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Quick Facts (Source: Encyclopedia Britannica Online)
Official name: Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzbekiston Respublikasi)
Form of government: Republic with two legislative bodies (Senate, Legislative Chamber)
Capital: Tashkent (Toshkent)
Independence: 1 September 1991 (from the Soviet Union)
Area: 447,400 sq km
Population: 26,593,000 (2005 est.)
Nationality: Uzbekistani
Ethnic Groups: Uzbeks (three-fourths of the population), (small groups of) Russians, Tajiks, Kazakhs, Tatars, and Karakalpaks
Religions: Islam (predominantly Sunni), (also) Eastern Orthodox
Languages: Uzbek (official), Russian, Tajik, Kazakh
 
Brief History (Source: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05)
Uzbekistan was the site of one of the world’s oldest civilized regions. The ancient Persian province of Sogdiana, it was conquered in the 4th cent. B.C. by Alexander the Great. Turkic nomads entered the area in the 6th cent. A.D. It passed in the 8th cent. to the Arabs, who introduced Islam, and in the 12th cent. to the Seljuk Turks of Khwarazm. Jenghiz Khan captured the region in the 13th cent., and in the 14th cent. Timur ...   » More
 

RELATED WEBSITES

Referential Sites

Uzbekistan (IU - Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center)

Uzbekistan (CIA World Factbook)

Flag of Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan Country Study (Library of Congress)

Uzbekistan Country Profile (BBC News)

Uzbekistan (Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Uzbeks

Uzbekistan Maps (UT - Perry Castenada Library Map Collection)

Z.V. Togan: The Origins of the Kazaks and the Özbeks (Hasan Paksoy, 1992)

Official Sites

Uzbek Embassy in Washington, DC

Arts & Cultural Sites

Photographs of Uzbek Cities and Architecture (University of Washington)

Uzbek Literature (National University of Uzbekistan)

Uzbek Music (uzbek.us)

General Sites

Uzbekistan Newspapers and News Media Guide (abyznewslinks.com)

Uzbekistan Images (University of Washington)

Uzbekistan Photo Gallery (sairamtour.com)

Insite Pages

*You may also find useful links on the Uzbek and Turkic Languages web pages on this website.

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