At a time when most females in Asia possess little or no power over their lives, headstrong Kurmanjan Datka defies her family's authority -- and ultimately becomes the ruler of her native Kyrgyzstan region.
Elina Abai Kyzy
Aziz Muradillayev
Nasira Mambetova
Adilet Usubaliyev
Mirlan Abdulayev
Ulanbek Omuraliev