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From: <[log in to unmask]> Since January, the literary journal "Literaturnyj Kyrgyzstan" has an on-line version. The first issue was put out "on sheer enthusiasm." SOROS has promised funding if the site is visited by 1000 people. Please make an effort to support this fine journal (they have been unable to put out frequent "paper" versions due to lack of funding). I think we should not forget that LK was one of the first journals to touch the delicate nationalities question in the early years of perestroika (despite repressions from the still communist powers, they published a whole series on the policy of exiling various nationalities to Kyrgyzstan). It was singled out in 1986 on the All-Union Seminar of Literary Journals for their daring publications, which came at a time when such themes were not really touched by journals outside the capitals. These and other "risky" publications were the reasons that their membership surged to 55,000 in those years. Now, like for many other journals, subsidies have been cut and their further existence is threatened. Please make an effort to frequent their site: http://lk.kyrnet.kg Thank you, Christina Sperrle