horse Archives https://novastan.org/en/tag/horse/ Read all the news and analysis from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:04:00 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://novastan.org/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2020/08/cropped-Logo_2_2000-1700-300DPI-32x32.png horse Archives https://novastan.org/en/tag/horse/ 32 32 A stop at the deserted petrol station https://novastan.org/en/photo-of-the-day/a-stop-at-the-deserted-petrol-station/ https://novastan.org/en/photo-of-the-day/a-stop-at-the-deserted-petrol-station/#respond Sat, 18 Apr 2026 04:30:00 +0000 https://novastan.org/en/?p=48442 A stop at the deserted petrol station

This herd of horses has stopped at this abandoned petrol station. Located in the village of Saryozek, the petrol station is actually due to be demolished. A new, opulent building constructed right next to it has rendered it redundant – or almost so. Indeed, these Kazakh horses have already found a new use for it. […]

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This herd of horses has stopped at this abandoned petrol station. Located in the village of Saryozek, the petrol station is actually due to be demolished. A new, opulent building constructed right next to it has rendered it redundant – or almost so. Indeed, these Kazakh horses have already found a new use for it.

Credits : Gereon Wintz (Germany)

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]]> https://novastan.org/en/photo-of-the-day/a-stop-at-the-deserted-petrol-station/feed/ 0 Carrier horse https://novastan.org/en/photo-of-the-day/carrier-horse/ https://novastan.org/en/photo-of-the-day/carrier-horse/#respond Fri, 14 Nov 2025 05:24:00 +0000 https://novastan.org/en/?p=48074 Carrier horse

A break for horses by the Yellow Lake, Saryköl, in the Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan. The Kyrgyz people rely heavily on horses in their daily lives: they ferment mare’s milk to make kumis and use their herds to travel across mountain slopes. Horses are also used in tourism to carry hikers’ belongings. Credit : Natacha Bardy (France, […]

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A break for horses by the Yellow Lake, Saryköl, in the Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan. The Kyrgyz people rely heavily on horses in their daily lives: they ferment mare’s milk to make kumis and use their herds to travel across mountain slopes. Horses are also used in tourism to carry hikers’ belongings.

Credit : Natacha Bardy (France, @max_tassan)

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]]> https://novastan.org/en/photo-of-the-day/carrier-horse/feed/ 0 Pause in the Heart of the Steppes https://novastan.org/en/photo-of-the-day/pause-in-the-heart-of-the-steppes/ https://novastan.org/en/photo-of-the-day/pause-in-the-heart-of-the-steppes/#respond Wed, 23 Apr 2025 03:00:00 +0000 https://novastan.org/en/?p=47450 Pause in the Heart of the Steppes

A herd of horses crosses a remote road in the vast Kazakh steppes. A typical rural scene where animals roam freely. Credits: Tommaso Aguzzi (@tomaguzzi, Italy)

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A herd of horses crosses a remote road in the vast Kazakh steppes.

A typical rural scene where animals roam freely.

Credits: Tommaso Aguzzi (@tomaguzzi, Italy)

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]]> https://novastan.org/en/photo-of-the-day/pause-in-the-heart-of-the-steppes/feed/ 0 A rider and his dogs https://novastan.org/en/photo-of-the-day/a-rider-and-his-dogs/ https://novastan.org/en/photo-of-the-day/a-rider-and-his-dogs/#respond Sun, 04 Dec 2022 08:45:17 +0000 https://novastan.org/en/?p=42082 A rider and his dogs

A rider visits a remote farm in Kelemche, south of Lake Son Kul in Kyrgyzstan. Many of the shepherds are semi-nomadic and after the summer season at the end of September, they return with their families and flocks to take up winter quarters further down the mountain. Throughout the winter and sometimes in difficult weather […]

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A rider visits a remote farm in Kelemche, south of Lake Son Kul in Kyrgyzstan. Many of the shepherds are semi-nomadic and after the summer season at the end of September, they return with their families and flocks to take up winter quarters further down the mountain. Throughout the winter and sometimes in difficult weather conditions, men commute between their highland farms and the plain, where their families live.Credit: Pierre-Armand Dussex (France)

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In the north shore of Song-Kol lake near Muras Yurt Camp, Naryn district, Kyrgyzstan. Credit: Azamat Bekzo (Kyrgyzstan) Find all of our photos of the day here.

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In the north shore of Song-Kol lake near Muras Yurt Camp, Naryn district, Kyrgyzstan. Credit: Azamat Bekzo (Kyrgyzstan) Find all of our photos of the day here.

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]]> https://novastan.org/en/photo-of-the-day/on-the-shore/feed/ 0 Into the sunset https://novastan.org/en/photo-of-the-day/into-the-sunset/ https://novastan.org/en/photo-of-the-day/into-the-sunset/#respond Fri, 17 Sep 2021 03:45:50 +0000 https://novastan.org/en/?p=40835 Into the sunset

A boy is riding a donkey into the sunset near Shymkent, close to Sairam-Ugam National park in the south-west of Kazakhstan.Credit: Balzhan & Axel MonseFind all of our photos of the day here.

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A boy is riding a donkey into the sunset near Shymkent, close to Sairam-Ugam National park in the south-west of Kazakhstan.Credit: Balzhan & Axel MonseFind all of our photos of the day here.

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In Kazakhstan, a horseman rides at full speed.Credit: Antoine Morel (France)Find all of our photos of the day here.

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In Kazakhstan, a horseman rides at full speed.Credit: Antoine Morel (France)Find all of our photos of the day here.

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Far-East Cowboy! This septuagenarian gathers his herd at dusk. After a quick chat, he gets on his horse and disappears into the steppe at full galop! Credit : Cyril Caldero (France) Find all of our photos of the day here.

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Far-East Cowboy! This septuagenarian gathers his herd at dusk. After a quick chat, he gets on his horse and disappears into the steppe at full galop!

Credit : Cyril Caldero (France)

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In rural Kyrgyzstan, people learn to ride horses from an early age – like here, two siblings near Issyk-Kul Lake . Credit : Mareike Müller (Germany) Find all of our photos of the day here.

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In rural Kyrgyzstan, people learn to ride horses from an early age – like here, two siblings near Issyk-Kul Lake .

Credit : Mareike Müller (Germany)

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