In the great game of chess, Uzbekistan will be India’s rival in the foreseeable future. Young girls and grizzled men duel ...

Samarkand, the capital of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Central Asia, is known as the "blue city" due to its many beautiful blue buildings. Positioned at a center point of the Silk Road, the oasis ...

50 - Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures (Uzbekistan ... The publication of the Nomination file, including the maps and names, does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever of the World ...

Statues of these renaissance heroes dominate squares across the capital Tashkent and Samarkand’s streets. One, Mirzo Ulugbek, 15th century astronomer and mathematician, changed the way we view ...

Sources at Samarkand Council told the the Moscow-based Ferghana news site that animals were being cleared from the streets "to make the city more pleasant for visitors to the music festival".

The historic town of Samarkand is a crossroad and melting pot of the world's cultures. Founded in the 7th century B.C. as ancient Afrasiab, Samarkand had its most significant development in the ...