They come, they go

Vestiges of Soviet socialist realist art remain in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, the ancient city in the Ferghana Valley on the border with Uzbekistan that celebrated its 3,000^th birthday in 2000. The founding of Osh, a major crossroads on the Silk Routes, has been variously attributed to Adam of the Bible, the Prophet Suleiman and Alexander the Great. This mural is done in mosaic, a style more common in the settled cultures of Central Asia than in northern Kyrgyzstan, which has more nomadic origins.