Country history · Asia
History of Kyrgyzstan
21 recorded states lay in what is now Kyrgyzstan, from Saka (700 BCE) to Kyrgyzstan. 3 of them have a full profile, and 12 outside powers ruled here.
Profiles
Empires that ruled here
Achaemenid Empire559 BCE – 330 BCE1 state here
Xiongnu Empire318 BCE – 36 BCE1 state here
Yuezhi300 BCE – 30 CE1 state here
Han Dynasty206 BCE – 220 CE2 states here
Rouran Khaganate330 CE – 555 CE2 states here
Gokturk Empire546 CE – 744 CE1 state here
Tang Dynasty618 CE – 907 CE2 states here
Mongol Empire1206 CE – 1368 CE1 state here
Qing Empire1644 CE – 1912 CE2 states here
Russian Empire1721 CE – 1917 CE4 states here
Russian SFSR1917 CE – 1991 CE2 states here
Soviet Union1922 CE – 1991 CE1 state here
Timeline
8th century BCE
3rd century BCE
2nd century BCE
2nd century
6th century
7th century
8th century
9th century
11th century
12th century
14th century
17th century
18th century
19th century
20th century
In the encyclopedia
Shared histories
States that also lay in other present-day countries:
States of Central Asia and the Steppe → All country histories →
Cite this page
- APA
- The Epoch Institute. (2026). History of Kyrgyzstan. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/kyrgyzstan
- MLA
- “History of Kyrgyzstan.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/kyrgyzstan. Accessed .
- Chicago
- The Epoch Institute. “History of Kyrgyzstan.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/kyrgyzstan.
- Harvard
- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘History of Kyrgyzstan’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/kyrgyzstan (Accessed: ).