If you have time to kill you could peruse the small regional museum with its yurt, collection of local Kyrgyz crafts, plus displays on Soviet-era local heroes. Outside are a handful of balbal (bronze-age stone steles with carved faces) and across the gated access road is a Soviet-era tank on a plinth.
Regional Museum
Kyrgyzstan
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In front of the regional government building, this silver-painted Lenin statue catches the eye.
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Kochkor's town livestock market is open on Saturday mornings. Some will find the conditions here exotic, others distressing.
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