☆شماغ وتنورة☆ *UZBEKISTAN*_* 1

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzbekistan

 

Region: Central Asia
Area Total: 447,400km2
Coast Line: Doubly landlocked country
Capital: Tashkent

 

What does doubly landlocked country mean?
A landlocked country surrounded only by other landlocked countries may be called a "doubly landlocked" country.

A person in such a country has to cross at least two borders to reach a coastline.
There are currently two such countries in the world:
Liechtenstein in Central Europe surrounded by Switzerland and Austria.
Uzbekistan in Central Asia surrounded by Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.

 

 

 

 

Tashkent

 

 

Independence Square, Tashkent

 

 

The Amir Timur Monument in Tashkent. National hero of the Uzbeks

Timur,  historically known as Tamerlane was a Turkic ruler. He conquered West, South and Central Asia and founded the Timurid dynasty.

He was the grandfather of Ulugh Beg, who ruled Central Asia from 1411 to 1449 and the great-great-great-grandfather of Babur Beg, founder of the Mughal Empire, which ruled South Asia for centuries

 

 

The Museum of History of Timurids

 

 

Interior  of Timur's mausoleum

 

 

The Khast Iman mosque in Tashkent, Uzbekistan

 

 

Navoi Theater.Tashkent

 

 

Prince Romanov Palace in Tashkent

 

 

Memorial to the victims of the earthquake in Tashkent in 1966

 

 

Khiva

 

 

Khiva Islam Khodja minaret

 

 

View of  Khiva from Islam Khodja minaret

 

 

Interior of Juma Mosque.Khiva

 

 

Monument to Al-Khorezmi.Khiva - the founder of algebra

Abu Abdallah (or Abu Jafar) Muhammad ibn Musa al Khorezmi (783-850) – was Central Asian mathematician, astronomer, historian, geographer, as well as one of the greatest scientists of the Middle Ages.

 

 

Architectural gem in the city of Khiva