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22.07.2025

Author: Aliya Bolatkhan

Mongolian aaruul (kurt) / Alamy

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Kyrgyz woman making kurut. Pshart Valley in the Pamir Mountains, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan / Alamy

Kyrgyz woman making kurut. Pshart Valley in the Pamir Mountains, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan / Alamy

Akzel Beisembay. Qurt / Qalam

Akzel Beisembay. Qurt / Qalam

Kyrgyz nomads making kurut Pshart Valley in the Pamir Mountains, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan / Alamy

Kyrgyz nomads making kurut Pshart Valley in the Pamir Mountains, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan / Alamy

Akzel Beisembay. Qurt / Qalam

Akzel Beisembay. Qurt / Qalam

Akzel Beisembay. Qurt / Qalam

Akzel Beisembay. Qurt / Qalam

Young Kyrgyz nomad girl holds fresh qurut in the remote Pshart Valley in the Pamir Mountains, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan.

Young Kyrgyz nomad girl holds fresh qurut in the remote Pshart Valley in the Pamir Mountains, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan.

Kurt curing in the sun. Mountains of Tajikistan / Alamy

Kurt curing in the sun. Mountains of Tajikistan / Alamy

Example of how zharma kurut (kurt) looks. Pshart Valley in the Pamir Mountains, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan / Alamy

Example of how zharma kurut (kurt) looks. Pshart Valley in the Pamir Mountains, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan / Alamy

Samuil Dudin. Photo from the album «Kazakhs of the Semipalatinsk Region». 1899 / romanovempire.org

Samuil Dudin. Photo from the album «Kazakhs of the Semipalatinsk Region». 1899 / romanovempire.org

Akzel Beisembay. Qurt / Qalam

Akzel Beisembay. Qurt / Qalam

Akzel Beisembay. Qurt / Qalam

Akzel Beisembay. Qurt / Qalam

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