Mastava is often referred to as “liquid pilaf” due to the similarity of some of the ingredients and cooking methods. This is a very popular Uzbek soup that can be eaten for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Classic mastava is a very hearty thick soup, but you can make it thinner. Prep Time: 30 mins Cook …
Personal pronouns in Uzbek — men (I), sen (you [informal]), siz (you [formal]) — and the predicate suffixes -man, -san, -siz play an important role in forming sentences and questions.In this lesson, you will get acquainted with the use of personal pronouns and the corresponding affixes (suffixes) in the Uzbek language, and you will also …
The son of the late Uzbek president Islam Karimov, Pyotr Karimov, filed a lawsuit against his widow, Tatyana Karimova. The case will be considered in the Yakkasaray Interdistrict Court for Civil Cases in Tashkent on June 26. The subject of the court case on the website of the Tashkent City Court is “disputes arising from …
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 …
Welcome to the first lesson of our Uzbek language self-study course for beginners. In this lesson, we will learn how to say “hello” and “hi” in Uzbek, and we will also get acquainted with the main phrases for greeting and meeting in a café. The lesson includes audio examples and dialogues with translations. Dialogues for …
Five cases of suicide were registered in Uzbekistan in just one day. This was reported by Gazeta.uz with reference to the Prosecutor General’s Office of the republic. According to the publication, on June 2, two men and two women were found hanged in four regions, and another man jumped out of a window. The age …
A detainee died after interrogation, which, by all indications, was accompanied by torture, in the Buka district of the Tashkent region on Saturday or a day later (this is not clear from the report of the Uzbek Ministry of Internal Affairs). The interrogation took place in the building of the district police department. According to …
Earlier this week, the Tashkent Metro announced a significant reduction in train speeds and even the possible suspension of service due to high temperatures. The announcement appears to refer to the elevated sections of the metro system, although this is not explicitly stated. These elevated lines make up a substantial part of the network. It …
Do you know who will win the election? I do — the candidate on the far left. Uzbekistan’s Liberal Democratic Party (UzLiDeP) has nominated incumbent President Shavkat Mirziyoyev as its candidate for the presidential election. Earlier this year, a constitutional referendum reset presidential term limits, allowing Mirziyoyev to seek two additional terms in office. No …
According to statements from two sources connected to the organization of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Uzbekistan, the selection of journalists for his press conference in Tashkent was handled not through the press service of the U.S. Embassy, but through the Uzbek side. I was not invited to the event. Several other …