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	Osh city
		In the period betweem the 10th and the 12th centuries it was the third city of the Ferghana Valley, and in 1762 it joined the Khanate of Kokand and became on of the six trading centres with the Khanate.
		The city is the administrative center of the Osh oblast, at the head of the Ferghana valley and lies close to the border with Uzbekistan.
		Osh is definitely a town where you could walk around for hours, without too much of sightseeing, but just to get to know the culture and try to feel it yourself.
	www.kyrgyzstan.orexca.com /osh_kyrgyzstan.shtml (1290 words)

	Osh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Osh is the second largest city in Kyrgyzstan and is often referred to as the "capital of the south".
		The oblast's best-known and most popular governor during Soviet times was Sultan Ibraimov, who subsequently became Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kyrgyz SSR before being assassinated in 1980.
		Osh is a lively place, with the largest and most crowded outdoor market in all of Central Asia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Osh (560 words)

	Osh Summary
		Osh is the second largest city in Kyrgyzstan and is often referred to as the "capital of the south".
		The oblast's best-known and most popular governor during Soviet times was Sultan Ibraimov, who subsequently became Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kyrgyz SSR before being assassinated in 1980.
		Osh is a lively place, with the largest and most crowded outdoor market in all of Central Asia.
	www.bookrags.com /Osh (776 words)

	Discovery Kyrgyzstan :: Archive :: There is something special about Kyrgyzstan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Osh is mentioned in the greatest epic of the Kyrgyz People, Manas: the wiseman Oshpur was a tutor of Manas.
		The city is the administrative centre of the Osh oblast, at the head of the Ferghana valley and lies close to the border with Uzbekistan.
		Not far from Osh are the caves of Chil Ustin and the petroglyphs of Avaran.
	www.silkpress.orexca.com /archive/kyrgyzstan/4-2005/rome.shtml (566 words)

	Kyrgyzstan:
		Osh Oblast, where the Norwegian LTO was deployed, is situated in the Fergana valley in South Kyrgyzstan.
		Osh oblast has a population of 1.5 million, which is one third of the total population.
		The chairman of the OEC was the rector of the Osh Higher College, and was not perceived by the public as being neutral.
	www.humanrights.uio.no /forskning/publ/wp/wp_2001_03.html (9134 words)

	Osh City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Osh is the administrative centre of Osh oblast and the second biggest city of Kyrgyzstan.
		In the 16-th century Osh became one of the religious centres in Fergana because according to the legend Osh was founded by Prophet Sulaiman.
		The planning and construction of the old Osh was typical for the medieval Central Asia: narrow crooked streets, blind alleys surrounded with high clay fences, huts with flat roofs, mosques with aivans, monumental medreses.
	www.karakol.kg /en/kyrgyzstan_en.osh.html (690 words)

	Osh State University and the Osh Oblast' Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Osh State University (OSU) was established in 1992 upon the reputation and foundation of Osh Pedagogical Institute, which was organized in 1951.
		The city of Osh is the administrative center of the Osh Oblast'.
		The current population of Osh is approximately 300,00, but it is a modern city with an ancient past.
	freenet.bishkek.su /institut/osh/index.html (511 words)

	Local Government in Asia and the Pacific - Kyrgyzstan
		The second largest Kyrgyz city is Osh, the capital of the Osh Oblast and one of the most ancient cities of Central Asia.
		However, all regions and oblasts of the republic are involved in establishing and developing self-government bodies.
		Land tax rates vary in different oblasts: in the Osh Oblast where land is scarce the land tax is 1000 Soms per hectare of land.
	www.unescap.org /huset/lgstudy/country/kyrgyzstan/kyrgyzstan.html (6375 words)

	Kyrgyzstan: Report: Part II: Analytic Section
		For example, in 1991 in Chui oblast and in Bishkek boys in pre-school education programs was 0.5 and 0.7 respectively, and participation of girls amounted to 0.4 and 0.5.
		Issyk-Kul oblast, for example in 1991 had an indicator of 18.8, and by 1998 it dropped down to 4.5, Chui oblast had 23.1 and 5.4 respectively.
		The biggest region of the republic is the Osh oblast which has 696 public schools or 35.9% of the total number of schools in the Republic.
	www.unesco.org /education/wef/countryreports/kyrgyz/rapport_2.html (2751 words)

	Kyrgyzstan: Report: Part II: Analytic Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		For example, in 1991 in Chui oblast and in Bishkek boys in pre-school education programs was 0.5 and 0.7 respectively, and participation of girls amounted to 0.4 and 0.5.
		Issyk-Kul oblast, for example in 1991 had an indicator of 18.8, and by 1998 it dropped down to 4.5, Chui oblast had 23.1 and 5.4 respectively.
		The biggest region of the republic is the Osh oblast which has 696 public schools or 35.9% of the total number of schools in the Republic.
	www2.unesco.org /wef/countryreports/kyrgyz/rapport_2.html (2751 words)

	2001 Study
		Village # 2, in Jalal Abad Oblast in the south, is a somewhat larger village (30,000).
		Osh, the second largest city in the country is also in the south (Osh Oblast).
		Collectively the Osh data show 51% of 553 marriages were the result of kidnapping, and 67% of the 217 kidnap-marriages on which we have data were non-consensual.
	faculty.philau.edu /kleinbachr/bride_ki.htm (6315 words)

	United Nations Human Rights Website - Treaty Bodies Database - Document - State Party Report - Kyrgyzstan
		The policy for promoting female employment includes training and retraining to prepare women for future-oriented professions which are in high demand on the labour market, encouragement of female home workers to work on their own account and encouragement of participation in paid community work.
		Oblasts differ markedly in the distribution of poverty between urban and rural areas.
		The situation was worst in Osh oblast: poverty was commoner than anywhere else in the country and the proportions of poor were high both in urban areas (55.2 per cent) and in rural areas (71.3 per cent).
	www.unhchr.ch /tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/E.1990.5.Add.42.En?Opendocument (14769 words)

	Kyrgyz Republic
		Two television stations in Osh broadcast in Uzbek: Osh Television, which broadcast in Uzbek part of the time, and Mezon Television, all of whose programs were in Uzbek.
		The NAC had required Osh Television to change its broadcast frequency from VHF to UHF, which is not used by most Soviet-period television sets.
		In the Osh district elections, significant irregularities were observed, including voting without identity documents, multiple voting using the supplemental list, and distribution of ballots upon presentation of a student card.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18374.htm (13494 words)

	FANTASIA -> Kyrgyzstan -> Regions -> Osh region
		Taking Southern part of Kyrgyzstan bordering China and Uzbekistan Osh region is laying on the crossroad of cultures, climates, reliefs and civilisations.
		It is the most inhabited region of the country with rich historical and cultural inheritance which results in orientally wise community traditions, farming secrets, picturesque architecture, rich history and delicious cuisine.
		Later, during various periods Osh Region was a part of large and powerful states: Davan, Kushan and Karakhanid Khannate which encounted hundreds of cities with extended culture.
	www.fantasticasia.net /?p=112 (253 words)

	Crisis of Impunity - Appendix I
		The rail station at Osh is not the closest in the region to the Afghan frontier.
		Osh customs officials found that the overall weight for the 17 wagons was approximately 1,000 metric tons.
		In addition to the fact that the Russian army transportation battalion regularly patrols and maintains the main M41 road from Osh to Khorog, Russian Border Guards in Kyrgyzstan are based in the town of Gulcha, through which the consignment from Iran would have passed had it not been halted.
	www.hrw.org /reports/2001/afghan2/Afghan0701-04.htm (2476 words)

	EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight
		This is true in Osh as well, where it is calculated that the route of infection is caused by injection (35-40%) and not through sexual contact.
		The Osh Oblast center is the primary testing site for half of the Oblast for HIV, hepatitis B and C, and STDs.
		The Osh trust point, located in the First Aid Hospital, believes that drug users who come to the program are sick rather than criminals and should be left alone by the police.
	www.eurasianet.org /policy_forum/kyrgyzst030101b.shtml (2388 words)

	EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - Elections and Ethnicity in the South of Kyrgyzstan
		The ethnic balance also has been influenced by the formation of a new Batken oblast, an act that has diluted the ethnic Kyrgyz majority in Osh oblast, where the bulk of the Uzbek population lives in and around the regional capital of Osh.
		According to one western observer, demographics was a major factor in prompting gerrymandering in the Osh region in an effort to ensure Kyrgyz candidates dominated recent parliamentary elections.
		Again, the decision by the Osh court was overturned, and, after returning home to a hero’s welcome, Sobirov took first place, garnering 38 percent of the vote.
	www.eurasianet.org /departments/insight/articles/eav032900.shtml (1045 words)

	The Eurasia Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Under blue skies on a blustery spring day, Charles William Maynes, the President of the Eurasia Foundation, and Naken Kasiev, Governor of Osh oblast, cut the ceremonial ribbon to open the office.
		Interethnic and cross-border ties broken during the dissolution of the Soviet Union must be rebuilt, and built durably, across many social spheres to insure the security and prosperity of the peoples of the region.
		The Osh office administers Eurasia Foundation grants in the tri-country Ferghana Valley area, which includes Osh, Jalalabad, and Batken oblasts in Kyrgyzstan; Andijan, Namangan, and Ferghana oblasts in Uzbekistan; and Sogd oblast in Tajikistan.
	www.eurasia.org /publications/news/view.aspx?ID=52 (563 words)

	Osh State University and the Osh Oblast' Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Osh State University (OSU) was established in 1992 upon the reputation and foundation of Osh Pedagogical Institute, which was organized in 1951.
		The city of Osh is the administrative center of the Osh Oblast'.
		The current population of Osh is approximately 300,00, but it is a modern city with an ancient past.
	freenet.kg /institut/osh (511 words)

	Kyrgyz Republic
		There are two television stations in Osh that broadcast in Uzbek: Osh Television, which broadcasts in Uzbek part of the time--although the station has been criticized by the Government for airing too much Uzbek language programming--and Mezon Television, all of whose programs are in Uzbek.
		On August 10, police in Osh reportedly arrested 15 women after dispersing a demonstration of approximately 200 women merchants who were protesting the local authorities' decision to stop street trade in the city center.
		Pilot elections for the heads of local administrations were held in 16 villages in the spring and in 9 cities during the summer.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/eur/8276.htm (12925 words)

	ILO - The continuing employment crisis in Kyrgyz manufacturing - C. Evans-Klock - Employment Sector
		In Osh City itself, 94 per cent of establishments had placed workers on leave, and the average length of leave was 11 weeks.
		Establishments in Bishkek tended to resort to bartering less frequently than did establishments in Osh Oblast, where the general economy has been slower to revive; 17 per cent of establishments in Bishkek versus 28 per cent of establishments in Osh Oblast bartered at least half their output in 1995 (figure 31).
		The Osh Oblast appears to be the least dependent on inputs from other regions, with average shares of inputs imported half as high as in the other regions.
	www.ilo.org /public/english/employment/strat/publ/etp9.htm (17633 words)

	Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz Republic
		The other large city in Kyrgyzstan is Osh in the south (273,000 inhabitants) and then there are a number of smaller cities with 40,000 - 70,000 inhabitants, e.g.
		The 7 oblasts are subdivided into 39 rayons (districts) and 4 corresponding areas in Bishkek.
		The next largest cities are Osh (273,000 inh.), Tokmak (94,000 inh.), Jalal-Abad (93,000 inh.), Karakol (formerly Przevalsk, 80,000 inh.) and Kara-Balta with 70,000 inhabitants.
	www.kirgistan-reisen.de /eng/allgemein/allgemein.html (2589 words)

	AKIpress-Fergana, Information and Analytical bureau
		The Aga Кhаn School in Osh which is operated by Aga Кhаn Education Services (AКES) has enrolled 490 students since its inauguration in 2002 and will be graduating its first class this year.
		One of the objectives of this ECD program is to make а smooth transition for the children from kindergarten to primary school and track the children's development during this period.
		This visit to educational programs in Osh oblast is part of our joint commitment to support equitable and sustainable human development".
	fergana.akipress.org /_en_f_news.php?id=21356 (588 words)

	IRIN In-Depth \| Asia \| Kyrgyzstan \| KYRGYZSTAN: Focus on HIV/AIDS in the south \| HIV/AIDS (PlusNews) \| In-Depth
		Even in Soviet times, Osh was a primary transit point for drugs that ultimately found their way to streets in the West.
		One leader in Osh's AIDS prevention and treatment community estimated there were now more than 9,000 drug users in the region.
		A doctor from Osh's AIDS centre told IRIN that his organisation received only 30 to 40 percent of the funding it needed from the Kyrgyz government.
	www.irinnews.org /Report.aspx?ReportId=70953 (1549 words)

	KYRGYZSTAN
		This is particularly true of Chui, Issyk-kul and Naryn oblasts due to the break down of irrigation and drainage systems, lack of essential inputs, machinery and financial resources and in some places due to emigration, especially those of European descent.
		Sugar beet production, which is almost exclusively confined to the Chui oblast, and to a limited extent in Talas oblast, has increased over the last ten years, from a point where it had almost ceased in the mid 1980s due to serious nematode infestation, the result of poor rotation.
		The Southern zone is marked by a fringe of rich agricultural lowlands in the Ferghana valley centred on the towns of Osh and Jalalabad, held in a scissors grip of mountains between the Pamir Alay in the south, and the western Tien Shan and Ferghana ranges to the North and East.
	www.fao.org /ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/Counprof/kyrgi.htm (7665 words)

	[ RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY ]
		The OSCE says that while the "right to assembly was more fully respected in the period between the two rounds of elections," numerous flaws noted in the first round were repeated, including bias in the media, continued de-registration of candidates on minor grounds, and poorly maintained voter lists.
		Between 1,000 to 3,000 protesters gather in the Aravan District of Osh Province to voice support for Tursunbai Alimov, the current administrative head of the Aravan District, who is trailing his opponent, Makhammadjan Mamasaidov, by a thin margin.
		The highest turnout is in Talas, Jalal-Abad, and Bakten oblasts, which all top 65 percent, and the lowest in the capital, Bishkek, which registers 46 percent turnout.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2005/03/mil-050325-rferl04.htm (2633 words)

	The United Nations (UN) in Kyrgyzstan
		During the last week in Osh oblast a series of various seminars were held - an oblast level seminar with participation of 150 heads of Ayil Okmotus, a rayon level seminar in Karasu Rayon with participation of 400 representatives of oblast and rayon administrations, and oblast seminar for 100 heads of oblast departments.
		In Issyk-Kul oblast an oblast level workshop on Decentralization Programme’s Briefing and its Annual Plan for 25 representatives of oblast departments and rayon organizations was conducted.
		On January 25, in Namangan city a meeting with the NGOs of Namangan and Andijan oblasts was held in the oblast library with the participation of the manager of the CSSC based in Kerben.
	www.un.org.kg /english/unlink.phtml?157 (1678 words)

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