Theme Week Uzbekistan – Fergana

22 April 2020 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

1906 Russian-era building © flickr.com - Adam Jones/cc-by-sa-2.0

1906 Russian-era building © flickr.com – Adam Jones/cc-by-sa-2.0

Fergana, or Ferghana, is the capital of Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan. Fergana is about 420 km east of Tashkent, about 75 km west of Andijan, and less than 20 km from the Kyrgyzstan border. While the area has been populated for thousands of years, the modern city was founded in 1876.   read more…

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