Tashkent

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Tashkent is the capital and the largest city in Uzbekistan with a population in 2021 of 2,700,000.

Total area of Tashkent is 334.8 km2.

History

Scientist Abu Rayhan Biruni wrote that the name Tashkent comes from the Turkic "tash" and "kent", translated as "Stone City" or "City of Stones".

Tashkent was influenced by the Sogdian and Turkic culturesin the mid 8th century AD . It was rebuilt and profited from the Silk Road after Genghis Khan destroyed it in 1219. From the 18th to the 19th century, the city became an independent city-state, before being re-conquered by the Khanate of Kokand. In 1865, Tashkent become a part of the Russian Empire; 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 rebuilt as a model Soviet city. It was the fourth-largest city in the Soviet Union at the time, after Moscow, Leningrad and Kyiv

Barakhan Madrasa, 16th century

In 2009, it celebrated its 2,200 years of written history.

Poppulation

The demographic structure of Tashkent in 2008 was as follows:

63.0% – Uzbeks

20.0% – Russians

4.5% – Tatars

2.2% – Koryo-saram (Koreans)

2.1% – Tajiks

1.2% – Uighurs

7.0% – other ethnic backgrounds

Districts

Tashkent is dived into following districts(2009):

Main sights

Kukeldash Madrasah.

Chorsu Bazaar, located near the Kukeldash Madrassa.

Telyashayakh Mosque (Khast Imam Mosque).

Yunus Khan Mausoleum.

Palace of Prince Romanov.

Alisher Navoi Opera and Ballet Theatre

Fine Arts Museum of Uzbekistan

Museum of Applied Arts

State Museum of History of Uzbekistan the largest museum in the city

Amir Timur Museum

Navoi Literary Museum

The Tashkent Metro