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Tashkent (/tæʃˈkɛnt/, US also /tɑːʃ-/; ) or Toshkent (/tɒʃˈkɛnt/; Uzbek: Toshkent, Тошкент/ تاشکند, IPA: [tɒʃˈkent]; historically known as Chach, Shash, Binkat) is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of 3 million. It is located in northeastern Uzbekistan, near the border with Kazakhstan.
Before Islamic influence started in the mid-8th century AD, Tashkent was influenced by the Sogdian and Turkic cultures. After Genghis Khan destroyed it in 1219, it was rebuilt and profited from the Silk Road. From the 18th to the 19th centuries, the city became an independent city-state, before being re-conquered by the Khanate of Kokand. In 1865, Tashkent fell to the Russian Empire; as a result, it became the capital of Russian Turkestan. In Soviet times, it witnessed major growth and demographic changes due to forced deportations from throughout the Soviet Union. Much of Tashkent was destroyed in the 1966 Tashkent earthquake, but it was soon rebuilt as a model Soviet city. It was the fourth-largest city in the Soviet Union at the time, after Moscow, Leningrad and Kyiv. (Full article...)
Tashkent Region (Uzbek: Toshkent viloyati, Тошкент вилояти; Russian: Ташкентская область) is a viloyat (region) of Uzbekistan, located in the northeastern part of the country, between the Syr Darya River and the Tien Shan Mountains. It borders Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Sirdaryo Region and Namangan Region, as well as the city of Tashkent which is a region in its own right, forming an enclave entirely encircled by the territory of Tashkent Region. It covers an area of 15,250 km². The population is estimated 2,975,900 (2021). Its capital is the city of Nurafshon. Other cities are Angren, Olmaliq, Ohangaron, Bekabad, Chirchiq, Gʻazalkent, Keles, Parkent, Yangiabad, and Yangiyoʻl. (Full article...)
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Islam Karimov Tashkent International Airport (Uzbek: Islom Karimov Toshkent Xalqaro Aeroporti) (IATA: TAS, ICAO: UTTT) is the main international airport of Uzbekistan and the third busiest airport in Central Asia (after Almaty International Airport and Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport in Astana, both in Kazakhstan). It is located 12 km (7.5 mi) from the center of Tashkent. It was named after Islam Karimov, the first president of independent Uzbekistan, in office from 1991 until his death in 2016. (Full article...) - Image 2
Islam Karimov Tashkent International Airport (Uzbek: Islom Karimov Toshkent Xalqaro Aeroporti) (IATA: TAS, ICAO: UTTT) is the main international airport of Uzbekistan and the third busiest airport in Central Asia (after Almaty International Airport and Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport in Astana, both in Kazakhstan). It is located 12 km (7.5 mi) from the center of Tashkent. It was named after Islam Karimov, the first president of independent Uzbekistan, in office from 1991 until his death in 2016. (Full article...) - Image 3
The Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan (Uzbek: Oʻzbekiston Davlat Sanʼat muzeyi) is the largest state art museum in Uzbekistan. Its permanent collection contains more than several thousands works, divided among four curatorial departments. The museum was established in 1918 as a Museum of People University and renamed as a Central Arts Museum later. It was named as Tashkent Art Museum in 1924 and finally Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan in 1935. (Full article...) - Image 4
The Tashkent Suvorov Military School (TshSVU) (Uzbek: Toshkent Suvorov Harbiy Maktabi; Russian: Ташкент Суворовское военное училище) was a Suvorov Military Academy in the Uzbek SSR and one of such other schools in the former Soviet Union for military cadets. It was designed on the basis of training young adults from ages 14–18 and educating them to be prepared for admission to higher education institutions and to further their knowledge and career in the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union The TshSVU was in existence from 1943 to 1960. It was under the direct command of the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs. (Full article...) - Image 5
Victory Park (Uzbek: G'alaba bog'i; Russian: Парк Победы), also known as the Victory Park Memorial Complex is a park located in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. It was planned in honor of the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. (Full article...) - Image 6
Abdulla Qodiriy (Uzbek: Abdulla Qodiriy, Абдулла Қодирий; Russian: Абдулла́ Кадыри́) (April 10, 1894 – October 4, 1938), also spelt Abdullah Qodiriy and Abdullah Kadiri in English, was an Uzbek playwright, poet, writer, and literary translator. Qodiriy was one of the most influential Uzbek writers of the 20th century. He introduced realism into Uzbek literature through his historical novels and influenced many other Central Asian novelists.
Qodiriy wrote under various pen names, the most renowned being Julqunboy. His early works were influenced by the Jadid movement. Qodiriy was executed during the Great Purge under the leadership of Joseph Stalin. (Full article...) - Image 7
The Humo Arena, also known as Ice Dome Tashkent or Humo Ice Dome, (Uzbek: «Humo Arena» muz majmuasi) is a multifunctional indoor arena located in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Humo Arena is the biggest hockey arena in Central Asia with a capacity of 12,500 and the second after the Belarusian Minsk Arena in the CIS.
The hall will be able to change the placement of seats depending on the sporting event being held. The main arena also provides for matches in basketball, volleyball, handball, futsal, boxing, taekwondo, short track, figure skating and curling competitions, as well as concerts. (Full article...) - Image 8
The Museum of Geology in Tashkent, Uzbekistan is a geology museum that shows and represents the wealth of mineral and geological resources in Uzbekistan, including valuable stones, minerals and archaeological and paleontological findings. (Full article...) - Image 9
Joint-Stock Commercial Aloqabank (Aloqabank, Russian: Акционерно-коммерческий «Алокабанк», Uzbek: Aksiyadorlik Tijorat "Aloqabank", Акциядорлик Тижорат "Алоқабанк") is an Uzbek banking and financial services company headquartered in Tashkent.
Aloqabank was founded under the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. 502 on October, 12th in 1994. (Full article...) - Image 10
Ak Saray Presidential Palace (Uzbek: Oqsaroy, Оқсарoй) meaning the White Palace in English is public museum which was the official workplace of Uzbek President Islam Karimov. Under former president Karimov, who served from 1991-2016, the palace was the seat of the executive branch in the country. After his death in 2016, the administration of Shavkat Mirziyoyev relocated the official workplace to Kuksaroy Presidential Palace in northeastern Tashkent. The area of the palace is 5460 square meters. There is a reception hall in the palace where guests will be received. There is also a meeting hall, as well as a recreational hall. (Full article...) - Image 11Football Club Bunyodkor (Uzbek: Bunyodkor futbol klubi) is an Uzbek professional football club based in Tashkent that competes in the Uzbekistan Super League.
Bunyodkor, a relatively unknown club at the time, made international headlines when it claimed to be close to signing world-famous Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o, although he did not eventually sign with them. On 25 August 2008, AEK Athens Brazilian superstar Rivaldo announced to the Greek press that he was joining Bunyodkor on a reported $14 million two-year contract. (Full article...) - Image 12
Tashkent Stock Exchange, officially The republican stock exchange "Toshkent" (RSE) (Uzbek: Toshkent Respublika fond birjasi) is the only stocks and corporate bonds trading platform (as the exchange and OTC) in Uzbekistan. It was founded by the government in 1994 as an open joint stock company, located in the capital of Uzbekistan - Tashkent. (Full article...) - Image 13
The Tashkent Metro (Uzbek: Toshkent metropoliteni, Тошкент метрополитени) is the rapid transit system serving the city of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. It was the seventh metro to be built in the former USSR, opening in 1977, and the first metro in Central Asia. Each station is designed around a particular theme, often reflected in the station name.
The Tashkent Metro consists of four lines, operating on 70.8 kilometres (43.99 mi) of route and serving 50 stations. In 2023, the metro carried 190.7 million passengers, which corresponds to a daily average of approximately 620,000 passengers. (Full article...) - Image 14
Tashkent International School (TIS) is an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School located in Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan in Central Asia. TIS was founded in 1994 to provide quality education in English for children of the diplomatic corps, international corporations and local families. (Full article...) - Image 15
National University of Uzbekistan (NUUz) (Uzbek: Mirzo Ulugʻbek nomidagi Oʻzbekiston Milliy Universiteti, OʻzMU) is a public research university located in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. NUUz is the oldest and largest university in Uzbekistan.
The National University of Uzbekistan is named after Mirzo Ulugbek. NUUz professors and teaching staff work with modern materials and science and have relationships with the world's most distinguished scientific schools. (Full article...) - Image 16The Uzbekistan State Museum of Nature is the oldest museum operating in Uzbekistan. The museum's main purpose is to show the natural beauty of Uzbekistan and to help protect its environment. The museum features chronologically-ordered exhibits and seeks to educate visitors about Uzbekistan's geography through time. (Full article...)
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A Hokim (Uzbek: Hokim; Ҳоким) is head of the local executive authority in the Republic of Uzbekistan. According to paragraph 15 of Article 93 of the Constitution of Uzbekistan, a regional and city Hokim are both appointed and dismissed by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the proposal of the Prime Minister. (Full article...) - Image 18
The Gates of Tashkent, in present-day Uzbekistan, were built around the town at the close of the 10th century, but did not survive to the present. The last gate was destroyed in 1890 as a result of the growth of the city, but some of the districts in Tashkent still bear the names of these gates. (Full article...) - Image 19
The Academic Lyceum of Westminster International University in Tashkent (ALWIUT) is a Vocational education institution in the Republic of Uzbekistan which conducts its activities in close cooperation with Westminster International University in Tashkent in compliance with the requirements of the education standards of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
The Lyceum provides enhanced education in such disciplines as English, mathematics, and informatics. Second-year students have the opportunity to combine their lyceum studies with a Certificate of International Foundation Studies course validated by Westminster International University in Tashkent. Those who finish the course successfully can be directly enrolled in one of the bachelor's programs offered there. (Full article...) - Image 20
Tashkent University of Information Technologies named after Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (Uzbek: Muhammad ibn Muso al-Xorazmiy nomidagi Toshkent axborot texnologiyalari universiteti, Russian: Ташкентский Университет Информационных Технологий) often abbreviated as ТАТU or TUIT is one of the largest universities in Uzbekistan, located in its capital Tashkent. Tashkent University of Information Technologies was in 1955 founded as Tashkent Electro Technical Institute of Communication and it was the major and only producer of communication engineers for the Central Asian region. Today, it is one of the major universities to nurture ICT talent in Uzbekistan. The university was named after Al-Khwarizmi by a presidential resolution to further boost its role within the nation and abroad. (Full article...) - Image 21
Management Development Institute of Singapore in Tashkent (MDIST) is one of the first international university branches to open in Uzbekistan. It was established to meet the high demand for professionals in various fields. Since its founding, it has trained more than 4,500 graduates. (Full article...) - Image 22
The Fundamental Library of Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences is one of the key parts of "Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan" and plays significant role in development of sciences in the Republic of Uzbekistan. (Full article...) - Image 23
The Tashkent–Bukhara high-speed rail line is a 600-kilometre (373 mi) high-speed rail connection between Tashkent and Bukhara, two major cities in Uzbekistan. The route passes through six regions: Tashkent, Sirdaryo, Jizzakh, Samarqand, Navoiy, and Bukhara in Uzbekistan. Trains operate seven days a week under the brand name Afrosiyob. The line originally ran from Tashkent to Samarqand, but an extension to Bukhara went into operation on 25 August 2016. Travel from Tashkent to Bukhara, a distance of 600 km (373 mi), now takes 3 hours and 20 minutes instead of 7 hours. (Full article...) - Image 24Pakhtakor Football Club (Uzbek: Paxtakor futbol klubi) is an Uzbek professional football club, based in the capital city of Tashkent, that competes in the Uzbekistan Super League. Pakhtakor literally means "cotton-grower".
Pakhtakor was the only Uzbek club to play in the top-level Soviet football league and the only Central Asian club to appear in a Soviet Cup final. Playing in the Uzbek League since 1992, the club has been the undisputed powerhouse in Uzbekistan since the fall of the Soviet Union, winning fourteen Uzbek League titles, including six in a row from 2002 to 2007. Pakhtakor also won seven consecutive domestic cups between 2001 and 2007, winning eleven cups in total. Players from the club have won Uzbek footballer of the Year honours eight times, and Pakhtakor teammates swept the top three spots in 2002. Club managers have been named Uzbek coach of the year twice. (Full article...) - Image 25
The Tashkent tramway network (Uzbek: Toshkent tramvayi) formed part of the public transport system in Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan. (Full article...)
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- Image 1c. 1865 (from Tashkent)
- Image 2Residential towers (from Tashkent)
- Image 3Coinage of Chach circa 625-725 CE (from Tashkent)
- Image 4A classical Soviet-style Kosmonavtlar station built in 1980-s. (from Tashkent Metro)
- Image 5Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was built by the Russian Orthodox Church in Tashkent. (from Tashkent)
- Image 6Maksim Shatskikh, a striker for the Uzbekistan national football team, is from Tashkent. (from Tashkent)
- Image 7Embassy of Uzbekistan in London (from United Kingdom–Uzbekistan relations)
- Image 8A downtown street in 2012 (from Tashkent)
- Image 11Panorama of Tashkent pictured 2010 (from Tashkent)
- Image 12Shahriston station (from Tashkent Metro)
- Image 13Tashkent Metro Tokenlari (from Tashkent Metro)
- Image 14Tashkent, 1917 (from Tashkent)
- Image 15A train in a Tashkent Metro station (from Tashkent Metro)
- Image 16Alisher Navoiy station (from Tashkent Metro)
- Image 17Yunusobod station (from Tashkent Metro)
- Image 18Zangi ata shrine (from Tashkent)
- Image 19Badamzar station (from Tashkent Metro)
- Image 20Amir Timur Street in 2006 (from Tashkent)
- Image 21Prince Romanov Palace (from Tashkent)
- Image 23Shota Rustaveli memorial in Uzbekistan (from Shota Rustaveli Street, Tashkent)
- Image 24Gafur Gulom station (from Tashkent Metro)
- Image 26Turkiston station (from Tashkent Metro)
- Image 28Embassy of the United Kingdom in Tashkent (from United Kingdom–Uzbekistan relations)
- Image 30Tashkent Metro Map as of April 2023 (from Tashkent Metro)
- Image 32Fayaz Tepe Buddha with Monks, 2nd cent CE (original) (from State Museum of History of Uzbekistan)
- Image 35Ambassadors from Chaganian (central figure, inscription of the neck), and Chach (modern Tashkent) to king Varkhuman of Samarkand. 648-651 CE, Afrasiyab murals, Samarkand. (from Tashkent)
- Image 36Passengers of "a science train" - the scientists who have gone to Tashkent to work at the first state university of Central Asia. (from National University of Uzbekistan)
- Image 37Abdulla Qodirii station (from Tashkent Metro)
- Image 38General view of the Chorsu Bazaar building. (from Chorsu Bazaar)
- Image 39Alisher Navoi Opera and Ballet Theatre (from Tashkent)
- Image 40The main facade of the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God (from Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin, Tashkent)
- Image 42Barak khan madrasa, Shaybanids, 16th century (from Tashkent)
- Image 43Bread vendor in a market street of Tashkent (from Tashkent)
- Image 44Coats of arms of Tashkent, 1909 (from Tashkent)
- Image 45Selling spices at Chorsu Bazaar (from Chorsu Bazaar)
- Image 46Tashkent c. 1910 (from Tashkent)
- Image 47Alumnus of The First Central Asian State University (from National University of Uzbekistan)
- Image 48Museum of Applied Arts (from Tashkent)
- Image 49Monument for the Alexander Pushkin at Shota Rustaveli street(from Shota Rustaveli Street, Tashkent)
- Image 50The iconic Hotel Uzbekistan, which opened in 1974 (from Tashkent)
- Image 51Japanese Gardens in Tashkent (from Tashkent)
- Image 52Inside a Tashkent Metro station (from Tashkent)
- Image 53Bread sellers at the Chorsu Bazaar (from Chorsu Bazaar)
- Image 54Alisher Navoi Opera and Ballet Theatre (from Tashkent)
- Image 55The Courage Monument in Tashkent on a 1979 Soviet stamp (from Tashkent)
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