Baitik Batyr

Baitik was the organizer of all kinds of children's games, races on young bulls, wrestling and other competitions.

Further formation of him as a person was under the influence of his paternal uncle Jangarach Biy, to whom the leadership of the Solto tribe passed.

[3] By the beginning of the 60s of the 19th century, the rivalry between the Russian Empire and the Khanate of Kokand for influence in Central Asia intensified.

At this time, the Kokand people intensively began to strengthen their fortresses in the Kyrgyz lands.

In the struggle against the Kokand yoke, it was reasonable for the Kyrgyz people to rely on the mighty Russian Empire.

Protest moods among the Kyrgyz of the Chüy Valley especially intensified after the appointment in early 1861 1861 as the governor of the Kokand Khan Rakhmatulla.

He imposed additional taxes on the Solto, and held the son of Baitik Batyr Baisal as a hostage in the Pishpek fortress.

All objective and subjective factors, as well as foreign policy circumstances, spoke of the brewing of a decisive battle against Kokand dominance.

Having lulled the vigilance of the Kokand governor through his close circle, Baitik Batyr invited him to the feast of circumcision (Kyrgyz: Сүннөт той) in the vicinity of Pishpek.

Faithful horseman Baitik Batyr Kokum set off after him with a lance at the ready on the famous winner of the races Ker-Kashka.

[3] In 1862, after the entry of the Solto tribe into Russia, Baitik Batyr received the title «Senior Manap» from the Russian administration.

V. Vereshchagin . « A rich Kyrgyz hunter with a falcon» . 1871
Photo-portrait of Baitik Batyr from a photo vignette, 1867
A group of Kyrgyz volost governors, Baitik Batyr sits to the right of the center, 1882
Baitik Batyr on a postage stamp of Kyrgyzstan. 2017