More than half a million Kyrgyz nationals live in Russia, according to Russia's Federal Migration Service. Some 22,000 of them have settled in remote regions of Siberia, maintaining close-knit communities of Kyrgyz speakers. RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service recently visited members of the Kyrgyz diaspora in the regions of Yakutia and Krasnoyarsk.
A New Home In Siberia For Kyrgyz Migrants
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An ethnically mixed Kyrgyz and Yakut family in Yakutiya
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Kyrgyz migrant Toichubek runs a successful cattle and horse ranch in the village of Kutugun in the Irkutsk region.
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Children of Kyrgyz migrants at play. The Kyrgyz language is often heard in the yards outside some apartment blocks in Krasnoyarsk.
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Kyrgyz workers change a kitchen gas cylinder in the village of Uedei village in Yakutia.
