A Kyrgyz Soviet tomb / Photo by Evgeni Zotov / Flickr
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Friend, when you visit cemeteries, don’t be afraid.
All the dead are Kyrgyz, and most of them you know.
Over here is…
Kyrgyzstan
March 28, 2022
July 17, 2020Photo courtesy of the author Judging an English Olympiad in Kyrgyzstan, the author witnesses her native tongue “being sliced and slivered like a summer melon” while the heart of…
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