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Old school photos of Tashkent: September 1 and school life of the last century

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A 1968 photograph, Chilanzar, Galina Shpulina as a first-grader

September 1 and school in Uzbekistan As in previous years, students and teachers in Uzbekistan will not go to school on September 1 this year because the country celebrates Independence Day. However, you will find photographs here of Tashkent schoolchildren and school classes from fifty years ago and earlier. I grew up in a family …

How Navruz was celebrated in Uzbekistan in the past (many old photos)

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Swings at a Navruz celebration on the banks of the Syr Darya, 1890–1900. Photo from the collection of Nizami Ibraimov

In 15 photographs, this is the story of how Navruz was celebrated in Uzbekistan from the 1870s to the early 2000s. About half of these photos are black and white; I colorized them using Photoshop (what is Navruz without color). No other changes were made. Navruz in the late 19th century In the territory corresponding …