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Tashkent

Also known as Chach, Shash

Tashkent is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan, in an oasis watered by the Chirchiq river. Known in the early Middle Ages as Chach or Shash, it was a trading city between the farmland of Transoxiana and the steppe. Taken by Russia in 1865, it became the capital of Russian Turkestan and then of the Uzbek SSR from 1930. After an earthquake in 1966 much of the city was rebuilt.

Tashkent
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Kara-Khanid KhanateSocioeconomyGhaznavid EmpireMilitaryKazakh KhanateSocioeconomy, Military, SummaryRepublic of IndiaMilitary

Mentioned in 9 state histories

Principality of ChachKhanate of KokandSenior JuzTashkent HakimateTurkestan Governorate-GeneralKokand AutonomyTurkestan ASSRTranscaspian GovernmentUzbek SSR

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Tashkent. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tashkent
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