A Doubly Landlocked Country
The World’s Largest Open-Pit Gold Mine
Largest Shrinking Lake
Most Populous Soviet Republic
The World’s 56th Largest Country
The First Inhabitants
1. Ark, Bukhara
2. Registan, Samarkand
3. Amir Timur Museum, Tashkent
4. The Walled City of Khiva
5. Chor Minor, Bukhara
6. Gur-e-Amir, Samarkand
7. Chorsu Bazaar, Tashkent
8. Palace Of Khudayar Khan, Kokand
9. Lyab-i-Hauz, Bukhara
10. Aydarkul Lake
• Day of the defenders of the native land (January 14)
• Navruz (21st March)
• Day of memory and honour (9th May)
• Boysun Bahori
• Yillar
• Constitution Day (8th December)
• Teachers and instructors' day (1st October)
• Independence Day (1st September)
• Taronalari
• CERAMICS
• WOOD CARVINGS
• IKAT FABRICS -UZBEK TEXTILES
• EMBROIDERY
• SAMARKAND PAPER
• PUPPET
• MINIATURE PAINTINGS
• METAL ART – ENGRAVINGS
• NATIONAL HATS
• CARPETS
• PLOV |PILAF – ПЛОВ
• MANTY – МАНТЫ
• MEAT SKEWER – SHASHLYK – ШАШЛЫК
• LAGHMAN – ЛАГМАН
• SOUP – СУП
• SALAD –– САЛАТ
• HERBS AND OTHER SALADS
• SAMSA – САМСA
• BREAD – LEPYOSHKA, TANDYR NAN, PATYR NAN – ЛЕПЕШКА/НOН
• DRIED FRUITS AND NUTS – SUKHOFRUKTY I OREKHI – СУХОФРУКТЫ И ОРЕХИ
• TEA – CHAI – ЧАЙ
• DESERT AND COFFEE – DESERT I KOFE -ДЕСЕРТ И КОФЕ
• FRUITS AND VEGETABLES- OVOSHI I FRUKTY – ОВОЩИ И ФРУКТЫ