Kyrgyz: RP02

The Kyrgyz are a Turkic-Mongol people who live primarily in Kyrgyzstan. Their traditional livelihood was pastoral nomadism. The former Soviet government both encouraged and forced settlement into permanent Soviet-style settlements in cities and towns and on collective and state farms. The Kyrgyz are...

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven, Conn Human Relations Area Files, Inc 2002
Series:eHRAF World Cultures
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Summary:The Kyrgyz are a Turkic-Mongol people who live primarily in Kyrgyzstan. Their traditional livelihood was pastoral nomadism. The former Soviet government both encouraged and forced settlement into permanent Soviet-style settlements in cities and towns and on collective and state farms. The Kyrgyz are Sunni Muslims. This file contains one document by Kathleen Rae Kuenhast and Daniel Strouthes that was originally published in the Encyclopedia of World Cultures, 1994. The cultural summary includes information on history, settlement patterns, economy, kinship, marriage, family, sociopolitical organization, and religion
Item Description:Culture summary: Kyrgyz - Kathleen Rae Kuehnast and Daniel Strouthes - 2002
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