Bishkek, Mar.4, 2020. /Kabar/. The Ministry of Culture, Information and Tourism of Kyrgyzstan has summed up the results of a contest to select a logo sketch for the 10th anniversary of the People's April Revolution.
Zhanysh Zhamurzayev, artist, Honored Worker of Culture of the Kyrgyz Republic has become winner, the press service of the Culture Ministry reported.
The selected logo will be used at official events, dedicated to the April Revolution.
The Day of the People's April Revolution is a national holiday in Kyrgyzstan that commemorates the Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010.
Former Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev signed a presidential decree authorizing the public holiday on Apr.4, 2016.
On Apr. 7, 2010, protesters led by opposition leaders stormed the parliament building in Bishkek and took over the headquarters of several major broadcasters.
Roza Otunbayeva was then chosen as head of the Interim Government. The anniversary of the Revolution was declared a public holiday in 2011. and became a non-working holiday in 2016.
Reports by Kyrgyzstan government officials indicated that 88 people were killed and 458 hospitalized in bloody clashes with police in the capital.
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