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PLACES OF INTEREST IN UZBEKISTAN
Ancient cities of Uzbekistan - Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva, included in the UNESCO 
World Heritage List delight tourists with historical architectural monuments that inhaled 
spirit of the Great Silk Road caravans. Though sights of Uzbekistan are not only about 
monumental madrasas and minarets, mausoleums of rulers and spiritual leaders. Nature of 
Uzbekistan, its traditions, culture, cuisine and handicrafts are amazingly diverse. National 
crafts of Uzbekistan deserve a separate story: silk fabrics and carpets, bright ceramics and 
oriental knives, wood carving and metal coinage, lacquered miniatures and golden 
embroidery, famous suzanes and old styles of embroidery ‗basma‘ and ‗iroqi‘, paper 
production according to an ancient technology and construction of seismic-stable houses 
from clay. 
Uzbek cuisine that at the behast of destiny turned out to be at the crossroads of the 
culinary preferences of civilizations and absorbed the best of centuries in itself. Talk about 
the sights of Uzbekistan is impossible without touching gastronomic attractions. Plov (also 
known as polo, pollo, pilav, pilau, plov, pulao, polu and palaw), bread, sweets - the list is 
endless. Besides, there is a specialization in dishes: there are centres of plov, or lagman 
(homemade noodle soup with seasonal vegetable topping) places, shashlik (local barbeque) 
spots and samsa (also known as samosa) stalls. Each city has many chayhanas (tea-houses), 
every chayhana has quails singing in it, canals with honey melons cooling in them, and 
gardens are there with ripe peaches, pomegranate and grapes. 
ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES 

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English-speaking countries are those where English is the official language. At first, it's 
the USA. After 350 years of development the United States of America still holds the leading 
position in the western world. The USA is the most powerful and highly developed country in 
the world. What makes the USA the leader of the western world is its economical, political 
and military dominance over other countries. 
Canada is the second largest country in the world. Canada is situated in North America. 
About 28 million people live in Canada. Canada is an independent nation.. Both English and 
French are official languages of the country. Other large ethnic groups are German, Irish and 
Scottish people.  
Australia is the only country in the world that is also a continent. It's the sixth large country 
and the smallest continent. The country's official name is Commonwealth of Australia. Queen 
Elizabeth II is also queen of Australia and country's head of state. But the queen has little 
power in the Australian government.
New Zealand is an island country in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. The country is 
situated on two main islands — the North Island and the South Island. Wellington is the 
capital of New Zealand. English is the official language of New Zealand and is spoken 
throughout the country. New Zealand has one of the highest standards of living in the world. 
New Zealand's economy depends on trade with many countries — Australia, Britain and the 
USA.