Three-Storey Yurt


Outside the Osh Regional Museum is a giant yurt built in three vertical sections. Although interesting for its mere existence, its colourful interior is little more than a gift shop with costumes in which to pose for photos (extra fee) and a cursory exhibition about 19th-century heroes Alymbek and Kurmanjan Datka.


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