I got a few notes from people who read my post about languages heard in and around Osh and Kyrgyzstan who were surprised to hear that German is, in fact, spoken in some places in Kyrgyzstan. It’s surprising at first, but when I began to take a look at the larger history of populations of Central Asia, I learned a ton about some unexpected groups that have sizeable populations here.
To understand this situation, we’ve got to wind the clock back to Stalin. Continue reading “Sie Beherrschen Die Deutsche In Kirgisistan?!?!”