Tömön-Suu (, , ) is a village in the Moskva district of

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. It is located 18 km south of Belovodskoye, the administrative center of Moskva district, and was part of the former Karl Marks Kolkhoz. While the village's historical Kyrgyz name and modern official name appearing in some government documents is , residents and most documents use the name , even in Kyrgyz.

Geography

Tömön-Suu is located 18 km south of Belovodskoye, situated among the foothills of the

Kyrgyz Ala-Too range The Kyrgyz Ala-Too also known as Kyrgyz Alatau, Kyrgyz Range, and Alexander Range (until 1933) is a large range in the northern Tien-Shan. It stretches for a total length of 454 km from the west-end of Issyk-Kul to the town Taraz in Kazakhst ...

. The village is divided into 3 different regions: Artel () in the north, Ukraine () in the center, and Karl Marks () in the south. Tömön-Suu is the administrative center for the Ak-Suu village council, which also includes the villages of Ak-Bashat, Ak-Torpok, Bala-Ayylchy, Keper-Aryk, Murake and Chong-Aryk. Temen-Suu limits sign cropped

Demographics

The population of Tömön-Suu was 2,568 in 2021. Tömön-Suu residents primarily earn their living from working the land and herding animals (especially cows).

Sights

The village has a school, a hospital, a social hall ("club"), and a library. There is also a cheese factory, now privately owned. The village is also home to a memorial for fallen soldiers of

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, as well as a statue of

Karl Marx Karl Marx (; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, political theorist, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. He is best-known for the 1848 pamphlet '' The Communist Manifesto'' (written with Friedrich Engels) ...

References

Populated places in Chüy Region {{Chuy-geo-stub