Djamolidine Abdoujaparov road racing cyclist
Odelsha Azamovich Agishev screenwriter
Natasha Alam actress
Nizomiddin Mir Alisher poet
Yuri Antonov composer, musician
Abdulla Aripov politician
Sadriddin Ayni poet, writer
Ulugh Bek astronomer, mathematician, sultan
Emina Benalia actress
Abu Rayhan al-Biruni scholar, polymath
Zahiriddin Muhammad Bobur ruler, poet
Larissa Bond actress
Yefim "Fima" Bronfman pianist
Abu Abdullo Muhammad ibn Ismoil al-Bukhari scholar, historian
Mikhailovich Burano singer, songwriter, composer
Ruslan Chagaev boxer
Abdulkhamid Cholpan poet
Latif Faiziyev film director
Ahman Al-Fargoniy scientist
Abdal Rauf Fitrat writer
Valentina Ganibalova ballet dancer, actress
Sasha Golberg actor, filmmaker
Elyer Ishmukhamedov film director, screenwriter
Vladimir Ivanovich Ivanov politician
Anna Jimskaia actress
Yusuf Jumaev civic activist, poet
Alina Kabaeva gymnast, politician
Sobir Kamolov politician
Islam Karimov first president
Jumma Kasimov co-founder Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
Elena Kats-Chernin composer
Laziz Kayumov newspaper editor
Ali Khamraev film director
Mohammed Alim Khan last emir of Manghit Dynasty
Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich film director, screenwriter
Fayzulla Khodzhayev politician
Abu Abdullah Mohamad Ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi mathematician, astronomer, geographer
Alexander Knaifel opera composer
Michael Kolganov Olympic medalist, sprint canoer
Ravshana Kurkova actress
Ilyas Malayev musician, poet
Shukrullo Mirsaidov former vice president
Shavkat Mirziyoyev prime minister
Zahir ud-Din Muhammad founder of India's Mughal empire
Ali-Shir Nava'i politician, linguist, poet
Sevara Nazarxon singer, songwriter
Talgat Nigmatulin actor
Abdurahim Pulatov chairman Birlik party
Abdullah Quaisi author
Sharof Rashidovich Rashidov Communist party leader
Yusup Razykov film director
Muhammad Salih political opposition leader
Saifi Saroi poet
Alexander Shatilov gymnast
Abu Ali ibn-Sina philosopher, physician, poet
Artur Taymazov Olympic medalist, wrestler
Amir Timur founder Timurid dynasty
Eldor Magomatovich Urazbayev film director, producer, screenwriter
Inomjon Usmonxo'jayev politician
Erkin Vahidov poet
Viktor Verzhbitskiy actor
Adil Yakubox author
Khoja Akhmet Yassawi poet, mystic
Tohir Yo'ldosh co-founder Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
Rina Zelyonaya actress, singer
Andrei Zhegalov cinematographer
Aleksandr Zhurbin composer
Natasha Zlobina actress

It is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Kyrgyzstan to the northeast, Tajikistan to the southeast, Afghanistan to the south and Turkmenistan to the southwest.

Uzbekistan is one of only two countries in the world to be ‘double landlocked’ (landlocked and totally surrounded by other landlocked countries). Liechtenstein is double landlocked by 2 countries whilst Uzbekistan is surrounded by 5!

The coordinates for Uzbekistan are 41.0000° N, 69.0000°

The terrain here is varied throughout the nation. In the west there are lowlands and flat plateau, with one of the world’s largest deserts in the centre and high mountains and semiarid grasslands in the east.

The lowest point in Uzbekistan is actually 39 feet below sea level, whilst the highest point is 15,233 feet above sea level!

History fans will be intrigued to learn that in 2002, archaeologists discovered a series of ancient pyramids in a remote part of Uzebekistan, believed to be 2,700 years old!

The total land area of Uzbekistan is 172,742 square miles (447,400 square kilometres).

Uzbekistan’s population was 30.2 million in 2013.

The capital city is Tashkent; it covers an area of 129.2 square miles (334.8 square kilometres) and has a population of 2.2 million (2011).

Parliamentary parties

Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan
Oʻzbekiston Liberal Demokratik Partiyasi
Founded : November 15, 2003
Website : http://www.uzlidep.uz/

People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan
O'zbekistan Xalq Demokratik Partiyasi
Founded : November 1, 1991
Website : http://www.xdp.uz/

Uzbekistan National Revival Democratic Party
Oʻzbekiston “Milliy Tiklanish” Demokratik Partiyasi Uzbek
Демократическая партия Узбекистана «Миллий Тикланиш» Russian
Founded : June 3, 1995
Website : http://milliytiklanish.uz/

Justice Social Democratic Party
Adolat Sotsial Demokratik Partiyasi
Founded : 1995
Website : http://www.adolat.uz/

Ecological Movement of Uzbekistan
O`zbekiston ekologik hаrаkаti; Uzbek
Экологическое Движение Узбекистана Russian
Founded : 2 August 2008
Website : http://eco.uz/uz

Aksarsay River
Amu Darya
Angren River
Chatkal River
Chirchiq River
Kara Darya
Karatag River
Naryn River
Qashqadaryo River
Sokh River
Surxondaryo River
Syr Darya
Zeravshan River