Anan'yevo
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Anan'yevo is a village
in the Issyk Kul Province
of Kyrgyzstan
. Located on highway A363 on the north shore of Lake Issyk Kul
, the next town to the west is Semyenovka
, and to the east, Tyup
. It was founded in the 1890s as a Cossack settlement and there is still a significant Russian population. There are a church and a mosque in the village. St. Matthew's burial site is reputedly on the shore of Issyk Kul (on Svetly Mys, "Bright Cape") near Anan'yevo.
Saint Matthew Legend: Note: this needs better sources, and I cannot find most of the places on a map and the geography is contradictory. According to Laurence Mitchell, 'Kyrgyzstan', Bradt Travel Guides, 2008, there is a legend that Saint Matthew, on a journey to India, died and was buried on the shores of Issyk Kul. In the 4th or 5th century(sic) Armenian monks founded a monastery there (up to eight monasteries were founded later). They are located at Svetly Mys ('bright cape'), 48km from Karakol
, south of the village of Ak-Bulung (formerly Belovodsk) on the Zayachy peninsula at the northeast corner of Issyk Kul. A Russian Orthodox monastery was founded here in 1888. It was sacked by rebels in 1916 and only two monks survived. One, Irakly, fled to Ananyevo. After the revolution, villagers built him a secret cell where he died in 1937. He was canonized in 2000. In September 2006, Vladimir Ploskikh(see Issyk Kul
) reported the discovery of a medieval settlement with catacombs on the Zayachy peninsula
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the Issyk Kul Province
Issyk Kul Province
Issyk Kul Province is a province of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Karakol. It is surrounded by Almaty Province, Kazakhstan , Chui Province , Naryn Province and Xinjiang, China ....
of Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...
. Located on highway A363 on the north shore of Lake Issyk Kul
Issyk Kul
Issyk Kul is an endorheic lake in the northern Tian Shan mountains in eastern Kyrgyzstan. It is the tenth largest lake in the world by volume and the second largest saline lake after the Caspian Sea. Although it is surrounded by snow-capped peaks, it never freezes; hence its name, which means "hot...
, the next town to the west is Semyenovka
Semënovka, Issyk Kul
Semënovka is a village in the Issyk Kul Province of Kyrgyzstan. It is the start of an asphalt road that leads up the Chon Ak-soo valley to a ski resort. Nearby are Scythian burial mounds from the 5th-3rd centuries and a dacha built for Leonid Brezhnev . West on highway A363 is Grigor'evka, and...
, and to the east, Tyup
Tyup
Tyup is a town in the Issyk Kul Province of Kyrgyzstan. It is a road junction town at the northeast corner of Lake Issyk Kul. To the west on A363 is Anan'yevo and to the south Karakol...
. It was founded in the 1890s as a Cossack settlement and there is still a significant Russian population. There are a church and a mosque in the village. St. Matthew's burial site is reputedly on the shore of Issyk Kul (on Svetly Mys, "Bright Cape") near Anan'yevo.
Saint Matthew Legend: Note: this needs better sources, and I cannot find most of the places on a map and the geography is contradictory. According to Laurence Mitchell, 'Kyrgyzstan', Bradt Travel Guides, 2008, there is a legend that Saint Matthew, on a journey to India, died and was buried on the shores of Issyk Kul. In the 4th or 5th century(sic) Armenian monks founded a monastery there (up to eight monasteries were founded later). They are located at Svetly Mys ('bright cape'), 48km from Karakol
Karakol
Karakol , formerly Przhevalsk, is fourth largest city in Kyrgyzstan, near the eastern tip of Issyk Kul Lake in Kyrgyzstan, about from the Kyrgyzstan-China border and from the capital Bishkek. It is the administrative capital of Issyk Kul Province...
, south of the village of Ak-Bulung (formerly Belovodsk) on the Zayachy peninsula at the northeast corner of Issyk Kul. A Russian Orthodox monastery was founded here in 1888. It was sacked by rebels in 1916 and only two monks survived. One, Irakly, fled to Ananyevo. After the revolution, villagers built him a secret cell where he died in 1937. He was canonized in 2000. In September 2006, Vladimir Ploskikh(see Issyk Kul
Issyk Kul
Issyk Kul is an endorheic lake in the northern Tian Shan mountains in eastern Kyrgyzstan. It is the tenth largest lake in the world by volume and the second largest saline lake after the Caspian Sea. Although it is surrounded by snow-capped peaks, it never freezes; hence its name, which means "hot...
) reported the discovery of a medieval settlement with catacombs on the Zayachy peninsula