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News Kyrgyzstan » Osh » Religion: In Kyrgyzstan’s Osh, Lenin statue goes 34 years after Soviet collapse

News channel or source: https://eurasianet.org/in-kyrgyzstans-osh-lenin-statue-goes-34-years-after-soviet-collapse

Published on: Tuesday 10 June 2025

For 50 years, a 23-meter, 7.5-ton statue of Vadimir Lenin swept his arm out over Kyrgyzstan’s second city of Osh from a perch above the central square. Then one morning, he disappeared. Residents of ...

News Kyrgyzstan » Osh » Religion: Kyrgyzstan removes towering Lenin statue from second city

News channel or source: https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/08/travel/kyrgyzstan-removes-lenin-statue-intl

Published on: Saturday 07 June 2025

Authorities in the second-largest city in Kyrgyzstan, Osh, have removed a towering statue of Vladimir Lenin thought to be the tallest of the revolutionary Soviet leader in Central Asia. The 23-meter ...

News Kyrgyzstan » Osh » Religion: UN experts denounce Kyrgyzstan restrictions on freedom of religion or belief

News channel or source: https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/un-experts-denounce-kyrgyzstan-restrictions-on-freedom-of-religion-or-belief/

Published on: Friday 28 February 2025

UN experts on Thursday denounced new legislation restricting freedom of religion or belief in Kyrgyzstan, urging authorities to ensure all legislation complies with domestic and international human ...

News Kyrgyzstan » Osh » Religion: Goodbye, Lenin Street: Kyrgyzstan Continues Drive To Dismantle Monuments To Soviet Legacy

News channel or source: https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-russia-lenin-statues-soviet/33514203.html

Published on: Thursday 28 August 2025

Continuing a drive that Russian lawmakers have previously slammed as "de-russification," Kyrgyzstan has taken down two more statues of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin and removed his name from several ...

News Kyrgyzstan » Osh » Religion: 17,000 Kyrgyz Protesters Demand Soviet-Era Leader Resign

News channel or source: https://www.nysun.com/article/foreign-17000-kyrgyz-protesters-demand-soviet-era-leader

Published on: Monday 21 March 2005

OSH, Kyrgyzstan — Thousands of protesters, some armed with clubs and Molotov cocktails, overran Kyrgyzstan’s second-largest city yesterday, forcing police to flee as the government lost control of the ...

News Kyrgyzstan » Osh » Religion: Kyrgyzstan’s Second City Osh Takes Down Lenin Statue

News channel or source: https://thediplomat.com/2025/06/kyrgyzstans-second-city-osh-takes-down-lenin-statue/

Published on: Monday 09 June 2025

India’s Worrying Plans for Dams on Transboundary Rivers Shared with Bangladesh Over the weekend, authorities in Kyrgyzstan’s second city, Osh, dismantled Central Asia’s tallest statue of Vladimir ...

News Kyrgyzstan » Osh » Religion: UNHCR calls for confidence-building to sustain returns to south Kyrgyzstan

News channel or source: https://www.unhcr.org/hk/en/news/stories/unhcr-calls-confidence-building-sustain-returns-south-kyrgyzstan

Published on: Thursday 09 June 2011

OSH, Kyrgyzstan, June 10 (UNHCR) - A year after violence erupted in southern Kyrgyzstan, tens of thousands of people are still unable to go home. The UN refugee agency has called for more ...

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