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Kulja - LoveToKnow 1911 (997 words) |
 | The houses of Kulja are almost all clay-built and flat-roofed, and except in the special Chinese quarter in the eastern end of the town only a few public buildings show the influence of Chinese architecture. |
| Of these the most noteworthy are the Taranchi and Dungan mosques, both with turned-up roofs, and the latter with a pagoda-looking minaret. |
| During the insurrection of 1864 the Dungans and the Taranchis formed here the Taranchi sultanate, and this led to the occupation of Kulja by the Russians in 1871. |
| INTERETHNIC CLASH CAUSES KYRGYZSTANS COMMON HOUSE TO TREMBLE (865 words) |
| A January 31 brawl between Kyrgyz and Dungan teenagers in the village of Iskra, about 45 miles (70 kilometers) from the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek, precipitated a broader interethnic clash. |
| Two Kyrgyz boys were allegedly beaten by Dungan youths in a dispute over a seat in a local computer center. |
| Dungans, Muslims of Chinese origin, are one of Kyrgyzstans smallest minority groups, numbering roughly 50,000. |
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