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Kyrgyzstan

Кыргыз Республикасынын Мамлекеттик гимни

Kyrgyz Respublikasynyn Mamlekettik gimni

State Anthem of the Kyrgyz Republic

Written 1992
Adopted 1992
Lyrics Jalil Sadykov, Shabdanbek Kuluyev
Music Nasyr Davlesov, Kalyi Moldobasanov
🕊 Freedom 🌿 Nature 🏺 Ancestors / Heritage 🌅 Hope 🗽 Independence | Hopeful

Key Facts

  • 1. Adopted on 18 December 1992 by resolution of the Supreme Council, eighteen months after independence from the Soviet Union
  • 2. Parliament removed the middle stanza on 27 December 2012 after a state commission found its language carried a contradiction
  • 3. The Ala-Too peaks named in the opening line are part of the wider Tian Shan system that covers more than three-quarters of the country
  • 4. A parliamentary commission has been examining proposals to replace the anthem since October 2024, and successive public contests have run through 2025 without producing a binding result
Kyrgyzstan - Кыргыз Республикасынын Мамлекеттик гимни

Lyrics

Ак мөңгүлүү аска, зоолор, талаалар, Элибиздин жаны менен барабар. Сансыз кылым Ала-Тоосун мекендеп, Сактап келди биздин ата-бабалар. [Кайырма] Алгалай бер, кыргыз эл, Азаттыктын жолунда. Өркүндөй бер, өсө бер, Өз тагдырың колуңда. Аткарылып элдин үмүт тилеги, Желбиреди эркиндиктин желеги. Бизге жеткен ата салтын, мурасын, Ыйык сактап урпактарга берели. [Кайырма]

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Analysis

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Kyrgyzstan adopted this anthem on 18 December 1992, a year and a half after independence, by resolution of the Supreme Council. Lyricists Jalil Sadykov and Shabdanbek Kuluyev anchor the text in the Tian Shan range, the Ala-Too peaks, and the unbroken line of forefathers who guarded the Kyrgyz homeland. Composers Nasyr Davlesov and Kalyi Moldobasanov gave it a marching cadence. In 2012 parliament removed the middle stanza after scholars argued one of its words carried the opposite of the intended meaning, leaving the modern two-stanza form sung today.

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Sources & References

  1. Государственные символы: Государственный гимн Кыргызской Республики . President of the Kyrgyz Republic (president.kg)
  2. Nurbek Bekmurzaev. First the flag and now the anthem: How Kyrgyzstan's leadership is changing its national symbols . Global Voices (2024)
  3. Kyrgyzstan announces plans to change 'Soviet' national anthem . Semafor (2024)
  4. It was torture: Kyrgyzstan's search for new anthem hits false notes . Eurasianet (2025)

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