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16-406: The capital is the city of Guliston (pop. est. 91,300, 2021). Other cities and towns include Baxt , Boyovut, Farhod, Qahramon , Sayxun , Sirdaryo , Khavast , Shirin and Yangiyer . The population of the region is distributed along the main highway, which divides the whole region into two parts: the western and the eastern. The population in mainly Uzbek, with Tajik minorities on the border in

32-453: A canal 84 km long, named after Nicholas I and brought to Mirzachoʻl (Gulistan), which was put into operation in 1895, began in 1872. From 7600 hectares of irrigated land 2100 hectares were allotted to the knyaz, who lived in Romanovsky settlement, 3380 hectares - to Russian settlers, 220 hectares - to the experimental field. In 1897 near the station Golodnaya Steppe (Mirzachoʻl)

48-584: A decision was made to build a new house of prayer in Guliston. The new house of prayer, constructed from adobe brick, was built in less than a year and opened its doors to parishioners on November 9, 1945. 40°29′N 68°47′E  /  40.483°N 68.783°E  / 40.483; 68.783 This Uzbekistan location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tashkent Region Tashkent Region ( Uzbek : Toshkent viloyati, Тошкент вилояти ; Russian : Ташкентская область )

64-792: A kishlak Achchikkuduk ("well with salt water"), which had 40 households, a mosque, and a chaikhana. In 1869, by order of the Governor-General of Turkestan Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann , the possibility of irrigating the Mirzachoʻl was explored. In 1886, land diggers who arrived from different places of Russia for the construction of the canal formed 8 small Russian settlements in Khojikent district: Romanovsky (Peasant), Zaporozhsky, Nadezhdinsky, Nikolaevsky, Obetovanny, Nizhnevolynsky, Verkhnevolynsky and Konnogvardeysky (Red Dawn). The construction of

80-473: A part of Tashkent region . On May 8, 1961 the settlement of urban-type Mirzachul was converted into the city of Gulistan. On November 26, 1963 it became the center of the Syrdaryo region created at the beginning of the same year. In 1989, in connection with the unification of Jizzakh and Syrdaryo regions, the city of Jizzakh became the regional center. On February 16, 1990 after restoration of Jizzak region

96-542: Is a viloyat (region) of Uzbekistan , located in the northeastern part of the country, between the Syr Darya River and the Tien Shan Mountains. It borders Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan , Sirdaryo Region and Namangan Region , as well as the city of Tashkent which is a region in its own right, forming an enclave entirely encircled by the territory of Tashkent Region. It covers an area of 15,250 km². The population

112-640: Is estimated 2,975,900 (2021). Its capital is the city of Nurafshon . Other cities are Angren , Olmaliq , Ohangaron , Bekabad , Chirchiq , Gʻazalkent , Keles , Parkent , Yangiabad , and Yangiyoʻl . The Tashkent Region consists of 15 districts (listed below) and seven district-level cities: Nurafshon , Olmaliq , Angren , Bekabad , Ohangaron , Chirchiq and Yangiyoʻl . There are 16 cities ( Nurafshon , Olmaliq , Angren , Bekabad , Ohangaron , Chirchiq , Yangiyoʻl , Oqqoʻrgʻon , Gʻazalkent , Boʻka , Parkent , Piskent , Chinoz , Keles , Doʻstobod , Yangiobod ) and 95 urban-type settlements in

128-580: Is the most economically developed in the country. Industry includes energy production, mining , metallurgy , fertilizers , chemicals, electronics, textiles , cotton purification, food processing and footwear. Tashkent Region also has a highly developed agricultural industry, based primarily on irrigation to which the Tuyabuguz Reservoir is a major contributor. The main crops are cotton and hemp , but cereals, melons and gourds , fruit and vegetables and citrus fruits are increasing. Livestock

144-729: The Mirzaobod District and the Xovos District . The climate is a typically arid continental climate with extreme differences between winter and summer temperatures. The economy is based on cotton and cereal crops, with strong reliance on irrigation and on cattle breeding. Minor crops include forage plants, vegetables, melons , gourds , potatoes , maize , a variety of fruit and grapes . Industry consists of construction materials, irrigation equipment and raw-cotton processing. Syrdarya contains one of Uzbekistan's largest hydroelectric power plants , which generates one third of

160-472: The Tashkent Region. The climate is a typically continental climate with mild wet winters and hot dry summers. Chatkal National Park , with mountains and forests, is located within Tashkent Region. Natural resources include copper , brown coal , molybdenum , zinc , gold , silver , rare earths , natural gas , petroleum , sulfur , table salt , limestone , and granite . Tashkent Region

176-470: The center of Syrdaryo region was moved from Jizzak to Gulistan. It lies in the southeastern part of the Mirzachül (formerly Golodnaya steppe), 120 kilometres (75 mi) southwest of Tashkent . Its population is 91,300 (2021). The main industry in the area is cottonpicking. Guliston has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate ( Köppen Csa ). Saint Nicholas Temple is an architectural monument located in

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192-575: The city of Guliston (Sirdaryo region, Uzbekistan ). The church was built in 1945 as a house of prayer. It is located at 94 Turkestan Street in Guliston. In 1890, in the village of Guliston in the Turkestan Governorate of the Russian Empire , a large brick church was erected. It could accommodate no fewer than a hundred parishioners, but it was demolished in the 1930s during the Soviet era. In 1945,

208-401: The country's electricity. Guliston Guliston ( Uzbek : Гулистон, Guliston — flower country) also spelled as Gulistan , formerly known as Mirzachül ( Uzbek : Мирзачўл, Mirzachoʻl , until 1961) and Qayroqqum ( Uzbek : Қайроққум, Qayroqqum ; from 1962 - 2015), is the capital of Sirdaryo Region in eastern Uzbekistan . It is a district-level city. In the 19th century there was

224-515: The settlement Dukhovsky was formed, in 1906 the settlement Spassky was created. On the eve of the First World War in these already united settlements there were 290 households (the town of Guliston later grew up in their place). During the same period, there was laid a railroad from Samarkand to Tashkent through the Hungry Steppe. Its construction was completed in 1895. Achchikkuduk station

240-524: The south with Tajikistan (mainly Khavast district). The Sirdaryo Region consists of 8 districts (listed below) and three district-level cities: Guliston , Shirin and Yangiyer . There are 5 cities ( Guliston , Shirin , Yangiyer , Sirdaryo , Baxt ) and 25 urban-type settlements in the Sirdaryo Region. In 2004 the Mehnatobod District was abolished and its territory was divided between

256-534: Was called Griboedovka, and since 1905 - Golodnaya Steppe, as well as the settlement. There were built the buildings of the canal administration and the first Russian-native school in Golodnaya Steppe in 1905. Since 1910 the canal was called the Northern Golodnostepsky canal. In 1922 the settlement Golodnaya Steppe was renamed to Mirzachul. In 1952 it received the status of urban-type settlement, being

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