Kurmanjan datka biography

Kurmanjan Datka

United Kyrgyzstan as a Country

Born: 22 May , Pamir-Alay Mountains (Present-day Kyrgyzstan)

Died: 1 February , Osh, Kyrgyzstan

After running away from an arranged marriage when she was eighteen, Kurmanjan later married a local feudal leader for love.

This marriage and Kurmanjan’s insistence on freedom of choice is a large part of the reason why Kurmanjan is seen as a beacon for Kyrgyz women and their independence.

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Kurmanjan and her husband would have five sons.

When Kurmanjan’s husband was killed in a palace coup, Kurmanjan was made leader of the region, and soon she had united the different tribes into one united Kyrgyzstan.

Kurmanjan’s consolidation of power made her one-part governor one part general. Then when her land was annexed by the Russian Empire, Kurmanjan encouraged people to accept it instead of fighting back and getting killed.

Kurmanjan wouldn’t even help her own son after he was captured and sentenced to death for fear of the Russians att