{"id":257,"date":"2021-10-17T00:21:53","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T00:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/?p=257"},"modified":"2021-10-17T00:21:53","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T00:21:53","slug":"tashkent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/tashkent\/","title":{"rendered":"Tashkent"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 29px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/news\/tashkent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uzbekintour.com\/images\/Flag-Russian.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"29\" height=\"18\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px; color: green; font-weight: bold;\">RUS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_77 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f2baf00f1d1\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f2baf00f1d1\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/tashkent\/#Introduction\" >Introduction<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/tashkent\/#Tashkent_Today\" >Tashkent Today<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Introduction\"><\/span>Introduction<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img class=\"alignright\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/images\/150px_Tashkent_Old.gif\" alt=\"Old Tashkent\" \/><span class=\"date\">Tashkent<\/span> (Uzbek: Toshkent, \u0422\u043e\u0448\u043a\u0435\u043d\u0442; Russian: \u0422\u0430\u0448\u043a\u0435\u043d\u0442) is the capital of Uzbekistan and also of the Tashkent Province. The officially registered population of the city in <span class=\"date\">2008<\/span> was <span class=\"date\">2.18 million<\/span>. According to unofficial data, the population is more than <span class=\"date\">3<\/span> million.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nTashkent is the largest city in Central Asia. Tashkent lies in the northeastern part of the country. It is situated at an elevation of <span class=\"date\">1,475<\/span> to <span class=\"date\">1,575<\/span> feet (<span class=\"date\">450<\/span> to <span class=\"date\">480<\/span> metres) in the Chirchiq River valley west of the Chatkal Mountains and is intersected by a series of canals from the Chirchiq River.<br \/>\n<img class=\"alignleft\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/images\/150px_Tashkent_Hazrati-Imam.gif\" alt=\"Hazrati-Imam\" \/><br \/>\nThe city probably dates from the <span class=\"date\">2nd<\/span> or the <span class=\"date\">1st<\/span> century bc and was variously known as Dzhadzh, Chachkent, Shashkent, and Binkent; the name Tashkent, which means &#8220;Stone Village&#8221; in Uzbek, was first mentioned in the <span class=\"date\">11th<\/span> century.<br \/>\nIt is an ancient city on the Great Silk Road from China to Europe.<br \/>\nAn important centre of trade and handicrafts on the caravan routes to Europe and East Asia, the city was conquered by the Arabs at the beginning of the 8th century and later became part of the possessions of various Muslim ruling lines before falling to the Mongols in the early <span class=\"date\">13th<\/span> century. It was subsequently ruled by the Timurids and Shayb\u0101nids and then led an independent existence before being annexed by the khanate of Kokand in <span class=\"date\">1809<\/span>. When it was captured by the Russians in <span class=\"date\">1865<\/span>, it was a walled city of some <span class=\"date\">70,000<\/span> inhabitants and already a leading centre of trade with Russia.<br \/>\nIn <span class=\"date\">1867<\/span> it was made the administrative centre of the new governorate-general of Turkistan, and a new European city grew up beside the old native one. Soviet rule was established by Russian colonists in November <span class=\"date\">1917<\/span> after an armed uprising.<br \/>\nTashkent remained the capital of the new republic of Turkistan in the U.S.S.R., but when the latter was split in <span class=\"date\">1924<\/span>, Samarkand became the first capital of the republic of Uzbekistan, U.S.S.R. The capital was transferred to Tashkent in <span class=\"date\">1930<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#top\">To Top<\/a><\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tashkent_Today\"><\/span>Tashkent Today<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img class=\"alignleft\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/images\/150px_Tashkent_Bazaar.gif\" alt=\"Tashkent Bazaar\" \/>Today Tashkent is the main economic and cultural centre of Central Asia. Cotton is the chief crop of the region in which it is situated. Wheat, rice, jute, vegetables, and melons are also grown, and silkworms are bred. The city lies in the most industrially developed part of Uzbekistan, and much of its industry is in some way connected with cotton\u2014the manufacture of agricultural and textile machinery and of cotton textiles. It also has various food-processing industries.<br \/>\nThe city\u2019s numerous institutions of higher education and research establishments include the university, founded in <span class=\"date\">1920<\/span>, and various institutes of the Uzbek Academy of Sciences, set up in <span class=\"date\">1943<\/span>.<br \/>\n<img class=\"alignright\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/images\/150px_Tashkent_Zangi_Ota.gif\" alt=\"Zangi Ota\" \/><br \/>\nAlso notable is the Navoi Public Library. The city\u2019s numerous theatres, Uzbek and Russian, include the Navoi Theatre of Opera and Ballet. There are also a Palace of the Arts and several museums, parks, and stadiums. The city has been extensively rebuilt since an earthquake in <span class=\"date\">1966<\/span> left <span class=\"date\">300,000<\/span> people homeless. A few <span class=\"date\">15th-<\/span> and <span class=\"date\">16th<\/span>-century religious buildings and mausoleums survive, including the Barakkhan Madrasah (religious school). Uzbeks constitute the bulk of the population, with Russians being a significant minority.<br \/>\nLittle remains of the ancient city after the <span class=\"date\">1966<\/span> earthquake and earlier modernisation work following the <span class=\"date\">1917<\/span> revolution. Tashkent is a very Soviet city that has little remaining from its ancient Central Asian past. The city has a mixture of modern new office buildings, hotels, parks and crumbling Soviet style apartment blocks. The streets are generally clean and there are not too many potholes in the city center. Further out, the infrastructure is not so good.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#top\">To Top<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Introduction Tashkent (Uzbek: Toshkent, \u0422\u043e\u0448\u043a\u0435\u043d\u0442; Russian: \u0422\u0430\u0448\u043a\u0435\u043d\u0442) is the capital of Uzbekistan and also of the Tashkent Province. The officially registered population of the city in 2008 was 2.18 million. According to unofficial data, the population is more than 3 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[11,56],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":259,"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257\/revisions\/259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}