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Ata Beyit is a monumental cemetery and national memory site located approximately 30 kilometers from the capital of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, near the village of Chon-Tash. The term Ata Beyit means “Father’s Grave” in Kyrgyz Turkish. This site was secretly used to bury Kyrgyz intellectuals, politicians and artists who were victims of political massacres carried out during Stalin’s regime in 1938. Today, it serves both as a national site of mourning and a place of collective memory. Ata Beyit Memorial