History of national classical music and classical instrument. UZBEKISTAN (in ENGLISH)

From afar, over the roofs of the houses, the inviting blaring tones of karnais are resounding – today there is a wedding in the makhalla: a respectable neighbor is marrying off his daughter. Singing the song with the refrain “Yor-Yor!” the women are seeing the bride to the groom’s house. Since time immemorial the most [...]

Shah-i-Zinda ensemble, Samarkand. UZBEKISTAN (in ENGLISH)

The Shah-i-Zinda Ensemble includes mausoleums and other ritual buildings of 9-14th and 19th centuries. The name Shah-i-Zinda (meaning “The living king”) is connected with the legend that Kusam ibn Abbas, the cousin of the prophet Muhammad was buried there. As if he came to Samarkand with the Arab invasion in the 7th century to preach [...]

Gur Emir mausoleum, Samarkand, Uzbekistan (in ENGLISH)

The Gūr-e Amīr or Guri Amir (Persian: گورِ امیر) is a mausoleum of the Asian conqueror Tamerlane (also known as Timur) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. It occupies an important place in the history of Architecture as the precursor and model for later great Mughal architecture tombs, including Humayun’s Tomb in Delhi and the Taj Mahal in [...]

Khiva Mosques, Uzbekistan (in ENGLISH)

Khiva Punjabi: ਖੀਵਾ,Hindi: खीवा(Uzbek: Xiva / Хива; Russian: Хива; alternative or historical names include Khorasam, Khoresm, Khwarezm, Khwarizm, Khwarazm, Chorezm, and Arabic: خوارزم‎) is a city of approximately 50000 people located in Xorazm Province, Uzbekistan. It is the former capital of Khwarezmia and the Khanate of Khiva. Itchan Kala in Khiva was the first site [...]

Suzany Silk embroidery, Uzbekistan (in ENGLISH)

Suzane is a decorative-artistic needlework embroidered with silk threads on hand-made fabric. The embroidery is usually made on cotton and silk fabric. It is used as a wall-hanging, table-cloth, bed-spread. In Italy, for example, it is used as curtains for windows. Suzane has different size and shape. It can be square shaped, rectangular, round or [...]

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (in ENGLISH)

Tashkent (Uzbek: Toshkent, Тошкент; literally “Stone City”) is the capital of Uzbekistan and of the Tashkent Province. The officially registered population of the city in 2008 was 2.1 million. Unofficial sources estimate the actual population may be as much as 4.45 million.

Hills of Afrasiab in Samarkand, Uzbekistan (in English)

Sogdiana is an ancient country where doughty warriors had been dwelling, the country with boundless grazing lands and rivers abounding in water. In 5 BS it was a part of Akhemenid empire. ”Avesta” – the sacred book of Zoroastrians proves this fact. And Samarkand was the capital of it. Back in antic period the city [...]

Ak Sarai, Shakhrisabz, Uzbekistan (in ENGLISH).VOB

Shahrisabz is, above all, associated with the Ak-Saray palace. Many amazing legends are linked with the history of the palace’s construction. According to one of them, Timur began to think of building a magnificent edifice, summoned an architect and set out his objective. After listening to the ruler, the architect asked to be allowed into [...]

Bibi-khanum mosque, Samarkand, Uzbekistan (in ENGLISH)

Bibi-Khanym Mosque (Persian: مسجد بی بی خانم) is a famous historical mosque in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, whose name comes from the wife of 14th-century ruler, Amir Timur. After his Indian campaign in 1399 Timur decided to undertake the construction of a gigantic mosque in his new capital, Samarkand. The outer walls are 167 metres (182.63 yards) [...]

Lyab-i-hauz, Bukhara, UZBEKISTAN (in ENGLISH)

Architectual ensemble Lyabi-hauz is formed with three large monumental buildings: Kukeldash Madrassah in the north, khanaka and Nodir Divan-begi in the west and in the east. From the south the square was closed with Trade Street. The center of old Bukhara large ensemble became a reservoir. The name «Laybi-khauz» means «at reservoir». According to the [...]

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