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Where Tashkent is in Uzbekistan
Tashkent street view
A large street in Tashkent

Tashkent (Uzbek: Toshkent or Тошкент, Russian: Ташкент; its name translates from Uzbek to "Stone City" in English) is the capital city of Uzbekistan. It is also the capital of Tashkent Province. The population of the city was 1,967,879 at the 2006 census.

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  • Храм Александра Невского (Ташкент)

    Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was built by the Russian Orthodox Church in Tashkent

  • Ташкент пассаж Ариф-Ходжи

    Tashkent ca.1910

  • Tashkent the building of town council 02

    Tashkent, 1917

  • Tashkent. Courage monument. USSR stamp. 1979

    The Courage Monument in Tashkent on a 1979 Soviet stamp

  • Alisher Navoi Park

    Alisher Navoiy Park

  • Tashkent Japanese Gardens, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

    Japanese Gardens in Tashkent

  • Tashkent, Uzbekistan, city and vicinities, satellite image LandSat-5,2010-06-30

    Tashkent and vicinity, satellite image Landsat 5, 2010-06-30

  • Residential Towers (3926792798)

    Residential Towers

  • Tashkent City districts

    City districts of Tashkent

  • International Business Center. Tashkent city

    Panorama of Tashkent

  • Tashkent District 2 - Chilanzar

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  • Tashkent District 4 - Mirobod

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  • Tashkent District 6 - Sergeli

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  • Tashkent District 8 - Olmazar

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  • Tashkent District 10 - Yakkasaray

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  • Palace of Grand Prince Nikolai Konstantinovich 12-00

    Prince Romanov Palace.

  • Theatre Alisher Navoi

    Alisher Navoi Opera and Ballet Theatre.

  • Tashkent museum of applied arts

    Museum of Applied Arts.

  • Tashkent Station 16-56

    Tashkent Railway Station

  • Шацких1

    Maksim Shatskikh, a striker for the Uzbekistan national football team, is from Tashkent

  • Tashkent History 1860

    c. 1865

  • Tashkent History 1913

    1913

  • Tashkent History 1940

    1940

  • Tashkent History 1965

    1965

  • Tashkent History 1967

    1966: earthquake and subsequent redevelopment

  • Tashkent History 1981

    1981

  • Tashkent History 2000

    2000


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