The Tyup settlement was formed by peasant migrants from the Kaluga province and was previously called the Cossack village of Preobrazhenskaya or simply Preobrazhenka. Gradually, the village grew and already during the years of Soviet rule, a new name was given – Tyup.

Today Tyup is the administrative center of the Tyup district. The village is located in a picturesque place where the Tyup River flows into Lake Issyk-Kul. Tyup is surrounded by mountains with coniferous forests, fertile valleys and flower meadows. Local residents are engaged in agriculture, cattle breeding, fishing, as well as the processing of agricultural raw materials, and the production of industrial facilities.

Residents of Tyup can tell about famous people, natives of this area, about their deeds. A monument to fallen soldiers in the Great Patriotic War has been erected in the village. And residents might tell about the enthusiastic history teacher Kuban Imanaliev from the village of Sary-Bulun, Tyupsky district, who single-handedly collects artifacts from the sunken ancient city of Chigu.

A few years ago, a memorial plaque was erected in the village with the names of the dead Christians who were shot near Tyup during the years of the civil war (1918 - early 1920s). And now people come here to honor the memory of the fallen Christian priests.

There are burial grounds and burials of medieval settlements in the nearby valleys. The Persian explorer-traveler wrote about this protected area, describing the picturesque landscape of the environment in his work.

There is another historical place called San-Tash (translated as Calculable Stones). And there is an ancient legend about this place, which says that the great commander Tamerlan (Amir Timur) passed through this area and ordered all his soldiers to throw a stone into a common pile, and on the way back to move a stone for each soldier and form a new pile of stones. And the last pile turned out to be much smaller than the first one. So the great commander saw how many of his soldiers he had lost in the conquering campaign.

We drove through Tyup in winter and were surprised by the friendly cohesion of the population - an oval-shaped public ice rink was created by local residents, where children, teenagers and adults sledge and skate in winter. It's crowded, festive, and fun. It surprised and delighted me - people decided to create a place where children and adults gather, just like in the old days. We couldn't resist and stopped to admire such a sight. The ice rink left an indelible impression.

There is a botanical reserve near Tyup, created with the aim of preserving the natural complex of flora and fauna. The territory of the nature conservation complex is huge and includes a valley of rivers, springs, rare species of trees, shrubs, and plants: the famous creeping juniper, patches of sea buckthorn, willow, honeysuckle, barberry, wild dog rose, coniferous forests, meadows of medicinal plants, shrubs, and various flowers.

Also near the village there is another zoological reserve in the upper reaches of the rivers Karkara and Tyup. And rare species of animals and birds are protected here. There are mountain sheep, mountain goat, maral, Tien Shan bear, snow leopard, Turkestan lynx, roe deer, wild boars, hares, foxes, marmots and rare mountain turkeys also live on the territory. Rare birds of prey nest in this reserve - vulture, bearded eagle, balaban, golden eagle.

The goal of all nature reserves is to preserve all kinds of animals, plants, and birds in natural high-altitude habitats in the mountains and alpine meadows.