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Skobelev

(Encyclopedia)Skobelev: see Fergana, Uzbekistan. ...

Bokhara

(Encyclopedia)Bokhara: see Bukhara, Uzbekistan. ...

Bek-Budi

(Encyclopedia)Bek-Budi, Uzbekistan: see Karshi.

Novy Margelan

(Encyclopedia)Novy Margelan: see Fergana, Uzbekistan. ...

Novy Urgench

(Encyclopedia)Novy Urgench: see Urganch, Uzbekistan. ...

Commonwealth of Independent States

(Encyclopedia)Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), community of independent nations established by a treaty signed at Minsk, Belarus, on Dec. 8, 1991, by the heads of state of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. Bet...

Marghilon

(Encyclopedia)Marghilon märˌgəlŏnˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 124,847), E Uzbekistan, in the Fergana Valley. It is a center for textile and silk industries. ...

Kashka-Darya

(Encyclopedia)Kashka-Darya kəshkäˈ-dəryäˈ [key], river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, Uzbekistan. It is the basis of a wide network of irrigation canals near the towns of Kitab and Kanshi. ...

Angren

(Encyclopedia)Angren ən-gryĕnˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 131,970), in the Tashkent region, Uzbekistan. The largest lignite-mining center in Central Asia, it was developed during and after World War II. ...

Mazar-i-Sharif

(Encyclopedia)Mazar-i-Sharif mäzärˈ-ē-shärēfˈ [key], city (1988 est. pop. 131,000), capital of Balkh prov., N Afghanistan, near the Uzbekistan border. It is held sacred as the alleged burial place of Ali, so...

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