In Osh, the opening of the exhibition «Germans in the history of Kyrgyzstan»

The International Foundation "Initiative of Roza Otunbayeva" opened the exhibition "Germans in the history of Kyrgyzstan" on March 27, 2015 at the National Museum of the city of Osh. It will last until April 30, 2015.

On the opening day as guests attended the museum's director A. Turgunbaev, Deputy authorized representative of the Osh region A.Mahammadov, executive director of the WPF "initiative R.I.Otunbaevoy" D.Kendirbaeva, Second Secretary for Culture and Public Relations of the German Embassy in KR Hans Wolfgang Eminger, head of the Historical Society T. Chorotegin, head of Osh city department of the Assembly B. Nurmambetov, representative of the Ministry of Culture, Information and Tourism in Osh O. Ashirov, chairman of the German Council of Osh oblast V. Vyugin, Rector of Osh State K. Isakov University and other area officials, as well as the general public in the region.

The artistic theme of the exhibition is “the way to discovering a new country”. It shows how Kyrgyzstan became the new homeland of the Germans who immigrated there. The main objective of the exhibition is to present to the general public the history of Germans in Kyrgyzstan and their contribution to the economy and culture of the country, as well as to highlight the future of integration and cooperation between Kyrgyzstan and Germany.

The exposition will present two major topics:

1. Historical processes in the context of which Kyrgyzstan lived in the second half of 19th – 20th centuries.

2. The Germans, whose contributions to Kyrgyzstan are invaluable.

Partners in the preparation and organization of the exhibition are the "People's Council of Germans in Kyrgyzstan", the German Embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic, the Goethe-Institut, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, the company "Interglass."

In turn, the German Embassy in cooperation with the National Council of Germans in Kyrgyzstan have decided to plan a “Days of German Cinema” event to coincide with the exhibition. Thus, in the southern capital on 27 and 28 March in the cinema "Ak-Buura" were shown such famous works as "Good Bye, Lenin!", "The Miracle of Bern", "Last Days of Sophie Scholl", "The Lives of Others." Film screenings were shown in German with subtitles in Russian.

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