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  Taraz - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The city was first recorded undert the name "Talas" in 568 CE by Menander Protector, the secretary of Zemarchus, who lead a Byzantine diplomatic mission sent to by Justinian I to Istämi, the ruler of the Göktürk Qaghanate.
Talas was later described by many other medieval writers, including Xuanzang, who passed Talas in 629 and later wrote: "Traveling 144-150 li west of Zangzuang we arrived to a town Ta-la-sy.
In 1723 the Talas Valley, as well as the major part of southern Kazakhstan were invaded by Dzungars who owned it nearly until 1755.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Taraz   (2973 words)

  
 Talas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Talas is a small town in northwestern Kyrgyzstan, located in a long valley between two imposing mountain ranges.
It is the administrative headquarters of Talas province.
The Battle of Talas (751 CE), fought between forces of the Chinese Tang dynasty and those of the Arab Abbasid Caliphate, took place somewhere along the Talas River in the Talas valley.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talas   (267 words)

  
 Place:Talas, Kyrgyzstan - Genealogy
Talas is a small town in northwestern Kyrgyzstan, beautifully located in a long valley between two imposing mountain ranges.
A few kilometers outside Talas lies a mausoleum, supposedly that of Manas; however, the inscription on its richly-decorated facade dedicates it to "...the most glorious of women Kenizek-Khatun, the daughter of the Emir Abuka".
The Talas River was the site (and name) of a famous battle in 751 AD, fought between the Chinese and the Arabs, which the Arabs won.
werelate.org /wiki/Place:Talas,_Kyrgyzstan   (273 words)

  
 Saudi Aramco World : The Battle of Talas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Medievalists, military historians, Arabists, and Sinologists have debated the long-term political ramifications of the Battle of Talas.
Simmering opposition to the policies of Emperor Hsuan-tsung culminated in the revolt of 755, and the combination of external pressures and internal convulsions left China enervated and in a woeful state of decline.
The defeat at Talas, therefore, did not by itself drive China permanently out of West Turkestan; it was a weakened China's manifest inability to bounce back after Talas that proved decisive in the end.
www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/198205/the.battle.of.talas.htm   (1680 words)

  
 FANTASIA -> Kyrgyzstan -> Regions -> Talas region
Talas region of Kyrgyzstan was described in ancient Kyrgyz epos Manas and the main historical monuments related to the epos are located here: Mausoleum of Manas of 14 century is a part of "Manas-Ordo" monumental complex located in Tash-Aryk village.
The virgin nature of Talas region is rich with outstanding outdoor activity possibilities such as: hiking, trekking, climbing and horseback tours.
The famous Kyrgyz writer Chinghiz Aitmatov whose books "Jamilya", "The White Steamship", "White cloud of Chenghiz Khan" are loved by millions of people all over the world was born on the land of Talas in a small village near the mountain called Manas.
fantasticasia.net /?p=116&travel=Talasskaya+oblast+or+...+of+Kyrgyzstan   (175 words)

  
 New dam to bring hope to farmers in Karabura   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
TALAS, 16 Sep 2004 (IRIN) - The rehabilitation of a dam in northwestern Kyrgyzstan is under way, aimed at improving irrigation facilities, a move expected to boost agricultural production in the area.
The Karabura River is a major water source in the northwestern Talas province.
According to the Talas provincial water management administration, Karabura district has the lowest water supply in the province.
www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=43202   (586 words)

  
 Kyrgyzstan
The main agricultural regions are in the Fergana Valley (Osh and Jalal-Abad provinces), in the northern Chu and Talas valleys, and in the Ysyk-Köl basin in the northeast.
When the parliament was convened for the first time, in March 1995, fifteen seats remained unfilled; two important provinces (Naryn and Talas) had no deputies in the upper house at all, prompting angry cries that regional interests were not being properly represented when the two houses elected their respective speakers.
The so-called northern provinces are Naryn, Ysyk-Köl, Chu, and Talas, and the southern provinces are Osh and Jalal-Abad.
www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/kyrgyzstan/all.html   (17837 words)

  
 Kyrgyzstan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
As of early 2006, however, initial public support for the new administration has substantially declined as a result of its apparent inability to solve the corruption problems that have plagued the country since its independence from the Soviet Union, along with the murders of three members of parliament.
Kyrgyzstan is divided into seven provinces (singular: oblast (область), plural: oblasttar (областтар)); adminstered by appointed governors.
Each province comprises a number of districts (rayon), administered by government-appointed officials (akim).
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/k/ky/kyrgyzstan.html   (3441 words)

  
 HORIZON travel Company
In the history-books the "Battle of Talas" in 751 was described the turning point of the Chinese expansion in the area, defeated by the Arabs, this heralded the start of the Islamization of the region.
Talas is also the hometown of the legendary folk hero, the Khan (king) Manas.
Talas was an insignificant village when the Russians occupied it in 1864, now the town is the regional center of the province and looks more attractive today.
www.horizon.elcat.kg /english/intro.html   (9276 words)

  
 Kyrgyzstan
The OSCE found that while the elections failed to comply with commitments to free and fair elections, there were improvements over the 2000 elections, notably the use of indelible ink, transparent ballot boxes, and generally good access by election observers.
Kyrgyzstan is divided into seven provinces (singular: oblast, plural: oblastlar); adminstered by appointed governors.
Each province is comprises a number of districts (raion), administered by government-appointed officials.(akims) Rural communities (aiyl okmotus) consisting of up to twenty small settlements have their own elected mayors and councils.
creekin.net /n100-kyrgyzstan.html   (2464 words)

  
 Turkish Village - Chapter 2 - by Paul Stirling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The most southerly of these, only five miles from the town, is Talas, nahiye centre under the central kaza of Kayseri province.
Talas is mainly an agricultural village, but also partly a dormitory suburb of the city and partly a centre of the motor transport business.
In village terms, Kayseri to Sakaltutan was six hours, Talas to Sakaltutan four or five hours, and Sakaltutan to Elbashï four or five hours.
lucy.ukc.ac.uk /Tvillage/Pages/Page_16.html   (338 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
People demanded justice, with last hope in desperate, as KCHR was informed, from Talas province about 300 persons came for the last money they had.
Yan Kubish noted that OSCE observance mission gave rough enough assessment to the results of the 1 round, and the assessment of the 2 round will be rough as well: "we won't keep silence when violations occur, the final report, based on facts, will be given after 2-3 weeks".
On March 13 KCHR coordinator in Talas province A.Momuntaeva visited prosecutor and demanded the explanations of the arrest.
www.eurasianet.org /departments/election/kyrgyzstan/bky031640.html   (1493 words)

  
 Talas
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 Kyrgyzstan Information Center - kyrgyzstan map
Sporadic protests against perceived manipulation and fraud during the elections erupted into widespread calls for the government to resign, which started in the southern kyrgyzstan bishkek provinces.
On July 10, 2005, Kurmanbek Bakiyev won a Presidential election in a landslide, with 88.9% of the vote and was inaugurated on 14 August in Bishkek.
Kyrgyzstan is divided into seven provinces (singular: oblast (область;), plural: oblasttar (областтар)); adminstered by appointed governors.
www.scipeeps.com /Sci-Official_Languages_H_-_L/Kyrgyzstan.html   (3144 words)

  
 UNODC Regional Office, Uzbekistan - Country Profile
In the districts surveyed, approximately 3,005 hectares of Cannabis was identified, mostly in the Jalalabad province and in four districts within the Issyk-Kul province.
Bishkek city and the Chui Province continue to be large transit and distribution junctions through which growing volumes of drugs are smuggled.
Traffickers are increasingly using a new road connecting the Talas province with the city of Taraz in Kazakhstan.
www.unodc.org /uzbekistan/country_profile_kyr.html   (1261 words)

  
 BOILING OVER - Oxford Forum [Issue One]
Talas province as well — that is where his wife is from.
Former Prime Minister Bakiev — a southerner from the province of Jalalabad — became the country’s interim leader.While critics still point to his involvement in the Aksy incident, Bakiev has earned respect as an opposition figure.
In the western and southern provinces, on the contrary, Kyrgyz language and culture are respected to a much greater extent.
homepage.mac.com /zoe.flood/oforum/issue_02_2005/of_02_2005_p3839_a.htm   (2059 words)

  
 estancia_history
Thanks to a long life of tireless work and great determination, he transformed himself into one of the most important landowners in the wealthy province of Buenos Aires.
In 1893, Agustina ordered the construction of another building of two storeys and a cellar: this is the main house at Dos Talas where you’ll stay today.
And in 1920, in a corner of the park, the chapel was built, surrounded by a semi-circle of cypress trees in the memory of her eldest daughter who died tragically at the age of 33.
www.dostalas.com.ar /estancia_historia_en.htm   (485 words)

  
 The United Nations (UN) in Kyrgyzstan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Press trip to Talas province was undertaken on 24-25 May 2002 with the goal of preparing a story on UNDP Poverty Alleviation programme for the Choices global magazine, published by UNDP HQs in New York.
A set of meetings was organized for the journalist by UNDP/UNV field office in Talas to show her the significant progress in the village achieved during successful implementation of the programme.
After receiving a micro-credit he bought calves and cows and started cattle breading with a dream to multiply benefit, to reanimate the lake’s shore and afterward to invite his neighbors to spend their free time fishing and swimming in clear water of the lake, nourished from the clearest spring.
www.un.org.kg /english/unlink.phtml?168   (1860 words)

  
 EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - US Envoy Offers Critical Assessment of Kyrgyzstan’s Parliamentary Election   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Protesters occupied government buildings in the Kochkor District in eastern Naryn Province and in the Bazarkorgon District of southern Jalal-Abad Province, the AKIpress news agency reported.
A similar incident occurred March 14 in western Talas Province, but protesters released the regional governor after almost 48 hours in custody, while continuing with an anti-government demonstration.
The opposition’s main aim, at this stage, appears to be ensuring that Akayev adheres to existing constitutional provisions that bar him from running for re-election in October.
www.eurasianet.org /departments/insight/articles/eav031605.shtml   (856 words)

  
 Kyrgyzstan: Report: Part II: Analytic section: cont. 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In Chui province the respective figures are 15.1 and 13.1.
Thus, out of 68 education institutions built in 1998, the construction of 58 institutions, or more than 80 percent, was financed by local residents and local budgets.
In Osh province alone, a total of 26 schools and outhouses has been built using the aforementioned methods.
www2.unesco.org /wef/countryreports/kyrgyz/rapport_2_1.html   (4248 words)

  
 Talas - AOL Music
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Talas is a small town in northwestern Kyrgyzstan, located in a long valley between two imposing...
The Chinese army was defeated following the routing of their infantry by the Abbasid cavalry on the bank of the River Talas.
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 UN Volunteers Kyrgyzstan
In Naryn Province, a group of men now work together and invest jointly in cattle-breeding and share their profits.
In Issyk-Kul Province, women and girls are producing the traditional Kyrgyz carpet called “shyrdak”.
A young boy participating in buildung a new school for himself and his community in Osh Province.
www.unv.org.kg /eng/photos.htm   (299 words)

  
 Kyrgyzstan - Natural Resources
Kumtor, said to be the seventh-largest gold deposit in the world with an estimated value of US$5.5 billion, is being explored by the Canadian Metals Company (Cameco), a uranium company, in a joint-venture operation.
Gold deposits are concentrated in Talas Province in north-central Kyrgyzstan, where as much as 200 tons may exist; deposits in Makmal are estimated at sixty tons.
Deposits adjacent to the Chatkal River in the northwest amount to an estimated 150 tons.
countrystudies.us /kyrgyzstan/20.htm   (602 words)

  
 THE STATE AGENCY OF SCIENCE AND   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Regional Seminar “Protection of Intellectual Property in the Kyrgyz Republic” was held in Talas city.
Within the framework of the year of social mobilization and fair administration on June 25, 2004 Regional Seminar “Protection of Intellectual Property in the Kyrgyz Republic” arranged by Kyrgyzpatent was held in Talas city.
Kenjetaev, Deputy Governor of Talas province A.J. Aldashukurov, scientists, inventors, representatives of literature and arts took part in this event.
www.kyrgyzpatent.kg /English/News/news23.htm   (121 words)

  
 IPDC Projects Database: Detailed Info
Located on the border with Kazakhstan, Talas was selected as the first venue for the establishment of a community multimedia centre, since it is one of the most disadvantaged as well as one of the politically stable regions in the country.
The venue where the project will be implemented is the Talas State University, which includes four faculties: the Faculty of Economy and Ecology, the Pedagogical Faculty, the Faculty of Philology and the Technological Faculty, attended by some 2500/3000 students, the majority of whom being rural areas residents.
Since KyrgyzTeleCom, one the main ISPs in Kyrgyzstan has its branch in Talas city, there are no problems to access Internet, and the costs of Internet services are the same throughout the country.
www.unesco.org /cgi-bin/webworld/ipdc/cgi/page.cgi?g=Detailed/791.shtml&d=1   (456 words)

  
 TALAS RIVER
To solve "big water" problem for southern provinces in Kazakhstan, becoming a seasonal topic, a government delegation from the Republic of Kazakhstan at the head of Vladimir Shkolnik, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, arrived in Kyrgyzstan on 7 February.
- Focus groups with participants from associations of water users and self-government bodies, farmers, NGOs, community based organizations, local water resource departments and authorities were conducted in the Jambyl oblast of Kazakhstan; and Talas and Chui oblasts of Kyrgyzstan in October 2004.
- The meeting of the project «Creation of a Commission between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan for the International Use of Water Installations on the Chu and Talas rivers» was held in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan, on August 20, 2004.
www.talaschu.org /index.php?ID=news,16,en   (614 words)

  
 EurasiaNet Civil Society - Dual Power Scenario Takes Hold of Kyrgyzstan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The president, at the same time, did not appear to possess the means to force a solution to the crisis on the opposition.
In addition, the crisis prompted the closure of all schools and higher educational institutions in Osh Province for a one week "holiday," the AKIpress news agency reported.
In an interview with the Russian daily Izvestiya, Roza Otunbayeva, a prominent opposition figure, claimed that "people’s power" provisional authorities were in control of all but one district of Osh Province, five of eight districts of Jalal-Abad Province, as well as four districts in Talas Province and one in Naryn.
www.eurasianet.org /departments/insight/articles/eav032205.shtml   (1000 words)

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