Central Asia - Main info
Today Central Asia comprises five independent republics, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan. Since its creation in 1917, the Soviet state was not included in the Muslims of Central Asia, Kazakhstan, preferring not to give an Asian identity, closely linked to Russia and Siberia. Now, however, Kazakhs themselves and the world generally believe they are part of the region. Central Asia occupies an area of 3994300 square kilometers and includes some of the most sparsely populated regions of the world. The population is only 51 million people including over 100 different ethnic groups, Germans and Austrians of the Tibetans and Koreans. The largest group of ethnic Uzbek. Uzbekistan has a population of 20.5 million people, and significant Uzbek minority in all four republics. There were approximately 10.6 million Russians living in Central Asia in 1992, but the large-scale exodus from Russia of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, for fear of ethnic violence and Islamic fundamentalism.
Ashjabad and Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, has a long history of the city, but the other three cities in the capital, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Alma-Ata in Kazakhstan and Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan was established by the Bolsheviks to provide a sense of the ethnic nationalities. Uzbekistan contains all the most famous historical cities of Central Asia: Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva and Kokand. There are areas of nomadic empires and kingdoms will be paid in the past, but also a center in the development of Islam in the region. Over the years, hundreds of madrassas or Islamic schools Samarkand and Bukhara, to attract students to Morocco and Indonesia. Bukhara, in the opinion of Muslims, a pilgrimage site and the most important city in Islam after Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem. Central Asia is also home of Sufism, the mystical trend in Islam, which spread rapidly in Africa and Asia.
Uzbekistan, Central AsiaThe ancient city of Uzbekistan is in the path of the Great Silk Road trade between China and the West. The route is named for the silk, with increased demand in Europe, in China during the Roman Empire. Some of the most influential and savage conquerors came and ruled the earth. Alexander the Great to have at least 8 cities in Central Asia between 334-323 BC caravans began traveling through the Silk Road after around 138 BC China opened its borders to trade. Between 484 - 1150 Huns, Turks and Arabs came from the west, and the last has brought a new religion of Islam. Many mosques and madrassas were built in the city of Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Bukhara and Jiva during this period, with the remaining structure SamanidAdditional about Uzbekistan in Central Asia
Kazakhstan, Central AsiaGeography, Kazakhstan is a part of Central Asia, Kazakhstan is more than double that of four other republics of Central Asia combined, and about half the size of the continental United States. Landscape of the Republic of Kazakhstan is diverse. North Plains back of the field, the semi-deserts and desert in the south. Kazakhstan is a mineral rich. The companies engaged in production and processing of coal, oil, gas, ferrous and nonferrous metals play a leadership role in the national economy. Republic is a multinational state is populated by representatives from over 120 nationalities. The main religions are Islam and Orthodox Christianity, but religious tolerance is the norm.Additional about Kazakhstan in Central Asia
Kyrgyzstan, Central AsiaKyrgyzstan is in Central Asia, its neighbors are in northern Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south and east China and south-east. The former Soviet Republic became independent in 1991 and since then the chairman of the Democratic Republic. Bishkek, before Frunze, capital of 1 million inhabitants in the country as a whole has about 5 million inhabitants and area of 198.500 km ².Additional about Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia
Tajikistan, Central AsiaThe Tajiks are one of the oldest countries in the world. Life zone located at the crossroads of the great oriental civilizations, and gave them continuous access to the achievements of other cultures. The first settlement in the territory of Tajikistan today from the Lower Paleolithic (15-20000 years ago). The archaeological findings, the works of Herodotus and written tests, provide information about the relationship in trade, customs and rituals of the people.Additional about Tajikistan in Central Asia |