Shalta ( ky, Шалта) is a village in the
Sokuluk District
Sokuluk ( ky, Сокулук району; russian: Сокулукский район) is a district of the Chüy Region in northern Kyrgyzstan. Its area is , and its resident population was 194,579 in 2021. The administrative seat lies at Sokuluk ...
of
Chüy Region
Chüy Region ( ky, Чүй облусу, Chüy oblusu; russian: Чуйская область, Chuyskaya oblast) is the northernmost region (''oblast'') of the Kyrgyz Republic. This region surrounds the national capital of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek. It ...
of
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...
. Its population was 1,638 in 2021.
Among notable people born in Shalta are Dyuishenkul Shopokov (1915-1941),
Hero of the Soviet Union
The title Hero of the Soviet Union (russian: Герой Советского Союза, translit=Geroy Sovietskogo Soyuza) was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for ...
, Sarybay Kudaybergenov (1925-1982), Linguist, Doctor of Philology, and Orozbek Kutmataliev (1932),
Akyn
Akyns, or aqyns ( kk, ақын, ky, акын, ; both transcribed as ''aqın'' or ''اقىن''), are improvising poets and singers in the Kazakh and Kyrgyz cultures. Akyns differ from the or , who are song performers or epic storytellers.
In so ...
, People's Artist of Kyrgyz Republic.
References
Populated places in Chüy Region
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