Uzbekistan

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Uzbekistan officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is one of the six independent Turkic states. It is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia, formerly part of the Soviet Union. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south.

Once part of the Persian Samanid and later Timurid empires, the region was conquered in the early 16th century by Uzbek nomads, who spoke an Eastern Turkic language. Most of Uzbekistan’s population today belong to the Uzbek ethnic group and speak the Uzbek language, one of the family of Turkic languages. Uzbekistan was incorporated into the Russian Empire in the 19th century and in 1924 became a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, known as the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (Uzbek SSR). It has been an independent republic since December 1991. Uzbekistan's economy relies mainly on commodity production, including cotton, gold, uranium, potassium, natural gas and tourism.

 Small stakeholders of Bokhara providing accommodation

Bukhara is the capital of the Bukhara Province (viloyat) of Uzbekistan. The region around Bukhara has been inhabited for at least five millennia, and the city has existed for half that time. Located on the Silk Road, the city has long been a center of trade, scholarship, culture, and religion. The historic center of Bukhara, which contains numerous mosques and madrassas, has been listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Bukhara has been one of the main centres of Persian civilization from its early days in 6th century BCE. From the 12th century CE, Turkic speakers gradually moved in. Its architecture and archaeological sites form one of the pillars of Central Asian history and art. The region of Bukhara was for a long period a part of the Persian Empire. The origin of its inhabitants goes back to the period of Aryan immigration into the region.

According to the Iranian epic poem Shahnameh, the city was founded by King Siavash, son of Shah Kai Kavoos, one of the mythical Iranian kings of the Pishdak (Pishdadian) Dynasty. He said that he wanted to create this town because of its many rivers, its hot lands, and its location on the silk road. As the legend goes, Siavash was accused by his stepmother Sudabeh of seducing her and even attempting to violate her. To test his innocence he underwent trial by fire. After emerging unscathed from amidst the flames, he crossed the Oxus River (now the Amu Darya) into Turan. The king of Samarkand, Afrasiab, wed his daughter, Ferganiza to Siavash, and further granted him a vassal kingdom in the Bukhara oasis. There he built the Ark or Arg (Persian for 'citadel') and the surrounding city. Some years later, Siavash was accused of plotting to overthrow his father-in-law and become the king of united Iran and Turan. Afrasiab believed this and ordered Siavash's execution in front of Farangis, and buried Siavash's head under the Hay-sellers' Gate. In retaliation, King Kai Kavoos sent Rostam, the legendary super-hero, to attack Turan. Rostam killed Afrasiab, and took Farangis and Siavash's son, Kay Khusrau, back to Persia.

The Region provide free of cost promotion and marketing of small stakeholders of Central Asia. The Region acknowledges Silk Road Destinations  Samarkand for helping us in gathering information about small stakeholders.

Hotel Nazira - Aizbek, Bed and Breakfast

Address: 1 N. Khusainov Street 200118 Bukhara Uzbekistan
Accomodation:10 rooms

nazirabuh@intal.uz

Phone: +998652242377

Hotel Amulet

Address: Nakshbandi Street, 73 Bukhara

Accommodation: 10 rooms

amulet-hotel@bk.ru
Tel: +998-65224-53-42

Fax: (998-65) 224-17-28

Boutique Minzifa Hotel

Address: Eshoni Pir 63 Old Town Bukhara
Accommodation: 12 rooms

info@hotelminzifa.com

Phone: +99865 2245628

Fax: +998 65 2245628

Cell: +99871 9601617

Komil Bukhara Hotel

Address: Barakiyon street 40, 705018 Bukhara

Accommodation: 17 rooms

info@komiltravel.com

Phone: +998 65 223 87 80

Fax: +998 65 223 78 12

Cell: +998 65 190 49 01

Small stakeholders of Samarkand providing accommodation

Samarkand is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan and the capital of Samarqand Province. The city is most noted for its central position on the Silk Road between China and the West, and for being an Islamic centre for scholarly study. In the 14th century, it became the capital of the empire of Timur (Tamerlane), and is the site of his mausoleum (the Gur-e Amir). The Bibi-Khanym Mosque remains one of the city's most notable landmarks. The Registan was the ancient centre of the city. In 2001, UNESCO added the city to its World Heritage List as Samarkand – Crossroads of Cultures.
Samarkand is one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world, prospering from its location on the trade route between China and the Mediterranean (Silk Road). At times Samarkand has been one of the greatest cities of Central Asia.
Founded circa 700 BC by the Sogdians, Samarkand has been one of the main centres of Iranian civilization from its early days. It was already the capital of the Sogdian satrapy under the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia when Alexander the Great conquered it in 329 BC. The Greeks referred to Samarkand as Maracanda. Although a Persian-speaking region, it was not united politically with Iran most of the times between the disintegration of the Seleucid Empire and the Arab conquest (except at the time of early Sassanids, such as Shapur I. In the 6th century it was within the domain of the Turkic kingdom of the Göktürks. Samarkand is the 2nd largest center for economy, science, and culture in Uzbekistan, after Tashkent. The Institute of Archeology at the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan is based at Samarqand. The Province's UNESCO World Heritage Site architectural monuments are world famous, and make Samarkand the largest center for international tourism in the country. Samarqand Province also has significant natural resources, including construction materials such as marble, granite, limestone, carbonate, and chalk. The Province's major agricultural activities are cotton and cereal growing, winemaking and sericulture. In terms of industry, metal processing (spare parts for automobiles and combines), food processing, textiles, and ceramics industries are the most active in the area. The province has a well-developed transport infrastructure, with over 400 km of railways and 4100 km of surfaced roads. The telecommunication infrastructure is also well developed

The Region provide free of cost promotion and marketing of small stakeholders of Central Asia. The Region acknowledges Silk Road Destinations  Samarkand for helping us in gathering information about small stakeholders.

Caravan Seraile Hotel

Address: 96,Chorakha str.,140100 Samarkand
Accomodation:14 Rooms

caravan@silkroaddestinations.com

Phone: +998 66 2100308

Fax:+998 66 2310548

EMIR B&B

Address: Ok Saroy.142 Samarkand

Accommodation: 16 rooms

muhandis2005@mailru.ru

Tel: +998 66 2357461

Fax:+998 66 2350735

Jahongir B&B

Address: Chirokchi 4, Samarkand

Accommodation: 18 rooms

info@jahongirbandb.com

Phone: +998 66 3919244

Fax: +998 66 2100209