Reflections of Buddhist Philosophy in Cingiz Ajtmatov's Literary Works
- Abstract of a dissertation by Sang-Guk Suh proposing that certain elements of Buddhist thought add to a better understanding of Ajtmatov's works.
- http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~aatseel/dissertations/literature/suhs.html

Jewish Mankurts?
- Boris Shusteff's review of "The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years" by Kyrgyz writer Chingiz Aitmatov.
- http://www.freeman.org/m_online/may99/shusteff1.htm