By the way, direct flight Istanbul - Nukus - Istanbul every Monday since June 3. Operated by Uzbekistan Airways. Around 360$ for a round ticket. Welcome to Karakalpakstan!

Regress of the Western Aral Sea just in one year. Hurry up if you haven't seen it. The time is up. Photo by Khurmet Jalimbetov.

The governor of Syrdarya region of Uzbekistan is studying Kalashnikov. Warrior! Beware, Russia.

There was a meeting between the heads of TV channels and Komil Allamjonov today at the Administration of the President of Uzbekistan. The topic is clear: recently, we have been falling in the RSF rankings of freedom of speech. This is a concern for both readers and us. But if

Uzbekistan, 2024. Some people cosplay and chant for the glory of Joseph Stalin and USSR. Well, the good news they are 200, no more.

In Russia, 9 May is Victory Day; in Uzbekistan, it is the Day of Memory & Honour. There's a critical difference: Uzbekistanis understand no one is victorious in war & everyone suffers. That's why Uzbekistan's main war memorials don't show soldiers but their grieving mothers.

New York vibes 🇺🇸

Yesterday, the Mass Media Foundation held a roundtable titled 'Financial Stability and Effective Management in Media' at the Regional CFI Media Forum in Tashkent.

New episode of O'zbekistonlik.Podcast: everything about housing in the USA, American retail and why is food expensive in Uzbekistan? Guests are Wallmart department director Jurabek Azimov and one of the best realtors in Philadelphia, Akmal Kholboev:

youtu.be/oYVDr0aqIxY

The Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan, at a session on May 6th, acquitted and rehabilitated 198 people who were repressed by the Communists in the 1920s and 1930s. The victims were accused by the OGPU, and later by the NKVD Troikas, of counter-revolutionary and

Tashkent Police has deployed the first surveillance drone:

Eng kizik savol: keyingi chorraxada tirik tuya bor. Tuya bilan bitta foto - 5000. Yo'lbars bilan - 15000. Tuya ovqat yeyapti. Yo'lbars yo'q. Nimaga bu qiymat?

Could you believe: these ladies and gentlemen are in their 60s. Graduated from Ferghana Polytechnic University in 1985, they meet every year. Everytime in a new city to travel and to have fun. Still all together.

Highly recommend everyone to visit Informational Museum in Khiva. A very good collection of crazy artifacts: the first Soviet TV 'KVN', Brezhnev's era satellite car phone, Bulgarian PC 'Pravets' and other fun stuff. Located to the right from WW2 monument.

Bring your kids to Khiva! ' The Motherland of cringe tigers', says my son.

Trust me, this is fantastic: famous mosaics of Tashkent were animated and carefully stored at the special website: mosaic.tashkent.uz/en. You can browse all of them, and find the history. Fun-fact: authors of the concept, Jarskiy brothers, were born and have studied in France.

If you are interested in Karakalpak and Jadid poetry, I highly recommend you to order those books by Andrew Staniland from Amazon. Rare English trasnlations of unique cultural periods and its heroes. Should be a must have for anyone, who are studying Central Asian culture.

Traces in the Sand: Contemporary Artists for the Aralkum Desert.

This important exhibition of works by artists from Uzbekistan & 7 other countries is on display at the Art Station Residence in Samarkand until 28 July. Admission is free.

h/t Alexey Ulko

What a nice thing to see that Erich Maria Remarque is still popular in Uzbekistan. Look at those great books which are in Uzbek language!