Gumanitar va ijtimoiy fanlar

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Read, translate and retell the main meaning of the topic:„
THE 
PRIDES OF UZBEKISTAN‟ 
After gaining the Independence, a great attention has been paid to sport and cultural affairs 
in Uzbekistan. Therefore, many Uzbek sportsmen and sportswomen have achieved great 
successes within the past short period of time. Further we will speak about sportsmen who have 
greatly succeeded in sport worldwide:
 

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Rustam Kasimjonov 
Rustam Kasimjonov was born on December 5, 1979, in Tashkent. He is an 
Uzbek chess player and a grandmaster.He was the FIDE world champion during 2004-
2005.Rustam Kasimjonov learnt to play chess at the age of 5. In 1994 he became the 
Asian champion at the Asian Junior Chess Championship. In 1997 he became a 
grandmaster and in 1998 he won the Asian Chess Championship. Later in 1999, he won 
the second place at the World Junior Chess Championship. 
He continued his progress by winning the first places in the Tournaments at Essen 
2001 and Pamplona 2002. However, he achieved his sensational victory in the FIDE 
World Chess Championship 2004. He won the matches against Vasily Ivanchuk, 
Zoltan Almasi, Alexander Grischuk, Vaseli Topolov and met Michael Adams to play 
for the title. Later he was among top 10 chess players of the world.
 
Currently Rustam is living in Germany and is playing at the German National 
Championship for the chess-club of the city Bad Godesberg.
 
By the decree of the president of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov on July 14, 2004, Rustam 
Kasimjonov was awarded the ―Amir Temur‖ order for his outstanding achievements in world 
chess. He is the World and Asian Chess Champion, the winner of qualifying competitions of 
World Championships, Bronze medal winner of the World Chess Olympics, an International 
Grandmaster and an Honoured Sportsman of the Republic of 
Uzbekistan. He was awarded the ―0‗zbekiston belgisi‖ order.