at all the protesters demanded the resignation of the country's leaders especially president kurmanbek bakiyev lute. the irony of the situation was that five years before but kiev came to power in the wake of a similar uprising i. have aleutian was the name given to the events when the first card as president asked was stripped of power in two thousand and five this flower is one of the country's symbols. there were no fountains here back then but the square was absolutely flooded with people at the time. about twenty five thousand i think. we joined the crowd as it headed for the white house naming. alexander even though for members the great enthusiasm but engulfed people gathered in bishkek central square in two thousand and five. after a enforcements from the south came demonstrators broke into the presidential palace in bishkek. in the corner store but when we realized that the house of cards was falling apart with the dozen sparred us with the hope that the president would step down. but everybody was in a state of euphoria for. when president left the country coming back back here came

first card as president as comes from the north he was toppled by the south kurmanbek bakiyev truculent those are a close knit community they helped one another as best they can. to keep. and sack locals living in this north. does. help each other. before but he came to power had served in the local police for a long time he was born in bishkek when bakiev became president and was replaced with someone from the south now makes a living as a postman this time he is leaving bishkek for the place he dislikes most of all the country southern capital of or she. burnt out neighborhoods and looted shops serve as a reminder of a vicious conflict. ethnic standoff between curtis and backs. the border between kurdistan and his back stan was drawn in soviet times it didn't matter the population was part of the carcass for public after all it was part of a single country the soviet union. interethnic violence erupted following the collapse of the u.s.s.r. one of the bloodiest confrontations began in the early hours of june eleventh two thousand and ten and lasted for nearly five days. the city of in