Ущелье Шамшы-Туюк
Shamshy Tuyuk Gorge
The place
Shamshy-Tuyuk Gorge in Chuy province, Boom/Balykchy area (Kyrgyz Ala-Too, northern Tian Shan, Kyrgyzstan), at 1,872 m elevation, northern Ala-Too Tian Shan slope. Continuous Kyrgyzstan Ala-Too cluster (batches 260-395, 2 entries). Traditional summer nomadic-herding gorge with jailoo yurts (Shamshy-Tuyuk, a Kyrgyz place name + Kyrgyz Ala-Too Tian Shan, 4,855 m + Issyk-Kul, 6,236 km², world's second-largest high-altitude lake after Titicaca + jailoo iconic nomadic summer pastures with horses and yurts + Kyrgyz heritage (Turkic people, 5 M, Kyrgyz language + Manas, national epic, about 500,000 verses, the world's longest, UNESCO intangible heritage 2013, recited by manaschi bards + Kyrgyz semi-nomadic iconic yurt-dwelling horse herders + kymyz, ancestral fermented mare's milk + Chinggis Aitmatov 1928-2008, iconic USSR-era writer, 1963 Lenin Prize, Djamilia + Tulip Revolution 2005 overthrowing Akayev + 2010 revolution overthrowing Bakiyev + Sadyr Japarov, president since 2021, 2021 constitution restoring presidential power).
The setting
Chuy Boom/Balykchy Kyrgyz Ala-Too N Tian Shan Kyrgyzstan 1,872 m N Ala-Too Tian Shan slope, continuous cluster batches 260-395 2 entries, summer nomadic-herding gorge jailoo yurts Shamshy-Tuyuk Kyrgyz + Ala-Too 4,855 m + Issyk-Kul 6,236 km² 2nd-largest high-altitude lake after Titicaca + jailoo nomadic summer pastures horses yurts, Kyrgyz Turkic 5 M Kyrgyz language + Manas epic ~500,000 verses world's longest UNESCO intangible 2013 manaschi bards + kymyz fermented mare's milk + Aitmatov 1928-2008 USSR 1963 Lenin Prize Djamilia + Tulip Revolution 2005 Akayev + 2010 Bakiyev + Japarov 2021 constitution restoring presidential power.
