Nonviolent Solidarity Movement of Uzbekistan
The International Day of Peace is on September 21st of each year and calls for a full day of peace and ceasefire throughout the world.In this event, the “Peace Bell” is rung at UN Headquarters. The bell is cast from coins donated by children on all continents, and considered a symbol of global solidarity. […]
At its 34th Session in November 2007 the UNESCO General Conference adopted a resolution on celebrating the 2200th anniversary of Tashkent and participation in the jubilee celebrations. Tashkent enjoys an invaluable place and profound role in the history of national statehood, as well as in the social and political life of Uzbekistan. It did contribute […]
The Fergana Valley or Farghana Valley (Uzbek: Farg‘ona vodiysi, Kyrgyz: Фергана өрөөнү, Tajik: водии Фaрғонa, Russian: Ферганская долина, Persian: دشت فرغانه) is a region in Central Asia spreading across eastern Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.The Tomb of Ali at Shakhimardan, on the edge of the valley formed the nucleus of an independent khanate, while later […]
Ulughbek (Ulugh Beg) (Chaghatay/Persian: (میرزا محمد طارق بن شاه رخ (الغبیگ Mīrzā Mohammad Tāregh bin Shāhrukh - also Uluğ Bey, Ulugh Bek and Ulug Bek) (c. 1394 in Sultaniyeh ) - October 27, 1449) was a Timurid ruler as well as an astronomer, mathematician and sultan. His commonly known name is not truly a […]
A humanitarian action of transfer of sports equipment, inventory and uniforms to regional tennis clubs and federations by the Republican Tennis Federation, which took place in Fergana has given a new impulse to development of children’s tennis in Uzbekistan. Like a year ago the event was timed to a traditional men’s challenger, which took […]
The International Children’s Day (ICD) is celebrated in numerous countries, usually (but not always) on June 1 each year. The International Children’s Day is celebrated in Uzbekistan as well.The Internatioanal Children’s Day had its origin in Turkey in 1920 (April 23, 1920) and later in the World Conference for the Well-being of Children in […]
Amir Temur, also written Temur The Great, Emir Timur or Temur (Chagatai: تیمور - Tēmōr, “Iron“) (1336 9 april - 19 February 1405), among his other names, commonly called Tamerlane or Timur the Lame, was a 14th century Turco-Mongol conqueror of much of western and Central Asia, and founder of the Timurid Empire and Timurid […]
The splendid variety of pastries known as lepyoshkas (round breads) play a prominent part in Uzbek cuisine. Lepyoshkas are mentioned in one of the world’s oldest written works, “Eros about Gylgamesh”, the legendary ruler of the Sumerians, who lived almost 5000 years ago. Lepyoshkas are baked in special clay ovens called tandir. While unearthing the […]
“White and black. Two poles - two beginnings. The black square - cosmos and darkness. Four white segments - rotation and solar symbol. The look is frozen, vanishing in the whirl. In a moment, you will disappear in the vortex - calmness” - wrote Sergey Alibekov about Uzbek Duppi. According to ancient beliefs, the […]
Most likely, everybody is familiar with the following collocation: “in accordance with the rites of hospitality”. In a sense it reflects one of the most ancient and highly valued customs that has survived to our time. In the older days, however, among the peoples of the Orient, including the Uzbeks, hospitality was a must […]
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