KASHKADARYA REGION, UZBEKISTAN 🇺🇿 ART: ON A CONTAINER

25june23

KASHKADARYA REGION, UZBEKISTAN 🇺🇿: GRAFFITI ON THE ROCKS

25june23

KASHKADARYA REGION, UZBEKISTAN 🇺🇿 ART: GENIE BOTTLE

25june23

KASHKADARYA REGION, UZBEKISTAN 🇺🇿: UP IN THE MOUNTAINS OF KASHKADARYA

“𝓣𝓻𝓮𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓼𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓽𝓾𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼. 𝓦𝓱𝓸𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀𝓼 𝓱𝓸𝔀 𝓽𝓸 𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓪𝓴 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓶, 𝔀𝓱𝓸𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀𝓼 𝓱𝓸𝔀 𝓽𝓸 𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓷 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓶, 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓽𝓱. 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓭𝓸 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓱 𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓬𝓮𝓹𝓽𝓼, 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓱, 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓻𝓼, 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓵𝓪𝔀 𝓸𝓯 𝓵𝓲𝓯𝓮.“
~ 𝓗𝓮𝓻𝓶𝓪𝓷 𝓗𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓮
On the slope of the Pamir-Alai mountains, the air in the region is the purest.
Kashkadarya has several meanings: “river lost in the sand” and “transparent, clean river”.
Kashkadarya has several meanings: “river lost in the sand” and “transparent, clean river”.
Huge abundance of several types of nuts from the region: pistachios, peanuts, walnuts

25june23

SHAHRISABZ, UZBEKISTAN 🇺🇿: WELCOME!

My first Plov and it surely won’t be my last. 😃
Palov (plov) is the most widespread and favorite dish of Uzbekistan. The main ingredients of Plov are rice, fat (oil), onions and carrots. This one had beef in it, but it can also be cooked with lamb or without any meat at all.
Fun fact: Mostly men prepare plov, due to Uzbek tradition.
View of Ak-Saray Palace from a broken window

June 2023

SHAHRISABZ, UZBEKISTAN 🇺🇿: AK SARAY PALACE

Keep in mind, this used to be TWICE its height. Distance from Bukhara is about 280 kms. Timur’s enemies in Bukhara could see this palace from there and they would ride their horses towards it, thinking they were much closer than they were…when they weren’t able to reach it, his enemies were so furious that when they finally got there one day, they destroyed it by cutting it in half. Timur used to say “Those who doubt my power and munificence should look at my buildings.” So, his enemies literally cut him down to size…
17june23

Ak-Saray Palace. Built at the beginning of the Timurid period, between 1380 and 1404,under the reign of Timur. In 2000, the palace was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Timur or Tamerlane (9 April 1336 – 17–19 February 1405) was a Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in and around modern-day Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia, becoming the first ruler of the Timurid dynasty. An undefeated commander, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest military leaders and tacticians in history, as well as one of the most brutal. (wiki)
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Shakhrisabz, Uzbekistan 🇺🇿
17june23

TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN 🇺🇿 : GETTIN’ AROUND

Oybek Station – Named after Aibek, the great Uzbek poet and translator.
Waiting at Oybek
Tashkent Metro
Tashkent Train Station

June 2023

TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN 🇺🇿: ALISHER NAVOIY METRO

Navoiy is considered the national poet of Uzbekistan in Uzbek culture.

15june23

TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN 🇺🇿 STREET ART & GRAFFITI

June 2023

TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN 🇺🇿: RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CENTER

The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin a.k.a. the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God is the Russian Orthodox cathedral of the diocese of Tashkent in Uzbekistan since 1945. The cathedral was built in 1871.

🗓️: 12june23