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Kokand
Kokand or Khokand , city (1991 pop. 182,000), E Uzbekistan, in the Fergana Valley. It is a center for the manufacture of fertilizers, chemicals, machinery, and cotton and food products. Important since the 10th cent., Kokand became the capital of an Uzbek khanate which became independent of the ... Read more
Babur
Babur [Turk.,=lion], 1483-1530, founder of the Mughal empire of India. His full name was Zahir ud-Din Muhammad. A descendant of Timur (Tamerlane) and of Jenghiz Khan, he succeeded (1494) to the principality of Fergana in central Asia. His early life was spent in an ultimately unsuccessful struggl... Read more
Syr Darya
Syr Darya or Syrdarya , ancient Jaxartes or Yaxartes, Pers. Sihun, river, c.1,380 mi (2,220 km) long, flowing through Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. One of the principal rivers of central Asia, it is formed in the Fergana Valley , E Uzbekistan, by the junction of the Naryn and Ka... Read more
emirate of Bukhara
emirate of Bukhara former state, central Asia, in Turkistan , in the Amu Darya River basin. Part of ancient Sogdiana , it was ruled (AD 709-874) by the Umayyad Arabs and played an important role under the Samanid dynasties (875-1000). It was a trade, transport, and cultural center of the Islamic ... Read more
Turkistan
Turkistan or Turkestan , historic region of central Asia. Western, or Russian, Turkistan extended from the Caspian Sea in the west to the Chinese frontier in the east and from the Aral-Irtysh watershed in the north to the borders of Iran and Afghanistan in the south. Eastern, or Chinese, Turkist... Read more
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan , officially Kyrgyz Republic, republic (2005 est. pop. 5,146,000), c.76,600 sq mi (198,400 sq km), central Asia. It borders on China in the southeast, on Kazakhstan in the north, on Uzbekistan in the west, and on Tajikistan in the southwest. Bishkek , the capital, and Osh are the chief c... Read more
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , Uzbek Ozbekiston, officially Republic of Uzbekistan, republic (2005 est. pop. 26,851,000), 173,552 sq mi (449,500 sq km), central Asia. The republic borders on Afghanistan in the south, on Turkmenistan in the southwest, on Kazakhstan in the west and north, and on Kyrgyzstan and Tajiki... Read more
Tajikistan
Tajikistan , officially Republic of Tajikistan, republic (2005 est. pop. 7,164,000), 55,251 sq mi (143,100 sq km), central Asia. It borders on China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, Kyrgyzstan in the north, and Uzbekistan in the west and northwest. Dushanbe is the capital and largest city. ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Fergana"

Fergana Valley
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Fergana Valley or Ferghana Valley, region, 8...Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan. The Fergana Range (part of the Tian Shan system...borders the valley in the southeast. The Fergana Valley, consisting partly of the very...
Fergana
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Fergana or Ferghana , city (1989 pop. 200,373), capital of Fergana region, E Uzbekistan, in the Fergana Valley. The marketing center of a large oasis area, it has silk, cotton, and artificial fiber industries. Oil, coal, and uranium...
Kyrgyzstan
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography ...xB0; C (81 ° F) in the Fergana Valley on the high mountain peaks. Like...per year in the mountains above the Fergana Valley. 4 TOPOGRAPHIC REGIONS Landlocked...agriculture is in the Chu, Talas, and Fergana Valleys of the north and east. 5 OCEANS...
Tajikistan
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography ...summers and cold winters. Khudzhand in the Fergana Valley has an average July temperature...notable lowland feature is the fertile Fergana Valley in the far north, whose soils...for a short distance, traversing the Fergana Valley in northern Tajikistan for 195...
Uzbekistan
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography ...northeast and flows west through the fertile Fergana Valley. It cuts across the spur of northern...terrain, with mountains and the fertile Fergana Valley in the east. 10 MOUNTAINS AND...Further south, on the far side of the Fergana Valley, are the Alai Mountains, which...
Turkestan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...defeat in 1873, and the remainder of Kokand was annexed as the Fergana oblast in 1876. In 1882 Semireche was transferred to the new...in 1906 facilitated imports of grain to deficit areas like Fergana, where 36 to 38 percent of the sown area was given over to...
Skobelev, Mikhail Dmitriyevich
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...He first distinguished himself in military operations in the Fergana Valley (now in Uzbekistan), where in 1875 anti-Russian...and, at the age of thirty, became the military ruler of the Fergana Valley. When the Russian Empire declared war on the Ottoman...
Pierre Gabriel Édouard Bonvalot
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...seized by Afghans at the border, imprisoned 25 days, and expelled. Returning to Samarkand, Bonvalot journeyed eastward to Fergana. Finding that caravans crossed the Pamirs and Hindu Kush to India, he made a winter crossing of those lofty ranges to Chitral...
Skobelev
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Skobelev see Fergana , Uzbekistan.
Osh
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Osh , city (1993 pop. 233,300), capital of Osh region, S Kyrgyzstan, in the Fergana Valley . Terminus of the Osh-Khorugh highway, Osh has silk, textile, and food-processing industries. One of the oldest...

Dictionary entries related to "Fergana"

Middendorf, Aleksandr Fedorovich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...journeyed to the Baraba Steppe in Western Siberia, and to the Fergana Valley in Central Asia. Middendorf gave a brilliant geographical...and Ocherki Ferganskoy doliny ( “ Essays on the Fergana Valley ” ; St. Petersburg, 1882), with app...
Mushketov Ivan Vasilievich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Mushketov returned to central Asia, completing a trip from Fergana across the Alai and Trans-Alai ranges to the Pamir, studying...and the Pamir. In 1878 he investigated the region where the Fergana and the Alai ranges meet, and in 1879 he participated in an...
Uzbekistan
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...from the deserts of the Aral Sea to the Alai Mountains on the border with Afghanistan. At the foot of these lie the fertile Fergana valley and several large oases. The Amu Darya (Oxus) flows north-west to the Aral Sea, providing a second fertile belt...

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Fergana chemical factory of furan compounds to be sold to foreign investors.
News Wire article from: UzReport; 1/30/2009; 500 words ; ...for privatization sale of the 100% of Fergana chemical factory of furan compounds. The announcement said 100% Fergana chemical factory of furan compounds...profile of activity of the enterprise. Fergana chemical factory of furan compounds...
Aztec crosses line as first U.S. company in east Fergana Basin. (Aztec Gas and Oil Corp.; Kyrgyzstan)
Newspaper article from: The Oil Daily; 1/18/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...the first U.S. company in the eastern Fergana Basin in the former Soviet republic of...portion of the mature oil-producing Fergana Basin, contains about 90 million bbl...it on the domestic market. Most of the Fergana Basin is in Uzbekistan, although portions...
Uzbek authorities fear ancient Fergana Valley is potential trouble spot
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 4/21/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, with the Fergana Valley barely 300 kilometers (180 miles...relationship between the people of the Fergana Valley, regardless of their citizenship...more ready they are to revolt." The Fergana Valley was once the ancient trading center...
Eurasia Foundation of Central Asia Establishes Resource Center for the Blind in the Fergana Valley
News Wire article from: Targeted News Service; 2/24/2009; 560 words ; ...issued the following news release: In the Fergana Valley, the bordering regions of Kyrgyzstan...Center is the first of its kind in the Fergana Valley and approximately 15 people use...partnerships and relationships across the Fergana Valley. A summer camp for 70 children...
Fergana Valley seethes with long resentment that increasingly bursts into action
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 5/13/2005; ; 618 words ; ...handed secular authorities have turned the Fergana Valley, a region spanning three troubled...fire on a crowd of demonstrators _ the Fergana region's capacity for upheaval was shown...himself Juma Namangani after his hometown in Fergana, was believed to have been killed in...
Backgrounder: Basic facts about Uzbekistan's Fergana valley,Andizhan state
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 5/14/2005; 551 words ; ...Backgrounder: Basic facts about Uzbekistan's Fergana valley, Andizhan state ALMA-ATA, May...the heart of the volatile and fertile Fergana valley which spans the three Central Asian...mountains and Tian Shan mountains, the Fergana valley is vast with a south-east length...
Clean-up for Fergana refinery, Uzbekistan.
Newspaper article from: Haznews; 5/1/1999; 664 words ; ...million for the "rehabilitation" of the Fergana oil refinery of Uzbekneftegaz, the National...of Uzbekistan. The refinery is in the Fergana Valley, some 240 km east of Tashkent...the most densely populated part of the Fergana Valley". The EBRD told HAZNEWS that...
Inside the valley of fear; Tension in Central Asia.(Uzbekistan's government confronts the militants in the Fergana valley)(terrorist threat in Uzbekistan)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 11/10/2001; 700+ words ; ...government confronts the militants THE Fergana valley is sometimes called the tinderbox...For Uzbekistan's government, the Fergana valley is a big worry. The Soviet Union...Tajikistan, which share parts of the Fergana valley. The group is accused of having...
Kyrgyz prime minister warns of Islamic fundamentalist conflict in Fergana Valley
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 6/14/2006; ; 438 words ; ...to spark an interethnic conflict in the Fergana Valley within months, sometime in the...anniversary of the uprising in the Uzbek Fergana Valley city of Andijan. The uprising...s Batken region, which is part of the Fergana Valley. The movement was believed to...
Fata Fergana; Unrest in Uzbekistan.(bombings and political leadership)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 6/13/2009; 700+ words ; ...increased tensions in the heavily populated, largely agricultural Fergana Valley that straddles Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan...fallen sharply. If Islamist extremists are regrouping in the Fergana Valley, they have plenty of discontent to prey on.