Relatives of Chingiz Aitmatov say they are facing eviction from the late Kyrgyz writer's villa in Peredelkino, just south of Moscow. The case has fuelled concerns that Peredelkino, a cottage complex established in the 1930s as a literary retreat for Soviet writers, is under threat from aggressive construction.
A Portrait Of Writer Chingiz Aitmatov
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Novelist Chingiz Aitmatov in the city of Frunze (now Bishkek) in 1985
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Novelist Chingiz Aitmatov with his daughter Shirin in 1985
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Chingiz Aitmatov in 1978
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Chingiz Aitmatov's family gather for his funeral in Bishkek on June 14, 2008.
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Aitmatov's cottage in Peredelkino, from Russian television