Baizak Baatyr Mausoleum

Kyrgyzstan


On the crest of a small hill north of the highway outside of Chaek, this mausoleum is dedicated to local hero Baizak Baatyr, renowned for his success in tricking an Imperial Chinese delegation into moving the official border between the two countries from near to Jumgal to the far side of modern Naryn oblast.


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