The historical and documentary photo exhibition «I entered the Kyrgyz language on purpose» is dedicated to the life and scientific heritage of the outstanding Turkologist and lexicographer Konstantin Kuzmich Yudakhin —author of the first Kyrgyz-Russian dictionary, which played a significant role in the development of linguistic and cultural ties between the Kyrgyz and Russian peoples. The exhibition was created by the director of the center for historical and cultural heritage Leonid Sumarokov and associate professor of the department of Russian philology Olga Sumarokova during research work in the archives of Kyrgyzstan and Russia.