Tashkent is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. The population of the city is about 3 million people. The history of the city has more than 2200 years.

The first information about Tashkent as an urban settlement appeared in written sources in the II century BC. Some scholars believe that a “Stone Tower” mentioned by Ptolemy in his famous treatise Geography, and by other early accounts of travel on the old Silk Road, referred to this settlement (due to its etymology).

In Chinese chronicles, the city is called Yueni or Shi, in the records of the Persian king Shampur it appears as Chach, in other Arabic sources - Madinat ash Shash and in various written sources as Jaj, Chachkent, Shashkent, Binkent. Shash-tepa, Chach-tepa.

During the period of the Turkic Kaganate, on the initiative of the ruler Tun-Yabgu Kagan (618-630), the city began to be called the “Stone City”. The Turkic ruler placed his headquarters in the area of Ming-bulak to the north of Chach. Here he received embassies from the emperors of the Tang Empire and Byzantium.

In the Middle Ages, Tashkent had a strategic location, which connected the paths of the Great Silk Road from China to Europe.
At the end of X-mid XII centuries. Chach was part of Karakhanid State.

In the XIV - early XV centuries - Tashkent as part of the state of Timurids. During this period, the city again acquired the significance of a strong fortress, its territory expanded, production, trade, and culture developed. Archaeological finds and architectural structures indicate a combination of local traditions with elements of the culture of neighboring countries of the East.

At the beginning of the XVI century. Tashkent entered the Sheibanid State. The city was surrounded by a new fortress wall. Architectural structures were erected, some of which have been preserved.
In the 2nd half of the XVI century Tashkent was annexed by the Bukhara Khanate. In the XVII - XVIII centuries the trade and economic ties of Tashkent with other shopping centers are being strengthened.

Since the XVIII century Tashkent was divided into four parts - Daha. Each of the parts had its own ruler – Khakim. In 1784, the Khakim of the Sheikhantaur part Yunuskhodzha united the entire city under his rule.

At the beginning of the XIX century. Tashkent became part of the Kokand Khanate.
In the middle of the XIX century Tashkent was the largest center of internal, external and transit trade of the region. Played a particularly important role as a junction of caravan routes connecting the Uzbek khanates with the Kazakh steppe, Russia and Western China.
In 1867, the city was the capital of the Turkestan Governor-General.
At the beginning of the XX century, a national enlightenment movement Jadidism was born in Tashkent. One of the leaders of the Turkestan Jadids was Munavvar Kary (1878-1931), an Uzbek educator and head of the Shura-I-Islamiya organization in Turkestan.
By the middle of the XIX century, Tashkent was one of the most important cultural and craft centers in Central Asia.
In 1917, the city was the capital of the Turkestan Autonomy (Kokand Autonomy). In 1918 Tashkent became the capital of the Turkestan SSR Autonomous Republic.
In 1930 Tashkent became the capital of the Uzbek SSR.
Sights of Tashkent:
- Madrasah Kukeldash;
- Madrasah Barakkhan;
- Mausoleum of Kaffal Shashi;
- Ensemble Sheikhantaur;
- Mausoleum of Zangiata;
- Khoja Akhrar Vali Mosque;
- Hazrati Imam Ensemble;
- Mausoleum of Yunus Khan.