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ItineraryThis tour will guide you to the tower , which is situated 10 km to the South of Tokmok (60 km from Bishkek), the tower is all that remains of the ancient city of Balasugan set at the foot of the Shamshy valley. Established in the 10th century on the site of an older settlement, the city was the birthplace of the poet Jusup Balasugyn (1015-?) who wrote an epic poem called Katadgu Bilig (=?«The knowledge which brings happiness?»), which has been translated into several languages ??” including a recent translation into English by Walter May.
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