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#Kyrgyzstan

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#Kyrgyzstan is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 53 people shared 161 posts with it — around 5 a day. Activity is down 8% versus the previous week, peaking on Sep 1 with 14 posts.

#Kyrgyzstan posts per day (last 30 days)

Posts with #Kyrgyzstan

Ella Maillart
@ellamaillart.bsky.social
1 day ago
'Descending The Gravel Slopes Of Jengart', Tian Shan Mountains, Kyrgyzstan, 1932 "We begin to descend ourselves. ... My own mount's bumpings has begun to shake loose its load and the saddle and all the rest begins to slip over towards its round barrel." #EllaMaillart #Photography #Kyrgyzstan
'Descending The Gravel Slopes Of Jengart', Tian Shen Mountains, Kyrgyzstan, 1932

A pack animal train with loaded cargo traverses a steep, barren scree slope with large boulders and rocky terrain in the Tian Shan mountains.  One pack horse stands in the foreground facing the camera, while other loaded animals and handlers stretch up the diagonal path of the steep hillside in the background.
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Ella Maillart
@ellamaillart.bsky.social
5 days ago
"In the morning we make our toilet by a stream where ducks are paddling in the mud ... We cook our eggs at the bottom of the samovar, pay two roubles per horse for hay consumed, and start off once more full of enthusiasm, though stiff all over." #Photography #EllaMaillart #Kyrgyzstan #TianShan
'Mila, With An Armful Of Kisiak, Walking Towards Auguste', Kyrgyzstan, Ella Maillart, 1932

With rolling mountains in the background, Ella Maillart's Russian fellow-travellers Mila and Capa handle supplies near packed gear and a pitched tent.
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Ella Maillart
@ellamaillart.bsky.social
7 days ago
'Jocubai With Argali Skull', Tian Shan Mountains, Kyrgyzstan, Ella Maillart, 1932 "Native to the mountains of Central Asia, the argali is the largest species of wild sheep in the world and their massive corkscrew-shaped horns are highly-prized as trophies." #Photography #EllaMaillart #Kyrgyzstan
 'Jocubai with an Argali Skull', Tian Shan Mountains, Kyrgyzstan, Ella Maillart, 1932

The expedition's guide, Jocubai, holds a large wild-mountain sheep skull with massive curved horns which is highly prized as a trophy. A steppe landscape with his horse is visible in the background.

Argali are native to the high-altitude mountainous regions of Central Asia, including Mongolia, Tibet, the Altai Mountains and parts of Central Asia.
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Ella Maillart
@ellamaillart.bsky.social
8 days ago
"If only Jocubai would not outdistance us all the time. As though glued to his saddle he trots along ... Our beasts seem starved; they are always wanting to stop and browse, and we have continually to urge them on in an attempt to circumvent their efforts." #EllaMaillart #Photography #Kyrgyzstan
Ella Maillart's dark-maned horse lowers its head under an overcast sky to graze on the field grass and keep energised during a rest stop along the Tian Shen mountain trek. 

It is outfitted with a specialised pack saddle which is heavily loaded with canvas bags or gear secured tightly across its back to evenly balance weight.
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Ella Maillart
@ellamaillart.bsky.social
9 days ago
'A Kyrgyz Boy and His Mother', Ella Maillart, 1932 "Since 1916, many attempts have been made to wean them from their nomadic lives and settle them in colonies founded by Russians. But they show little interest in cultivating the earth. ..." #EllaMaillart #Photography #Kyrgyzstan #TianShan #Nomad
 'A Kyrgyz Boy and His Mother', Ella Maillart, 1932

A woman weaves a 'terme' - patterned tapestry - using camel wool in the Tian Shan region of Kyrgyzstan. Her young son in a heavy winter coat and plush fur hat stands nearby watching the traditional craft process. 

Ground looms like this were portable and well-suited for nomadic lifestyles. They were most frequently used to weave long, incredibly durable yurt bands. These decorative and functional structural straps wrapped tightly around the wooden lattice frames of yurts to protect them against fierce high-altitude winds.
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Ella Maillart
@ellamaillart.bsky.social
9 days ago
"As we pass through the small Kirghiz villages, I notice a small semicircular brown yurt standing by every house. By no means all the natives have taken to a sedentary life. They stifle between four walls ..." #EllaMaillart #Photography #Kyrgyzstan #TianShan
A nomadic Kyrgyz family with their traditional dwellings - portable circular tents made of felt and lattice wood known as yurts or gers - at a high-altitude mountain pasture (known locally as a jailoo), Sary-Chat camp, Er-Tash valley, Tian-Shan mountains.

The woman is wearing a traditional Central Asian head covering known as a kimeshek, a white fabric wimple historically worn by married Kazakh and Kyrgyz women.

This image is permanently displayed at the historical museum in Karakol, Kyrgyzstan.
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Ella Maillart
@ellamaillart.bsky.social
11 days ago
"Jocubai trots in front of us, his pointed hat on his head, his musket over his shoulder, and leading the pack-horse whose load is framed in the tent poles. We follow as best we may, trying to keep out of the way of the dust raised by the other horses ..." #Photography #EllaMaillart #Kyrgyzstan
Descent from the Ak-Bel Pass and further to the Borkoldoi Too ridge in the east, Tian Shan Mountains, Ella Maillart, 1932.

Riders and pack animals traverse a rocky valley in the Tian Shan mountains (often historically referred to as the Celestial Mountains or Tenir-Too) in Kyrgyzstan, likely near the Jangart Pass.

Today, copies of this specific historic print and other photographs from her 1932 expedition are permanently preserved as part of the regional archives and showcased at the Karakol Historical Museum in Kyrgyzstan.
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