BOKONBAYEVO, Kyrgyzstan (RNS ... the springs are located along the shores of Issyk Kul, the 10th-largest lake in the world; its name translates to “warm water” as its slight salinity ...

STORY: Issyk-Kul means "warm lake" in Kyrgyz. The name was given because the water never freezes due to the lake's depth and natural warmth of water. Local resident, Taalay Orozakunov, said he and his ...

We would love to dive and not find any waste,' says Anvar Shamsutdinov — VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO On the shores of Lake Issyk Kul in mountainous Kyrgyzstan, a group of divers show off their haul for the ...

In 1338 and 1339, people were dying in droves in the villages around Lake Issyk-Kul in what’s now northern Kyrgyzstan. Many of the tombstones from those years blame the deaths on a generic ...

In July 2022, when Kyrgyz authorities unveiled plans for Asman, a new city on the shores of scenic Lake Issyk Kul, they said the project would boost the local economy, attract foreign tourists ...

Bakyt Choitonbaev shows where pilgrims access a spring in the Manzhyly-Ata sacred springs area near the southern shore of the Issyk Kul in Kyrgyzstan, in November 2023. On the shores of the 10th ...

STORY: Issyk-Kul means "warm lake" in Kyrgyz. The name was given because the water never freezes due to the lake's depth and natural warmth of water. Local resident, Taalay Orozakunov, said he and ...

Pilgrims, Choitonbaev explained, come from around Kyrgyzstan to this spring ... the springs are located along the shores of Issyk Kul, the 10th-largest lake in the world; its name translates ...

The Issyk-Kul lake in northern Kyrgyzstan, which traditionally never freezes due to the lakes depth and natural warmth of water, froze over due to extreme cold temperatures on Saturday January 14.