A Portrait Of Writer Chingiz Aitmatov

Novelist Chingiz Aitmatov in the city of Frunze (now Bishkek) in 1985

Novelist Chingiz Aitmatov with his daughter Shirin in 1985

Chingiz Aitmatov in 1978

Chingiz Aitmatov's family gather for his funeral in Bishkek on June 14, 2008.

Aitmatov's cottage in Peredelkino, from Russian television