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The pharmacy building in Bukhara is a fine example of Uzbek architecture influenced by the Russian Empire.

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The Defence of the Samarkand Citadel in 1868. From the Russian illustrated magazine Niva (1872).


In the nineteenth century, Russian interest in the area increased greatly, sparked by nominal concern over British designs on Central Asia; by anger over the situation of Russian citizens held as slaves; and by the desire to control the trade in the region and to establish a secure source of cotton for Russia. When the United States Civil War prevented cotton delivery from Russia's primary supplier, the southern United States, Central Asian cotton assumed much greater importance for Russia.

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- is been published
- is have been published

#Lomonosov ... in a small Russian village not far from the White Sea.

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#All the participants of the conference ... about the time-table.

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#ll tasty things ... at once. There is nothing on the plates.

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#My suitcase ... when my friends came to see me off.

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#We ... by a loud noise during the night.

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