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Owing to its membership in the International consortium EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries), the library is provided with access to foreign general…

Women's clothing of Kashkadarya consisted of two types of dress-shirt: tuniclike, long, with wide sleeves sewn in a straight line, reaching to the knees,…

Historical photographs brought to us the changes that occurred in the appearance of the cities of the Turkestan region in the late 19th – early 20th centuries. First…

The richest ornamental system of embroidery is closely connected with the spiritual life and customs of the Uzbek people.   All elements of embroidery…

The National Library of Uzbekistan named after Alisher Navoi is a state universal information library organizing and carrying out information and library…

The collection of numismatics of the Ichan-Kala State Museum-Reserve comprises 21 982 depository items, including 292 orders and medals, 15 946 coins,…

As noted in historical sources, at the time of the French Revolution, after 1789, a small Persian Anthology was acquired in 1801 by the National library…

After the observatory of Ulugbek was destroyed, gradually, great work was undertaken on fixing the preserved architectural monuments. They not only…

The art of embroidery has been valued in the Central Asian region long since. This type of applied art became widespread in the life and daily life…

The Karakalpaks in the photographs of the last third of the 19th – early 20th centuries, in contrast to the Uzbeks, are depicted mainly in the portrait…

There were many types of calligraphic scripts in the Muslim Orient: Kufic, Naskh, Thuluth, Nasta’liq, Riq’a, Rayhani, etc. A person who considered himself…

A calligrapher was not just a copyist. The transcription of books was considered the art. The skill to write in different refined scripts was criterion…

The Days of Uzbek Culture have commenced at the Moscow State Linguistic University (MSLU), marking a comprehensive celebration of Uzbekistan's rich cultural…

Surkhandarya did not have such a variety of jewelry as in other regions of Uzbekistan. But, nevertheless, even a small number of them in a suit identified…

The history of many cities of Uzbekistan goes back centuries.   They arose and developed as centres of trade and crafts along the Silk Road, as strongholds…

The visit of Andrey Omelchenko, a leading archaeologist from the State Hermitage Museum, to the office of the World Society for the Study, Preservation,…

The art of carpet weaving is rooted in remote antiquity. Various samples of carpet products of the 19th – 20th centuries are kept in the republican museums,…

In the era of Amir Temur, the spheres of the application of music can be divided into state, state-owned and those related to the exercise of state functions,…

One more group in the collection of the Institute consists of Indian miniatures.   In the manuscript by Nizami Inventory No. 3481 there is a badly…

From May 17-19, the International Congress on Strategic Studies of the Turkic World took place at Uludağ University in Bursa, Turkey. The conference…

It should be noted Hirayama Ikuo (1930 – 2009), as without exaggeration, he can be called the most popular Japanese artist of the second half of the 20th…

Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum was opened in Hiroshima City, the prefecture of Hiroshima, in 1968.   Its main goal was to popularize the power…

The final peak in the development of miniature art occurred in Bukhara in the 17th c entury. Literary sources and inscriptions on some miniatures have…

The art of manuscripts occupies a special place in Oriental culture.   After the Arab conquest of Central Asia, the local peoples became familiar…