Tashkent is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan, as well as the most populated city in ex-Soviet Central Asia with a population in 2018 of 2,485,900. It is located in the north-east of the country close to the Kazakhstan border.
The history of the Jews in Uzbekistan.
The Uzbek Cup is the top knockout tournament in Uzbek football (soccer).
Yunusabad is one of 11 districts (tuman) of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.
Ulugbek Bakayev is a former Uzbekistan footballer who manages Uzbek League side FK Buxoro.
In Uzbekistan, twelve years of primary and secondary education are obligatory, starting at age six. This requirement includes four years of primary school and two cycles of secondary school, lasting five and three years, respectively. The rate of attendance in those grades is high, although the figure is significantly lower in rural areas than in urban centers. Preschool registration has decreased significantly since 1991.
National University of Uzbekistan is an educational and public University located in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The NUUz is the oldest and largest university of Uzbekistan; It is the first university in Uzbekistan.
Odil Yakubov is an Uzbek writer who died in December 2009 at the age of 83.
Mirzo Ulugbek is one of 11 districts (tuman) of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. It was named after the astronomer, mathematician and sultan Ulugh Beg.
Yashnobod is one of 11 districts (tuman) of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.
The Abulkasym Madrassah is a historically significant building located in Tashkent, Tashkent Province, Uzbekistan. The building was the location of the signing of a peace treaty in 1865 following the Russian capture of Tashkent.
Russians in Uzbekistan comprised the country's second-largest ethnic group after Uzbeks, numbering 1,653,478, in 1989 representing 5.5% of the population. During the Soviet period, Russians constituted more than half the population of the capital city, Tashkent. Uzbekistan counted nearly 1.5 million Russians, 12.5% of the population, in the 1970 census.
Hakim Karimovich Zaripov is an Uzbek circus performer. He was born 17 September 1924.
Zafar is an urban-type settlement in Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan. It is the administrative center of Bekabad District. The town population in 1989 year was 7167 people.
Piskent is a town in Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Piskent District. The town population in 1989 year was 24405 people.
Gulbakhor is an urban-type settlement in Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Yangiyol District. The town population in 1989 year was 9814 people.
Tashkent State Agrarian University or TSAU is an agricultural university located in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
French School in Tashkent is a French international school in Mirzo-Ulugbek, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, serving preschool through grade 12. French parents opened the school in 1997. The AEFE accredited the primary school in 2001.
The Embassy of the United Kingdom in Tashkent is the chief diplomatic mission of the United Kingdom in Uzbekistan. The Embassy is located on Gulyamov Street, in the Mirzo Ulugbek district. The current British Ambassador to Uzbekistan is Christopher Allan. Diplomatic relations were established on 18 February 1992. The Embassy also represents the British Overseas Territories in Uzbekistan.
Museum of Abu Ali Ibn Sino in Afshona village of Peshku district of Bukhara region was formed in connection with the 1000th anniversary of the great thinker.
The building was small; the halls incorporating with each other were not comfortable for demonstration of exhibits and the museum’s activities. In the years of independence, the building was reconstructed and re-equipped taking into account all condition necessary for a museum. In November 2006, solemn opening ceremony of the updated museum of Abu Ali Ibn Sino, equipped on modern museum standards took place. At the same time, according to the plan for development of Peshku district of Bukhara region a medical college, information-resource center, library, polyclinic, hotel and a teahouse started to operate.
The museum has following sections “The Age of Ibn Sino”, “Contemporaries of Ibn Sino”, “The life and work of Ibn Sino”, “Activity of Ibn Sino in the Academy of Ma’mun”, “Scientific heritage of ibn Sino”, “Legacy of ibn Sino and Modern Science”, “Ibn Sino and modern medicine”. More than 700 exhibits disposed on the podium lead away the visitors to the era of medieval Maverannahr. Among interesting artifacts found in the ancient buildings of Bukhara region there are ceramic subjects, coins and jewelry of the 9th and 10th centuries. Special interest of visitors is called by a breadboard model of an ancient drugstore of the 7th century which was found out during excavation on site of ancient settlement Paykand.
