Shota Rustaveli street () is one of the central streets of

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. The length of the street is approximately estimated to be 6.5 kilometers long and during

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times, the street was the linking road between Tashkent and

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. In the past, "Shota Rustaveli" street was called "Zangiota street" () and "Summer house street"(). Shota Rustaveli memorial

History

“Shota Rustaveli street" was first established under the name of "Summer house street" of

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in the second half of the 19th century. When it was first opened, the street was the passage to the Turkistan garden, after some years "Shota Rustaveli street" was renamed as the "Zangiota street". However, in the year of 1938 it was renamed to its current name and was called as the "Shota Rustaveli street", under the name of Georgian poet and writer,

Shota Rustaveli Shota Rustaveli ( ka, შოთა რუსთაველი, – after c. 1220), mononymously known simply as Rustaveli, was a medieval Georgian poet. He is considered to be the pre-eminent poet of the Georgian Golden Age and one of the g ...

. After the late 1930s the government started constructing new and modern buildings. After the Independence of Republic of Uzbekistan, the big part of the city, which was about 4 kilometers long it was renamed after the name of Uzbek poet Usman Nasir in the year of 1991. However, after the year of 2000 it was renamed back to its old name, and was called as the "Shota Rustaveli street".

Constructions

“Shota Rustaveli street" plays essential role in the beauty, in social-economic impact and cultural life of

city. There are number of essential building and constructions which serve to the local people, and they are: “

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park", "Grand Mir hotel", "

region court", "Building of International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea", "Embassy of Switzerland", "Saodat" trading center and many other companies. In 1987 Uzbek government has set the monument for the

which was made by R.Nemirovski, who was a professional sculptor. After the independence of Uzbekistan the monument for the Russian people poet

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was replaced to the "Shota Rustaveli street" too. Pushkin memorial tash

Location

“Shota Rustaveli street" is located in the southern part of Tashkent, and it links many big and main streets of

city, which are: “Shakhrizabz street” and “YangiSergeliyo’li street”. “Shota Rustaveli street” in under the municipal of

Yakkasaray Yakkasaray (, ) is one of 12 districts (''tuman'') of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. Overview Yakkasaray is one of the most central districts of the city, and the smallest in area. It was established on August 26, 1936, with the name of Frun ...

district of Tashkent.

Transport

Thousands of people pass away from "Shota Rustaveli street" daily, and the transportation is essential system of the street. There are number of busses and bus-taxis which pass through the "Shota Rustaveli street", and they are given as follows: *Busses: 2, 12, 18, 33, 38, 40, 48, 57, 58, 69, 80, 81, 90, 98, 131, 134, 135Business card of Tashkent
mg.uz Retrieved 2016-04-03. *Bus-taxis: 12I, 71, 88, 98.

External links

Article about the streetMap of Yakkasaray districtList of cities in TashkentShota Rustaveli street objects

References

{{reflist, 2 Roads in Uzbekistan Geography of Tashkent