- CIA World Fact Book- Kyrgyzstan: very good general information and statistics
- Wikipedia: decent overview of Kyrgyzstan and Kyrgyz language
- Basic Kyrgyz Language Phrasebook
- Roof of the World: Kyrgyzstan
MOUNTAIN INFORMATION ON THE TIEN SHAN
- Wonderful overview of Climbing in Kyrgyzstan by Garth Willis
- Summit Post: great photos and an overview of the mountains/climbing in the Tien Shan
- American Alpine Journal
- IMS July 2008 trip in the At-Bashy Range with students from Welbeck College
- 2009 Expedition to the At-Bashy Range and W. Koshall Too
- Sari World: blog that includes additional information about 2009 Exp. to At-Bashy
- Alpinist Magazine Article: 2008 Expedition to the Western Kokshall Too
- Planet Action Project: monitoring of glacial outburst lakes and forecast development in Ala-Archa
- Kyrgyzstan Plan: grass roots effort to developing ski-touring possibilities and local village based ski lodges in multiple regions in Kyrgyzstan
- Kyrgyzstan Mountain Project: sponsored by Mammut this project is working to improve training of local guides and improve tourism infrastructure in the mountains
PHYSICAL RESEARCH RESOURCES FOR THE TIEN SHAN
CARTOGRAPHIC RESOURCES
- MAPSTOR: largest online collection of USSR military issued topographic maps
- U.S. Army Topographic Maps of Kyrgyzstan and general maps from the Perry-Castaneda Map Collection at the Univ. of Texas at Austin
- USGS/EROS: Remote sensing and GIS data for the entire world
- Royal Society for Asian Affairs: British organization with excellent archives
- Royal Geographic Society: link to catalogue to search archives, library, expedition reports
- The National Archive's collection of R. Schomberg photographs of the Tien Shan
- Ella Maillart Website: 1930's female explorer and author
- Photography Collection of Ella Maillart at the Elysee Museum in France
- Pyotr Petrovich Semenov: 19th century Russian geographer explored the Tien Shan
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