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
![Novelist Chingiz Aitmatov in the city of Frunze (now Bishkek) in 1985](https://gdb.rferl.org/114f1728-3b1d-4fc7-af43-b9f2856f3e0a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Novelist Chingiz Aitmatov in the city of Frunze (now Bishkek) in 1985
![Novelist Chingiz Aitmatov with his daughter Shirin in 1985](https://gdb.rferl.org/79df33de-48d8-494f-82e7-f4601f7157a6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Novelist Chingiz Aitmatov with his daughter Shirin in 1985
![Chingiz Aitmatov in 1978](https://gdb.rferl.org/d115f4da-af16-4ed8-ac32-2cc6cd99ff10_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Chingiz Aitmatov in 1978
![Chingiz Aitmatov's family gather for his funeral in Bishkek on June 14, 2008.](https://gdb.rferl.org/617b7648-312f-4edc-9c5f-8579afcbdb7b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Chingiz Aitmatov's family gather for his funeral in Bishkek on June 14, 2008.
![Aitmatov's cottage in Peredelkino, from Russian television](https://gdb.rferl.org/123bc90f-60cc-4da8-8e90-4a84aa3d22a9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Aitmatov's cottage in Peredelkino, from Russian television