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.…
Kyrgyzstan
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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…
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