Cities of the Kyrgyz Khaganate on the map of Muhammad al-Idrisi, branch number III, on the right / Wikimedia Commons

Chaatas/Balbal in western Mongolia, Bayan Olgii province in the west of Olgii city / Getty Images

Kyrgyz Nur (Khyargas Nuur) lake. Western Mongolia, Uvs Province, Khyargas District / Getty Images

Court of Seljuk ruler Tughril III / Wikimedia Commons

Barsbek / open.kg/ Wikimedia Commons

High stone menhirs at the site of an ancient burial. Khakassia / Getty Images

Uybat chaatas. Khakassia / Wikimedia Commons

Kyrgyz women. Kyrgyzstan, Subashi, 1930s / Getty Images

Vasily Vereshchagin. Kyrgyz woman. 1873 / WikiArt.org

Kyrgyz woman. 1894 / Romanov empire