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№8 February 2010

Your monthly guide to what’s happening in and around Bishkek

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Restaurant GuideTourist MapWhat’s On

Plus:

Basmachi

Rebels without accord

Secrets of the

Dead

Roll up for the

Midget Circus

Twenty-four hours in

Bishkek

Soccer scandal

Kyrgyz style

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Contents

This MonthOut & About

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What’s On

The pick o the entertainment listings.

City map

Don’t get lost.

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Restaurants, Bars, Clubs

All the best bars and clubs in town.

Weekend

Crosswords, sudoku, and other thingsto do over a coee.

The Guide

The World’s Smallest Circus

The Moscow State Midget Circus came totown, and the

Spektator

was in the thick o the action.

Bishkek in Twenty-Four Hours

A crazed caper around the thoroughares,drinking holes and parks o the KyrgyzRepublic’s capital.

Focus

The Tago & Tette saga

Two Kyrgyz ootball stars fee to Tajikistan,then come back again.

News and Views

Chinese yurts, passports or sheep, borderfare-ups and more.

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The Spektator Magazine is available at locations throughout Bishkek, including:

(Travel Agencies) Adventure Seller, Ak-Sai Travel, Carlson Wagonlit, Celestial Mountains, Eotour, Glavtour,Kyrgyz Concept,Kyrgyz Travel, Muza, NoviNomad (Bars & Restaurants) Cowboy, Hollywood, Metro, New York Pizza, No1, 2x2, Boulevard, Cofeehouse, Doka, Fatboy’s, Four Seasons, Live Bar, Lounge Bar,Meri, Navigator, Stary Edgar’s Veranda, Adriatico, Cyclone, Dolce Vita, Santa Maria, Golden Bull (Casinos) Europa, Golden Dragon, XO (Hotels) Dostuk, Hyatt, Golden Dragon, Holiday,Alpinist (Embassies and

Organisations) The UN building, The American base, The German Embassy, The Dutch Consulate, CAMP

Ala-too, NCCR, The Bishkek Opera & Ballet Society.

ON THE COVER: Emir Alim Khan, the last emiro Bukhara. Colour photograph taken by SergeiProkudin-Gorsky in 1911.

Got Kymyz?

Jake Fleming tries and ails to get drunk on dairy.

Secrets o the Dead

One woman’s stirring account o how sheuncovered the Chon Tash massacre o thelate 1930’s.

Basmachi: Rebels without Accord

Dr Kirill Nourzhanov, a regional authorityon the subject, sheds some light on theuprising which blighted the early years o communism in Central Asia.

The Spektator Magazine

Editor-in-Chie:

Tom Wellings

Managing Editor:

Chris Rickleton(editor@thespektator.co.uk)

Sta writers:

Alex Ward (alexward@thespektator.co.uk), Robert Marks(robertmarks@thespektator.co.uk),Andreas Hedors, Natalya Wells,Jake Fleming, Pavel KropotkinAnthony Butts (anthonybutts@thespektator.co.uk)

Guest Contributer:

Kirill Nourzhanov

Design:

Alena Krivyh

Advertising Manager:

Irina Kasymova(email: advertise@thespektator.co.uk)

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