The April Events: Kyrgyzstan’s 2010 Revolution

Welcome to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, where protests have snowballed into deaths and unrest has become a revolution. It is April 8, 2010, and President Kurmanbek Bakiyev has fled amidst outcry due to his authoritarian rule. You, along with a select group of opposition parliamentarians and ministers, have declared an interim government. You are now faced with the heavy immediate tasks of ending the bloodshed and preventing more violence. Additionally, you have just six months of interim government rule to mend the nation, restore political stability, and reform the Constitution. Simultaneously, you must wrestle with essential dilemmas that will determine how the country will move forward in the wake of authoritarianism and define its identity as a post-Soviet republic in the wake of centuries of colonization and foreign rule. How will you contend with competing foreign powers vying for influence, address rising Kyrgyz nationalism, and promote unity in Kyrgyzstan, all while building a lasting Kyrgyz government? The decisions you make at this critical juncture of the history of the Kyrgyz Republic will define its future for years to come.

  • Eleanor Pugh

    She/Her

    Chair

  • Roziya Rustamova

    She/Her

    Assistant Chair

  • Kael Ligon

    He/Him

    Assistant Chair

  • Chloe Francis

    She/Her

    Assistant Chair