Enjoy spectacular, controversial, authentic Uzbekistan in pics!

Journey through authentic Uzbekistan in pics!

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Pictures and excerpts from Lada Ray’s latest Earth Shift Report 14: 

PREZ KARIMOV’S DEATH & UZBEKISTAN CROSSROADS 

SILK ROAD-ISLAMISM-MAIDAN-EURASIAN UNION

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Where Uzbekistan falls on the new Eurasian map (2014)

Map of the Soviet Union: Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR) is in purple, below Kazakh SSR

FLAGS:

1. Uzbek SSR flag with Uzbek SSR crest superimposed (both based on the USSR flag and crest)

2. Today’s Uzbekistan flag (with decided influences from Muslim and US traditions) 

Uzbekistan was always famous for its cotton and its food: cotton harvest

Famed Uzbek Plov, a very delicious dish, consisting of rice, meat, garlic and spices; carrots, raisins or other dried fruit could be added as well.

Vibrant Central Asian / Uzbek bazaars haven’t changed much since the times of the old Silk Road: local breads, vegetables and spices are sold.
The only difference: now women sell produce, while in medieval times only men were allowed to trade.  A woman’s place was at home, cooking, cleaning, rearing children, while her face and body had to stay hidden at all times underneath a burqa.
It has to be strongly emphasized that this was a life of a woman in Central Asia before the 1917 Russian Revolution. 
With all its shortcomings, the Revolution and new ideas by Lenin brought a true social revolution to backwards areas like Central Asia. Women suddenly could go to school, vote, gain professions and work outside of home. 

Per Muslim custom, only males are allowed at President Karimov’s lavish funeral ceremony inside the historic Samarkand cemetery

PM Dmitry Medvedev, who has represented Russia at the late President Karimov’s funeral, consoles Karimov’s wife Tatyana Karimova and younger daughter Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva.

Notice that Karimov’s wife is Russian, and his daughter is married to a Russian, which we can tell by their names. Like in Kazakhstan, despite 25 years of ‘independence’ and attempts to distance away from Russia, national elites remain Russian-speaking and largely connected to Russia via education, culture, wives and various relatives.

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The USSR invested untold billions into meticulously restoring and preserving the historic Silk Road city of Samarkand and another gem, Bukhara. If not for Soviet restoration and preservation, today little would be left of both. 

Today, Samarkand is a UNESCO World Heritage site. 

The gem of today’s Uzbekistan, historic Samarkand, was once a pivotal transit point of the ancient trade route called the Silk Road. Below are historic photographs and old paintings depicting life in Samarkand.

Beggars in Samarkand, 1905

Painting: 19th century Samarkand, remnants of the Silk Road

Restored Samarkand today: UNESCO World Heritage site

For many more spectacular images of Samarkand, Tashkent, Uzbek bazaars and customs, along with history, lore, geopolitics and Lada Ray prognosis for Eurasia, EAEU and the New Silk Road

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