People on Kyrgyzstan's street signs

Vladimir Lenin

32 Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He was the first head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 until his death...

Epic of Manas

12 The Epic of Manas is a lengthy and traditional epic poem of the Kyrgyz people of Central Asia. Versions of the poem which date to the 19th century contain historical events of the 8th century;...

Mikhail Frunze

11 Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze was a Soviet revolutionary, politician, army officer and military theorist.

Yuri Gagarin

11 Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who, aboard the first successful crewed spaceflight, became the first person to journey into outer space. Travelling on Vostok 1, Gagarin...

Ivan Panfilov

7 Ivan Vasilyevich Panfilov was a Soviet general and a posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union, known for his command of the 316th Rifle Division during the defense of Moscow at the Second World War.

Togolok Moldo

5 Togolok Moldo was a Kyrgyz poet, Manaschi and folk song writer. Born in the village Kurtka in what is now the Ak-Talaa District, Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan. Togolok Moldo by his audiences – "togolok"...

Maxim Gorky

5 Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, popularly known as Maxim Gorky, was a Russian and Soviet writer and proponent of socialism. He was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Before his...

Kurmanjan Datka

5 Kurmanjan Datka or Datka Kurmanjan Mamatbay kyzy, also known as the "Tsaritsa of Alai" or the "Queen of the South", was a Kyrgyz politician who acquiesced under duress to the annexation of that...

Mikhail Kalinin

5 Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin was a Soviet politician and Russian Old Bolshevik revolutionary. He served as head of state of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and later of the Soviet Union...

Mariya Oktyabrskaya

5 Mariya Vasilyevna Oktyabrskaya was a Soviet tank driver and mechanic who fought on the Eastern Front against Nazi Germany during World War II. After her husband was killed fighting in 1941,...

Alexander Pushkin

5 Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era. He is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet, as well as the founder of modern Russian...

Абдрахманов Жусуп Абдрахманович

4 Абдрахманов Жусуп Абдрахманович — советтик жана кыргыз мамлекеттик ишмери, Кыргыз АССРинин Эл Комиссарлар Советининин биринчи төрагасы (1927—1933), ОСФСР ВЦИКтин мүчөсү, СССР ЦИК Президиумунун...

Chinghiz Aitmatov

3 Chinghiz Torekulovich Aitmatov was a Kyrgyz author who wrote mainly in Russian, but also in Kyrgyz. He is one of the best known figures in Kyrgyzstan's literature.

Shota Rustaveli

3 Shota Rustaveli, mononymously known simply as Rustaveli, was a medieval Georgian poet. He is considered to be the pre-eminent poet of the Georgian Golden Age and one of the greatest contributors to...

Sayakbay Karalaev

2 Sayakbay Karalaev was a Soviet and Kyrgyz storyteller and manaschi - a reciter of the epic Kyrgyz poem Manas.

Ахунбаев, Иса Коноевич

2 Иса Коноевич Ахунбаев — советский хирург, основоположник грудной хирургии Кыргызстана.             

Aaly Tokombaev

2 Aaly Tokombaev was a poet, composer, and a famous novelist who greatly influenced the Kyrgyz nation. In 1927 he graduated from the Middle Asian Community University (presently National University of...

Усенбаев, Алымкул

2 Алымкул Усенбаев — советский киргизский акын-импровизатор, член Союза писателей СССР. Народный артист Киргизской ССР.

Дооронбек Садырбаев

2 Садырбаев, Дооронбек — кыргыз кинорежиссеру, жазуучусу, саясий жана коомдук ишмери. Өлгөндөн кийин ага Кыргыз Эл Баатыры наамы (2008) ыйгарылган.

Sagymbai Orozbak uulu

2 Sagimbai Orozbakov (1868–1930) was a Kyrgyz manaschi, or reciter of the Epic of Manas. The first reputable and complete edition of his noted variant of Manas was published in 2010. It was the first...

Absamat Masaliyev

2 Absamat Masaliyevich Masaliyev was the first Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kirghizia from November 1985 until Kyrgyz independence, and led the Party of Communists of...

Айтиев, Гапар Айтиевич

2 Гапа́р Айти́евич Айти́ев (1912—1984) — советский киргизский художник-живописец, сценограф, педагог. Герой Социалистического Труда (1982). Народный художник СССР (1971). Лауреат Государственной премии...