The State Museum of the

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( uz, Oʻzbekiston Respublikasi Qurolli Kuchlari markaziy muzeyi) is an institution located in northern

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, the capital of

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. It is under the direct control of the

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and serves as one of its cultural institutions. The museum has over 10,000 pieces of Uzbek military memorabilia, dating back from

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era equipment to military artifacts from the

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. The total area is 3,000 square meters.

History

It was founded in 1965 as the Museum of the

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of the

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. It served under the Central

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. It moved to his current building on 7 May 1975, in honor of the 30th anniversary of the

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. In 2010, a monument was erected the monument "Oath to the Motherland". It was unveiled by President

Islam Karimov Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov ( uz, Islom Abdugʻaniyevich Karimov / Ислом Абдуғаниевич Каримов, italics=no; russian: link=no, Ислам Абдуганиевич Каримов; 30 January 1938 – 2 September 2016) was t ...

as a replacement for a

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that was taken down the previous year. The reasoning behind this move was that the Soviet monument "did not represent the values and the current state of the Uzbek army".

Building and exhibits

There are more than 10,000 exhibits. The main activity of the museum is to educate young people and servicemen in the spirit of military patriotism and devotion to the motherland. The museum building is located in the Park of Military Glory "Jasorat". The names of 338 Uzbek soldiers who won the title of

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, 53 recipients of the

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and those who received the title of "

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" are engraved in marble around the central statue. The park is lined with

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-era and modern combat equipment ( MIG21, Katyusha JM13, tanks, cannons,

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s). The banner of the

Tashkent Higher All-Arms Command School The Tashkent Higher All-Arms Command School () was a military academy of the Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan. It was previously known as the Tashkent Higher Combined Arms Command School named after Vladimir Lenin (). It was one of the oldest mi ...

is located at the museum. The building consists of 3 floors and the expositions are divided into 3 military historical periods. Floor 1 is dedicated to military history of the Timurid Period. The second floor is dedicated to the contribution of the people of the

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in the

. The third floor consists of military actions conducted by the

. The museum has become a unique scientific center among the museums of the republic to cover the activities of the army. A council of war and Armed Forces veterans has been set up at the museum.

References

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History

Building and exhibits

See also

References