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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.To be updated

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By Burnley Mike
December 22nd 2007

On the Silk Road at last - Samarkand & Bukhara Asia » Uzbekistan » Samarkand

Samarkand

- Fri 3rd - Fri 10th August 2007 - It was with much relief that after spending nine days in Tashkent I was now able to leave the city and head out and begin exploring the rest of Uzbekistan and in particularly the old Silk Road cities of Samarkand and Bukhara. There is still some dispute as to which country Samarkand and Bukhara belong to. Due to Stalin and his gerrymandering of the old Soviet Central Asian borders the cities are in what is currently known as Uzbekistan. However, up until the late 1980’s, the Soviet Republic of Tajikistan was still [View Full Entry]

By SA SilkRoad
November 11th 2007

Uzbekistan - From Desolation to the Magic of 1001 Nights Asia » Uzbekistan » Tashkent

Margilon - Unwinding silk strings from the cocoons

This is our blog entry for the Uzbekistan part of our trip. There are 47 pictures in this entry and you have to click on "next" at the bottom of the page to see the pictures on page 2 and 3. There is also a map available. We hope you enjoy! Crossing the border from Kyrgyzstan to Uzbekistan went without problem and we found our way to Fergana where we stayed for the night. A first general impression of the country was that it seems more developed; a bit richer than Kyrgyzstan. Streets are in better condition (almost comparable to Quebec's [View Full Entry]

By 5vor12
October 30th 2007

Buchara- oder auch die Drosselgasse Asia » Uzbekistan » Bukhara

Hallo euch allen, haben mal wieder keine zeit und wenig motivation empfunden uns in die haeufig langsamen internetcafes zu schleppen und euch hier auf dem laufenden zu halten. daher faellt es jetzt schwer euch irgendetwas zu erzaehlen - man gelangt endlich endlich auf die seite wo man schreiben kann und schon macht sich ne leere im kopf breit - haben wir ueberhaupt etwas zu erzaehlen? ja, haben wir. Zu den Fakten: sind gestern von samarkand mit dem "schnellzug" (ca. 50 bis hoechstens 100km/h) nach buchara gefahren. der zug war luxus - fernsehen mit russischen Knastserien in voller, [View Full Entry]

By 5vor12
October 30th 2007

...la suite Asia » Uzbekistan » Bukhara

Depuis hier on est a Bukhara. Apres un super sejour a Samarkand. Le train de Samarkand a Bukhara etait super comfortable avec une tele qui en plein son nous montrai une serie prison en russie. Apres 3h on est arrive a Bukhara, dans un super B&B Nasriddin avec salle de bain et toilette dans notre chambre. en plus une tele avec 600chaine.... Depuis deux semaine on a pas probleme avec lestomac, mais cette semaine commence avec un changement. Leau est vraiment mauvais ici surtout quand on a lu lhistoire du systeme du transport de leau. car il y avait que deux [View Full Entry]

By 5vor12
October 25th 2007

wenn einer eine Reise tut... braucht er nichts zu fuerchten. Asia » Uzbekistan » Samarkand

unser zug

Heute vor 10 Tagen sind wir aus Frankfurt am Main mit Bus und Bahn Richtung Uzbekistan aufgebrochen. Bis jetzt: kein Duennpiff, 2 Tage Bus, 2 Naechte Bus (eine mit und eine ohne schlaf), Moskau, der rote Platz, Pelmeni, Bier (erstaunlicher weise in moskau schwer zu bekommen - fussball laenderspiel), vodka fuer heiko, 3 tage kasachische steppe aus dem zugfenster, aufregender aber unkomlizierter usbekischer grenzuebergagng, sozialistisches taschkent, erneute busfahrtund wieder die einzigen "auslaender". Jetzt: Samarkand! bis hierhin ist so viel passiert, die erzaehlenswerten Geschic [View Full Entry]

By 5vor12
October 25th 2007

pour les francais Asia » Uzbekistan » Samarkand

Tashkent

pour les francais depuis 10 jours on est en voyage. en ce moment on se trouve a Samarkand, magnifique comme ville, il fait un temps super. les gens sont tres sympa, il parle pas vraiment langlais mais on essaie de parler russe et uzbeck, sinon on prend les mains. surtout quand on discute pour le prix. le voyage a commencer avec le bus de francfort direction moscow, la route etait une vraie aventure quand on a quitte lallemagne. a moscow vladmir, qui est russe-allemand, nous explique le metro. on fait vite une visite de la place rouge et lentourage, car dans [View Full Entry]

By Gus C
October 10th 2007

Turquoise domes & other delights Asia » Uzbekistan

Hast-Imom, Tashkent
With the Friday Mosque in the background

Arrived into Tashkent Airport on the 4th October evening to find no-one at the visa office. After hanging about for 45 minutes and hassling every official looking person I could find, finally a man came up to me, asked for my visa number and passport, and just ran off with them. Before I could stop to wonder if I would ever see my passport again, he was back after 10 minutes with the visa, asked for US$60, and then took himself off again. Customs was mayhem with every local loaded with all manner of goods. No time to be polite; you've [View Full Entry]

By Burnley Mike
September 15th 2007

Bored in Tashkent - Chasing Visas and ‘Vodka-Beer’ Asia » Uzbekistan » Tashkent

Tashkent Street Poster

- Wed 25th - Fri 3rd July 2007 - The trip across the border from Khojand in Tajikistan into Uzbekistan went without a hitch. Everything was straight forward enough. Once in Uzbekistan, I immediately managed to get a taxi to the capital Tashkent without caring too much whether I was paying over the odds for the ride or not. I’d had enough of messing around haggling over transport costs so I just got in the first taxi I came to and accepted the driver’s first price. It was good to be in Uzbekistan finally, the very reason why I had come [View Full Entry]

By KB
August 25th 2007

On the SilkRoute Asia » Uzbekistan » Tashkent

Finally Ive reached the famous Silk Route and over the past 5 weeks have travelled thru Kyrgyistan,Tajikistan and are now in Uzbekistan at Tashkent. The scenery has change as Ive covered these countries, from alpine to desert and to the highest highway in the world, over the Pamirs which border China, Pakistan and Afganistan. Starting in Beshkek the capital of Kyrgistan, Carol and I spent 3 weeks travelling along the largest alpine lakein the world at Cholpan Ata where I also celebrated my birthday at a home stay with a Borat look a like.It turned out to be a very drunken [View Full Entry]

By KB
August 25th 2007

Update to Silk Road Asia » Uzbekistan » Tashkent

Have finally tracked down a better computor. The previous message I was typing on a broken key board and feel I didnt really convay what I really wanted to say about this part of the world. The Central Asian countries are probably the most different of any other region I have visited in the past few years. The religion here being mainly Islam, has kept the countries, esspecially in the countryside, well and truely in the 19th and 20th century. The women are still definetly 2nd class citizens and yet they still have a great dignity and a wonderful sense of [View Full Entry]

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