Theme: Ferghana
1. About Ferghana city.
2. The famous plece in Ferghana
3. About the Khudayar Khan’s Palace.
Plan:
As the regional centre of tsarist and
Soviet rule, the town of Fergana has grown
into the valley's third-largest city, with a
population of 220,000-230,000. In fact,
Fergana is the valley’s least ancient and least
Uzbek city. Founded in 1876, 20 kilometres
from the ancient town of Margilan, it was
christened New Margilan, then in 1907
became Skobelov, after the first military
governor, and in 1924 assumed the valley's
name.
The main building of the new city
became a military fortress, which
occupied a large area. New streets were
laid from it in a semicircle. The huge
park was lid out in the city center. The
first architectural sights of the city were
the Governor's House (now the building
of the drama theater), House of Governor
Assistant, the Military Assembly (House
of Officers). In 1907 the town was
renamed Skobelev, and in 1924 called
Ferghana
Fergana's wide avenues spread fan-like
from the old military fortress, recalling
the St Petersburg design of Tashkent.
Tree-lined avenues and pastel-plastered
tsarist buildings indeed give Fergana the
feel of a mini-Tashkent. Parks,
fountains, Russian architecture and
industrial zones strengthen the
similarity, and the contrast, with Uzbek,
Islamic Margilan.
Ferghana is perhaps the best and the
most obvious base from which to
explore the rest of the Ferghana valley.
It has a central location, a good choice
of accommodation and decent services.
It’s a nice enough place to hang out, and
somewhat cosmopolitan with its
relatively high proportion of Russian
and Korean citizens.
In
Fergana, there is no ancient architecture and historical
monuments, but nevertheless the city is very picturesque
and has its own unique look. The main decoration of the
city is venerable trees: plane trees, poplars, oaks ... They
have turned Ferghana in to the garden city.
Proudly termed the greenest city in Central Asia by its
citizens, Fergana is usually just a stopover en route to the
rest of the valley, yet its plane- and poplar-shaded streets of
blue-washed houses deserve a walkabout. As they say 'you
don't come to Fergana to see Fergana': you sleep here and
make use of the good transport connections to explore
other parts of the valley. Fergana's sole piece of remaining
history, a section of the mud-brick walls of its Russian fort,
is now sadly hidden from view (and usually inaccessible)
inside the army compound on Kasim
ov.
There are 3 floors but they have one elevator.
But hotel might be rather crowded when they
cater for tourist groups.
Local and European meals are served at open
air and indoor restaurant. Breakfast and dinner
are served in the restaurant overlooking the
garden and are very good. In the restaurant
guests have an opportunity to taste delicious
meals of European and Asian cuisines.
Restaurant works round clock. Every day
breakfast is served from 7 - 10 a.m. in the
morning and dinner from 7 - 10 p.m. in the
evening. Laundry and ironing are available
every day from 8 a.m. till 6 p.m. Check out
time is 12.00 There are 4 single rooms and 21
double rooms in the hotel.
The Khudayar Khan’s Palace was built in 1873 – just three
years before the tsar’s troops arrived, blew up its
fortifications and abolished the khan’s job. The palace was
built by Khudayar Khan, a mean ruler who was chummy with
the Russians. Just two years after completing the palace,
Khudayar was forced into exile by his own subjects, winding
up under Russian protection in Orenburg. As his heirs
quarrelled for the throne, the Russians moved in and snuffed
out the khanate, in the process breaking a promise to
eventually return Khudayar to the throne. The homesick khan
later fled Orenburg and embarked on an epic odyssey
through Central and South Asia before dying of disease near
Herat.
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