RUH-ORDO

Translated from Kyrgyz, "Rukh Ordo"

means "spiritual center" or "center of
spirits". The center was established
back in 2002 on the picturesque shore of
Lake Issyk-Kul, but initially it was
conceived as a closed private cultural
complex, the entrance to the territory of
which was restricted to ordinary
visitors. And only in 2007, the policy of
"Rukh Ordo" was revised and this
unique place became accessible to all
Kyrgyz and guests of the country.
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«RUH-ORDO»
Rukh Ordo is an open—air cultural
complex and museum located on the
northern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul, in the
city of Cholpon-Ata. The complex
occupies 4.5 hectares, on its territory
there is a memorial house of the famous
Kyrgyz writer Chingiz Aitmatov,
religious buildings dedicated to world
religions, exhibition halls for exhibitions
and exhibitions.
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FACTS
Five chapels were built on the territory
of the open-air museum, each of which
represents one of the world religions:
Islam, Catholicism, Orthodoxy, Judaism
and Buddhism. They have become the
central axis of the entire exposition of
the complex.