Atlas Obscura
The People’s Treasure in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Outside the Kyrgyz National Academy of Sciences, at the western end of Chuy Avenue, a mass of rust-red concrete blocks juts out over the pavement — part tree, part cloud, part city skyline tipped on its side. Small brass plaques are fixed to the ends of the blocks. Each carries a name. Aitmatov. Sydykbekov. Umetaliev. Academician Akaev. The names are all that’s left. When the sculptor Turgunbai…
Monument with rust-red concrete blocks and brass plaques