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Bukhara, one of Uzbekistan’s treasures, is a place rich in history and dramatic architecture. The city’s most famous landmark, the Kalyan Minaret (dating back to 1127), is the greatest remnant of truly old Bukhara; Genghis Khan destroyed most of the city, but left the minaret standing, supposedly because he was struck by its beauty... continues...

Bukhara was one of the great trading centres on the Silk Road, an independent Emirate and scene of Anglo Russian rivalry in the "Great Game" of the 19th century. Surrounded by the vast expanses of the Kyzyl Kum desert, Bukhara still retains the atmosphere of an ancient Silk Road city. Dominating the centre of the city with its warren of narrow medieval streets is the Ark, a massive fortress palace, home to the Emirs of Bukhara for over a millenium... continues...

Wikipedia wrote:Uzbek (O‘zbek tili or O'zbekcha in Latin script, Ўзбек тили in Cyrillic script; أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی in Arabic script) is a Turkic language and the official language of Uzbekistan. It has about 23.5 million native speakers, and it is spoken by the Uzbeks in Uzbekistan and elsewhere in Central Asia. Uzbek belongs to the Qarluq family of Turkic languages, and consequently its lexicon and grammar are most closely linked to the Uyghur language, while other influences rose from Persian, Arabic and Russian.