верхняя Ала-арча
The place
верхняя Ала-арча (Verkhnyaya Ala-Archa, "Upper Ala-Archa") in Bishkek Oblast, Ala-Archa National Park/Bishkek sector (Kyrgyz Ala-Too, Tian Shan foothills, Kyrgyzstan), at 3,419 m elevation, Uchitel Glacier 4,257 m. New Kyrgyzstan cluster that appeared in batch 341. High-altitude alpine refuge in the iconic Ala-Archa National Park (16,000 ha, 1976, 40 km south of Bishkek, heart of Central Asian mountaineering since Soviet-era 1950s alpinism schools Ratsek/Korona 4,860 m/Semenov-Tyanshanskiy 4,875 m), area with Turkestan larch Larix sibirica turkestanica endemic to the Tian Shan highlands, Kyrgyz heritage (Turko-Mongol people, 6 million, Kyrgyz language, formerly nomadic yurt-dwelling yak-and-horse herders settled in 1930 under Stalinism, Manas — an oral epic of 500,000 verses, the world's longest epic, UNESCO Intangible Heritage 2009).
The setting
Bishkek Ala-Archa NP/Bishkek Kyrgyz Ala-Too Tian Shan Kyrgyzstan 3,419 m Uchitel Glacier 4,257 m, new cluster batch 341, Ala-Archa NP 16,000 ha 1976 40 km south of Bishkek Soviet 1950s mountaineering school Ratsek/Korona 4,860 m/Semenov-Tyanshanskiy 4,875 m, Larix sibirica turkestanica endemic to Tian Shan, Kyrgyz 6 million Turko-Mongol nomadic yurt yak-horse herders settled 1930, Manas epic 500,000 verses world's longest UNESCO 2009.
