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{{short description|Cemetery in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan}}
[[File:Bishkek 03-2016 img31 Ala-Archinskoe Cemetery.jpg|thumb|Entrance to the cemetery]]
The '''Ala-Archa Cemetery''' ({{Langx|ky|Ала-Арча көрүстөнү}}; {{Langx|ru|Ала-Арчинское кладбище}}) is a public cemetery for honoured individuals in [[Kyrgyzstan]]. It is located on Abdumomunova Street in [[Bishkek]] to the west of the Avenue of the [[Young Guard (Soviet resistance)|Young Guards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ianbek.kg/?p=2755|title=The Ala Archa Cemetery -Postcard from Bishkek|publisher=}}</ref> It is near the [[Ala Archa National Park]] in the [[Tian Shan]] mountains.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citizene.com/wo/AS/CeAs/KG/cKG_bishkek_Archa.htm|title=Kyrgyzstan Cemeteries, Bishkek Cemetery, Central Asia|website=www.citizene.com}}</ref> It was opened in 1948 and currently occupies 31 hectares of land. It has historical and cultural significance in the City of Bishkek due to its regular use by order of the [[Government of Kyrgyzstan]] for the burial and/or re-burial of Kyrgyz citizens who held the status of political or public status such as former Prime Ministers as well as distinguished persons in the [[fine arts]]. It has served this purpose since 1973, when the Executive Committee of the Frunze City Council repurposed it taking into account the limited space available at the time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pr.kg/news/kg/2008/02/18/939/|title=Мэрия Бишкека намерена принять новое положение о порядке захоронений на Ала-Арчинском кладбище|website=www.pr.kg}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://rus.azattyk.org/a/kyrgyzstan_cemetery_investigation/24462253.html|title=Вечный покой. В тесноте да в обиде. Часть I|website=Радио Азаттык (Кыргызская служба Радио Свободная Европа/Радио Свобода)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://slovo.kg/?p=82079|title=Не думай о погостах свысока — наступит время, сам поймешь почему. Наверное… — Слово Кыргызстана|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Бермет Мамбетшаева |url=https://knews.kg/2011/12/20/valentina-lisnichenko-chastnyie-ritualnyie-kompanii-skupayut-zemli-dlya-zahoroneniya-i-prodayut-ih-vtridoroga/amp/ |title=Валентина Лисниченко: "Частные ритуальные компании скупают земли для захоронения и продают их втридорога" |publisher=Knews.kg |date=2011-12-20 |accessdate=2019-06-21}}</ref>
== Notable burials ==
*[[Nasirdin Isanov]] &ndash; The first [[Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan]] from 30 August 1991 to 29 November 1991.
*[[Jumabek Ibraimov]] &ndash; The 5th [[Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan]] from 25 December 1998 to 4 April 1999.
*[[Dinara Asanova]] &ndash; Kyrgyz-Soviet filmmaker
*[[Bubusara Beyshenalieva]] &ndash; The first Kyrgyz ballerina
*[[Kuluypa Konduchalova]] &ndash; [[Ministry of Culture, Information and Tourism (Kyrgyz Republic)|Minister of Culture of the Kyrgyz SSR]].<ref>{{cite news |ref={{harvid|''Информ Вест''|2013}}|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Ушла из жизни экс-министр культуры Киргизской ССР Кулийпа Кондучалова |url=http://news.ivest.kz/44909325-ushla-iz-zhizni-eks-ministr-kultury-kirgizskoy-ssr-kuliypa-konduchalova |access-date=12 November 2018 |agency=[[AKIpress news agency]] |newspaper=Информ Вест |date=9 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306055920/http://news.ivest.kz/44909325-ushla-iz-zhizni-eks-ministr-kultury-kirgizskoy-ssr-kuliypa-konduchalova |archive-date=6 March 2016 |location=Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan |language=Russian |trans-title=The ex-minister of culture of the Kirghiz SSR, Kuliypa Konduchalova, passed away}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |ref={{harvid|''BBC News''|2013}}|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Күлүйпа Кондучалованы акыркы сапарга узатуу |url=https://www.bbc.com/kyrgyz/kyrgyzstan/2013/09/130909_kuluypa_konduchalova_died |access-date=12 November 2018 |newspaper=[[BBC]] |date=9 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112212955/https://www.bbc.com/kyrgyz/kyrgyzstan/2013/09/130909_kuluypa_konduchalova_died |archive-date=12 November 2018 |location=London, England |language=Kyrgyz |trans-title=Funeral of Kuluypa Konduchalova}}</ref>
*[[Asankhan Dzhumakhmatov]] &ndash; Kyrgyz composer
*[[Sabira Kumushaliyeva]] &ndash; Kyrgyz actress
*[[Baken Kydykeyeva]] &ndash; Kyrgyz actress
*[[Abdylas Maldybaev]] &ndash; Composer and operational singer
*[[Tolomush Okeyev]] &ndash; Kyrgyz screenwriter<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gM6QDAAAQBAJ&dq=Ala-Archa+Cemetery&pg=PA536|title=Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema|first=Peter Rollberg, George Washington|last=University|date=20 July 2016|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781442268425|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*[[Alykul Osmonov]] &ndash; Poet and literary figure<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XGHGWk4iHV0C&q=Ala-Archa+Cemetery|title=Let the Stone Lie where it Has Fallen: Dilemmas of Gender and Generation in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan|first=Kathleen Rae|last=Kuehnast|date=21 June 1997|publisher=University of Minnesota|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*[[Suimenkul Chokmorov]] &ndash; Kyrgyz film actor and artists
*[[Iskhak Razzakov]] &ndash; First Secretary of the [[Communist Party of Kirghizia]], reburied at Ala-Archa in 2000 from [[Kuntsevo Cemetery]].<ref>[http://www.cesr-cess.org/pdf/CESR_06_12.pdf Central Eurasian Studies Review], 2007, vol. 6, no. 1/2</ref>
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[[Category:1948 establishments in the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Monuments and memorials in Bishkek]]
[[Category:Cemeteries in Kyrgyzstan]]
[[Category:Burials at Ala-Archa Cemetery]]