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Sights of Uzbekistan

1 January 2000
  • A boy flying a kite in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. (OSCE/Alex Nitzsche)
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  • A woman selling cotton fabrics on the central covered market of Tashkent, Uzbekistan, waiting for customers. (OSCE/Alex Nitzsche)
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  • The daily market in the centre of Samarkand, Uzbekistan, is the place where the local population stocks up on goods. (OSCE/Alex Nitzsche)
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  • Uzbek children playing in Bukhara's old town. (OSCE/Alex Nitzsche)
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  • The OSCE Centre in Tashkent and the Office of the OSCE Co-ordinator on Economic and Environmental Activities are running several projects in support of small and medium-size enterprises in Uzbekistan. (OSCE/Alex Nitzsche)
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  • Bukhara's famous Kalyan Minaret, forty-six metres high, was erected in 1127 - the neighbouring Kalyan Mosque dates from the 15th century. (OSCE/Alex Nitzsche)
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  • The Guri Emir Mausoleum in Samarkand is the burial place of the great Central Asian conqueror Tamerlane (or Timur). (OSCE/Alex Nitzsche)
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  • A visit to the "Registan", Samarkand's most famous ancient square, is part of many school excursions in Uzbekistan. (OSCE/Alex Nitzsche)
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  • Young Uzbeks in the old town of Bukhara, one of Uzbekistan's most famous towns. (OSCE/Alex Nitzsche)
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  • The madrasa (religious school) built by the famous Uzbek king and astronomer Ulugh Bek between 1417 and 1420 is the oldest monument on Samarkand's Registan square. (OSCE/Alex Nitzsche)
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  • Children in Uzbekistan are pleased to see visitors in their home country, summer 2000. (OSCE)
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