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September 21th - International Day of Peace

  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. […]

Ferghana Valley (Golden Valley)

  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 […]

Historical People of Uzbekistan: Mirza Ulughbek

  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 […]

June 1 - The International Children’s Day

  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 […]

Temur The Great - Sohibqiron (The Lord of Three Polars)

   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 […]

PRELIMINARY FINDINGS ON THE EVENTS IN ANDIJAN, UZBEKISTAN

 In the immediate aftermath of the violent events in Andijan on 13 May 2005, the OSCE/ODIHR sent a letter to the OSCE Chairman-in-Office expressing concern over reports of gross violations of human rights, including allegations of indiscriminate killings of civilians.As reporting of the events in Andijan was sporadic and in some instances contradictory, the ODIHR […]

Duppi (tyubeteika) - An Uzbek National Head Wear

  “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 […]

Uzbek Customs and Traditions

  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 […]

History of Uzbekistan

   Located in the heart of Central Asia between the Amu Darya (Oxus) and Syr Darya (Jaxartes) Rivers, Uzbekistan has a long and interesting heritage. The leading cities of the Silk Road - Samarkand, Bukhara, and Khiva - are located in Uzbekistan. As Russia extended its empire into Central Asia in the second half of […]

Solidarity

  Solidarity (Polish: Solidarność ); full name: Independent Self-governing Trade Union. “Solidarity” - Niezależny Samorządny Związek Zawodowy “Solidarność”) is a Polish trade union federation founded in September 1980 at the then Lenin Shipyards, and originally led by Lech Wałęsa.
  It was the first non-communist trade union in a communist country. In the 1980s it constituted […]

“Brains Cleaning Out or Vandalism of the Current Government.”

On 11 April 2008,  in Tashkent City (Capital of Uzbekistan) was the action of vandalism.
  The Monument which dedicated to legendary Shamahmudov’s family, symbolizing of international friendship, humanity and solidarity was wiped down.
  The sculptural composition was established in 1982,  it represented family Shamuhmudov’s Among orphans who took on their abode and education. Shoahmad Shamahmudov and his wife […]

Gandhi’s Principles

  Truth: Gandhi dedicated his life to the wider purpose of discovering truth, or Satya. He tried to achieve this by learning from his own mistakes and conducting experiments on himself. He called his autobiography The Story of My Experiments with Truth.  Gandhi stated that the most important battle to fight was overcoming his own […]

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