The Most Famous
SOCIAL ACTIVISTS from Kyrgyzstan
This page contains a list of the greatest Kirghiz Social Activists. The pantheon dataset contains 840 Social Activists, 1 of which were born in Kyrgyzstan. This makes Kyrgyzstan the birth place of the 83rd most number of Social Activists behind Aruba, and Yemen.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Kirghiz Social Activists of all time. This list of famous Kirghiz Social Activists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Toktogul Satylganov (1864 - 1933)
With an HPI of 53.35, Toktogul Satylganov is the most famous Kirghiz Social Activist. His biography has been translated into 19 different languages on wikipedia.
Toktogul Satylganov (Kyrgyz: Токтогул Сатылган уулу, romanized: Toktogul Satylgan uulu, Perso-Arabic: توقتوعۇل ساتىلعان ۇۇلۇ; Russian: Токтогул Сатылганов, romanized: Toktogul Satylganov; 25 October 1864 – 17 February 1933) was the most famous of the Kyrgyz Akyns – improvising poets and singers. The Kyrgyz town of Toktogul in the Jalal-Abad Region is named in his honor. Toktogul was born in Kushchusu, a village now submerged in the Toktogul Reservoir.
2. Azimzhan Askarov (1951 - 2020)
With an HPI of 39.19, Azimzhan Askarov is the 2nd most famous Kirghiz Social Activist. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Azimzhan Askarov (Uzbek: Azimjon Asqarov, Азимжон Асқаров; 17 May 1951 – 25 July 2020) was a Kyrgyzstani political activist who founded the group Vozduh in 2002 to investigate police brutality. Of ethnic Uzbek descent, during the 2010 South Kyrgyzstan ethnic clashes, which primarily targeted people of the Uzbek nationality, Askarov worked to document the violence. He was subsequently arrested and prosecuted on charges of creating mass disturbances, incitement of ethnic hatred, and complicity in murder. Following a trial protested by several international human rights groups for irregularities—including alleged torture and the courtroom intimidation of witnesses by police—Askarov was given a life sentence, which he was serving. In November 2010, Askarov's health was reported to be rapidly deteriorating as a result of his confinement. Numerous groups advocated on his behalf, including Human Rights Watch, Reporters Without Borders, People In Need, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and Amnesty International, the latter of which designated him a prisoner of conscience. In 2015, the U.S. conferred the 2014 Human Rights Defender Award on Askarov. The Kyrgyz government protested this decision and formally terminated a 1993 agreement on cooperation between the U.S. and Kyrgyzstan. On 12 July 2016, the Supreme Court of Kyrgyzstan revoked the life sentence against Askarov and sent his case to the Chui Oblast Court for review. He was resentenced for life on 24 January 2017. Following amendments to Kyrgyzstan's Criminal Code in 2017, which came into force in 2019, Askarov's lawyers applied for a review of his sentence. However, on 30 July 2019, the Chui regional court upheld the life sentence of Askarov. He died in prison in 2020.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Kirghiz social activists born between 1864 and 1951. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Kirghiz social activists include Toktogul Satylganov, and Azimzhan Askarov. As of April 2024, 1 new Kirghiz social activists have been added to Pantheon including Azimzhan Askarov.
