyrgyzstan and Wensu County, Xinjiang, China.