Built in 1924, this stylised clay yurt and the wooden pavilion that protect it commemorate one of Kojomkul's friends, and the large inscribed stone (said to weigh 690kg) outside the gumbaz (tomb) was reputedly placed there by Kojomkul single-handedly. It's just beyond the village on the road to Kyzyl-Oi.
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