Кыргызстан или Киргизия?
When people discuss Kyrgyzstan in Russian, you can sometimes hear or read the name “Киргизия” or “Киргизская Республика” in addition to “Кыргызстан” or “Кыргызская Республика”. On this page you will learn about some peoples’ varying points of view about these names.
Давайте послушаем! Посмотрите видео и сделайте задания.
The video that you will watch below discusses the use of the name Кирги́зия versus Кыргызста́н. Watch the video and complete the related exercises.
Watch the first video, from Mad Altysha on TikTok. First she plays a video of Дмитрий Бивол answering a question about the topic. Бивол is a professional boxer who was born in Kyrgyzstan and now lives in Russia. Then the speaker gives her own opinion.
Давайте послушаем! Посмотрите видео и сделайте задания.
The video that you will watch below discusses the use of the name Кирги́зия versus Кыргызста́н. Watch the video and complete the related exercises.
Watch a short clip in which other people express their opinions about this topic. Match the people with their opinions by dragging their pictures to the summary of what they said. Remember that you can listen to the video at a slower speed by finding the “Playback Rate” in the YouTube settings.
Давайте поговорим! Поговорим о разных мнениях.
People sometimes have differing opinions. Use the formula below according to the example to tell your partners that some people (не́которые) have one opinion and others (други́е) have a different opinion. Then give your own opinion.
Не́которые ду́мают, что _____________, а други́е ду́мают, что _______________.
Образец:
Не́которые ду́мают, что на́до рабо́тать ка́ждый день, а други́е ду́мают, что мо́жно отдыха́ть на выходны́х. Я ду́маю, что мо́жно отдыха́ть на выходны́х.
Не́которые ду́мают, что лу́чше пить чай, а други́е ду́мают, что ко́фе вкусне́е. Я ду́маю, что лу́чше пить чай.
- eat at home / eat in restaurants
- live in a big city / live in a small town
- go to college / stop studying after high school
- buy a new phone every year / keep a phone for several years
- always do homework / do homework only sometimes
- go to the gym every day / work out only sometimes
- eat only vegetables / eat meat
- work during college / only study during college
- learn a language / only speak English
- work in the library or office / work at home
- read newspapers / not know about the news
- your own sentence
Follow-up activity:
Read an article about a browser extension that automatically changes “Киргизия” to “Кыргызстан” and discuss what you learned with your classmates.
