Jewish Community of Kyrgyzstan

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Jewish_community
gptkbp:affiliation Chabad-Lubavitch movement presence
gptkbp:emigratedTo Significant emigration to Israel and other countries since 1991
gptkbp:hasSchool Jewish day school in Bishkek
gptkbp:hasSynagogue Bishkek Synagogue
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Jews settled in Kyrgyzstan in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Ashkenazi Jews arrived during World War II as refugees
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jewish Community of Kyrgyzstan
gptkbp:language gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Russian
gptkb:Kyrgyz
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Kyrgyzstan
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Bishkek
gptkb:Osh
gptkbp:minorityStatus recognized minority in Kyrgyzstan
gptkbp:notableEvent Celebrates Jewish holidays such as Passover and Hanukkah
gptkbp:notablePerson Alexander Mashkevich (Kazakhstani businessman, born in Kyrgyzstan)
gptkbp:organization Jewish Congress of Kyrgyzstan
gptkbp:population approximately 500 (as of 2020s)
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:墓所 Jewish cemetery in Bishkek
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:World_Jewish_Restitution_Organization
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8