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Tashkent is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan, as well as the most populated city in Central Asia with a population in 2012 of 2,309,300. It is located in the north-east of the country close to the Kazakhstan border.

Tashkent was influenced by the Sogdian and Turkic cultures in its early history, before Islam in the 8th century AD. After its destruction by Genghis Khan in 1219, the city was rebuilt and profited from the Silk Road. From 18th to 19th century, the city became an independent city-state, before being re-conquered by the Khanate of Kokand. In 1865, it fell to the Russian Empire, and became the capital of Russian Turkestan. In Soviet times, Tashkent witnessed major growth and demographic changes due to forced deportations from throughout the Soviet Union.

Climate

Tashkent features a Mediterranean climate with strong continental climate influences As a result, Tashkent experiences cold and often snowy winters not typically associated with most Mediterranean climates and long, hot and dry summers. Winters are cold and often snowy, covering the months of December, January and February. Most precipitation occurs during these months which frequently falls as snow.

The city experiences two peaks of precipitation in the early winter and spring. The slightly unusual precipitation pattern is partially due to its 500 m (roughly 1600 feet) altitude. Summers are long in Tashkent, usually lasting from May to September. Tashkent can be extremely hot during the months of July and August. The city also sees very little precipitation during the summer, particularly from June through September.

History

During its long history, Tashkent has had various changes in names and political and religious affiliations.

Places to visits

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  Monument Courage

  Natural disasters are unavoidable and the monument of courage gives out a message that no matter what happens.

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  The people of Uzbekistan must be courageous enough to move on. It was built on the 10th anniversary of devastating earthquake which shook the city. The earthquake which happened in 1966 was of 9 points in the Richter scale and was a terrible disaster in which many people lost their lives. The zone in which it affected was around 10 square kilometers and many people became homeless too. After the destruction happened, all of the countries in the Soviet union got together and rebuilt it from the ground up. Builders from all over the country united to build the city which was done in a few years.

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  Museum Of History

  There are various museums in the city of Tashkent and the Museum of History is surely among the one which is famous for the items it holds in it.

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  For all those looking for hordes of cultural and historical values that is stored in the Central Asian culture, this museum offers real worth. It has been in existence since more than 130 years now and still hasn't lost its importance. You will also find various scientific and archaeological works of importance here. In total, there are around 300,000 different items relating to history. Around 60,000 of those are archaeological work and the rest of them are other things that are quite interesting as well. There are many unique exhibits in the museum..

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  Tashkent Metro

  In 1966, a 7.5 Richter-scale earthquake destroyed a significant part of Tashkent, especially the old part of the city.

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  The capital had to be completely restored and, as a consequence, architects and planners from all over the Soviet Union came to Tashkent with the sole objective of building a new city which, not surprisingly, followed the classic Soviet city model, consisting of wide roads, concrete buildings and plenty of parks. Among all the projects, the metro was, perhaps, one of the most ambitious as, following the already constructed metro of Moscow and Saint Petersburg, they wanted the Tashkent metro to also be an artistic masterpiece.

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  Clock Towers

  The clock tower is famously known as the symbol of Tashkent. It is a high rise tower which also has big chimes.

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  It was constructed in the year 1947 and was open soon opened after then. The clock is very special for Uzbekistan because the whole clock mechanism was brought from Germany after the World War II. Then the clock tower was built to place the clock there, it soon became a major attraction of the city. Some years later, a second tower was erected which resembled the first tower. The architecture of the tower shows the modern and the traditional Uzbek art in the most beautiful way possible. The Twin clock towers look marvelous and the architecture is done in a great way which aligns with the Uzbek culture.

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  Weird statues

  Some places in Tashkent are filled with very strange things that seem like a joke.

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  From statues of animals which look like they were stoned to creepy characters and the weird couple from below, I seriously wonder if they are aimed at unhappy kids or the artist was just completely high. One interesting place to see these things is the park next to Gafur Gulom station.

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  Hazrat Imam

  This is the official religious center in the city and, of course, one of the top Tashkent tourist attractions.

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  Composed of mosques with turquoise domes, not very different from the ones in Samarkand, Hazrat Imam Complex is the main reason to visit Tashkent and the place where you will understand why this Central Asian metropolis had been such an important place. Among all the buildings, Muyi Mubarak Library is the most important, as it contains the world’s oldest Quran and a relic which is nothing less than a hair from Prophet Muhammad, or at least that’s what they claim.

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  Kulkedash Madrassa

  From being an old Islamic school in the 16th century to a caravanserai two hundred years later.

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  a fortress and a place where public executions were held, Kulkedash madrassa is one of the most historic buildings in town. Earthquakes damaged it very badly but it was beautifully reconstructed in the middle of the 20th century. Inside the madrassa you will find a colorful courtyard. Entrance fee: 5,000UZS (60¢). Another of the top tourist places in Tashkent.

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  Chorsu Bazar

  If you have just arrived in Central Asia for the first time, you should go straight to Chorsu Bazar.

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  one of the most important markets in Central Asia and a fascinating place to get a vague feeling of what the ancient Silk Road trade used to be. The market has been going for centuries, but it was the Soviets who constructed and covered it with the blue-domed building. All the locals come to the bazaar, which means that this is also a great place to observe the ethnic and cultural blend Tashkent