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Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of ...
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Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...
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Before 20th century

* 500 BC – till 5th part of the
Kushan empire The Kushan Empire ( grc, Βασιλεία Κοσσανῶν; xbc, Κυϸανο, ; sa, कुषाण वंश; Brahmi: , '; BHS: ; xpr, 𐭊𐭅𐭔𐭍 𐭇𐭔𐭕𐭓, ; zh, 貴霜 ) was a syncretic empire, formed by the Yuezhi, i ...
* 1210 AD – City sacked by forces of Muhammad II of Khwarezm (approximate date). * 1220 – City sacked by forces of
Genghis Khan ''Chinggis Khaan'' ͡ʃʰiŋɡɪs xaːŋbr />Mongol script: ''Chinggis Qa(gh)an/ Chinggis Khagan'' , birth_name = Temüjin , successor = Tolui (as regent)Ögedei Khan , spouse = , issue = , house = Borjigin , ...
. * 1451 – Dzhuma Mosque built. * 1485 – Yunus Khan in power. * 1569 – Kukeltash Madrasa built. * 1611 – Uprising; crackdown by forces of
Imam Quli Khan of Bukhara Imam Quli Khan (1582–1644) was the son of Din Muhammad Khan and the third ruler of the Bukhara Khanate, who reigned from 1611 to 1642. Imam Quli Khan belonged to Ashtarkhanid dynasty. During the reign of Imam Quli Khan, the Bukhara khanate achie ...
. * 1809 – City becomes part of the Khanate of Kokand. * 1840 – Cholera outbreak. * 1865 ** 15 June: City captured by Russian forces led by
Mikhail Chernyayev Mikhail Grigoryevich Chernyaev (Russian: Михаил Григорьевич Черняев) (3 November / 22 October 1828, Bender, Bessarabia Governorate – 16 August 1898) was a Russian major general, who, together with Konstantin Kaufman and ...
. ** Population: 76,000. * 1867 – City becomes capital of Russian Turkestan, and center of the
Syr-Darya Oblast Syr-Darya Oblast (russian: Сырдарьинская область) was one of the oblasts of the Russian Empire, a part of Russian Turkestan. Its center was Tashkent. History The Syr-Darya Oblast was founded after annexing the northwestern p ...
. * 1870 ** ''Turkistan Gaziti'' newspaper begins publication. ** Trade fair held. ** Kaufmann Library founded. * 1871 – Population: 120,000 (estimate). * 1872 – Cholera outbreak. * 1874 – Turkestan Military District headquartered in Tashkent. * 1876 – National Museum of Turkestan founded. * 1877 – City government reorganized. * 1889 – Trans-Caspian Railway begins operating. * 1892 – 24 June: Demonstration related to public health. * 1895 –
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-Tashkent railway begins operating. * 1896 – Lutheran Church built. * 1897 –
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: 156,506. * 1898 – Russian Orthodox church built in Amir Temur Square.


20th century

* 1901 – Horsecar trams begin operating. * 1904 –
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-Tashkent Railway begins operating. * 1905 – "Mutiny of Tsarist officers." * 1910 – Monument to Konstantin von Kaufman dedicated. * 1913 – Population: 172,300. * 1914 –
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established. * 1916 – "Anti-labour conscription revolt." * 1917 **
February Revolution The February Revolution ( rus, Февра́льская револю́ция, r=Fevral'skaya revolyutsiya, p=fʲɪvˈralʲskəjə rʲɪvɐˈlʲutsɨjə), known in Soviet historiography as the February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution and somet ...
. ** 2 March: Tashkent Soviet established. ** April: Turkestan Muslim Congress held. ** ''Pravda Vostoka'' newspaper begins publication. * 1918 ** April: City becomes capital of the
Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic The Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (initially, the Turkestan Socialist Federative Republic; 30 April 191827 October 1924) was an autonomous republic of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic located in Soviet Central As ...
. ** Turkestan People's University and Turkestan People's Conservatory founded. * 1920 – National Public Library of Uzbekistan established (approximate date). * 1924 ** City becomes part of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. ** Uthman Quran relocated to Tashkent from Ufa. ** Tashkent Zoo founded. * 1925 – Sharq Yulduzi film studio established. * 1926 – Population: 323,000. * 1930 ** Capital of Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic relocated to Tashkent from
Samarkand fa, سمرقند , native_name_lang = , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from the top:Registan square, Shah-i-Zinda necropolis, Bibi-Khanym Mosque, view inside Shah-i-Zinda, ...
. ** Central Asian Construction Institute and Tashkent Communication Polytechnic founded. * 1931 – Central Asian Institute of Railway Engineers and Central Asian Institute of Economics founded. * 1932 – Arts Study Institute founded. * 1938 – City becomes capital of
Tashkent Province Tashkent Region ( uz, Toshkent viloyati, Тошкент вилояти, russian: Ташкентская область) is a viloyat (region) of Uzbekistan, located in the northeastern part of the country, between the Syr Darya River and the Tien ...
. * 1939 – Komsomol Lake in Stalin Park. * 1943 – Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR established. * 1947 – Navoi Theatre built. * 1955 – Tashkent Electro Technical Institute of Communication founded. * 1956 ** Pakhtakor football club formed. **
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opens. * 1962 – Haskovo (Bulgaria)-Tashkent brother-city program established. * 1964 – Tashkent Palace of Arts built. * 1965 – Population: 1,092,000. * 1966 ** January: City hosts signing of India-Pakistan
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. ** 26 April: The M5.1 Tashkent earthquake destroys much of the city, leaving between 15 and 200 people dead, and around 300,000 homeless. * 1971 – Spartak Tashkent ice hockey team formed. * 1973 –
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relationship established with
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, USA. * 1977 –
Tashkent Metro The Tashkent Metro ( uz, Toshkent metropoliteni, Тошкент метрополитени) is the rapid transit system serving the city of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. It was the seventh metro to be built in the former USSR, opening in 1 ...
begins operating. * 1979 – Population: 1,858,000. * 1984 – Tashkent Tower built. * 1985 – Population: 2,030,000 (estimate). * 1988 –
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-Tashkent Peace Park dedicated. * 1991 ** City becomes capital of the
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. **
Tashkent State Institute of Law Tashkent State University of Law (TSUL) is a public higher educational institution. It is one of the leading Uzbek legal research centers, located in the capital city Tashkent. The university is one of the leading universities in Uzbekistan, re ...
and
Tashkent Architectural Building Institute Tashkent Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering, previously known as Tashkent Architectural Construction Institute was organized by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan (No. 400, May 6, 1991) as part of Tashkent Sta ...
established. * 1992 – Statue of
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in Independence Square removed. * 1994 –
Tashkent Stock Exchange Tashkent Stock Exchange is the major securities trading platform and the only corporate securities exchange in Uzbekistan. It was founded by government in 1994 as an open joint stock company, located in the capital of Uzbekistan - Tashkent. Over ...
and Tashkent International School established. * 1996 **
Amir Timur Museum The Amir Timur Museum is located in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. It opened in 1996, and is dedicated to the Turco-Mongol warlord Amir Timur (Tamerlane). Origin After Uzbekistan became independent in 1991, much attention was given to th ...
established. ** Kuyluk Market built. * 1998 – JAR Stadium opens. * 1999 ** 16 February: Bombings. ** Tashkent Open tennis tournament begins. ** Crying Mother Monument erected.


21st century

* 2001 **
Tashkent International Airport Islam Karimov Tashkent International Airport ( uz, Islom Karimov Toshkent Xalqaro Aeroporti) is the main international airport of Uzbekistan and the 3rd busiest airport in Central Asia (after Almaty International Airport and Astana Internation ...
terminal rebuilt. ** Population: 2,137,218. * 2003 – May: City hosts meeting of
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. * 2004 – July: Bombings. * 2005 – Bunyodkor PFK football club formed. * 2008 –
Tashkent Challenger The Tashkent Challenger is a tennis List of tennis tournaments, tournament held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan since 2008. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ATP Challenger Tour, Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor ...
tennis tournament begins. * 2011 – Tashkent–Samarkand high-speed rail line begins operating. * 2018 - Population: 2,464,933 (estimate).


See also

* Tashkent history * *
Districts of Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of ...
* Other names of Tashkent * Timeline of Samarkand


References

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Bibliography


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Published in 21st century

* * * Jeff Sahadeo, ''Russian Colonial Society in Tashkent, 1865–1923'' (Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press, 2010). * *


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Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of ...