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Large-scale bedrock landslides belong to the most hazardous natural phenomena posing a threat for the communities living in the mountainous regions and in the river valleys originating there. Their study requires regular mapping of such past features and compilation of the uniform and representative inventories. Paper presents main activities of the World Center of Excellence on Landslide Disaster Reduction of the Geodynamics Research Center – branch of JSC "Hydroproject Institute" (Moscow, Russia) and of the Kyrgyz Institute of Seismology (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) - compilation of such inventory for the Kokomeren River Basin in Central Tien Shan where the annual Kokomeren Summer School on Rockslides have been carried out since 2006, and of the uniform inventory of large-scale bedrock landslides (rockslides) for the entire Central Asia region including the Djungaria, Tien Shan and Pamir mountain systems. Basic principles of rockslides identification and structure of the database are described in brief.