Editing Tashkent (section)

==Landmarks==
[[File:Kukeldash Madrasah inner yard.jpg|thumb|[[Kukeldash Madrasah (Tashkent)|Kukeldash Madrasa]] inner yard]]
[[File:Palace of Grand Prince Nikolai Konstantinovich 12-00.JPG|thumb|Prince Romanov Palace]]
[[File:Theatre Alisher Navoi.JPG|thumb|Alisher Navoi Opera and Ballet Theatre]]
[[File:Tashkent museum of applied arts.jpg|thumb|Museum of Applied Arts]]
[[File:Пам'ятник Тарасові Шевченку (Ташкент).jpg|thumb|A statue commemorating [[Taras Shevchenko]]]]
[[File:Hotel Uzbekistan.jpg|thumb|The Hotel Uzbekistan, which opened in 1974]]

Due to the destruction of most of the ancient city during the [[Russian Revolution of 1917|1917 revolution]] and, later, the 1966 earthquake, little remains of Tashkent's traditional architectural heritage. Tashkent is, however, rich in museums and Soviet-era monuments. They include:

*[[Kukeldash Madrasah (Tashkent)|Kukeldash Madrasah]]. Dating back to the reign of [[Abdullah Khan II]] (1557–1598) it is being restored by the provincial Religious Board of [[Mawarannahr]] Moslems. There is talk of making it into a museum, but it is currently being used as a madrassah.
*[[Chorsu Bazaar]], located near the Kukeldash Madrassa. This huge open air [[bazaar]] is the center of the old town of Tashkent. Everything imaginable is for sale. It is one of the major tourist attractions of the city.
*[[Hazrati Imam Complex]]. It includes several mosques, shrine, and a library which contains a part of the [[Uthman Qur'an]], a manuscript Qur'an in Kufic script that is considered to be the oldest extant [[Qur'an]] in the world. Dating from 655 and stained with the blood of murdered caliph, [[Uthman]], it was brought by Timur to [[Samarkand]], seized by the Russians as a war trophy, and taken to [[Saint Petersburg]]. It was returned to Uzbekistan in 1924.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4581684.stm |title=Tashkent's hidden Islamic relic |author=MacWilliams, Ian |date=5 January 2006 |work=BBC News |access-date=8 June 2010}}</ref>
*[[Qaffol Shoshi mausoleum]] built in honor of Imam Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Ismail al-Kaffal ash-Shashi.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://legacy.uz/znakomstvo-s-mavzoleem-al-kaffal-ash-shashi/|title= "KAFFAL ASH-SHOSHI MAQBARASI"|website= legacy.uz |accessdate= 2023-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Toshkentning asosiy ziyorat obyektlari bo'ylab sayyohlik marshruti |trans-title=Tourist route along the main sightseeing spots of Tashkent |url=https://uzbekistan.travel/uz/o/toshkentning-asosiy-ziyorat-obyektlari-boylab-sayyohlik-marshruti/ |accessdate=2023-12-11 |website=uzbekistan.travel}}</ref> The original tomb did not survive in its initial form. In its current state, the mausoleum was constructed in 1542 by the royal architect of that time, Gulyam Husayn. It is an asymmetrical domed portal mausoleum, known as a khanqah.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.centralasia-travel.com/ru/countries/uzbekistan/places/tashkent/kaffal-shashi |title= МА МАВЗОЛЕЙ АБУБЕКРА КАФФАЛЯ АШ-ШАШИ |website= www.centralasia-travel.com |accessdate= 2023-12-11}}</ref>
*Yunus Khan Mausoleum. It is a group of three 15th-century [[mausoleums]], restored in the 19th century. The biggest is the grave of [[Yunus Khan]], grandfather of [[Mughal Empire]] founder [[Babur]].
*[[Romanov Palace|Palace of Prince Romanov]]. During the 19th century [[Grand Duke]] [[Nikolai Konstantinovich]], a first cousin of [[Alexander III of Russia]] was banished to Tashkent for some shady deals involving the Russian Crown Jewels. His palace still survives in the center of the city. Once a museum, it has been appropriated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
*[[Navoi Theater|Alisher Navoi Opera and Ballet Theatre]], built by the same architect who designed [[Lenin's Tomb]] in Moscow, [[Aleksey Shchusev]], with [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] [[prisoner of war]] labor in World War II. It hosts Russian ballet and opera.
*Fine Arts Museum of Uzbekistan. It contains a major collection of art from the pre-Russian period, including [[Sogdian language|Sogdian]] murals, [[Buddhist]] statues, and [[Zoroastrian]] art, along with a more modern collection of 19th and 20th century [[applied art]], such as [[suzani textile|suzani]] embroidered hangings. Of more interest is the large collection of paintings "borrowed" from the [[Hermitage Museum|Hermitage]] by Grand Duke Romanov to decorate his palace in exile in Tashkent, and never returned. Behind the museum is a small park, containing the neglected graves of the [[Bolsheviks]] who died in the [[Russian Revolution of 1917]] and to [[K. P. Osipov|Osipov]]'s treachery in 1919,<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QwquCgAAQBAJ&q=osipov+tashkent&pg=PA58 |title=Historical Dictionary of the Russian Civil Wars, 1916–1926 |first=Jonathan D. |last=Smele |page=58 |date=20 November 2015 |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] |isbn=978-1442252806 |access-date=16 May 2016}}</ref> along with first Uzbekistani President [[Yuldosh Akhunbabayev]].
*Museum of Applied Arts. Housed in a traditional house originally commissioned for a wealthy tsarist diplomat, the house itself is the main attraction, rather than its collection of 19th and 20th century [[applied arts]].
*[[State Museum of History of Uzbekistan]] the largest museum in the city. It is housed in the ex-Lenin Museum.
*[[Amir Timur Museum]], housed in a building with a brilliant blue dome and ornate interior. It houses exhibits of [[Timur]] and of President [[Islam Karimov]]. To adjacent south of the museum is [[Amir Timur Square]] where there is a statue of Timur on horseback, surrounded by some of the nicest gardens and fountains in the city.
*Navoi Literary Museum, commemorating Uzbekistan's adopted literary hero, [[Alisher Navoi]], with replica manuscripts, [[Islamic calligraphy]] and 15th century [[Portrait miniature|miniature paintings]].
*The [[Tashkent Metro]] is known for extravagant design and architecture in the buildings. Taking photos in the system was banned until 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/destinations/asia/uzbekistan/pictures-tashkent-metro-underground/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002222900/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/destinations/asia/uzbekistan/pictures-tashkent-metro-underground/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 October 2018 |title=Inside Uzbekistan's beautiful, rarely-seen metro |date=2 October 2018 |work=National Geographic}}</ref>

The Russian Orthodox church in Amir Temur Square, built in 1898, was demolished in 2009. The building had not been allowed to be used for religious purposes since the 1920s due to the anti-religious campaign conducted across the former Soviet Union by the Bolshevik (communist) government in Moscow. During the Soviet period, the building was used for different non-religious purposes; after independence, it was a bank.

Tashkent also has a World War II memorial park and a Defender of Motherland monument.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tashkent's central park is history |url=http://www.uznews.net/news_single.php?lng=en&sub=&cid=8&nid=12165 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221203184955/http://www.uznews.net/news_single.php?lng=en&sub=&cid=8&nid=12165 |archive-date=2022-12-03 |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=www.uznews.net |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ferghana.ru, МИД России указал послу Узбекистана на обеспокоенность «Наших» |trans-title=Ferghana.ru, The Russian Foreign Ministry expressed concern to the Ambassador of Uzbekistan about "Nashikh" (likely referring to a group or issue named "Our People"). |url=http://www.ferghana.ru/news.php?id=13819&mode=snews |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125040704/http://www.ferghana.ru/news.php?id=13819 |archive-date=25 January 2010 |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=www.ferghana.ru |language=en}}</ref>