Today we continue studying conversational Uzbek and learn how to make small talk in a restaurant or café. You will learn how to ask whether seats are available, explain where you are from, and keep a short dialogue with new acquaintances. The lesson is especially useful for tourists, as well as for those who live… Read More »
Learning Uzbek: we continue studying how sentences without verbs are formed in the present tense. This lesson includes exercises on statements, negation, and questions, as well as revision of personal predicate affixes (here suffixes) and the particle emas. This will help you speak freely about who you are, where you are from, and where you… Read More »
Decree No. 821 of November 5, 2025, signed by the President of Russia, introduces a temporary procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship and residence permits for foreign nationals and stateless persons, directly linking these migration benefits to participation in the so-called “special military operation” that began on February 24, 2022. The document was published on the… Read More »
In Uzbekistan, control over restricting advertising of gambling and other risk-based games has been strengthened. According to the Competition Committee, constant monitoring is being conducted of web resources that promote gambling and betting services. The Committee has established cooperation with relevant agencies to ensure a prompt response to violations in the advertising sphere. As part… Read More »
Although the construction of a channel to divert part of the flow of Siberian rivers to Central Asia was canceled by a decision of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU more than 35 years ago, discussions about the channel continue today. This grandiose project still concerns irrigators, scientists, and politicians, so I… Read More »
Uzbek personal pronouns and predicate affixes. Uzbek sentences without verbs — affirmative, negative, questions and answers in the present tense. We continue working on Uzbek grammar. The lesson also includes meeting someone in a hotel restaurant, learning to ask whether seats are available and to carry on a short polite conversation. A dialogue when meeting… Read More »
In the USSR, which included Uzbekistan and, of course, its capital Tashkent, New Year was celebrated for the first time in 1935, making the old attributes of Christmas — Ded Moroz, the tree, and gifts under the tree — secular. In January 1937, Ded Moroz received a companion — Snegurochka. In Soviet times, New Year… Read More »
Uzbekistan is transferring electricity supply to private companies. The Samarkand Regional Electric Networks will be taken over by the Turkish company Aksa Elektrik. Electric networks in four more regions will also be transferred to private management. At the forum “Powering the Future – Sustainable Energy for New Uzbekistan,” held in Tashkent on December 5, the… Read More »
Border checkpoints on the Termez–Hairaton bridge, which connects Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, have resumed operations. Passengers can now travel directly and safely between the two countries, while the visa requirement remains in place. The information was reported by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan. Information from the Chamber It is known that in 2021… Read More »
Tashkent in winter today is nothing like it was 20–30 years ago or earlier. Winter weather now is closer to autumn or spring. From my childhood — before school and during my school years in the 1960s–1970s — I remember above all cold winters with deep snow that stayed on the ground for a long… Read More »