Kurmanjan Datka (or Datka Kurmanjan Mamatbai kysy) (1811-1907), also known as the "The Tsaritsa of Alai" or "The Queen of the South" (in Kyrgyzstan) was a women well known for her resistance towards the Russian conquest and a stateswoman of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Born into a nomad family of the Mongush clan in the Alai mountains, and broke with tradition - deciding to stay with her father in his yurt, at the age of 18 she was supposed to marry a man whom she didn't see until her wedding day — when she met him, she didn't like himand broke with tradition — deciding to stay with her father in his yurt. Then, she married with, In 1832, the feudal lord, Alimbek - who had taken the title Datka and ruled all the Kyrgyz of the Alai. Alimbek died after a palace coup in 1862, and she was recognized by the khans of Bukhara and Kokand, later marrying one of the batyrs (heros). In 1876 the Alai region joined the Russian Empire. Two of her sons and two of her grandsons were accused of "contraband" and of murdering customs officials. When her favourite son was executed she refused the urging of some of her followers to effect a rescue, saying that she would not her private hopes and ambitions be the cause of suffering for her people. The others were then exiled to Siberia, and she retired from public life - giving away all her property and leading a hermit like existence in a village. She was survived by two sons, two daughters, 31 grandsons, 57 great grandsons and six great-great-grandsons. She is also thought to have been a poetess, and lived. Bukhara (Buxoro or Бухоро in Uzbek (the Cyrillic alphabet was officially phased out for Uzbek after independence); بُخارا /Bukhârâ/ in Persian, Buhe/Puhe Tang Chinese, Бухара in Russian; also Boxara in Tatar) is one of... Kokand (or Khokand or Kokhand or Quqon or Коканд) is a city in Fergana Province in eastern Uzbekistan, at the southwestern edge of the Fergana Valley. ... Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of Russian history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start... Siberia Siberia (Russian: , common English transliterations: Sibir’, Sibir; from the Tatar for “sleeping land”) is a vast region of Russia and northern Kazakhstan constituting almost all of northern Asia. ...

Kurmanjan Datka is featured on the 50 Kyrgyzstani som banknote. Five Kyrgyzstani Som Note (1997) 100 Kyrgystani Som Notes (2002) The Kyrgyzstani Som (sometimes transliterated Sum or Soum) is the currency of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia. ...