I have been to Norway twice – the last time in Oslo, and the first time I mostly stayed in Lillehammer, the very city where the 1994 Winter Olympics took place. Sports facilities in Lillehammer Both times I visited Norway were in the late 2000s, about fifteen years after the Olympics had ended, but of… Read More »
Tamerlane’s Gate, also called the Jizzakh Pass (or “Snake Gorge”), is the narrowest part of the Sanzar River gorge between the Malguzar and Nuratau mountain ranges. It’s a vital route from Tashkent to Samarkand. The name comes from the resemblance to a gate formed by two massive vertical slate cliffs. Geography (Sanzar River, gorge, roads)… Read More »
The Quran Museum in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, is located in Khazrati Imam Square, or, as the people of Tashkent usually call it, Khast-Imam Square. The building is also known as the Mui-Muborak Madrasa, or “Sacred Hair Madrasa” in English, and is usually included in the short list of Tashkent attractions that travelers must… Read More »
What we now call the old Tashkent Zoo appeared almost 100 years ago, back in 1924. The inhabitants got there from the menagerie, located on the territory of the former country house of the Governor-General of Turkestan. By the twenties of the last century, the suburban dacha had become an urban area due to the… Read More »