Tashkent is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan, as well as one of the largest ancient cities in Central Asia in terms of population

Tashkent is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan, as well as one of the largest ancient cities in Central Asia in terms of population. As of 2021, the population of Tashkent is 2,694,400, or about 8% of Uzbekistan's population. After Genghis Khan destroyed Tashkent in 1219, the city was rebuilt and benefited from the Great Silk Road. From the 18th to the 19th centuries, until the city was conquered by the Kokand Khanate, it became an independent city-state. In 1865, Tashkent became part of the Russian Empire and became the center of the Governor-General of Turkestan. During the Soviet era, the city experienced great growth and demographic change due to the forced deportation of the entire Soviet Union. Much of Tashkent was destroyed by the 1966 Tashkent earthquake, but it was rebuilt as a model Soviet city. At the time, Tashkent was the fourth largest city in the Soviet Union after Moscow, Leningrad, and Kiev. [6] Today, as the capital of independent Uzbekistan, Tashkent has a multi-ethnic population, most of which is ethnic Uzbeks. In 2009, Tashkent celebrated its 2,200th anniversary. In this regard, the city's infrastructure and transport system have been updated.
BOTANICAL GARDEN Founded on the basis of the Botanical Garden of Tashkent State University (now the National University of Uzbekistan), it was formalized in 1950 and construction began. On January 1, 1968, the park received the status of a research institute. After joining the Institute of Botany in 1998, it was renamed the Institute of Botany and the Botanical Garden, and since 2001 it has been called the Research and Production Center "Botany".The garden covers an area of ​​64 hectares, where the types and varieties of plants introduced in early 2008 exceeded 6,000. Of these, 2,500 species are trees and shrubs, the rest are annual, biennial and perennial grasses. These plants are imported from Asian and European countries, the Caucasus, the Far East, North America, China and the Mediterranean countries. More than 800 plant species from tropical countries are grown in greenhouses. Introduced plants include ornamental and fruit trees, a variety of berry bushes, medicinal plants.
MUSEUMS - Until 1917, the first and only museum in Tashkent was the Tashkent Museum. After 1917, museums with extensive expositions in various specialties began to be established. In 1918, on the basis of his confiscated collection in the palace of Prince N. Romanov, the Art Museum (now the State Art Museum of Uzbekistan), in 1921, the Old City Museum, in 1926, the Uzbek Old City Museum were established. Cultural development necessitated the establishment of new museums and the re-equipment of existing museums. The departments of geology, zoology, botany and anthropology of the Central Asian Museum, the Museum of Agriculture and the Zoo have been transformed into the Museum of Nature.