Pristan Przhevalsk, Issyk Kul Oblast Vacations, Pristan Przhevalsk, Issyk Kul Oblast Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

An hour or so later the road started to veer south-east at the easternmost extremity of the lake, which is less than 10 miles from the Chinese border. Our destination was the Przhevalsky Museum, dedicated to the memory of Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalsk, a noted Russian explorer and spy who in 1888 died hereabouts of typhoid contracted through drinking water from the River Chui; he asked to be buried at the lakeside. The Museum is a little outside Pristan Przhevalsk and is difficult to find; ...