Kyrgyzstan is a mountainous country in Central Asia. The Kyrgyz are a Muslim Turkic people, constituting threefourths of the country’s population, while the countryside is home to many unreached ethnic minorities. The church in Kyrgyzstan has faced increased persecution in recent years. After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, Kyrgyzstan regained religious freedom and has since experienced a resurgence of Islamic thought throughout the land. Bishkek, the largest metropolitan area in the nation, is also the capital city.