Pristan'-Przheval'sk

Pristan'-Przheval'sk
Pristan'-Przheval'sk
	Pristan'-Przheval'sk
	Coordinates: 42°33′0″N 78°18′0″E
Country	Kyrgyzstan
Region	Issyk-Kul Region
Elevation	1,758 m (5,768 ft)
Population (2009)
• Total	2,917
Time zone	UTC +5

Pristan'-Przheval'sk is an urban-type settlement in the Issyk-Kul Region of Kyrgyzstan. Administratively, it is part of the city Karakol. The town was named after the Russian geographer, Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalsky, who is buried nearby.[1] It lies 12km north west of Karakol.[2]

Kyrgyz and Dungan rebels attacked Przheval'sk during the 1916 Basmachi revolt.[3] This was met by repression and in Przheval'sk 70% of the Kyrgyz died along with 90% of their cattle.[4]

Its population was 2,917 in 2009.[5]

References

Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalskii accessed 28 July 2010
Pristan-Przhevalsk accessed 28 July 2010
Islam in the Russian Federation and the Post Soviet Republics: a Historical perspective by Spyros Plakoudas, p 10
Islam in the Russian Federation and the Post Soviet Republics: a Historical perspective by Spyros Plakoudas, p 81
"2009 population census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Issyk-Kul Region" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-10.

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[1] Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalskii accessed 28 July 2010

[2] Pristan-Przhevalsk accessed 28 July 2010

[3] Islam in the Russian Federation and the Post Soviet Republics: a Historical perspective by Spyros Plakoudas, p 10

[4] Islam in the Russian Federation and the Post Soviet Republics: a Historical perspective by Spyros Plakoudas, p 81

[stat-5] "2009 population census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Issyk-Kul Region" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-10.