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Background: Russia conquered Uzbekistan in the late 19th century. Stiff resistance to the Red Army after World War I was eventually suppressed and a socialist republic set up in 1924. During the Soviet era, intensive production of "white gold" (cotton) and grain led to overuse of agrochemicals and the depletion of water supplies, which have left the land poisoned and the Aral Sea and certain rivers half dry. Independent since 1991, the country seeks to gradually lessen its dependence on agriculture while developing its mineral and petroleum reserves. Current concerns include terrorism by Islamic militants, economic stagnation, and the curtailment of human rights and democratization.

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By Rich_and_Kel
October 1st 2009

Moscow to Tashkent by train Asia » Uzbekistan » Tashkent

The guide on the boat trip in St. Petersberg said that the train journey from Moscow to Tashkent should certainly be an eventfull one as all the Uzbek workers were leaving their Summer jobs in Moscow to head back home. Eventfull it was. We were in second class which consists of a number of four berth compartments in one of 16 carriages. 3 days and 3 nights of noone speaking English and a horrific toilet. Weren't sure about the train guards to start with, clearly the first chap decided westerners were easy pickings and that we would be the right couple [View Full Entry]

By Stamp Collecting
August 30th 2009

What is it about Uzbekistan? Asia » Uzbekistan » Tashkent

Nik Nak

Avid followers of the blog will know that I was impressed by the talents of Ozodbek and his compere for the show. Just to give you an idea of how big (not in the physical sense) this guy is, the compere that is, we've attached a picture of him as a cover model. Now why did I drag Nicola to Uzbekistan? A lure of outpost towns in the desert, inhabited by the mainly static Uzbek people with a penchant for hard bargaining with the nomads of the Silk Road. This gave them plenty of money to build fantastic medressas and minarets [View Full Entry]

By shakeelch
August 14th 2009

Tashkent Asia » Uzbekistan » Tashkent

Tashkent

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By JAM09
July 4th 2009

Ashgabat to Tashkent Asia » Uzbekistan » Tashkent

On the road to Ashgabat

We left Ashgabat behind having met up with some new passengers, three Australians, two American and two Dutch and headed off into the desert having first visited one of the largest markets in Central Asia, where you can buy anything from carpets to camels (We didn’t buy either). We visited both areas, the carpets were gorgeous and the camels were very smelly and noisy - but then I would too if I knew what fate was ahead of me! The desert was unrelenting - a huge sand dune desert which just went on and on and we spent two days driving [View Full Entry]

By Ben Jones
January 30th 2009

Safely arrived in Uzbekistan Asia » Uzbekistan » Tashkent

Just a short note as my time in the internet cafe is running out. I arrived safely in Tashkent this morning and found my hotel (after getting lost several times). Tomorrow I set off for Timur's house in Tatarwalistan, where the adventure will really begin. [View Full Entry]

By TomandLucy
September 24th 2008

The Tashkent Games Asia » Uzbekistan » Tashkent

Sunset around Parliment

We arrived into Tashkent after a pretty hectic day crossing the Kazakh/Uzbek border by foot. The border gaurds were seemingly pleasant on the outside, laughing and joking with us but were less amused when they looked through my bag for "guns and "narcotics"( or more likely some petty cash which they could pilfer for their own added tax) and all they found were postcards of Nantwich and Newark. I proceeded to tell them these were pictures our home towns and they could keep them as a gift if they liked, a momento of our impromtu meeting, unsurprisingly they didn't keep them [View Full Entry]

By kirstent
September 15th 2008

Just watching a Lada flip in Tashkent Asia » Uzbekistan » Tashkent

After Arslanbob we headed to Osh. We had time there to have a look around. We went up King Soloman's mountain and just generally took in the city. Osh is Kyrgyzstan's second largest city. It was a lot prettier than Bishkek and I enjoyed kicking around. The weather also has turned warm again as we are starting to head towards Uzbekistan. The border crossing was relatively pain free - it was only about 2hrs ... which was a lot better than the Chinese border. We made our way into Fergana for one night and now we are in the capital of [View Full Entry]

By Lonard
September 8th 2008

Temples, Football & Adventure in Tashkent Asia » Uzbekistan » Tashkent

The Telyashayakh Mosque

Uzbekistan. We had been planning this trip for so long and finally the time had come around. My mate Leigh met me in Riga the day before we were due to fly into Tashkent. We started to get pumped up about the thought of seeing the Socceroos start there World Cup qualification campaign in a couple of days time so instead of wasting this new found energy we had a massive night in the Old Town of Riga. We spent most of the night in a Russian nightclub where most of the local women looked like FHM models....welcome to Latvia. A [View Full Entry]

By maxicoley
September 2nd 2008

Tashkent Asia » Uzbekistan » Tashkent

75 euros worth of som

Arrived safely into the Tashkent airport to be greeted by the messiest passport control of my life. It beats the choas in Hurgarda by a million fold. Basically everyone thinks if they push and stand as close to the glass panel as possible they will be able to get their stamp sooner and get out of the crush of humans. The problem with this is that everyone is pushed togther as in a scrum. Everything eneded up pretty wild right up the front with a few Uzbeks and Russians and Ukrainians getting into a bit of 'heated discussion'. Eventually got through [View Full Entry]

By dancing01star
September 2nd 2008

Tashkent - first impressions of Uzbekistan Asia » Uzbekistan » Tashkent

In Tashkent you cannot forget the Soviet past, I was taken back to being 18 again and living in Hungary.... it made me realise how huge the Soviet Union was, the reach from Europe into Central Asia. The buildings are angular affairs, tumbledown in the case of the appartment blocks, swish in that of the government buildings. with wide treelined boulevards. It is actually a lot more pleasant than I was expecting... made even better by the lack of cars on the road. I was skipping across with ease instead of taking my life into my hands as every time in [View Full Entry]

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