"Our village is called Paris, and in Paris there's an Eiffel Tower," said Nurzhan Kubatbekov, Kyrgyzstan's answer to Gustave Eiffel, who paid $14,000 for the replica. Although 20 times smaller ...

To reach Paris’ Eiffel Tower, Nurzhigit Abrahman had to zigzag ... high monument in a mountain hamlet in Kyrgyzstan. The settlement is one of the few spots of civilisation on the only road ...

PARIS, Kyrgyzstan — To reach Paris’s Eiffel Tower, Nurzhigit Abrahman had to zig-zag through treacherous mountain passes and avoid an avalanche before getting a foggy glimpse of the 15-meter ...

Surging trade with Russia and China means that the small Kyrgyzstan settlement of 100 inhabitants is getting busier and busier. A popular stopover for truck drivers, it has been named Paris by ...

To reach Paris's Eiffel Tower, Nurzhigit Abrahman had to zig-zag through treacherous mountain passes and avoid an avalanche before getting a foggy glimpse of the 15-metre (50-foot) monument in a ...