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Kyrgyzstan: scientist and women’s rights advocate Roza Aitmatova dies

This dossier brings together announcements and tributes following Roza Aitmatova’s death, distinguishing her scientific career, advocacy and work on historical memory.

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Kyrgyzstan’s National Library in Bishkek, archive photograph. Cultural heritage illustration, showing neither Roza Aitmatova nor her funeral.
Kyrgyzstan’s National Library in Bishkek, archive photograph. Cultural heritage illustration, showing neither Roza Aitmatova nor her funeral. — Aelfthrytha / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ — image d’archives, sans modification.

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Roza Aitmatova’s death was announced on 26 October 2026. Funeral arrangements are not specified in the consulted sources.

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Kyrgyzstan: scientist and women’s rights advocate Roza Aitmatova dies

Roza Aitmatova, a scientist, educator and women’s rights advocate in Kyrgyzstan, died on 26 October 2026. Relatives announced her death, which was also marked by an official tribute.

Kyrgyzstan’s National Library in Bishkek, archive photograph. Cultural heritage illustration, showing neither Roza Aitmatova nor her funeral.
Kyrgyzstan’s National Library in Bishkek, archive photograph. Cultural heritage illustration, showing neither Roza Aitmatova nor her funeral. — Aelfthrytha / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ — image d’archives, sans modification.

The younger sister of writer Chingiz Aitmatov worked in research and teaching and led the Women’s Support Centre. Tributes also recall her efforts to preserve her family’s history.

She published “White Pages of History”, a book about her father and family history. The consulted reports do not specify the cause of death or funeral arrangements.

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