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Ata-Beyit

Ata-Beyit

Memorials

The burial place of the victims of repression is the centre of the complex; the rest of the composition is built around it.

The Ürkün memorial
The Ürkün memorial

About

History and composition

The memorial complex was opened on September 14, 2000. The architect of the complex - K. Alykulov. The total area is 2 hectares. The memorial complex Ata Beyit as a historical complex contains the following monuments;

  1. Memorial devoted to victims of Stalin’s Repression, located in the center, and the rest of the composition around it. The memorial complex includes sculptural compositions, a museum, a monument dedicated to the victims of Stalin’s Repression, and brickkiln, where the bodies of those killed in 1937 had been found. The authors of the museum are A. Israilova, O. Ilinskaya, K. Himalayas.
  2. In 2016, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Uprising of 1916 and Mass Exodus of Kyrgyz there has beenopened a special memorial complex next to Ata-Beyit Complex.
  3. In June 2008, the great Kyrgyz writer, Chingiz Aitmatov, was buried in this area. There has been built a monument at his grave, which is located in front of Monument of Victims of Repression.
  4. In 2010, the year of Great Tragedy for Kyrgyz people, when hundreds of people have been killed during a public unrest. Bodies of those killed April 7, 2010 have been laid to rest next to Ata-Beyit Complex.
  5. In 2024, a complex dedicated to the victims of the Batken events was built.