Popular revolution in Who-its-stan?

Following in the footsteps of the Ukraine and Lebanon, Kyrgyzstan (I didn't know it was a country either) is seeing a popular revolution. The president has fled and the opposition has seized power during a relatively non violent week of protests over a fruadulant election and widespread corruption. For the record, Kyrgyzstan is a predominantly Muslim country of 5 million bordering China, in "an energy-rich region where Washington and Moscow vie for influence". Both have military bases in the country. It could be that we someday look back at these years the same way we look a back at 1989-1991. In any event, freedom is on the march, as a famous man once said.