At the Shapaka Rysmendeev general education school in the Kochkor district, a conference titled "The National Liberation Uprising of 1916: Urkun in Folk Memory" was held as part of the Days of History and Ancestral Memory. Representatives of the akimat, education officials, teachers, and students participated in the event.
Student reports and participation of an expert from Czechia
One of the key participants in the conference was Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Tynchtykbek Chorotegin, who joined the discussion online from Prague. His speech was dedicated to the theme of ancestral memory within a historical context.
Schoolchildren prepared and presented a series of scientific reports covering various aspects of the 1916 uprising:
- Key events in the history of the Kyrgyz people in 1916
- The National Liberation Uprising of 1916: Urkun in Folk Memory
- Leaders of the 1916 uprising and the role of Kyrgyz manaps
- The heavy fate of refugees during Urkun
The second part of the program took place in the school's historical and ethnographic local history museum. Visitors were able to see exhibitions dedicated to national values, folk crafts, historical and cultural heritage, and the processes of the formation of the Kyrgyz state.
Historical background
During the 1916 uprising, the Kyrgyz resisted the colonial policy of Tsarist Russia, officially electing khans and military commanders. In the Kochkor Valley, the key figure and commander-in-chief in the Tien Shan region (including Naryn and Kochkor districts) was Kanat Ybyke uulu (Kanat-khan), who was proclaimed khan in the Iiri-Suu area.
