Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz Republic
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Location  Asia
Capital  Bishkek
Area  199,951 sq km
Population  5,849,296

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January

January 1 January 2 January 3 January 4 January 5 January 6 January 7 January 8 January 9 January 10 Kyrgyzstan’s energy ministry and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)'s clean energy company Masdar on 10 January 2023 signed an agreement to develop clean energy projects with a capacity to generate up to 1 gigawatt. January 11 January 12 January 13 January 14 January 15 January 16 January 17 The Kyrgyz government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on 17 January 2014 signed a financing agreement for the implementation of the reconstruction of a section of the road between the capital Bishkek and the southern city of Osh that will strengthen national and regional connectivity and promote inclusive growth. The overall cost of the project for ADB is $100 million, of which $35 million is a grant and $65 million is a loan. January 18 January 19 January 20 January 21 January 22 January 23 January 24 January 25 January 26 January 27 January 28 January 29 January 30 January 31

February

February 1 February 2 February 3 February 4 February 5 February 6 Kyrgyzstan won the 2011 Asian Winter Games Premier Division Ice hockey event with a dominant performance from the start. With six wins in six games Kyrgyzstan scored 18 points while Thailand achieved 15 points for the second position. The event was held in Astana in Kazakhstan from 28 January to 6 February, 2011. February 7 February 8 February 9 February 10 February 11 February 12 February 13 February 14 February 15 February 16 February 17 February 18 February 19 February 20 February 21 February 22 February 23 February 24 February 25 February 26 February 27 Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan signed a historic border agreement, marking a major step toward resolving a decades-long territorial dispute. The agreement was signed in Bishkek by the Head of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan, Kamchybek Tashiev and his Tajik counterpart, Saimumin Yatimov, as announced on 27 February 2025. February 28 February 29

March

March 1 March 2 March 3 March 4 March 5 March 6 March 7 The World Bank and the Ministry of Finance of the Kyrgyz Republic on 7 March 2014 signed an agreement for the US$ 2.8 million grant from the Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) to increase agricultural productivity through support for the expansion of the community seed fund system in the Kyrgyz Republic. March 8 Roza Otunbayeva, President of the Kyrgyz Republic, was awarded the 2011 International Women of Courage Award at a ceremony on 8 March 2011 for her courageous leadership in keeping Kyrgyzstan undivided since 2010. March 9 March 10 March 11 March 12 March 13 March 14 March 15 March 16 March 17 March 18 March 19 March 20 March 21 March 22 Kyrgyzstan qualified for the Asian Cup men's football championship finals for the first time on 22 March 2018 with a 5-1 win over Myanmar. March 23 March 24 March 25 March 26 A project to establish the sustainable management of the Chon-Aksuu River watershed in Kyrgyzstan won the 9th Swiss Re International ReSource Award 2011 for its initiatives to implement a sustainable mechanism for the entire watershed. The award was handed over at Swiss Re’s headquarters in Zurich on March 26, 2010. March 27 The World Bank on 27 March 2015 approved US$12 million for the Third Village Investment Project in the Kyrgyz Republic aimed at building the capacity of local self- governments to work with their communities to plan and implement local development programs. March 28 March 29 March 30 March 31

April

April 1 April 2 April 3 April 4 April 5 April 6 April 7 Kyrgyz politician Roza Otunbayeva was elected as the Kyrgyzstan's first women president, holding the office from 7 April 2010 to 1 December 2011. April 8 Kyrgyzstan, the European Union (EU), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on 8 April 2026 launched a new project aimed at enhancing the efficiency, transparency, and accountability of public finance management (PFM) to accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). April 9 April 10 April 11 April 12 April 13 April 14 April 15 April 16 April 17 April 18 April 19 April 20 April 21 April 22 April 23 April 24 April 25 April 26 April 27 April 28 April 29 April 30

May

May 1 May 2 May 3 May 4 May 5 May 6 May 7 May 8 May 9 May 10 May 11 May 12 May 13 May 14 May 15 May 16 May 17 May 18 May 19 May 20 May 21 May 22 May 23 May 24 May 25 May 26 May 27 May 28 May 29 May 30 May 31

June

June 1 June 2 June 3 Kyrgyzstan on 3 June 2026 won seat on Unites Nations (UN) Security Council for first time ever for two-year terms beginning on 1 January 2027. June 4 June 5 June 6 June 7 June 8 June 9 June 10 June 11 June 12 Kyrgyzstan and other thirty-seven countries met internationally-set hunger eradication targets set for 2015 to halve the percentage of hungry people well ahead of time, the United Nations food agency revealed on 12 June 2013. June 13 June 14 June 15 June 16 June 17 June 18 June 19 June 20 June 21 June 22 June 23 June 24 June 25 June 26 June 27 June 28 June 29 June 30

July

July 1 July 2 Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan on 2 July 2021 signed a new cooperation agreement in Baku to bring bilateral trade relations to a new level. July 3 July 4 July 5 July 6 July 7 July 8 July 9 July 10 July 11 July 12 July 13 July 14 July 15 July 16 July 17 July 18 July 19 July 20 July 21 July 22 July 23 July 24 The Kyrgyz Republic has been re-classified from a low income country to a lower-middle income country, according to an official announcement by the World Bank on 24 July 2014. July 25 July 26 July 27 July 28 July 29 July 30 July 31

August

August 1 August 2 August 3 August 4 August 5 August 6 August 7 August 8 August 9 August 10 August 11 August 12 August 13 August 14 August 15 August 16 August 17 August 18 August 19 August 20 A Kyrgyz-German expedition team has discovered a new species and genus of theropod dinosaur, named Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus, which lived 165 million years ago in Kyrgyzstan. Their findings were published in Zoological Journal on 20 August 2024. August 21 August 22 August 23 August 24 Uulu Torokan Bagynbai of Kyrgyzstan won gold in Ju-Jitsu Men's -69kg at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia on 24 August 2018. August 25 Kyrgyzstani long-distance runner Daria Maslova won gold in Women's 10,000m at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia on 25 August 2018. August 26 August 27 August 28 August 29 August 30 August 31 Kyrgyzstan gained independent from the Soviet Union on 31 August 1991 and emerged as the Republic of Kyrgyzstan.

September

September 1 The sixth World Nomad Games, a sport competition dedicated to ethnic sports practiced in Central Asia, opened in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek on 1 September 2026, featuring athletes from more than 100 countries. September 2 September 3 September 4 September 5 Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan signed a historic border agreement on 5 September 2017 on the demarcation of 1,170 kilometers or more than 80 percent of their shared border. September 6 September 7 September 8 September 9 September 10 September 11 September 12 September 13 Journalist Azimjon Askarov from Kyrgyzstan, whose work has exposed official wrongdoing and abuse, was announced as one of the winners of the Committee to Protect Journalists' 22nd Annual International Press Freedom Awards on 13 September 2012. September 14 September 15 September 16 September 17 September 18 September 19 September 20 September 21 September 22 September 23 September 24 September 25 September 26 September 27 September 28 September 29 September 30

October

October 1 Kyrgyz wrestler Jolaman Sharshenbekov won gold at the 2026 Asian Games in Japan in the 60kg Greco-Roman wrestling event. October 2 October 3 October 4 October 5 October 6 October 7 October 8 October 9 October 10 October 11 October 12 October 13 October 14 October 15 Kyrgyzstan elected a new president in a historic election on 15 October 2017 in its first peaceful power transfer since independence in 1991. October 16 October 17 October 18 October 19 October 20 October 21 October 22 Former President of Kyrgyzstan Askar Akayev won the prestigious 2015 Gusi Peace Prize in the Statesmanship & Scientific Research (Applied Mathematics & Optics) category. October 23 October 24 October 25 October 26 October 27 October 28 October 29 October 30 October 31

November

November 1 November 2 November 3 November 4 The World Health Organization (WHO) on 4 November 2016 officially certified Kyrgyzstan as a malaria-free country. November 5 November 6 November 7 November 8 November 9 November 10 Kyrgyzstan ranked 18th in the 2015 Charities Aid Foundation's World Giving Index which measures each country's charitable behavior. November 11 November 12 November 13 November 14 November 15 November 16 November 17 November 18 November 19 November 20 November 21 November 22 November 23 November 24 November 25 November 26 November 27 November 28 November 29 November 30

December

December 1 December 2 December 3 December 4 Traditional art of carpet-making in Kyrgyzstan is inscribed on the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) List of Intangible Cultural Heritage on 4 December 2012 – part of the world body’s ongoing efforts to preserve endangered practices from fading into extinction. December 5 December 6 December 7 December 8 December 9 December 10 December 11 December 12 December 13 December 14 December 15 December 16 December 17 December 18 December 19 December 20 December 21 December 22 December 23 December 24 December 25 December 26 December 27 December 28 December 29 December 30 December 31

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