Kyrgyzstan to name mountain for Putin
Roza Otunbayeva’s government has found an unusual way to express its gratitude for Russian support: The new government of the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan has decided to name a mountain after Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The peak, which is 4,446m (14,586ft) tall, is in Chuy province in the north. Mountain naming is a ...
Roza Otunbayeva's government has found an unusual way to express its gratitude for Russian support:
Roza Otunbayeva’s government has found an unusual way to express its gratitude for Russian support:
The new government of the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan has decided to name a mountain after Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
The peak, which is 4,446m (14,586ft) tall, is in Chuy province in the north.
Mountain naming is a popular form of tribute in Kyrgyzstan. They’ve already named peaks for Vladimir Lenin, Boris Yeltsin, and … Santa Claus. Putin has, himself, named a mountain in North Ossetia as the not-so-catchy Peak of Russian Counterintelligence Agents.
Maybe the Kyrgyz can find some sort of promontory or mesa for Medvedev?
Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating
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