Tashkent – “star of the East, capital of friendship and warmth”.
Shash-Tepa, Chach-Tepa was the name of the capital of Uzbekistan in ancient times, and since the XI century, the city known as Tashkent. At the end of the XIX century the city became part of the Russian Empire as the main city of Turkestan General-governorship.
Today in the capital of sovereign Uzbekistan is an amazing overlap between antiquity and modernity. This city has become a unique sample of the largest Central Asian metropolis. And what was this city way 100 years ago you can see in our review.
