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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
Bishkek
Bishkek , formerly Frunze , city (1993 est. pop. 640,700), capital of Kyrgyzstan, on the Chu River and on a branch of the Turkistan-Siberia RR. It is a rail and highway hub and the industrial and cultural center of Kyrgyzstan. Its meatpacking and agricultural machine plants were among the largest... 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
Alexander II
Alexander II 1818-81, czar of Russia (1855-81), son and successor of Nicholas I . He ascended the throne during the Crimean War (1853-56) and immediately set about negotiating a peace (see Paris, Congress of ). Influenced by Russia's defeat in the war and by peasant unrest Alexander embarked upon... Read more
Tashkent
Tashkent or Toshkent , city (1992 pop. 2,133,000), capital of Tashkent region and of Uzbekistan, in the foothills of the Tian Shan mts.; the name is also spelled Dashkent. The largest and one of the oldest cities of Central Asia, it is the economic heart of the region. It is also a major cultura... 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
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

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Kokand
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Kokand or Khokand , city (1991 pop. 182,000...products. Important since the 10th cent., Kokand became the capital of an Uzbek khanate which...cent. and flowered in the 1820s and 30s. Kokand was taken by the Russians in 1876 and became...
Fergana Valley
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...cities of the valley include Fergana, Kokand, Andijan, and Namangan, in Uzbekistan...Uzbeks, who established the khanate of Kokand. The opening of the sea route to East...Autonomous Turkistan Government, with Kokand as its capital. The crowded conditions...
Uzbekistan and Uzbeks
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...Bukhara and the Khanates of Khiva and Kokand. Identity at this time focused on which...systematically took over cities in the Kokand Khanate and Bukharan Emirate, beginning...in that year. By 1876 the Khanate of Kokand was dissolved and incorporated into the...
Turkestan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...territories recently conquered from the Kokand khanate. These included Tashkent, one...defeat in 1873, and the remainder of Kokand was annexed as the Fergana oblast in 1876...largest towns were Tashkent (156,400), Kokand (82,100), Namangan (61,900...
Uzbekistan
Encyclopedia entry from: World Press Encyclopedia ...present-day Uzbekistan were the Khanates of Kokand, Bukhara, and Khiva. Russia incorporated Kokand in 1876 and allowed the other two to remain...constituted a portion of the former Khanate of Kokand. During the Soviet Union's control, Uzbekistan...
Uzbeks
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Supplement ...urban centers, such as Tashkent, Urgench, Khiva, Andijon and Kokand. The increasing trend among Uzbeks since the nineteenth century...principalities or kingdoms, including those of Bukhara, Khiva, Kokand, and Tashkent. The current borders of Uzbekistan, finally...
Ferghana Valley
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...regions of Central Asia, including the cities of Khujand, Kokand, Ferghana, Margilan, Namangan, Andijan, Osh, and Jalalabad...local powers and instability under the various Turkic groups. Kokand khans ruled from the late eighteenth century until the Russian...
Kyrgyzstan and Kyrgyz
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...century. Although they were incorporated into the Khanate of Kokand in the eighteenth century, the Kyrgyz were not always content...rebelled four times between 1845 and 1873. When the Khanate of Kokand was incorporated into the Russian province of Semirech'e in...
Islam
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...of its history, Russia subjugated the Central Asian khanates of Khiva, Bukhara, and Kokand in a series of military campaigns between 1864 and 1876. Kokand was abolished entirely, and large parts of the territory of Khiva and Bukhara were also...
Turkistan
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...prolonged struggle involving the khanates of Khiva, Bukhara, and Kokand and the nomadic peoples of the region, most notably Kyrgyz...more territory to Russia, whose troops invaded the khanate of Kokand in 1865 and took Tashkent. A military administration under...

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khanate
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Astrakhan, the Crimea, Khiva, Bukhara, Tashkent, Samarkand, and Kokand. These long presented a threat to the communities surrounding them. One by one all were absorbed by Russia. The last to fall was Kokand (1876).
Uzbekistan
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...cities of Samarkand and Tashkent flourished with the silk caravan trade. Divided into three khanates, Bukhara, Khiva, and Kokand, it was repeatedly attacked by Russia from 1717 until its annexation in 1876. Its Sunni Muslim Uzbeks were excluded from office...
Uzbeks
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...to Turkistan and Transoxania between the 14th and 16th centuries to trouble the Shiite Safavid rulers of Persia. Initially ruled by the Shaybanids and then the Janids, they later split into dynasties based on Bukhara, Khiva, and Kokand.

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Uzbekistan prolongs tender on sale of 47% shares of Kokand Spirt.
News Wire article from: UzReport; 11/20/2008; 468 words ; ...investors prolonged a tender on sale of 47% shares of Kokand Spirt (Kokand Alcohol) to foreign investors till 16 December 2008...undertake investment obligation for US$3 million. Kokand Spirt open joint-stock company is located in Kokand...
Leader of Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan claims 'incumbent authorities building Kokand Khanate'.
News Wire article from: AKIpress News Agency; 6/12/2008; 498 words ; ...Beshimov who said that the incumbent authorities are building Kokand Khanate instead of building a democratic society in his interview...Kyrgyzstan more resemble those used 200 years ago in the Khanate of Kokand, where wildness, barbarism, feudal governance methods wereused...
Tiang's Kokand Krown one for the notebook
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 6/27/2008; 362 words ; ...Straits Times 06-27-2008 Tiang's Kokand Krown one for the notebook Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section KOKAND Krown, trained by Tiang Kim Choi...year-old bay American gelding by Kokand out of Magic Lily went out four times...
UZBEKISTAN PROLONGS TENDER FOR SALE OF KOKAND SPIRIT SHARES.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 11/21/2008; 700+ words ; ...prolonged a tender for the sale of 47% of shares of Kokand Spirt (Kokand Alcohol) to foreign investors. The tender will now...undertake an investment obligation for US$3 million. The Kokand Spirt open joint-stock company is located in Kokand...
5,000 Reportedly Rioting in Uzbekistan Town
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/10/1989; ; 700+ words ; ...station in the Soviet Central Asian city of Kokand today after a week of ethnic violence...take into account today's violence in Kokand, said that so far 80 persons have died...Soviet Interior Ministry, said that in Kokand, ethnic Uzbeks were shooting into government...
VIOLENCE ESCALATES IN UZBEKISTAN.(Main)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 6/10/1989; 700+ words ; ...on a destructive rampage in the City of Kokand, according to the official media. Fighting...violence," the commentator said. In Kokand, 1,500 miles southeast of Moscow...newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda said mobs in Kokand stormed most of the police stations and...
Soviet riots spur call for military control
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 6/9/1989; 700 words ; ...Wednesday when the clashes spread to the city of Kokand. Thousands of people stormed the Kokand police department in search of firearms, while...the city of Fergana, about 60 miles east of Kokand. Uzbek leaders, backed by deputies from the...
Armed mob in Uzbek rampage
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 6/10/1989; 684 words ; ...stormed the center of the Uzbek town of Kokand on Friday and 100 people suffered gunshot...A television correspondent who visited Kokand said troops responded merely by firing...helicopters and doctors had been sent to Kokand and planes were standing by to evacuate...
Revisiting Hiroshima, Rethinking the Way We War
Newspaper article from: Forward; 8/5/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...name for the first time when I was 9, in Kokand, Uzbekistan. Just three months earlier...Should I admit it today? In our street in Kokand, a celebration it was. Women were dancing...prompted by this terrifying bomb in faraway Kokand? Was I right to demonstrate against the...
President visits Ferghana region to familiarize with reforms.
News Wire article from: UzReport; 10/19/2009; 675 words ; ...infrastructure of the cities of Ferghana and Kokand in 2008-2012 is being implemented in...President Islam Karimov visited the city of Kokand. The head of the state got acquainted...creation of the modern city center in Kokand. (THROUGH ASIA PULSE)