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According to recent historical findings, Kyrgyz history dates back to 201 BC.

The early Kyrgyz lived in the upper Yenisey River valley, central Siberia ( see Yenisei Kirghiz for details ).

Chinese of 2nd BC and Muslim sources of the 7th – 12th centuries AD describe the Kyrgyz as red-haired with fair complexion and green ( blue ) eyes.

First appearing in Chinese records of the Grand Historian as Gekun or Jiankun ( 鬲昆 or 隔昆 ), and later as part of the Tiele tribes, they were once under the rule of Göktürks and Uyghurs.