EN
The article attempts to familiarize the reader geographically and culturally with two little-known Central Asian countries to the general public – Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The author brings attention to the specificity of the two nations. By virtue of tying in the history of the two nations along with the etymology of the names, the author endeavours to reveal the connections between the Kyrgyz and the Kazakhs, by simultaneously underlining the uniqueness of the two nations and their languages.