Tashkent

Places in this region

Image of Amir Timur (Tamerlane) Museum located in Tashkent, Uzbekistan | One of the murals decorating the Amir Timur museum. Note the mix of Uzbek imagery with the Soviet aesthetic.
Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Amir Timur (Tamerlane) Museum

Looking for a unifying history, Uzbekistan finds its answer in a 14th Century Turco-Mongol conqueror... despite the fact he wasn't Uzbek

It can be difficult for a country created out of whole cloth to find a unifying identity. Such is the case with Uzbekistan. One of two doubly landlocked countries in the world -- a landlocked... »

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