Restoration work under way at the complex
The Ministry of Culture, Information and Youth Policy reviewed the progress of restoration work at the Ata-Beyit complex.
Monument to the victims of repression
Ata-Beyit National Historical and Memorial Complex
Truth bends,
but does not break.
«Ак ийилет, бирок сынбайт»
The resting place of people of difficult destinies, who made history with their lives and their blood.
About
The place where those who served the Kyrgyz people across three eras are laid to rest.
Ata-Beyit is a state institution created to restore and preserve the historical memory of the main stages of Kyrgyz statehood.
The name Ata-Beyit, “the grave of our fathers”, was proposed by the great writer Chingiz Aitmatov.
About- opened
- 2000
- hectares
- 2
- names, 1938
- 137
- memorials
- 5
Memorials
Five memorials, one complex.
The burial place of the victims of repression is the centre of the complex; the rest of the composition is built around it.
Part I 1938
Victims of Stalinist repression
The resting place of 137 people executed in 1938, and the museum of repression.
Part II 1916
The national liberation uprising of 1916
The memorial opened in 2016 for the centenary of the Great Ürkün.
Part III 1928–2008
Chingiz Aitmatov
The great writer rests beside his father, Törökul.
Part IV 2010
7 April: the April events
The memorial to the victims of the April 2010 events and the Taazim museum.
Part V 1999–2022
The Batken events
The memorial to the soldiers who fell defending the homeland.
Names · 1938
137 names and one unknown woman.
Executed at Chong-Tash in November 1938. Select a name to learn about the person.
- Abdraimov Abdukadyr
- Abdrakhmanov Abdray
- Abdrakhmanov Yusup
- Abdulaev Garif
- Aidarbekov Imanaly
- Aipov Yakub Akhun
- Aitmatov Tyuryakul
- Akhmet Akhunov Baki Akhun
- Akhmetov Mamadjan
- Akimov Azim Akhun
- Alimov Aziz Akhmetzhanovich
- Aliyev Ibraim
- Aliyev Osmonkul
- Andres Sergey Mikhailovich
- Azizov Akhmet
- Bakiev Mamut Akhun
- Baybasunov Isa
- Baybasunov Sartbai
- Beloshitsky Boris Vasilyevich
- Belousov Ivan Zakharovich
- Bengard Fedor Egorovich
- Bergman Pyotr Yulievich
- Borovoi Ivan Grigoryevich
- Bulatov Abdrakhman
- Bulatov Yusup Iskhakovich
- Chalov Samat
- Chepizubov Pyotr Pavlovich
- Chingiziev Alibai
- Chonbashev Sydyk
- Chormakov Akhmatbek
- Churukov Alakhun
- Deis Friedrich Gotfriedovich
- Djamansariyev Asanbai
- Dostaev Toktosun
- Dzhavgoshpaev Umuraly
- Dzhienbaev Khasan
- Esenamanov Erkinbek
- Esenamanov Tagai
- Goltsev Pyotr Nikolaevich
- Gorbachevsky Vladislav Yulianovich
- Imanbaev Mukash
- Imin Akhunov Ismet
- Isakeev Bayaly
- Ismailov Ibraim Akhun
- Ismailov Sakmambet
- Ismailov Tokhta Akhun
- Jumayev Omor
- Kachibekov Abdulla
- Kambarov Kurman
- Kan-Tai-Du
- Karimov Yusup
- Kashevarov Sergey Afanasyevich
- Kenenbaev Kerim
- Khodzhanov Mamet
- Khodzhimamabaev Sabit
- Khudaiberdiev Ibraim
- Khunlava Kharti
- Kirgizbaev Bakirdin
- Kotlyarov Daniil Ivanovich
- Krenitsky Ludwig Kazimirovich
- Kulnazarov Nurkul
- Kuzmin Iosif Ivanovich
- Lepin Artur Yanovich
- Li-Kha Sami
- Lizenmayer Vladimir Avgustovich
- Lu-Chan-Toy
- Luzanov Mikhail Nikolaevich
- Lvov Pavel Konstantinovich
- Ly-Zhe-Chin
- Lyufing Yegor Emelyanovich
- Lyuft Aleksandr Aleksandrovich
- Lyuft Konstantin Aleksandrovich
- Magai Andrey Innokentievich
- Magaz Arzy
- Mametov Akhmet
- Mamoyarov Kadyr
- Meldenberger Iosif Ivanovich
- Miller Teodor Teodorovich
- Mukhamedov Ashim
- Muldogaziev Akimkhan
- Murabedinov Idayit-Akhun
- Musabaev Ashur Akhun
- Nasyrov Bakhtin
- Nasyrov Mailyakuli
- Nur Akhunov Kurman Akhun
- Nurdinov Gapirdzhan
- Nurmatov Kerim
- Omurkulov Dzhobek
- Oshurov Ait Akhun
- Polinkash Andrei Ambrosovich
- Prokhorov Grigorii Antonovich
- Richter Mikhail Eduardovich
- Sagynbaev Kasym
- Sakenov Niyazaly
- Salikhov Murat
- Sarbanov Chengish
- Serkibaev Nurdin
- Shabdanbekov Umuraly
- Shafikov Shakir Galimovich
- Shamurzin Sultankul
- Sharipov Sadyk
- Shevelev Aleksandr Ivanovich
- Shorukov Kozhokan
- Skalitsky Iosif Frantsevich
- Sufiev (Sopiev) Imin
- Suleimanov Chekush
- Sultanbekov Yeshbai
- Talipov Yusup
- Taranchenko Grigorii Filippovich
- Tarkovsky Biakai Adzilovich
- Tasha-Akhunov Yusup Akhun
- Tokhtakhunov Ismail Akhun
- Toktaev Bakry
- Toktaev Sydyk
- Toktosunov Musa
- Turdakhunov Tokhta-Akhun
- Turdiev Imin Akhun
- Turdy-Akhunov Akhmat Akhun
- Tynystanov Kasym
- Usmanov Usain
- Vall Wilhelm Davydovich
- Van-Lin-Van
- Van-Zi-Van-Chan-Lin
- Yanishyevsky Aleksandr Nikolaevich
- Yantzen Heinrich Heinrichovich
- Yatskovsky Bronislav Stefanovich
- Yuldashev Karimdzhan
- Yun-San-Sin
- Yurchev Boris Emelyanovich
- Yusup Akhunov Sadyk Akhun
- Yusupov Abdulla
- Yusupov Sharip Akhun
- Zeidel Notta Yankelevich
- Zinoviev Yakov Pavlovich
- Zulfibaev Dali
- Zunun Davlet
- Zununov Khasan Akhun
- Unknown woman
All names: 1938 · 2010 · Batken →
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Calendar of remembrance
Every year at Ata-Beyit.
State and public commemorations take place at the complex's memorials.
- 7April
Remembrance of the victims of the April 2010 events
- 28May
Border Guards Day: remembrance of those who fell defending the border
- 16September
Remembrance of those killed in the 2022 border conflict
- 7–8November
Days of History and Remembrance of Ancestors: victims of Ürkün and of repression
- 12December
Chingiz Aitmatov's birthday
Visit
Chong-Tash, in the foothills of the Ala-Too.
- Opening hours
- Tuesday to Sunday, 09:00–18:00. Closed on Mondays.
- Tickets
- Adults 50 som · students 40 som · schoolchildren 30 som · foreign visitors 200 som
- Address
- Tash-Döbö village (Chong-Tash), Alamüdün district, Chüy region. 25 km south of Bishkek.
Details are being confirmed by the complex.
Monument unveiled to those who fell defending the border
On Border Guards Day a monument bearing the names of 59 servicemen killed since 2000 was unveiled.
Bübüyra Kydyralieva has died
Bübüyra Kydyralieva, who revealed the secret of Ata-Beyit, has died aged about 95. Her father's testament led to the discovery of the burial place of 137 people in 1991.