A practical guide to discovering Uzbekistan with travel ideas, practical information, and addresses.
A geographical mosaic of fertile valleys, mountains, and vast deserts, Uzbekistan owes its unique character to the turbulent history that has made Central Asia a crossroads of civilizations. From the empire of Alexander the Great to that of the tsars, including Genghis Khan and Tamerlane, Uzbekistan has seen the birth, conflict, coexistence, and death of the largest empires. One of the greatest ideologies of the last century, communism, confronted the world's second largest religion, Islam.